summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
-rw-r--r--ChangeLog3
-rw-r--r--entropy.c14
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4cf384c0..82288c99 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+20001125
+ - (djm) Give up privs when reading seed file
+
20001123
- (bal) Merge OpenBSD changes:
- markus@cvs.openbsd.org 2000/11/15 22:31:36
diff --git a/entropy.c b/entropy.c
index f4a655e0..2929c3fd 100644
--- a/entropy.c
+++ b/entropy.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
# include <floatingpoint.h>
#endif /* HAVE_FLOATINGPOINT_H */
-RCSID("$Id: entropy.c,v 1.21 2000/10/16 09:13:43 djm Exp $");
+RCSID("$Id: entropy.c,v 1.22 2000/11/24 23:09:32 djm Exp $");
#ifndef offsetof
# define offsetof(type, member) ((size_t) &((type *)0)->member)
@@ -798,7 +798,10 @@ seed_rng(void)
void init_rng(void)
{
+ int original_euid;
+
original_uid = getuid();
+ original_euid = geteuid();
/* Read in collection commands */
if (!prng_read_commands(SSH_PRNG_COMMAND_FILE))
@@ -806,7 +809,16 @@ void init_rng(void)
/* Set ourselves up to save a seed upon exit */
prng_seed_saved = 0;
+
+ /* Give up privs while reading seed file */
+ if ((original_uid != original_euid) && (seteuid(original_uid) == -1))
+ fatal("Couldn't give up privileges");
+
prng_read_seedfile();
+
+ if ((original_uid != original_euid) && (seteuid(original_euid) == -1))
+ fatal("Couldn't restore privileges");
+
fatal_add_cleanup(prng_seed_cleanup, NULL);
atexit(prng_write_seedfile);