Make an entry in /etc/group when we modify /etc/passwd

To ensure that the user running in the container ahs a valid
entry in /etc/passwd so lookup functions for the current user
will not error, Podman previously began adding entries to the
passwd file. We did not, however, add entries to the group file,
and this created problems - our passwd entries included the group
the user is in, but said group might not exist. The solution is
to mirror our logic for /etc/passwd modifications to also edit
/etc/group in the container.

Unfortunately, this is not a catch-all solution. Our logic here
is only advanced enough to *add* to the group file - so if the
group already exists but we add a user not a part of it, we will
not modify that existing entry, and things remain inconsistent.
We can look into adding this later if we absolutely need to, but
it would involve adding significant complexity to this already
massively complicated function.

While we're here, address an edge case where Podman could add a
user or group whose UID overlapped with an existing user or
group.

Also, let's make users able to log into users we added. Instead
of generating user entries with an 'x' in the password field,
indicating they have an entry in /etc/shadow, generate a '*'
indicating the user has no password but can be logged into by
other means e.g. ssh key, su.

Fixes #7503
Fixes #7389
Fixes #7499

Signed-off-by: Matthew Heon <matthew.heon@pm.me>

1 files changed, 342 insertions, 75 deletions

diff --git a/libpod/container_internal_linux.go b/libpod/container_internal_linux.go
index c61c1a325..0775daa33 100644
--- a/libpod/container_internal_linux.go
+++ b/libpod/container_internal_linux.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v2/utils"
 	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/archive"
 	securejoin "github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin"
-	User "github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/user"
+	runcuser "github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/user"
 	spec "github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/runtime-tools/generate"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux/label"
@@ -1268,7 +1268,7 @@ func (c *Container) makeBindMounts() error {
 	// SHM is always added when we mount the container
 	c.state.BindMounts["/dev/shm"] = c.config.ShmDir
 
-	newPasswd, err := c.generatePasswd()
+	newPasswd, newGroup, err := c.generatePasswdAndGroup()
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "error creating temporary passwd file for container %s", c.ID())
 	}
@@ -1278,9 +1278,16 @@ func (c *Container) makeBindMounts() error {
 			// If it already exists, delete so we can recreate
 			delete(c.state.BindMounts, "/etc/passwd")
 		}
-		logrus.Debugf("adding entry to /etc/passwd for non existent default user")
 		c.state.BindMounts["/etc/passwd"] = newPasswd
 	}
+	if newGroup != "" {
+		// Make /etc/group
+		if _, ok := c.state.BindMounts["/etc/group"]; ok {
+			// If it already exists, delete so we can recreate
+			delete(c.state.BindMounts, "/etc/group")
+		}
+		c.state.BindMounts["/etc/group"] = newGroup
+	}
 
 	// Make /etc/hostname
 	// This should never change, so no need to recreate if it exists
@@ -1499,23 +1506,171 @@ func (c *Container) getHosts() string {
 	return hosts
 }
 
+// generateGroupEntry generates an entry or entries into /etc/group as
+// required by container configuration.
+// Generatlly speaking, we will make an entry under two circumstances:
+// 1. The container is started as a specific user:group, and that group is both
+//    numeric, and does not already exist in /etc/group.
+// 2. It is requested that Libpod add the group that launched Podman to
+//    /etc/group via AddCurrentUserPasswdEntry (though this does not trigger if
+//    the group in question already exists in /etc/passwd).
+// Returns group entry (as a string that can be appended to /etc/group) and any
+// error that occurred.
+func (c *Container) generateGroupEntry() (string, error) {
+	groupString := ""
+
+	// Things we *can't* handle: adding the user we added in
+	// generatePasswdEntry to any *existing* groups.
+	addedGID := 0
+	if c.config.AddCurrentUserPasswdEntry {
+		entry, gid, err := c.generateCurrentUserGroupEntry()
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", err
+		}
+		groupString += entry
+		addedGID = gid
+	}
+	if c.config.User != "" {
+		entry, _, err := c.generateUserGroupEntry(addedGID)
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", err
+		}
+		groupString += entry
+	}
+
+	return groupString, nil
+}
+
+// Make an entry in /etc/group for the group of the user running podman iff we
+// are rootless.
+func (c *Container) generateCurrentUserGroupEntry() (string, int, error) {
+	gid := rootless.GetRootlessGID()
+	if gid == 0 {
+		return "", 0, nil
+	}
+
+	g, err := user.LookupGroupId(strconv.Itoa(gid))
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", 0, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to get current group")
+	}
+
+	// Lookup group name to see if it exists in the image.
+	_, err = lookup.GetGroup(c.state.Mountpoint, g.Name)
+	if err != runcuser.ErrNoGroupEntries {
+		return "", 0, err
+	}
+
+	// Lookup GID to see if it exists in the image.
+	_, err = lookup.GetGroup(c.state.Mountpoint, g.Gid)
+	if err != runcuser.ErrNoGroupEntries {
+		return "", 0, err
+	}
+
+	// We need to get the username of the rootless user so we can add it to
+	// the group.
+	username := ""
+	uid := rootless.GetRootlessUID()
+	if uid != 0 {
+		u, err := user.LookupId(strconv.Itoa(uid))
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", 0, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to get current user to make group entry")
+		}
+		username = u.Username
+	}
+
+	// Make the entry.
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s:x:%s:%s\n", g.Name, g.Gid, username), gid, nil
+}
+
+// Make an entry in /etc/group for the group the container was specified to run
+// as.
+func (c *Container) generateUserGroupEntry(addedGID int) (string, int, error) {
+	if c.config.User == "" {
+		return "", 0, nil
+	}
+
+	splitUser := strings.SplitN(c.config.User, ":", 2)
+	group := splitUser[0]
+	if len(splitUser) > 1 {
+		group = splitUser[1]
+	}
+
+	gid, err := strconv.ParseUint(group, 10, 32)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", 0, nil
+	}
+
+	if addedGID != 0 && addedGID == int(gid) {
+		return "", 0, nil
+	}
+
+	// Check if the group already exists
+	_, err = lookup.GetGroup(c.state.Mountpoint, group)
+	if err != runcuser.ErrNoGroupEntries {
+		return "", 0, err
+	}
+
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%d:x:%d:%s\n", gid, gid, splitUser[0]), int(gid), nil
+}
+
+// generatePasswdEntry generates an entry or entries into /etc/passwd as
+// required by container configuration.
+// Generally speaking, we will make an entry under two circumstances:
+// 1. The container is started as a specific user who is not in /etc/passwd.
+//    This only triggers if the user is given as a *numeric* ID.
+// 2. It is requested that Libpod add the user that launched Podman to
+//    /etc/passwd via AddCurrentUserPasswdEntry (though this does not trigger if
+//    the user in question already exists in /etc/passwd) or the UID to be added
+//    is 0).
+// Returns password entry (as a string that can be appended to /etc/passwd) and
+// any error that occurred.
+func (c *Container) generatePasswdEntry() (string, error) {
+	passwdString := ""
+
+	addedUID := 0
+	if c.config.AddCurrentUserPasswdEntry {
+		entry, uid, _, err := c.generateCurrentUserPasswdEntry()
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", err
+		}
+		passwdString += entry
+		addedUID = uid
+	}
+	if c.config.User != "" {
+		entry, _, _, err := c.generateUserPasswdEntry(addedUID)
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", err
+		}
+		passwdString += entry
+	}
+
+	return passwdString, nil
+}
+
 // generateCurrentUserPasswdEntry generates an /etc/passwd entry for the user
-// running the container engine
-func (c *Container) generateCurrentUserPasswdEntry() (string, error) {
+// running the container engine.
+// Returns a passwd entry for the user, and the UID and GID of the added entry.
+func (c *Container) generateCurrentUserPasswdEntry() (string, int, int, error) {
 	uid := rootless.GetRootlessUID()
 	if uid == 0 {
-		return "", nil
+		return "", 0, 0, nil
 	}
 
-	u, err := user.LookupId(strconv.Itoa(rootless.GetRootlessUID()))
+	u, err := user.LookupId(strconv.Itoa(uid))
 	if err != nil {
-		return "", errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to get current user")
+		return "", 0, 0, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to get current user")
 	}
 
 	// Lookup the user to see if it exists in the container image.
 	_, err = lookup.GetUser(c.state.Mountpoint, u.Username)
-	if err != User.ErrNoPasswdEntries {
-		return "", err
+	if err != runcuser.ErrNoPasswdEntries {
+		return "", 0, 0, err
+	}
+
+	// Lookup the UID to see if it exists in the container image.
+	_, err = lookup.GetUser(c.state.Mountpoint, u.Uid)
+	if err != runcuser.ErrNoPasswdEntries {
+		return "", 0, 0, err
 	}
 
 	// If the user's actual home directory exists, or was mounted in - use
@@ -1525,18 +1680,22 @@ func (c *Container) generateCurrentUserPasswdEntry() (string, error) {
 		homeDir = u.HomeDir
 	}
 
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%s:x:%s:%s:%s:%s:/bin/sh\n", u.Username, u.Uid, u.Gid, u.Username, homeDir), nil
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s:*:%s:%s:%s:%s:/bin/sh\n", u.Username, u.Uid, u.Gid, u.Username, homeDir), uid, rootless.GetRootlessGID(), nil
 }
 
 // generateUserPasswdEntry generates an /etc/passwd entry for the container user
 // to run in the container.
-func (c *Container) generateUserPasswdEntry() (string, error) {
+// The UID and GID of the added entry will also be returned.
+// Accepts one argument, that being any UID that has already been added to the
+// passwd file by other functions; if it matches the UID we were given, we don't
+// need to do anything.
+func (c *Container) generateUserPasswdEntry(addedUID int) (string, int, int, error) {
 	var (
 		groupspec string
 		gid       int
 	)
 	if c.config.User == "" {
-		return "", nil
+		return "", 0, 0, nil
 	}
 	splitSpec := strings.SplitN(c.config.User, ":", 2)
 	userspec := splitSpec[0]
@@ -1546,13 +1705,17 @@ func (c *Container) generateUserPasswdEntry() (string, error) {
 	// If a non numeric User, then don't generate passwd
 	uid, err := strconv.ParseUint(userspec, 10, 32)
 	if err != nil {
-		return "", nil
+		return "", 0, 0, nil
+	}
+
+	if addedUID != 0 && int(uid) == addedUID {
+		return "", 0, 0, nil
 	}
 
 	// Lookup the user to see if it exists in the container image
 	_, err = lookup.GetUser(c.state.Mountpoint, userspec)
-	if err != User.ErrNoPasswdEntries {
-		return "", err
+	if err != runcuser.ErrNoPasswdEntries {
+		return "", 0, 0, err
 	}
 
 	if groupspec != "" {
@@ -1562,96 +1725,180 @@ func (c *Container) generateUserPasswdEntry() (string, error) {
 		} else {
 			group, err := lookup.GetGroup(c.state.Mountpoint, groupspec)
 			if err != nil {
-				return "", errors.Wrapf(err, "unable to get gid %s from group file", groupspec)
+				return "", 0, 0, errors.Wrapf(err, "unable to get gid %s from group file", groupspec)
 			}
 			gid = group.Gid
 		}
 	}
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%d:x:%d:%d:container user:%s:/bin/sh\n", uid, uid, gid, c.WorkingDir()), nil
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%d:*:%d:%d:container user:%s:/bin/sh\n", uid, uid, gid, c.WorkingDir()), int(uid), gid, nil
 }
 
-// generatePasswd generates a container specific passwd file,
-// iff g.config.User is a number
-func (c *Container) generatePasswd() (string, error) {
+// generatePasswdAndGroup generates container-specific passwd and group files
+// iff g.config.User is a number or we are configured to make a passwd entry for
+// the current user.
+// Returns path to file to mount at /etc/passwd, path to file to mount at
+// /etc/group, and any error that occurred. If no passwd/group file were
+// required, the empty string will be returned for those path (this may occur
+// even if no error happened).
+// This may modify the mounted container's /etc/passwd and /etc/group instead of
+// making copies to bind-mount in, so we don't break useradd (it wants to make a
+// copy of /etc/passwd and rename the copy to /etc/passwd, which is impossible
+// with a bind mount). This is done in cases where the container is *not*
+// read-only. In this case, the function will return nothing ("", "", nil).
+func (c *Container) generatePasswdAndGroup() (string, string, error) {
 	if !c.config.AddCurrentUserPasswdEntry && c.config.User == "" {
-		return "", nil
+		return "", "", nil
 	}
+
+	needPasswd := true
+	needGroup := true
+
+	// First, check if there's a mount at /etc/passwd or group, we don't
+	// want to interfere with user mounts.
 	if MountExists(c.config.Spec.Mounts, "/etc/passwd") {
-		return "", nil
+		needPasswd = false
 	}
-	// Re-use passwd if possible
-	passwdPath := filepath.Join(c.config.StaticDir, "passwd")
-	if _, err := os.Stat(passwdPath); err == nil {
-		return passwdPath, nil
+	if MountExists(c.config.Spec.Mounts, "/etc/group") {
+		needGroup = false
 	}
-	// Check if container has a /etc/passwd - if it doesn't do nothing.
-	passwdPath, err := securejoin.SecureJoin(c.state.Mountpoint, "/etc/passwd")
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", errors.Wrapf(err, "error creating path to container %s /etc/passwd", c.ID())
+
+	// Next, check if we already made the files. If we didn, don't need to
+	// do anything more.
+	if needPasswd {
+		passwdPath := filepath.Join(c.config.StaticDir, "passwd")
+		if _, err := os.Stat(passwdPath); err == nil {
+			needPasswd = false
+		}
 	}
-	if _, err := os.Stat(passwdPath); err != nil {
-		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
-			return "", nil
+	if needGroup {
+		groupPath := filepath.Join(c.config.StaticDir, "group")
+		if _, err := os.Stat(groupPath); err == nil {
+			needGroup = false
 		}
-		return "", errors.Wrapf(err, "unable to access container %s /etc/passwd", c.ID())
 	}
-	pwd := ""
-	if c.config.User != "" {
-		entry, err := c.generateUserPasswdEntry()
+
+	// Next, check if the container even has a /etc/passwd or /etc/group.
+	// If it doesn't we don't want to create them ourselves.
+	if needPasswd {
+		exists, err := c.checkFileExistsInRootfs("/etc/passwd")
 		if err != nil {
-			return "", err
+			return "", "", err
 		}
-		pwd += entry
+		needPasswd = exists
 	}
-	if c.config.AddCurrentUserPasswdEntry {
-		entry, err := c.generateCurrentUserPasswdEntry()
+	if needGroup {
+		exists, err := c.checkFileExistsInRootfs("/etc/group")
 		if err != nil {
-			return "", err
+			return "", "", err
 		}
-		pwd += entry
+		needGroup = exists
 	}
-	if pwd == "" {
-		return "", nil
+
+	// If we don't need a /etc/passwd or /etc/group at this point we can
+	// just return.
+	if !needPasswd && !needGroup {
+		return "", "", nil
 	}
 
-	// If we are *not* read-only - edit /etc/passwd in the container.
-	// This is *gross* (shows up in changes to the container, will be
-	// committed to images based on the container) but it actually allows us
-	// to add users to the container (a bind mount breaks useradd).
-	// We should never get here twice, because generateUserPasswdEntry will
-	// not return anything if the user already exists in /etc/passwd.
-	if !c.IsReadOnly() {
-		containerPasswd, err := securejoin.SecureJoin(c.state.Mountpoint, "/etc/passwd")
+	passwdPath := ""
+	groupPath := ""
+
+	ro := c.IsReadOnly()
+
+	if needPasswd {
+		passwdEntry, err := c.generatePasswdEntry()
 		if err != nil {
-			return "", errors.Wrapf(err, "error looking up location of container %s /etc/passwd", c.ID())
+			return "", "", err
 		}
 
-		f, err := os.OpenFile(containerPasswd, os.O_APPEND|os.O_WRONLY, 0600)
+		needsWrite := passwdEntry != ""
+		switch {
+		case ro && needsWrite:
+			logrus.Debugf("Making /etc/passwd for container %s", c.ID())
+			originPasswdFile, err := securejoin.SecureJoin(c.state.Mountpoint, "/etc/passwd")
+			if err != nil {
+				return "", "", errors.Wrapf(err, "error creating path to container %s /etc/passwd", c.ID())
+			}
+			orig, err := ioutil.ReadFile(originPasswdFile)
+			if err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+				return "", "", errors.Wrapf(err, "unable to read passwd file %s", originPasswdFile)
+			}
+			passwdFile, err := c.writeStringToStaticDir("passwd", string(orig)+passwdEntry)
+			if err != nil {
+				return "", "", errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to create temporary passwd file")
+			}
+			if err := os.Chmod(passwdFile, 0644); err != nil {
+				return "", "", err
+			}
+			passwdPath = passwdFile
+		case !ro && needsWrite:
+			logrus.Debugf("Modifying container %s /etc/passwd", c.ID())
+			containerPasswd, err := securejoin.SecureJoin(c.state.Mountpoint, "/etc/passwd")
+			if err != nil {
+				return "", "", errors.Wrapf(err, "error looking up location of container %s /etc/passwd", c.ID())
+			}
+
+			f, err := os.OpenFile(containerPasswd, os.O_APPEND|os.O_WRONLY, 0600)
+			if err != nil {
+				return "", "", errors.Wrapf(err, "error opening container %s /etc/passwd", c.ID())
+			}
+			defer f.Close()
+
+			if _, err := f.WriteString(passwdEntry); err != nil {
+				return "", "", errors.Wrapf(err, "unable to append to container %s /etc/passwd", c.ID())
+			}
+		default:
+			logrus.Debugf("Not modifying container %s /etc/passwd", c.ID())
+		}
+	}
+	if needGroup {
+		groupEntry, err := c.generateGroupEntry()
 		if err != nil {
-			return "", errors.Wrapf(err, "error opening container %s /etc/passwd", c.ID())
+			return "", "", err
 		}
-		defer f.Close()
 
-		if _, err := f.WriteString(pwd); err != nil {
-			return "", errors.Wrapf(err, "unable to append to container %s /etc/passwd", c.ID())
-		}
+		needsWrite := groupEntry != ""
+		switch {
+		case ro && needsWrite:
+			logrus.Debugf("Making /etc/group for container %s", c.ID())
+			originGroupFile, err := securejoin.SecureJoin(c.state.Mountpoint, "/etc/group")
+			if err != nil {
+				return "", "", errors.Wrapf(err, "error creating path to container %s /etc/group", c.ID())
+			}
+			orig, err := ioutil.ReadFile(originGroupFile)
+			if err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+				return "", "", errors.Wrapf(err, "unable to read group file %s", originGroupFile)
+			}
+			groupFile, err := c.writeStringToStaticDir("group", string(orig)+groupEntry)
+			if err != nil {
+				return "", "", errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to create temporary group file")
+			}
+			if err := os.Chmod(groupFile, 0644); err != nil {
+				return "", "", err
+			}
+			groupPath = groupFile
+		case !ro && needsWrite:
+			logrus.Debugf("Modifying container %s /etc/group", c.ID())
+			containerGroup, err := securejoin.SecureJoin(c.state.Mountpoint, "/etc/group")
+			if err != nil {
+				return "", "", errors.Wrapf(err, "error looking up location of container %s /etc/group", c.ID())
+			}
 
-		return "", nil
-	}
+			f, err := os.OpenFile(containerGroup, os.O_APPEND|os.O_WRONLY, 0600)
+			if err != nil {
+				return "", "", errors.Wrapf(err, "error opening container %s /etc/group", c.ID())
+			}
+			defer f.Close()
 
-	originPasswdFile := filepath.Join(c.state.Mountpoint, "/etc/passwd")
-	orig, err := ioutil.ReadFile(originPasswdFile)
-	if err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		return "", errors.Wrapf(err, "unable to read passwd file %s", originPasswdFile)
-	}
-	passwdFile, err := c.writeStringToStaticDir("passwd", string(orig)+pwd)
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to create temporary passwd file")
-	}
-	if err := os.Chmod(passwdFile, 0644); err != nil {
-		return "", err
+			if _, err := f.WriteString(groupEntry); err != nil {
+				return "", "", errors.Wrapf(err, "unable to append to container %s /etc/group", c.ID())
+			}
+		default:
+			logrus.Debugf("Not modifying container %s /etc/group", c.ID())
+		}
 	}
-	return passwdFile, nil
+
+	return passwdPath, groupPath, nil
 }
 
 func (c *Container) copyOwnerAndPerms(source, dest string) error {
@@ -1743,3 +1990,23 @@ func (c *Container) copyTimezoneFile(zonePath string) (string, error) {
 func (c *Container) cleanupOverlayMounts() error {
 	return overlay.CleanupContent(c.config.StaticDir)
 }
+
+// Check if a file exists at the given path in the container's root filesystem.
+// Container must already be mounted for this to be used.
+func (c *Container) checkFileExistsInRootfs(file string) (bool, error) {
+	checkPath, err := securejoin.SecureJoin(c.state.Mountpoint, file)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, errors.Wrapf(err, "cannot create path to container %s file %q", c.ID(), file)
+	}
+	stat, err := os.Stat(checkPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			return false, nil
+		}
+		return false, errors.Wrapf(err, "error accessing container %s file %q", c.ID(), file)
+	}
+	if stat.IsDir() {
+		return false, nil
+	}
+	return true, nil
+}