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Bug #2424

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suri->userid (SCInstance) does not reflect correct uid if suricata is started as non-root

Added by Richard Sailer about 6 years ago. Updated about 5 years ago.

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This currently happens if e.g. suricata is started as non root and does not drop privileges.

This is because suri->userid and suri->groupid are initialised to 0 and only changed once:
In InitSignalHandler() when suricata knows it will drop privileges, they are changed to the new uid/gid suricata will drop privs to.

I'm not sure how problematic this is, so I'm asking if this is worth fixing. Currently suri->userid is only used for changing privs and never again, so this bug does not really break anything, but it could if someone would rely on suri->userid for something else.

Also if I would fix it, what would be a nice place, to call getuid() and getgid(). SCInstanceInit() ?

And another thought: Usually unix process do not have a single gid, but one primary gid and several supplementary gids (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_identifier#Supplementary_groups). Should SCInstance reflect that too?

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Updated by Richard Sailer about 6 years ago

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Updated by Richard Sailer about 6 years ago

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Actions #3

Updated by Richard Sailer about 6 years ago

  • Subject changed from suri->userid (SCInstance) does not reflect correct uid, if suricata is started as non-root to suri->userid (SCInstance) does not reflect correct uid if suricata is started as non-root
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Updated by Richard Sailer about 6 years ago

  • Description updated (diff)
Actions #5

Updated by Andreas Herz about 6 years ago

  • Target version set to TBD
Actions #6

Updated by Andreas Herz about 5 years ago

  • Assignee changed from Richard Sailer to Anonymous
Actions #7

Updated by Andreas Herz about 5 years ago

  • Assignee set to Community Ticket
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