[pve-devel] [PATCH access-control 1/2] roles: restrict Permissions.Modify to Administrator

Fabian Grünbichler f.gruenbichler at proxmox.com
Mon Jun 5 16:21:36 CEST 2023


to reduce the chances of accidentally handing out privilege modification
privileges. the old default setup of having Permissions.Modify in PVESysAdmin
and PVEAdmin weakened the distinction between those roles and Administrator.

Signed-off-by: Fabian Grünbichler <f.gruenbichler at proxmox.com>
---

Notes:
    this is obviously a breaking change
    
    can be detected in pve7to8 if any ACLs with PVESysAdmin or PVEAdmin are
    configured, with a hint about adding a custom role if desired.

 src/PVE/AccessControl.pm | 5 +++--
 src/test/perm-test1.pl   | 4 ++++
 src/test/perm-test8.pl   | 4 ++--
 src/test/test1.cfg       | 2 ++
 src/test/test8.cfg       | 2 +-
 5 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/PVE/AccessControl.pm b/src/PVE/AccessControl.pm
index eee0869..9107653 100644
--- a/src/PVE/AccessControl.pm
+++ b/src/PVE/AccessControl.pm
@@ -1066,7 +1066,6 @@ my $privgroups = {
 	    'Sys.Incoming', # incoming storage/guest migrations
 	],
 	admin => [
-	    'Permissions.Modify',
 	    'Sys.Console',
 	    'Sys.Syslog',
 	],
@@ -1124,7 +1123,9 @@ my $privgroups = {
     },
 };
 
-my $valid_privs = {};
+my $valid_privs = {
+    'Permissions.Modify' => 1, # not contained in a group
+};
 
 my $special_roles = {
     'NoAccess' => {}, # no privileges
diff --git a/src/test/perm-test1.pl b/src/test/perm-test1.pl
index d8527e7..d7cab3d 100755
--- a/src/test/perm-test1.pl
+++ b/src/test/perm-test1.pl
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ check_permission('max at pve', '/vms/100', 'VM.Audit,VM.PowerMgmt');
 check_permission('alex at pve', '/vms', '');
 check_permission('alex at pve', '/vms/100', 'VM.Audit,VM.PowerMgmt');
 
+# PVEVMAdmin -> no Permissions.Modify!
+check_permission('alex at pve', '/vms/300', 'VM.Allocate,VM.Audit,VM.Backup,VM.Clone,VM.Config.CDROM,VM.Config.CPU,VM.Config.Cloudinit,VM.Config.Disk,VM.Config.HWType,VM.Config.Memory,VM.Config.Network,VM.Config.Options,VM.Console,VM.Migrate,VM.Monitor,VM.PowerMgmt,VM.Snapshot,VM.Snapshot.Rollback');
+# Administrator -> Permissions.Modify!
+check_permission('alex at pve', '/vms/400', 'Datastore.Allocate,Datastore.AllocateSpace,Datastore.AllocateTemplate,Datastore.Audit,Group.Allocate,Permissions.Modify,Pool.Allocate,Pool.Audit,Realm.Allocate,Realm.AllocateUser,SDN.Allocate,SDN.Audit,Sys.Audit,Sys.Console,Sys.Incoming,Sys.Modify,Sys.PowerMgmt,Sys.Syslog,User.Modify,VM.Allocate,VM.Audit,VM.Backup,VM.Clone,VM.Config.CDROM,VM.Config.CPU,VM.Config.Cloudinit,VM.Config.Disk,VM.Config.HWType,VM.Config.Memory,VM.Config.Network,VM.Config.Options,VM.Console,VM.Migrate,VM.Monitor,VM.PowerMgmt,VM.Snapshot,VM.Snapshot.Rollback');
 
 check_roles('max at pve', '/vms/200', 'storage_manager');
 check_roles('joe at pve', '/vms/200', 'vm_admin');
diff --git a/src/test/perm-test8.pl b/src/test/perm-test8.pl
index 980a990..21bf1d3 100644
--- a/src/test/perm-test8.pl
+++ b/src/test/perm-test8.pl
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ check_roles('max at pve', '/vms/100', 'customer');
 check_roles('max at pve', '/vms/101', 'vm_admin');
 
 check_permission('max at pve', '/', '');
-check_permission('max at pve', '/vms', 'Permissions.Modify,VM.Allocate,VM.Audit,VM.Console');
+check_permission('max at pve', '/vms', 'VM.Allocate,VM.Audit,VM.Console');
 check_permission('max at pve', '/vms/100', 'VM.Audit,VM.PowerMgmt');
 
 check_permission('alex at pve', '/vms', '');
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ check_roles('max at pve!token', '/vms/200', 'storage_manager');
 check_roles('max at pve!token2', '/vms/200', 'customer');
 
 # check intersection -> token has Administrator, but user only vm_admin
-check_permission('max at pve!token2', '/vms/300', 'Permissions.Modify,VM.Allocate,VM.Audit,VM.Console,VM.PowerMgmt');
+check_permission('max at pve!token2', '/vms/300', 'VM.Allocate,VM.Audit,VM.Console,VM.PowerMgmt');
 
 print "all tests passed\n";
 
diff --git a/src/test/test1.cfg b/src/test/test1.cfg
index d27c5d6..0b1b587 100644
--- a/src/test/test1.cfg
+++ b/src/test/test1.cfg
@@ -19,4 +19,6 @@ acl:1:/users:max at pve:Administrator:
 
 acl:1:/vms/200:@testgroup3:storage_manager:
 acl:1:/vms/200:@testgroup2:NoAccess:
+acl:1:/vms/300:alex at pve:PVEVMAdmin:
+acl:1:/vms/400:alex at pve:Administrator:
 
diff --git a/src/test/test8.cfg b/src/test/test8.cfg
index d5c7e86..ce704ef 100644
--- a/src/test/test8.cfg
+++ b/src/test/test8.cfg
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ group:testgroup3:max at pve:
 
 role:storage_manager:Datastore.AllocateSpace,Datastore.Audit:
 role:customer:VM.Audit,VM.PowerMgmt:
-role:vm_admin:VM.Audit,VM.Allocate,Permissions.Modify,VM.Console:
+role:vm_admin:VM.Audit,VM.Allocate,VM.Console:
 
 acl:1:/vms:@testgroup1:vm_admin:
 acl:0:/vms/300:max at pve:customer:
-- 
2.39.2






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