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Since newgrp is setuid-root, any write() system calls it does in order
to print error messages will be done as the root user.
Unprivileged users can get newgrp to print essentially arbitrary strings
to any open file in this way by passing those strings as argv[0] when
calling execve(). For example:
$ setpid() { (exec -a $1$'\n:' newgrp '' 2>/proc/sys/kernel/ns_last_pid & wait) >/dev/null; }
$ setpid 31000
$ readlink /proc/self
31001
This is not a vulnerability in newgrp; it is a bug in the Linux kernel.
However, this type of bug is not new [1] and it makes sense to try to
mitigate these types of bugs in userspace where possible.
[1]: https://lwn.net/Articles/476947/
Signed-off-by: Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@oracle.com>
shadow-utils
Introduction
The shadow-utils package includes the necessary programs for converting UNIX password files to the shadow password format, plus programs for managing user and group accounts. The pwconv command converts passwords to the shadow password format. The pwunconv command unconverts shadow passwords and generates a passwd file (a standard UNIX password file). The pwck command checks the integrity of password and shadow files. The lastlog command prints out the last login times for all users. The useradd, userdel, and usermod commands are used for managing user accounts. The groupadd, groupdel, and groupmod commands are used for managing group accounts.
Sites
Contacts
There are several ways to contact us:
- the general discussion mailing list
- the #shadow IRC channel on libera.chat:
- irc://irc.libera.chat/shadow
Mailing archives
- the general discussion mailing list archive
- the commit mailing list archive, only used for historical purposes
Contributions
Contributions are welcome. Follow the guidelines before posting any patches.
Authors and maintainers
Authors and maintainers are listed in AUTHORS.md.