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Diffstat (limited to 'share/man/man4')
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/alc.4 | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/unix.4 | 81 |
2 files changed, 74 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/alc.4 b/share/man/man4/alc.4 index 1fff8ba..b1feab5 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/alc.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/alc.4 @@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ Atheros AR8172 PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller Killer E2200 Gigabit Ethernet controller .It Killer E2400 Gigabit Ethernet controller +.It +Killer E2500 Gigabit Ethernet controller .El .Sh LOADER TUNABLES Tunables can be set at the diff --git a/share/man/man4/unix.4 b/share/man/man4/unix.4 index c53cc42..0e8470f 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/unix.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/unix.4 @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ .\" @(#)unix.4 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd March 19, 2013 +.Dd February 3, 2017 .Dt UNIX 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -123,12 +123,12 @@ of a or .Xr sendto 2 must be writable. -.Sh PASSING FILE DESCRIPTORS +.Sh CONTROL MESSAGES The .Ux Ns -domain sockets support the communication of .Ux -file descriptors through the use of the +file descriptors and process credentials through the use of the .Va msg_control field in the .Fa msg @@ -136,13 +136,12 @@ argument to .Xr sendmsg 2 and .Xr recvmsg 2 . -.Pp -Any valid descriptor may be sent in a message. -The file descriptor(s) to be passed are described using a +The items to be passed are described using a .Vt "struct cmsghdr" that is defined in the include file .In sys/socket.h . -The type of the message is +.Pp +To send file descriptors, the type of the message is .Dv SCM_RIGHTS , and the data portion of the messages is an array of integers representing the file descriptors to be passed. @@ -165,6 +164,39 @@ call. Descriptors that are awaiting delivery, or that are purposely not received, are automatically closed by the system when the destination socket is closed. +.Pp +Credentials of the sending process can be transmitted explicitly using a +control message of type +.Dv SCM_CREDS +with a data portion of type +.Vt "struct cmsgcred" , +defined in +.In sys/socket.h +as follows: +.Bd -literal +struct cmsgcred { + pid_t cmcred_pid; /* PID of sending process */ + uid_t cmcred_uid; /* real UID of sending process */ + uid_t cmcred_euid; /* effective UID of sending process */ + gid_t cmcred_gid; /* real GID of sending process */ + short cmcred_ngroups; /* number of groups */ + gid_t cmcred_groups[CMGROUP_MAX]; /* groups */ +}; +.Ed +.Pp +The sender should pass a zeroed buffer which will be filled in by the system. +.Pp +The group list is truncated to at most +.Dv CMGROUP_MAX +GIDs. +.Pp +The process ID +.Fa cmcred_pid +should not be looked up (such as via the +.Dv KERN_PROC_PID +sysctl) for making security decisions. +The sending process could have exited and its process ID already been +reused for a new process. .Sh SOCKET OPTIONS .Tn UNIX domain sockets support a number of socket options which can be set with @@ -180,7 +212,13 @@ or a .Dv SOCK_STREAM socket. This option provides a mechanism for the receiver to -receive the credentials of the process as a +receive the credentials of the process calling +.Xr write 2 , +.Xr send 2 , +.Xr sendto 2 +or +.Xr sendmsg 2 +as a .Xr recvmsg 2 control message. The @@ -205,6 +243,10 @@ struct sockcred { }; .Ed .Pp +The current implementation truncates the group list to at most +.Dv CMGROUP_MAX +groups. +.Pp The .Fn SOCKCREDSIZE macro computes the size of the @@ -225,7 +267,28 @@ On and .Dv SOCK_SEQPACKET sockets credentials are passed only on the first read from a socket, -then system clears the option on socket. +then the system clears the option on the socket. +.Pp +This option and the above explicit +.Vt "struct cmsgcred" +both use the same value +.Dv SCM_CREDS +but incompatible control messages. +If this option is enabled and the sender attached a +.Dv SCM_CREDS +control message with a +.Vt "struct cmsgcred" , +it will be discarded and a +.Vt "struct sockcred" +will be included. +.Pp +Many setuid programs will +.Xr write 2 +data at least partially controlled by the invoker, +such as error messages. +Therefore, a message accompanied by a particular +.Fa sc_euid +value should not be trusted as being from that user. .It Dv LOCAL_CONNWAIT Used with .Dv SOCK_STREAM |