[Freeipa-devel] [PATCHES 0005-0011] Fix some of the defects reported by covscan on freeipa-master
Alexander Bokovoy
abokovoy at redhat.com
Tue Jan 27 21:04:29 UTC 2015
On Tue, 27 Jan 2015, Simo Sorce wrote:
>On Tue, 2015-01-27 at 22:20 +0200, Alexander Bokovoy wrote:
>> On Tue, 27 Jan 2015, Simo Sorce wrote:
>> >On Tue, 2015-01-27 at 22:07 +0200, Alexander Bokovoy wrote:
>> >> On Tue, 27 Jan 2015, Simo Sorce wrote:
>> >> >On Tue, 2015-01-27 at 18:04 +0100, Petr Spacek wrote:
>> >> >> On 27.1.2015 17:56, Alexander Bokovoy wrote:
>> >> >> > On Tue, 27 Jan 2015, Martin Babinsky wrote:
>> >> >> >> From 23a823c3c5933d5c14342e15c00599af74b84118 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>> >> >> >> From: Martin Babinsky <mbabinsk at redhat.com>
>> >> >> >> Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 13:21:33 +0100
>> >> >> >> Subject: [PATCH 3/7] proposed fix fo a defect reported in
>> >> >> >> 'ipa_kdb_principals.c'
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> The patch addresses the following defect reported by covscan in FreeIPA
>> >> >> >> master:
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> """
>> >> >> >> Error: FORWARD_NULL (CWE-476): /daemons/ipa-kdb/ipa_kdb_principals.c:1886:
>> >> >> >> assign_zero: Assigning:
>> >> >> >> "principal" = "NULL". /daemons/ipa-kdb/ipa_kdb_principals.c:1929:
>> >> >> >> var_deref_model: Passing null pointer "principal" to "ipadb_entry_to_mods",
>> >> >> >> which dereferences it. /daemons/ipa-kdb/ipa_kdb_principals.c:1491:9:
>> >> >> >> deref_parm_in_call: Function "ipadb_get_ldap_mod_str" dereferences
>> >> >> >> "principal". /daemons/ipa-kdb/ipa_kdb_principals.c:1174:5:
>> >> >> >> deref_parm_in_call: Function "strdup" dereferences "value"
>> >> >> >> """
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Again I have consulted this with Simo and he pointed out that this may indeed
>> >> >> >> be a bug and that we should always parse principal name.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> This is a part of series of patches related to
>> >> >> >> https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/4795
>> >> >> >> ---
>> >> >> >> daemons/ipa-kdb/ipa_kdb_principals.c | 11 ++++-------
>> >> >> >> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> diff --git a/daemons/ipa-kdb/ipa_kdb_principals.c
>> >> >> >> b/daemons/ipa-kdb/ipa_kdb_principals.c
>> >> >> >> index
>> >> >> >> e158c236eab5c7c5a7c12664dbde5d51cc55406d..760faeef224701c3dc4ee69d16df043e9c622d9a
>> >> >> >> 100644
>> >> >> >> --- a/daemons/ipa-kdb/ipa_kdb_principals.c
>> >> >> >> +++ b/daemons/ipa-kdb/ipa_kdb_principals.c
>> >> >> >> @@ -1894,19 +1894,16 @@ static krb5_error_code
>> >> >> >> ipadb_modify_principal(krb5_context kcontext,
>> >> >> >> if (!ipactx) {
>> >> >> >> return KRB5_KDB_DBNOTINITED;
>> >> >> >> }
>> >> >> >> -
>> >> >> >> + kerr = krb5_unparse_name(kcontext, entry->princ, &principal);
>> >> >> >> + if (kerr != 0) {
>> >> >> >> + goto done;
>> >> >> >> + }
>> >> >> >> ied = (struct ipadb_e_data *)entry->e_data;
>> >> >> >> if (!ied || !ied->entry_dn) {
>> >> >> >> - kerr = krb5_unparse_name(kcontext, entry->princ, &principal);
>> >> >> >> - if (kerr != 0) {
>> >> >> >> - goto done;
>> >> >> >> - }
>> >> >> >> -
>> >> >> >> kerr = ipadb_fetch_principals(ipactx, 0, principal, &res);
>> >> >> >> if (kerr != 0) {
>> >> >> >> goto done;
>> >> >> >> }
>> >> >> >> -
>> >> >> >> /* FIXME: no alias allowed for now, should we allow modifies
>> >> >> >> * by alias name ? */
>> >> >> >> kerr = ipadb_find_principal(kcontext, 0, res, &principal, &lentry);
>> >> >> >> --
>> >> >> >> 2.1.0
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> > NACK.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > This part actually looked to me familiar and it was indeed raised in
>> >> >> > past. I marked the Coverity report for this as a false positive but it
>> >> >> > sprung again.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Last time I wrote (2014-04-07):
>> >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------
>> >> >> > I remember looking at this bug already in past and I looked at it again.
>> >> >> > I think it is false positive. ipadb_modify_principal() is only called
>> >> >> > from ipadb_put_principal() when entry for the principal has no
>> >> >> > KMASK_PRINCIPAL flag set. Next, ipadb_modify_principal() calls
>> >> >> > ipadb_entry_to_mods() with a principal which might be set to NULL.
>> >> >> > However, ipadb_entry_to_mods() will only dereference this principal when
>> >> >> > KMASK_PRINCIPAL flag is set in the entry, i.e. never for this code path.
>> >> >> > -------------------------------------------------------
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Hmm... It may work for now but it also may break silently in future if we
>> >> >> break current assumption "ipadb_modify_principal() is only called from
>> >> >> ipadb_put_principal() when entry for the principal has no KMASK_PRINCIPAL flag
>> >> >> set".
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Personally I'm against this kind of implicit assumptions in code. I was bitten
>> >> >> tooooo may times by exactly this in BIND and I don't think we should do that
>> >> >> in our code.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Alexander, if you really don't want to move krb5_unparse_name() call then we
>> >> >> really need to handle this "impossible" case in some other way. Maybe with an
>> >> >> assert()? It would do nothing as long as your assumption holds and will
>> >> >> clearly show where the problem is if we break the assumption in future.
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >The problem here is that we are unconditionally calling
>> >> >ipadb_entry_to_mods() and passing 'principal' to it.
>> >> ipadb_entry_to_mods() is fine with principal == NULL because entry->mask
>> >> doesn't have KMASK_PRINCIPAL in this case. ipadb_modify_principal() is
>> >> just a helper to make ipadb_put_principal() a simpler logic to
>> >> understand.
>> >>
>> >> Note that in other parts of the code we call ipadb_put_principal(),
>> >> currently only in ipa_kdb_audit_as.c, so this is our interface to the
>> >> external users, including the rest of KDC.
>> >
>> >Yeah in fact I was pondering changing ipadb_entry_to_mods() to make sure
>> >'principal' actually is not NULL. I would consider it a good defensive
>> >measure if Martin wants to add it to this patch.
>> If you want to go this way, then move out setting principal in
>> ipadb_entry_to_mods() to a separate function and call it explicitly in
>> case principal != NULL. The reason for that is because our cached entry
>> will have ied->entry_dn non-NULL so it means all cached entries will get
>> to ipadb_entry_to_mods() with principal == NULL. This is our ideal case,
>> yet you would break it if you'd require 'principal' is not NULL in
>> ipadb_entry_to_mods().
>
>I never said I require it to be not null, I just said that the function
>should check it is not null when entry->mask & KMASK_PRINCIPAL is true.
>Currently we do not check, we should check:
>if (entry->mask & KMASK_PRINCIPAL) {
> if (principal == NULL) { -> error out }
>}
>
>That's all I said.
Ok, this is also a possiblity in ipadb_entry_to_mods().
I would, however, prefer singling this part out to make clear in the
callers ipadb_add_principal() and ipadb_modify_principal() that we
handle 'principal' separately from the rest of the fields.
An attempt is attached.
--
/ Alexander Bokovoy
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diff --git a/daemons/ipa-kdb/ipa_kdb_principals.c b/daemons/ipa-kdb/ipa_kdb_principals.c
index e158c23..735ac12 100644
--- a/daemons/ipa-kdb/ipa_kdb_principals.c
+++ b/daemons/ipa-kdb/ipa_kdb_principals.c
@@ -1474,10 +1474,42 @@ done:
return kerr;
}
+static krb5_error_code ipadb_principal_to_mods(krb5_context kcontext,
+ struct ipadb_mods *imods,
+ char *principal,
+ int mod_op)
+{
+ krb5_error_code kerr;
+
+ if (principal == NULL) {
+ kerr = EINVAL;
+ goto done;
+ }
+
+
+ /* KADM5_PRINCIPAL */
+ if (entry->mask & KMASK_PRINCIPAL) {
+ kerr = ipadb_get_ldap_mod_str(imods, "krbPrincipalName",
+ principal, mod_op);
+ if (kerr) {
+ goto done;
+ }
+ kerr = ipadb_get_ldap_mod_str(imods, "ipaKrbPrincipalAlias",
+ principal, mod_op);
+ if (kerr) {
+ goto done;
+ }
+ }
+
+ kerr = 0;
+
+done:
+ return kerr;
+}
+
static krb5_error_code ipadb_entry_to_mods(krb5_context kcontext,
struct ipadb_mods *imods,
krb5_db_entry *entry,
- char *principal,
int mod_op)
{
krb5_error_code kerr;
@@ -1863,8 +1895,14 @@ static krb5_error_code ipadb_add_principal(krb5_context kcontext,
goto done;
}
+ kerr = ipadb_principal_to_mods(kcontext, imods,
+ principal, LDAP_MOD_ADD);
+ if (kerr != 0) {
+ goto done;
+ }
+
kerr = ipadb_entry_to_mods(kcontext, imods,
- entry, principal, LDAP_MOD_ADD);
+ entry, LDAP_MOD_ADD);
if (kerr != 0) {
goto done;
}
@@ -1895,6 +1933,11 @@ static krb5_error_code ipadb_modify_principal(krb5_context kcontext,
return KRB5_KDB_DBNOTINITED;
}
+ kerr = new_ipadb_mods(&imods);
+ if (kerr) {
+ goto done;
+ }
+
ied = (struct ipadb_e_data *)entry->e_data;
if (!ied || !ied->entry_dn) {
kerr = krb5_unparse_name(kcontext, entry->princ, &principal);
@@ -1919,11 +1962,13 @@ static krb5_error_code ipadb_modify_principal(krb5_context kcontext,
kerr = KRB5_KDB_INTERNAL_ERROR;
goto done;
}
- }
- kerr = new_ipadb_mods(&imods);
- if (kerr) {
- goto done;
+ kerr = ipadb_principal_to_mods(kcontext, imods,
+ principal, LDAP_MOD_REPLACE);
+ if (kerr != 0) {
+ goto done;
+ }
+
}
kerr = ipadb_entry_to_mods(kcontext, imods,
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