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Re: [equinox-dev] security exceptions using Felix config adminwithEquinox
Hi Tom,

The reason that the Equinox Protection Domain is not granting all permissions, is because it uses the 2-arg ProtectionDomain constructor, which does not consult the security policy:


public GenerationProtectionDomain(CodeSource codesource, PermissionCollection permissions, Generation generation) {
	super(codesource, permissions);
	this.generation = generation;
}


public ProtectionDomain(CodeSource codesource,
                        PermissionCollection permissions)
Creates a new ProtectionDomain with the given CodeSource and Permissions. If the permissions object is not null, thensetReadOnly()) will be called on the passed in Permissions object. The only permissions granted to this domain are the ones specified; the current Policy will not be consulted

Using the 4-arg constructor (with extra args null) would resolve the problem, as it does check the security policy:

public ProtectionDomain(CodeSource codesource,
                        PermissionCollection permissions,
                        ClassLoader classloader,
                        Principal[] principals)
Creates a new ProtectionDomain qualified by the given CodeSource, Permissions, ClassLoader and array of Principals. If the permissions object is not null, then setReadOnly() will be called on the passed in Permissions object. The permissions granted to this domain are dynamic; they include both the static permissions passed to this constructor, and any permissions granted to this domain by the current Policy at the time a permission is checked


Do you still want me to open a bug on this?

—
Derek



On 20 May 2016, at 13:51, Thomas Watson <tjwatson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Can you open a bug against Equinox?  I would like to get to the bottom of why the protection domain is not granting all permissions when used with ACC

The projection domain used to define classes from bundles should only be configurable by one of the framework's permission admin services.  If you have not done any configuration with these services then the default is AllPermissions for all bundles.  I suspect when passing the domains to the ACC constructor it is trying to extract the permissions out of the domain, but that must be failing somehow.

At any rate, you should never need to use a permission policy file to grant permissions to osgi bundles.  The permissions are assigned to bundle classes only though the framework's permission admin services.

Tom





From:        Derek Baum <derek@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To:        Equinox development mailing list <equinox-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:        05/19/2016 04:30 PM
Subject:        Re: [equinox-dev] security exceptions using Felix config admin        withEquinox
Sent by:        equinox-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx



I'm not using anyPermission Admin Service; the SecurityManager is set using:

if (System.getSecurityManager() == null) {
    System.setSecurityManager(newSecurityManager());
}

with the java.security.policySystem property pointing to the security policy file.

I guess if I switched to using Conditional Permission Admin instead, then this problem wouldn’t occur,
because the Equinox ProtectionDomain would be constructed with explicit Permissions from Permission Admin?


I only set a Security Manager, because it is required by RMI; I have not defined a fine-grained security policy - it grants AllPermission,
so I don’t really want to run and configure Permission Admin just to make this work on Equinox.

I’m also exploring using the Equinox config admin, as this doesn’t create a new AccessControlContext using the classes ProtectionDomain,
so avoids the issue.

BJ’s suggestion of changing Felix config admin to use the one-arg doPrivileged() method seems reasonable and would also resolve the issue.

—
Derek



On 19 May 2016, at 13:52, Thomas Watson <tjwatson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

When you say security policy, I assume you mean the one you set through one of the framework's permission admin service?  And how are you setting the security manager?

Tom





From:        Derek Baum <derek@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To:        equinox-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
Date:        05/18/2016 02:16 PM
Subject:        Re: [equinox-dev] security exceptions using Felix config admin with        Equinox
Sent by:        equinox-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx



Hi,

I’ve also posted this to the Felix dev list, as the problem occurs when using Felix config admin with Equinox runtime.

I’m using org.eclipse.osgi_3.10.101.v20150820-1432.jar

Thanks,

—
Derek


On 18 May 2016, at 18:58, Derek Baum <derek@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I’m running with a SecurityManager installed and a trivial security.policy that grants AllPermission.

This works fine when running using the Felix runtime; however when I switch to Equinox I get security exceptions.

I’m not yet sure whether the problem lies with Felix config admin (1.8.8), Equinox runtime or elsewhere.


I’ve diagnosed the cause of the failure as follows:

Felix config admin ManagedServiceTracker, uses doPrivileged() to invoke the service.updated() method, with a new AccessControlContext:

     AccessController.doPrivileged(new PrivilegedExceptionAction() {
              public Object run() throws ConfigurationException {
                  service.updated( properties );
                  return null;
              }
           }, getAccessControlContext( service ) );

   AccessControlContext getAccessControlContext( final Object ref ) {
       return new AccessControlContext( new ProtectionDomain[]
           { ref.getClass().getProtectionDomain() } );
   }


Felix and Equinox return different ProtectionDomain implementations:

org.apache.felix.framework.BundleProtectionDomain
org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.ModuleClassLoader$GenerationProtectionDomain


Both implementations extend ProtectionDomain, but the Felix implementation uses the 4-arg constructor:

    The permissions granted to this domain are dynamic; they include
   both the static permissions passed to this constructor, and any
   permissions granted to this domain by the current Policy at the
    time a permission is checked.

while the Equinox implementation uses the 2-arg constructor.

   The only permissions granted to this domain
   are the ones specified; the current Policy will not be consulted


So the problem arises because Felix config admin is using doPrivileged() with a new AccessControlContext(), constructed using the target classes ProtectionDomain, and the ProtectionDomain returned when running on Equinox, does not consult the current policy, so my security policy containing grant AllPermission is ignored.


I’ve taken a quick look at the Equinox config admin implementation, and it doesn’t use doPrivileged() or a new AccessControlContext(),
so the issue does not arise.


Any opinions on whether this issue lies in Felix config admin, Equinox framework, or elsewhere?


Thanks,

—
Derek









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