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grpc: make the mTLS private keys user-readable only
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Fixes ElementsProject#6064
Reported-by: denis2342 <@denis2342>

Changelog-Changed: grpc: The mTLS private keys are no longer group-readable
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cdecker authored and vincenzopalazzo committed Mar 24, 2023
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15 changes: 14 additions & 1 deletion plugins/grpc-plugin/src/tls.rs
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Expand Up @@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ fn generate_or_load_identity(
filename: &str,
parent: Option<&Identity>,
) -> Result<Identity> {
use std::io::Write;
use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt;
// Just our naming convention here.
let cert_path = directory.join(format!("{}.pem", filename));
let key_path = directory.join(format!("{}-key.pem", filename));
Expand All @@ -70,7 +72,18 @@ fn generate_or_load_identity(
&key_path
);
let keypair = KeyPair::generate(&rcgen::PKCS_ECDSA_P256_SHA256)?;
std::fs::write(&key_path, keypair.serialize_pem())?;

// Create the file, but make it user-readable only:
let mut file = std::fs::File::create(&key_path)?;
let mut perms = std::fs::metadata(&key_path)?.permissions();
perms.set_mode(0o600);
std::fs::set_permissions(&key_path, perms)?;

// Only after changing the permissions we can write the
// private key
file.write_all(keypair.serialize_pem().as_bytes())?;
drop(file);

debug!(
"Generating a new certificate for key {:?} at {:?}",
&key_path, &cert_path
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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions tests/test_cln_rs.py
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Expand Up @@ -181,6 +181,11 @@ def test_grpc_generate_certificate(node_factory):
assert contents[-2] != files[-2].open().read()
assert contents[-1] != files[-1].open().read()

keys = [f for f in files if f.name.endswith('-key.pem')]
modes = [f.stat().st_mode for f in keys]
private = [m % 8 == 0 and (m // 8) % 8 == 0 for m in modes]
assert all(private)


def test_grpc_no_auto_start(node_factory):
"""Ensure that we do not start cln-grpc unless a port is configured.
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