func listen()

in google_guest_agent/command/command_linux.go [86:137]


func listen(ctx context.Context, pipe string, filemode int, grp string) (net.Listener, error) {
	// If grp is an int, use it as a GID
	gid, err := strconv.Atoi(grp)
	if err != nil {
		// Otherwise lookup GID
		group, err := user.LookupGroup(grp)
		if err != nil {
			logger.Errorf("guest agent command pipe group %s is not a GID nor a valid group, not changing socket ownership", grp)
			gid = -1
		} else {
			gid, err = strconv.Atoi(group.Gid)
			if err != nil {
				logger.Errorf("os reported group %s has gid %s which is not a valid int, not changing socket ownership. this should never happen", grp, group.Gid)
				gid = -1
			}
		}
	}
	// socket owner group does not need to have permissions to everything in the directory containing it, whatever user and group we are should own that
	user, err := user.Current()
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not lookup current user")
	}
	currentuid, err := strconv.Atoi(user.Uid)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("os reported user %s has uid %s which is not a valid int, can't determine directory owner. this should never happen", user.Username, user.Uid)
	}
	currentgid, err := strconv.Atoi(user.Gid)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("os reported user %s has gid %s which is not a valid int, can't determine directory owner. this should never happen", user.Username, user.Gid)
	}
	if err := mkdirpWithPerms(path.Dir(pipe), os.FileMode(filemode), currentuid, currentgid); err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	// Mutating the umask of the process for this is not ideal, but tightening permissions with chown after creation is not really secure.
	// Lock OS thread while mutating umask so we don't lose a thread with a mutated mask.
	runtime.LockOSThread()
	oldmask := syscall.Umask(777 - filemode)
	var lc net.ListenConfig
	l, err := lc.Listen(ctx, "unix", pipe)
	syscall.Umask(oldmask)
	runtime.UnlockOSThread()
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	// But we need to chown anyway to loosen permissions to include whatever group the user has configured
	err = os.Chown(pipe, int(currentuid), gid)
	if err != nil {
		l.Close()
		return nil, err
	}
	return l, nil
}