File CVE-2023-34059.patch of Package open-vm-tools

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File CVE-2023-34059.patch of Package open-vm-tools

From 2011181cbe60b256ced8d28daf7b704e8613467c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Wolfe <jwolfe@vmware.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2023 09:11:54 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Address CVE-2023-34059

Fix file descriptor vulnerability in the open-vm-tools
   vmware-user-suid-wrapper on Linux.
 - Moving the privilege drop logic (dropping privilege to the real uid
   and gid of the process for the vmusr service) from suidWrapper to
   vmtoolsd code.

---
 open-vm-tools/services/vmtoolsd/mainPosix.c   | 76 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 open-vm-tools/vmware-user-suid-wrapper/main.c | 26 ++-------
 2 files changed, 79 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/open-vm-tools/services/vmtoolsd/mainPosix.c b/open-vm-tools/services/vmtoolsd/mainPosix.c
index fd2667c..8b46979 100644
--- a/open-vm-tools/services/vmtoolsd/mainPosix.c
+++ b/open-vm-tools/services/vmtoolsd/mainPosix.c
@@ -28,10 +28,12 @@
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
 #include <glib/gstdio.h>
 #include "file.h"
 #include "guestApp.h"
 #include "hostinfo.h"
+#include "su.h"
 #include "system.h"
 #include "unicode.h"
 #include "util.h"
@@ -155,6 +157,59 @@ ToolsCoreWorkAroundLoop(ToolsServiceState *state,
 
 
 /**
+ * Tools function to set close-on-exec flg for the fd.
+ *
+ * @param[in] fd   open file descriptor.
+ *
+ * @return TRUE on success, FALSE otherwise.
+ */
+
+static gboolean
+ToolsSetCloexecFlag(int fd)
+{
+   int flags;
+
+   if (fd == -1) {
+      /* fd is not present, no need to manipulate */
+      return TRUE;
+   }
+
+   flags = fcntl(fd, F_GETFD, 0);
+   if (flags < 0) {
+      g_printerr("Couldn't get the flags set for fd %d, error %u.", fd, errno);
+      return FALSE;
+   }
+   flags |= FD_CLOEXEC;
+   if (fcntl(fd, F_SETFD, flags) < 0) {
+      g_printerr("Couldn't set close-on-exec for fd %d, error %u.", fd, errno);
+      return FALSE;
+   }
+
+   return TRUE;
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * Tools function to close the fds.
+ */
+
+static void
+ToolsCloseFds(void)
+{
+   if (gState.ctx.blockFD != -1) {
+      close(gState.ctx.blockFD);
+   }
+
+   /*
+    * uinputFD will be available only for wayland.
+    */
+   if (gState.ctx.uinputFD != -1) {
+      close(gState.ctx.uinputFD);
+   }
+}
+
+
+/**
  * Tools daemon entry function.
  *
  * @param[in] argc   Argument count.
@@ -210,6 +265,27 @@ main(int argc,
    g_free(argvCopy);
    argvCopy = NULL;
 
+   /*
+    * Drops privilege to the real uid and gid of the process
+    * for the "vmusr" service.
+    */
+   if (TOOLS_IS_USER_SERVICE(&gState)) {
+      uid_t uid = getuid();
+      gid_t gid = getgid();
+
+      if ((Id_SetREUid(uid, uid) != 0) ||
+          (Id_SetREGid(gid, gid) != 0)) {
+         g_printerr("could not drop privileges: %s", strerror(errno));
+         ToolsCloseFds();
+         goto exit;
+      }
+      if (!ToolsSetCloexecFlag(gState.ctx.blockFD) ||
+          !ToolsSetCloexecFlag(gState.ctx.uinputFD)) {
+         ToolsCloseFds();
+         goto exit;
+      }
+   }
+
    if (gState.pidFile != NULL) {
       /*
        * If argv[0] is not an absolute path, make it so; all other path
diff --git a/open-vm-tools/vmware-user-suid-wrapper/main.c b/open-vm-tools/vmware-user-suid-wrapper/main.c
index e9d7e50..a19af53 100644
--- a/open-vm-tools/vmware-user-suid-wrapper/main.c
+++ b/open-vm-tools/vmware-user-suid-wrapper/main.c
@@ -156,8 +156,7 @@ MaskSignals(void)
  *
  *    Obtains the library directory from the Tools locations database, then
  *    opens a file descriptor (while still root) to add and remove blocks,
- *    drops privilege to the real uid of this process, and finally starts
- *    vmware-user.
+ *    and finally starts vmware-user.
  *
  * Results:
  *    Parent: TRUE on success, FALSE on failure.
@@ -173,8 +172,6 @@ static Bool
 StartVMwareUser(char *const envp[])
 {
    pid_t pid;
-   uid_t uid;
-   gid_t gid;
    int blockFd = -1;
    char blockFdStr[8];
    int uinputFd = -1;
@@ -191,8 +188,8 @@ StartVMwareUser(char *const envp[])
    }
 
    /*
-    * Now create a child process, obtain a file descriptor as root, downgrade
-    * privilege, and run vmware-user.
+    * Now create a child process, obtain a file descriptor as root and
+    * run vmware-user.
     */
    pid = fork();
    if (pid == -1) {
@@ -229,23 +226,6 @@ StartVMwareUser(char *const envp[])
       }
    }
 
-   uid = getuid();
-   gid = getgid();
-
-   if ((setreuid(uid, uid) != 0) ||
-       (setregid(gid, gid) != 0)) {
-      Error("could not drop privileges: %s\n", strerror(errno));
-      if (blockFd != -1) {
-         close(blockFd);
-      }
-      if (useWayland) {
-         if (uinputFd != -1) {
-            close(uinputFd);
-         }
-      }
-      return FALSE;
-   }
-
    /*
     * Since vmware-user provides features that don't depend on vmblock, we
     * invoke vmware-user even if we couldn't obtain a file descriptor or we
-- 
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