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PHP support for OpenBSD's pledge and unveil syscalls
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# PHP pledge



This is a PHP extension that adds support for OpenBSD's pledge and unveil system calls.



## Requirements



This extension works with >= PHP 7.2 and needs at least OpenBSD 6.4.



## The theory



The [pledge(2) system call](http://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man2/pledge.2) allows a program to restrict the types

of operations the program can do after that point. Unlike other similar systems, pledge is specifically designed for

programs that need to use a wide variety of operations on initialisation, but a fewer number after initialisation (when

user input will be accepted).



The pledge system call is supported on OpenBSD >= 5.9



The first call to [unveil(2) system call](http://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man2/unveil.2) restricts the filesystem

view. Subsequent calls can open it more. To prevent further unveiling, call unveil with no parameters or drop the unveil

pledge if the program is pledged.



The unveil system call is supported on OpenBSD >= 6.4



## OpenBSD installation



This package is present in OpenBSD packages. To install it, run:



```sh

pkg_add pecl83-pledge

```



This package can also be installed from ports. To install it, make sure you

[have the ports tree](https://www.openbsd.org/faq/ports/ports.html#PortsFetch) on your machine. Next, install the port:



```sh

cd /usr/ports/www/pecl-pledge/

env FLAVOR=php83 make FETCH_PACKAGES= install

```



Using the extension:



```sh

echo 'extension=pledge' > /etc/php-8.3/pledge.ini

php-8.3 -m | grep pledge

```



You can then use the `pledge()` and `unveil()` functions, or set a pledge and unveil default with ini values:



- openbsd.pledge_promises

- openbsd.pledge_execpromises

- openbsd.unveil



Promises are the pledge promises for your main process, execpromises are for child processes (or the same as the parent

if not specified). The openbsd.unveil ini setting can receive many unveil calls eg:

/html/public:r,/var/www/html/tmp:rw would make the /var/www/html/public directory readable and the

/var/www/html/tmp readable and writeable. If you want to restrict further calls to unveil, end with null:null.



## FPM configuration



You can set promises and unveils in your PHP-FPM config. Eg:



```

php_admin_value[openbsd.pledge_promises] = stdio rpath wpath cpath fattr flock unveil inet

php_admin_value[openbsd.unveil] = /:r,/tmp:rwc,/htdocs/var/log:rwc,/htdocs/var/cache:rwc,null:null

```



An simplified httpd example config:



```

chroot "/var/www"



server "example.com" {

    listen on * port 80

    root "/htdocs/public"

    directory index "index.php"



    # Assets not served by PHP

    location match "\.(css|gif|jpg|png|js)$" {

        pass

    }



    location match "/specific-path-1" {

        request rewrite "/index.php/%1"

        fastcgi socket "/run/php-fpm-specific-path-1.sock"

    }



    location match "/specific-path-2" {

        request rewrite "/index.php/%1"

        fastcgi socket "/run/php-fpm-specific-path-2.sock"

    }



    # The default PHP handler

    location match "^/(.+)$" {

        request rewrite "/index.php/%1"

        fastcgi socket "/run/php-fpm.sock"

    }

}

```



With a simplified PHP-FPM config:



```

[global]

include=/etc/php-fpm.d/*.conf



[specific-path-1]

user = www

group = www

listen.owner = www

listen.group = www

listen.mode = 0660



pm = dynamic

pm.max_children = 5

pm.start_servers = 2

pm.min_spare_servers = 1

pm.max_spare_servers = 3



chroot = /var/www

pm.max_requests = 1



listen = /var/www/run/php-fpm-specific-path-1.sock

php_admin_value[openbsd.pledge_promises] = stdio rpath wpath cpath fattr flock unveil

php_admin_value[openbsd.unveil] = /:r,/tmp:rwc,/htdocs/var/log:rwc,/htdocs/var/cache:rwc



[specific-path-2]

user = www

group = www

listen.owner = www

listen.group = www

listen.mode = 0660



pm = dynamic

pm.max_children = 5

pm.start_servers = 2

pm.min_spare_servers = 1

pm.max_spare_servers = 3



chroot = /var/www

pm.max_requests = 1



listen = /var/www/run/php-fpm-specific-path-2.sock

php_admin_value[openbsd.pledge_promises] = stdio rpath wpath cpath fattr flock unveil

php_admin_value[openbsd.unveil] = /:r,/tmp:rwc,/htdocs/var/log:rwc,/htdocs/var/cache:rwc



[www]

user = www

group = www

listen.owner = www

listen.group = www

listen.mode = 0660



pm = dynamic

pm.max_children = 5

pm.start_servers = 2

pm.min_spare_servers = 1

pm.max_spare_servers = 3



chroot = /var/www

pm.max_requests = 1



listen = /var/www/run/php-fpm.sock

php_admin_value[openbsd.pledge_promises] = stdio rpath wpath cpath fattr flock unveil inet

php_admin_value[openbsd.unveil] = /:r,/tmp:rwc,/htdocs/var/log:rwc,/htdocs/var/cache:rwc

```



Don't forget to call `unveil(null, null);` in your PHP userland to disallow future unveil calls, or specify null:null as

the last argument eg:



```

php_admin_value[openbsd.unveil] = /:r,/tmp:rwc,/htdocs/var/log:rwc,/htdocs/var/cache:rwc,null:null

```



## Build from source



Install a release from PECL [security/pledge](https://pecl.php.net/package/pledge) or build the latest from source:



```sh

git clone https://github.com/tvlooy/php-pledge

cd php-pledge

phpize

./configure

make

doas make install

```



Add the following to your configuration to enable the extension:



```

extension=pledge

```



Run the tests with:



```sh

NO_INTERACTION=1 make test

```



## Pledge usage



All promises are documented in [the OpenBSD pledge(2) manual page](http://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man2/pledge.2).



When pledging your program keep an eye on ```/var/log/messages``` to see your violations.



To allow read/write filesystem access, but not network access:



```php

pledge('stdio rpath wpath cpath');

```



To allow inet/unix socket access and DNS queries, but not filesystem access:



```php

pledge('stdio inet unix dns');

```



If the PHP ```pledge()``` call fails, it will throw a ```\PledgeException```.



The ```error``` pledge will make the call fail but will not kill the program. An example:



```sh

$ php \

    -dopenbsd.pledge_promises='stdio dns' \

    -r 'echo gethostbyname("openbsd.org");'

199.185.178.80

 

$ php \

    -dopenbsd.pledge_promises='stdio error' \

    -r 'echo gethostbyname("openbsd.org");'

openbsd.org



$ php \

    -dopenbsd.pledge_promises='stdio' \

    -r 'echo gethostbyname("openbsd.org");'

Abort trap (core dumped)

```



To set promises for an execve child:



```php

pledge(null, 'stdio rpath tty error');

pcntl_exec('/bin/ls');

```



## Unveil usage



```php

# Works

print_r(scandir('/var'));



# Limit read only access to /var/spool

unveil('/var/spool', 'r');



# No longer works

print_r(scandir('/var'));

# Works

print_r(scandir('/var/spool'));



# Disallow more unveils

unveil();



# No longer works

unveil('/var', 'r');

```



If the PHP ```unveil()``` call fails, it will throw a ```\UnveilException```.



You can also restrict a process to /var/empty with unveil from the CLI:



```sh

$ php \

    -dopenbsd.unveil='/var/empty:r,null:null' \

    -dopenbsd.pledge_promises='stdio dns' \

    -r 'echo gethostbyname("openbsd.org");'

199.185.178.80

```



## Usage tips



See [ctors/pledge-symfony-routing](https://packagist.org/packages/ctors/pledge-symfony-routing) for Symfony framework

support.



Be careful where you pledge / unveil! If you run PHP with mod_php, you will be pledging an Apache child processes! If

you pledge / unveil php_fpm you will be pledging it for the lifetime of the process, not just the request!



Set `pm.max_requests = 1` in the PHP-FPM config to always start with a new process.



For your web SAPI, make sure you limit the amount of loaded extensions. If you only need ```phar```, ```pcntl```, ...

in your CLI, then don't load them in your web SAPI.



Unveil can for example be applied to FPM processes in addition to or as an alternative to chroot. Note that PHP-FPM runs

chroot-ed by default on OpenBSD, but you can't pledge chroot, so you can't start FPM with a openbsd.pledge_promises.



Ways to configure:



  - set `openbsd.pledge_promises` and/or `openbsd.unveil` in `php.ini`

  - or set `php_admin_value[openbsd.pledge_promises]` and/or `php_admin_value[openbsd.unveil]` in the PHP-FPM config

  - and/or apply `pledge()` and `unveil()` in your userland code



If you want to reuse pledged / unveiled processes, you can work around failing calls by checking if the process is

already running with a restricted view. Eg:



```php

if (is_dir('/etc')) {

    unveil(__DIR__, 'r');

}

pledge('stdio rpath flock inet');

```



## A word about FFI



Note that with PHP >= 7.4 you could also use the Foreign Function Interface (FFI) extension that is in core to call libc

functions. But the FFI extension is not built by default in the OpenBSD ports/packages. And, it does not come with ini

settings like this pledge extension, so you cannot hook pledge() and unveil() into the PHP engine startup.



```sh

$ cat test_ffi.php       

unveil(__DIR__, 'r');

scandir('/etc');



$ php -dextension=ffi test_ffi.php      

int(77)



Warning: scandir(/etc): failed to open dir: No such file or directory in /home/tvl/test_ffi.php on line 9



Warning: scandir(): (errno 2): No such file or directory in /home/tvl/test_ffi.php on line 9

```



### Limiting network calls



There currently is nothing to support "unveiling" of network resources. But this can be achieved with PF. Eg:



```

block out proto {tcp udp} user your_fpm_user

pass out proto tcp to $mysql_db port 3306 user your_fpm_user

pass out proto tcp to $some_rest_api port 443 user your_fpm_user

```



### Package



Run `pecl package` to package this extension.



On OpenBSD, get a base64 sha256 checksum with `sha256 -b *.tgz` and the file size with `ls -l *.tgz`.