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authorAlvar <post@0x21.biz>2026-02-06 11:58:38 +0000
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2026-02-06 12:58:38 +0100
commitcef40299a93233f043f5b0821a9ad2c69dd612f7 (patch)
treeb95f8b83f49cf3fc811c19d5bf9e02f2f4e232c2 /plugins/check_tcp.c
parentfe4c82ea6fe37ef24d1726ebe83fac3e2bd581fe (diff)
downloadmonitoring-plugins-cef40299a93233f043f5b0821a9ad2c69dd612f7.tar.gz
OpenBSD: pledge(2) some network-facing checks (#2225)
OpenBSD's pledge(2) system call allows the current process to self-restrict itself, being reduced to promised pledges. For example, unless a process says it wants to write to files, it is not allowed to do so any longer. This change starts by calling pledge(2) in some network-facing checks, removing the more dangerous privileges, such as executing other files. My initial motivation came from check_icmp, being installed as a setuid binary and (temporarily) running with root privileges. There, the pledge(2) calls result in check_icmp to only being allowed to interact with the network and to setuid(2) to the calling user later on. Afterwards, I went through my most commonly used monitoring plugins directly interacting with the network. Thus, I continued with pledge(2)-ing check_curl - having a huge codebase and all -, check_ntp_time, check_smtp, check_ssh, and check_tcp. For most of those, the changes were quite similar: start with network-friendly promises, parse the configuration, give up file access, and proceed with the actual check.
Diffstat (limited to 'plugins/check_tcp.c')
-rw-r--r--plugins/check_tcp.c12
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/plugins/check_tcp.c b/plugins/check_tcp.c
index 09806373..430f1218 100644
--- a/plugins/check_tcp.c
+++ b/plugins/check_tcp.c
@@ -89,6 +89,14 @@ const int DEFAULT_NNTPS_PORT = 563;
89const int DEFAULT_CLAMD_PORT = 3310; 89const int DEFAULT_CLAMD_PORT = 3310;
90 90
91int main(int argc, char **argv) { 91int main(int argc, char **argv) {
92#ifdef __OpenBSD__
93 /* - rpath is required to read --extra-opts (given up later)
94 * - inet is required for sockets
95 * - unix is required for Unix domain sockets
96 * - dns is required for name lookups */
97 pledge("stdio rpath inet unix dns", NULL);
98#endif // __OpenBSD__
99
92 setlocale(LC_ALL, ""); 100 setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
93 bindtextdomain(PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR); 101 bindtextdomain(PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
94 textdomain(PACKAGE); 102 textdomain(PACKAGE);
@@ -216,6 +224,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
216 usage4(_("Could not parse arguments")); 224 usage4(_("Could not parse arguments"));
217 } 225 }
218 226
227#ifdef __OpenBSD__
228 pledge("stdio inet unix dns", NULL);
229#endif // __OpenBSD__
230
219 config = paw.config; 231 config = paw.config;
220 232
221 if (verbosity > 0) { 233 if (verbosity > 0) {