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Bug 713690 - net-vpn/tor: seccomp not enabled by USE flag
Summary: net-vpn/tor: seccomp not enabled by USE flag
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: John Helmert III
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Blocks: seccomp
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Reported: 2020-03-20 20:43 UTC by Sam James
Modified: 2024-04-15 07:42 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description Sam James archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2020-03-20 20:43:47 UTC
Tor needs `Sandbox 1` in its `torrc` file to use seccomp filtering, even if USE=seccomp is enabled.

We may want to insert it via /etc/conf.d/torrc (and systemd's equivalent) to avoid messing with user's `torrcs`.

I experienced a crash [0] on my arm64 and amd64 system which I have reported upstream. Others have not experienced this on Gentoo, however.

[0] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/33346
Comment 1 Anthony Basile gentoo-dev 2020-03-20 22:46:36 UTC
(In reply to sam_c (Security Padawan) from comment #0)
> Tor needs `Sandbox 1` in its `torrc` file to use seccomp filtering, even if
> USE=seccomp is enabled.
> 
> We may want to insert it via /etc/conf.d/torrc (and systemd's equivalent) to
> avoid messing with user's `torrcs`.
> 
> I experienced a crash [0] on my arm64 and amd64 system which I have reported
> upstream. Others have not experienced this on Gentoo, however.
> 
> [0] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/33346

If I add `Sandbox 1` unconditionally to the torrc, and we configure tor to be built without seccomp, does tor ignore the `Sandbox 1` configuration?
Comment 2 Sam James archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2020-03-21 01:07:57 UTC
(In reply to Anthony Basile from comment #1)
> If I add `Sandbox 1` unconditionally to the torrc, and we configure tor to
> be built without seccomp, does tor ignore the `Sandbox 1` configuration?

I was ready to tell you we could just patch out the dying and/or use %include in torrc. And then I tested...

>Mar 21 00:36:38 box Tor[26109]: This version of Tor was built without support
for sandboxing. To build with support for sandboxing on Linux, you must have libseccomp and its necessary header files (e.g. seccomp.h).

So, nothing happens. It just carries on. Yes, exactly.

(tested w/ 0.4.2.7.)
Comment 3 Larry the Git Cow gentoo-dev 2024-04-15 07:42:30 UTC
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s):

https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=6e604b1d706779f2a93bf349380d4531c5eede5a

commit 6e604b1d706779f2a93bf349380d4531c5eede5a
Author:     Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>
AuthorDate: 2024-04-15 07:41:20 +0000
Commit:     Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>
CommitDate: 2024-04-15 07:41:20 +0000

    net-vpn/tor: skip known-broken sandbox tests on arm32
    
    The seccomp support in Tor, just like seccomp in general, is known to
    be brittle and seccomp isn't enabled by default (bug #713690). It's therefore not a
    serious failure even if we'd like it to get fixed.
    
    Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/713690
    Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/920905
    Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>

 net-vpn/tor/tor-0.4.7.16-r1.ebuild | 13 ++++++++++++-
 net-vpn/tor/tor-0.4.8.10.ebuild    | 11 +++++++++++
 net-vpn/tor/tor-0.4.8.11.ebuild    | 11 +++++++++++
 net-vpn/tor/tor-9999.ebuild        | 13 ++++++++++++-
 4 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)