Subject: [PATCH v2 1/1] Use has_privs_of_role for samerole, samegroup, and + in pg_hba.conf.

From: Nathan Bossart <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2022 11:40:51 -0700

6198420 ensured that has_privs_of_role() is used for predefined
roles, which means that the role privilege inheritance hierarchy is
checked instead of mere role membership.  However, inheritance is
still not respected for pg_hba.conf.  This change alters the
authentication logic to consider role privileges instead of just
role membership.

Do not back-patch.

Author: Nathan Bossart
---
 doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml          |  18 ++---
 src/backend/libpq/hba.c                |  19 ++---
 src/backend/utils/adt/acl.c            |  23 ++++++
 src/include/utils/acl.h                |   1 +
 src/test/authentication/meson.build    |   1 +
 src/test/authentication/t/004_privs.pl | 101 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 6 files changed, 145 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/authentication/t/004_privs.pl

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml
index c6f1b70fd3..b06b57f169 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml
@@ -221,12 +221,12 @@ hostnogssenc  <replaceable>database</replaceable>  <replaceable>user</replaceabl
        The value <literal>sameuser</literal> specifies that the record
        matches if the requested database has the same name as the
        requested user.  The value <literal>samerole</literal> specifies that
-       the requested user must be a member of the role with the same
+       the requested user must have privileges of the role with the same
        name as the requested database.  (<literal>samegroup</literal> is an
        obsolete but still accepted spelling of <literal>samerole</literal>.)
-       Superusers are not considered to be members of a role for the
-       purposes of <literal>samerole</literal> unless they are explicitly
-       members of the role, directly or indirectly, and not just by
+       Superusers are not considered to have privileges of a role for the
+       purposes of <literal>samerole</literal> unless they explicitly have
+       privileges of the role, directly or indirectly, and not just by
        virtue of being a superuser.
        The value <literal>replication</literal> specifies that the record
        matches if a physical replication connection is requested, however, it
@@ -252,10 +252,10 @@ hostnogssenc  <replaceable>database</replaceable>  <replaceable>user</replaceabl
        database user, or a group name preceded by <literal>+</literal>.
        (Recall that there is no real distinction between users and groups
        in <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>; a <literal>+</literal> mark really means
-       <quote>match any of the roles that are directly or indirectly members
+       <quote>match any of the roles that directly or indirectly have privileges
        of this role</quote>, while a name without a <literal>+</literal> mark matches
        only that specific role.) For this purpose, a superuser is only
-       considered to be a member of a role if they are explicitly a member
+       considered to have privileges of a role if they explicitly have privileges
        of the role, directly or indirectly, and not just by virtue of
        being a superuser.
        Multiple user names can be supplied by separating them with commas.
@@ -788,9 +788,9 @@ host    all             all             192.168.0.0/16          ident map=omicro
 # If these are the only three lines for local connections, they will
 # allow local users to connect only to their own databases (databases
 # with the same name as their database user name) except for administrators
-# and members of role "support", who can connect to all databases.  The file
-# $PGDATA/admins contains a list of names of administrators.  Passwords
-# are required in all cases.
+# and roles with privileges of role "support", who can connect to all
+# databases.  The file $PGDATA/admins contains a list of names of
+# administrators.  Passwords are required in all cases.
 #
 # TYPE  DATABASE        USER            ADDRESS                 METHOD
 local   sameuser        all                                     md5
diff --git a/src/backend/libpq/hba.c b/src/backend/libpq/hba.c
index 4637426d62..faa675f4af 100644
--- a/src/backend/libpq/hba.c
+++ b/src/backend/libpq/hba.c
@@ -547,13 +547,13 @@ tokenize_auth_file(const char *filename, FILE *file, List **tok_lines,

 /*
- * Does user belong to role?
+ * Does user have privileges of role?
  *
  * userid is the OID of the role given as the attempted login identifier.
- * We check to see if it is a member of the specified role name.
+ * We check to see if it has privileges of the specified role name.
  */
 static bool
-is_member(Oid userid, const char *role)
+has_privs(Oid userid, const char *role)
 {
 	Oid			roleid;
 
@@ -566,11 +566,12 @@ is_member(Oid userid, const char *role)
 		return false;			/* if target role not exist, say "no" */
 
 	/*
-	 * See if user is directly or indirectly a member of role. For this
-	 * purpose, a superuser is not considered to be automatically a member of
-	 * the role, so group auth only applies to explicit membership.
+	 * See if user directly or indirectly has privileges of role. For this
+	 * purpose, a superuser is not considered to automatically have
+	 * privileges of the role, so group auth only applies to explicit
+	 * privileges.
 	 */
-	return is_member_of_role_nosuper(userid, roleid);
+	return has_privs_of_role_nosuper(userid, roleid);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -587,7 +588,7 @@ check_role(const char *role, Oid roleid, List *tokens)
 		tok = lfirst(cell);
 		if (!tok->quoted && tok->string[0] == '+')
 		{
-			if (is_member(roleid, tok->string + 1))
+			if (has_privs(roleid, tok->string + 1))
 				return true;
 		}
 		else if (token_matches(tok, role) ||
@@ -628,7 +629,7 @@ check_db(const char *dbname, const char *role, Oid roleid, List *tokens)
 		else if (token_is_keyword(tok, "samegroup") ||
 				 token_is_keyword(tok, "samerole"))
 		{
-			if (is_member(roleid, dbname))
+			if (has_privs(roleid, dbname))
 				return true;
 		}
 		else if (token_is_keyword(tok, "replication"))
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/acl.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/acl.c
index 4fac402e5b..cb5587d926 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/acl.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/acl.c
@@ -4928,6 +4928,29 @@ has_privs_of_role(Oid member, Oid role)
 }

+/*
+ * Does member have the privileges of role, not considering superuserness?
+ *
+ * This is identical to has_privs_of_role except we ignore superuser
+ * status.
+ */
+bool
+has_privs_of_role_nosuper(Oid member, Oid role)
+{
+	/* Fast path for simple case */
+	if (member == role)
+		return true;
+
+	/*
+	 * Find all the roles that member has the privileges of, including
+	 * multi-level recursion, then see if target role is any one of them.
+	 */
+	return list_member_oid(roles_is_member_of(member, ROLERECURSE_PRIVS,
+											  InvalidOid, NULL),
+						   role);
+}
+
+
 /*
  * Is member a member of role (directly or indirectly)?
  *
diff --git a/src/include/utils/acl.h b/src/include/utils/acl.h
index 9a4df3a5da..eded5e0f96 100644
--- a/src/include/utils/acl.h
+++ b/src/include/utils/acl.h
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ extern AclMode aclmask(const Acl *acl, Oid roleid, Oid ownerId,
 extern int	aclmembers(const Acl *acl, Oid **roleids);
 
 extern bool has_privs_of_role(Oid member, Oid role);
+extern bool has_privs_of_role_nosuper(Oid member, Oid role);
 extern bool is_member_of_role(Oid member, Oid role);
 extern bool is_member_of_role_nosuper(Oid member, Oid role);
 extern bool is_admin_of_role(Oid member, Oid role);
diff --git a/src/test/authentication/meson.build b/src/test/authentication/meson.build
index c2b48c43c9..a98b19158c 100644
--- a/src/test/authentication/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/authentication/meson.build
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ tests += {
       't/001_password.pl',
       't/002_saslprep.pl',
       't/003_peer.pl',
+      't/004_privs.pl',
     ],
   },
 }
diff --git a/src/test/authentication/t/004_privs.pl b/src/test/authentication/t/004_privs.pl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..40b7e9f6e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/authentication/t/004_privs.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+
+# Copyright (c) 2022, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
+
+# Tests for role inheritance with pg_hba.conf.
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use PostgreSQL::Test::Cluster;
+use PostgreSQL::Test::Utils;
+use Test::More;
+
+# Delete pg_hba.conf from the given node, add a new entry to it
+# and then execute a reload to refresh it.
+sub reset_pg_hba
+{
+	my $node       = shift;
+	my $database   = shift;
+	my $role       = shift;
+	my $hba_method = shift;
+
+	unlink($node->data_dir . '/pg_hba.conf');
+	$node->append_conf('pg_hba.conf', "local $database $role $hba_method");
+	$node->reload;
+	return;
+}
+
+# Test access for a connection string, useful to wrap all tests into one.
+# Extra named parameters are passed to connect_ok/fails as-is.
+sub test_conn
+{
+	local $Test::Builder::Level = $Test::Builder::Level + 1;
+
+	my ($node, $connstr, $method, $expected_res, %params) = @_;
+	my $status_string = 'failed';
+	$status_string = 'success' if ($expected_res eq 0);
+
+	my $testname =
+	  "authentication $status_string for method $method, connstr $connstr";
+
+	if ($expected_res eq 0)
+	{
+		$node->connect_ok($connstr, $testname, %params);
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		# No checks of the error message, only the status code.
+		$node->connect_fails($connstr, $testname, %params);
+	}
+}
+
+# Initialize primary node
+my $node = PostgreSQL::Test::Cluster->new('primary');
+$node->init;
+$node->append_conf('postgresql.conf', "log_connections = on\n");
+$node->start;
+
+# Create database and roles for tests
+$node->safe_psql('postgres', "CREATE DATABASE role1;");
+$node->safe_psql('postgres', "CREATE ROLE role1 LOGIN PASSWORD 'pass';");
+$node->safe_psql('postgres', "CREATE ROLE role2 LOGIN SUPERUSER INHERIT IN ROLE role1 PASSWORD 'pass';");
+$node->safe_psql('postgres', "CREATE ROLE role3 LOGIN SUPERUSER NOINHERIT IN ROLE role1 PASSWORD 'pass';");
+
+# Test role inheritance is respected for +
+$ENV{"PGPASSWORD"} = 'pass';
+reset_pg_hba($node, 'all', '+role1', 'scram-sha-256');
+test_conn($node, 'user=role1', 'scram-sha-256', 0,
+	log_like =>
+	  [qr/connection authenticated: identity="role1" method=scram-sha-256/]);
+test_conn($node, 'user=role2', 'scram-sha-256', 0,
+	log_like =>
+	  [qr/connection authenticated: identity="role2" method=scram-sha-256/]);
+test_conn($node, 'user=role3', 'scram-sha-256', 2,
+	log_unlike =>
+	  [qr/connection authenticated: identity="role3" method=scram-sha-256/]);
+
+# Test role inheritance is respected for samerole
+$ENV{"PGDATABASE"} = 'role1';
+reset_pg_hba($node, 'samerole', 'all', 'scram-sha-256');
+test_conn($node, 'user=role1', 'scram-sha-256', 0,
+	log_like =>
+	  [qr/connection authenticated: identity="role1" method=scram-sha-256/]);
+test_conn($node, 'user=role2', 'scram-sha-256', 0,
+	log_like =>
+	  [qr/connection authenticated: identity="role2" method=scram-sha-256/]);
+test_conn($node, 'user=role3', 'scram-sha-256', 2,
+	log_unlike =>
+	  [qr/connection authenticated: identity="role3" method=scram-sha-256/]);
+
+# Test role inheritance is respected for samegroup
+reset_pg_hba($node, 'samegroup', 'all', 'scram-sha-256');
+test_conn($node, 'user=role1', 'scram-sha-256', 0,
+	log_like =>
+	  [qr/connection authenticated: identity="role1" method=scram-sha-256/]);
+test_conn($node, 'user=role2', 'scram-sha-256', 0,
+	log_like =>
+	  [qr/connection authenticated: identity="role2" method=scram-sha-256/]);
+test_conn($node, 'user=role3', 'scram-sha-256', 2,
+	log_unlike =>
+	  [qr/connection authenticated: identity="role3" method=scram-sha-256/]);
+
+done_testing();
-- 
2.25.1

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