tcpdump/0003-Drop-root-priviledges-before-opening-first-savefile-.patch

From ec4e1a40fcf43d96a121a1ead877f2db4953dabb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rpm-build <rpm-build>
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 13:13:49 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Drop root priviledges before opening first savefile if
 running with -Z root

---
 tcpdump.1.in |  7 ++++++-
 tcpdump.c    | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tcpdump.1.in b/tcpdump.1.in
index f9522cb..3f1bc5f 100644
--- a/tcpdump.1.in
+++ b/tcpdump.1.in
@@ -249,6 +249,9 @@ have the name specified with the
 flag, with a number after it, starting at 1 and continuing upward.
 The units of \fIfile_size\fP are millions of bytes (1,000,000 bytes,
 not 1,048,576 bytes).
+
+Note that when used with \fB\-Z\fR option (enabled by default), privileges
+are dropped before opening first savefile.
 .TP
 .B \-d
 Dump the compiled packet-matching code in a human readable form to
@@ -865,7 +868,9 @@ but before opening any savefiles for output, change the user ID to
 and the group ID to the primary group of
 .IR user .
 .IP
-This behavior can also be enabled by default at compile time.
+This behavior is enabled by default (\fB\-Z tcpdump\fR), and can
+be disabled by \fB\-Z root\fR.
+
 .IP "\fI expression\fP"
 .RS
 selects which packets will be dumped.
diff --git a/tcpdump.c b/tcpdump.c
index a3cccc8..043191a 100644
--- a/tcpdump.c
+++ b/tcpdump.c
@@ -780,6 +780,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	cap_rights_t rights;
 	int cansandbox;
 #endif	/* HAVE_CAPSICUM */
+	int chown_flag = 0;
 	int Bflag = 0;			/* buffer size */
 	int jflag = -1;			/* packet time stamp source */
 	int Oflag = 1;			/* run filter code optimizer */
@@ -1598,9 +1599,22 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 		}
 		capng_apply(CAPNG_SELECT_BOTH);
 #endif /* HAVE_LIBCAP_NG */
-		if (username || chroot_dir)
-			droproot(username, chroot_dir);
-
+	/* If user is running tcpdump as root and wants to write to the savefile,
+	 * we will check if -C is set and if it is, we will drop root
+	 * privileges right away and consequent call to>pcap_dump_open()
+	 * will most likely fail for the first file. If -C flag is not set we
+	 * will create file as root then change ownership of file to proper
+	 * user(default tcpdump) and drop root privileges.
+	 */
+	if (WFileName)
+		if (Cflag && (username || chroot_dir))
+			droproot(username, chroot_dir);
+		else
+			chown_flag = 1;
+	else
+		if (username || chroot_dir)
+			droproot(username, chroot_dir);
+
 	}
 #endif /* _WIN32 */
 
@@ -1636,6 +1650,22 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 		  MakeFilename(dumpinfo.CurrentFileName, WFileName, 0, 0);
 
 		p = pcap_dump_open(pd, dumpinfo.CurrentFileName);
+
+	/* Change ownership of file and drop root privileges */
+	if (chown_flag) {
+		struct passwd *pwd;
+
+		pwd = getpwnam(username);
+		if (!pwd)
+			error("Couldn't find user '%s'", username);
+
+		if (strcmp(WFileName, "-") && chown(dumpinfo.CurrentFileName, pwd->pw_uid, pwd->pw_gid) < 0)
+			error("Couldn't change ownership of savefile");
+
+		if (username || chroot_dir)
+			droproot(username, chroot_dir);
+    }
+
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBCAP_NG
 		/* Give up CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE capability.
 		 * Only allow it to be restored if the -C or -G flag have been
--
2.3.4