Fixes #18124: atomically replace /var/setuid-wrappers/ (#18186)

Before this commit updating /var/setuid-wrappers/ folder introduced
a small window where NixOS activation scripts could be terminated
and resulted into empty /var/setuid-wrappers/ folder.

That's very unfortunate because one might lose sudo binary.

Instead we use two atomic operations mv and ln (as described in
https://axialcorps.com/2013/07/03/atomically-replacing-files-and-directories/)
to achieve atomicity.

Since /var/setuid-wrappers is not a directory anymore, tmpfs mountpoints
were removed in installation scripts and in boot process.

Tested:

- upgrade /var/setuid-wrappers/ from folder to a symlink
- make sure /run/setuid-wrappers-dirs/ legacy symlink is really deleted

Changed files
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nixos
doc
manual
release-notes
modules
installer
security
system
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nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1609.xml
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</listitem>
<listitem>
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<para>/var/setuid-wrappers/
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<link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/18124">is now a symlink so
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it can be atomically updated</link>
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and it's not mounted as tmpfs anymore since setuid binaries are located on /run/ as tmpfs.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
<para>Gitlab's maintainence script gitlab-runner was removed and split up into the more clearer
gitlab-run and gitlab-rake scripts because gitlab-runner is a component of Gitlab CI.</para>
</listitem>
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nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-install.sh
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mkdir -m 0755 -p $mountPoint/dev $mountPoint/proc $mountPoint/sys $mountPoint/etc $mountPoint/run $mountPoint/home
mkdir -m 01777 -p $mountPoint/tmp
mkdir -m 0755 -p $mountPoint/tmp/root
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mkdir -m 0755 -p $mountPoint/var/setuid-wrappers
mkdir -m 0700 -p $mountPoint/root
mount --rbind /dev $mountPoint/dev
mount --rbind /proc $mountPoint/proc
mount --rbind /sys $mountPoint/sys
mount --rbind / $mountPoint/tmp/root
mount -t tmpfs -o "mode=0755" none $mountPoint/run
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mount -t tmpfs -o "mode=0755" none $mountPoint/var/setuid-wrappers
rm -rf $mountPoint/var/run
ln -s /run $mountPoint/var/run
for f in /etc/resolv.conf /etc/hosts; do rm -f $mountPoint/$f; [ -f "$f" ] && cp -Lf $f $mountPoint/etc/; done
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nixos/modules/security/setuid-wrappers.nix
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installPhase = ''
mkdir -p $out/bin
cp ${./setuid-wrapper.c} setuid-wrapper.c
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gcc -Wall -O2 -DWRAPPER_DIR=\"${wrapperDir}\" \
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gcc -Wall -O2 -DWRAPPER_DIR=\"/run/setuid-wrapper-dirs\" \
setuid-wrapper.c -o $out/bin/setuid-wrapper
'';
};
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source=/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/bin/${program}
fi
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cp ${setuidWrapper}/bin/setuid-wrapper ${wrapperDir}/${program}
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echo -n "$source" > ${wrapperDir}/${program}.real
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chmod 0000 ${wrapperDir}/${program} # to prevent races
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chown ${owner}.${group} ${wrapperDir}/${program}
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chmod "u${if setuid then "+" else "-"}s,g${if setgid then "+" else "-"}s,${permissions}" ${wrapperDir}/${program}
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cp ${setuidWrapper}/bin/setuid-wrapper $wrapperDir/${program}
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echo -n "$source" > $wrapperDir/${program}.real
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chmod 0000 $wrapperDir/${program} # to prevent races
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chown ${owner}.${group} $wrapperDir/${program}
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chmod "u${if setuid then "+" else "-"}s,g${if setgid then "+" else "-"}s,${permissions}" $wrapperDir/${program}
'';
in stringAfter [ "users" ]
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# programs to be wrapped.
SETUID_PATH=${config.system.path}/bin:${config.system.path}/sbin
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rm -f ${wrapperDir}/* # */
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mkdir -p /run/setuid-wrapper-dirs
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wrapperDir=$(mktemp --directory --tmpdir=/run/setuid-wrapper-dirs setuid-wrappers.XXXXXXXXXX)
${concatMapStrings makeSetuidWrapper setuidPrograms}
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if [ -L ${wrapperDir} ]; then
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# Atomically replace the symlink
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# See https://axialcorps.com/2013/07/03/atomically-replacing-files-and-directories/
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old=$(readlink ${wrapperDir})
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ln --symbolic --force --no-dereference $wrapperDir ${wrapperDir}-tmp
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mv --no-target-directory ${wrapperDir}-tmp ${wrapperDir}
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rm --force --recursive $old
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elif [ -d ${wrapperDir} ]; then
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# Compatibility with old state, just remove the folder and symlink
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rm -f ${wrapperDir}/*
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# if it happens to be a tmpfs
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umount ${wrapperDir} || true
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rm -d ${wrapperDir}
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ln -d --symbolic $wrapperDir ${wrapperDir}
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else
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# For initial setup
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ln --symbolic $wrapperDir ${wrapperDir}
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fi
'';
};
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nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-2-init.sh
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cat /etc/resolv.conf | resolvconf -m 1000 -a host
fi
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# Create /var/setuid-wrappers as a tmpfs.
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rm -rf /var/setuid-wrappers
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mkdir -m 0755 -p /var/setuid-wrappers
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mount -t tmpfs -o "mode=0755" tmpfs /var/setuid-wrappers
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# Log the script output to /dev/kmsg or /run/log/stage-2-init.log.
# Only at this point are all the necessary prerequisites ready for these commands.
exec {logOutFd}>&1 {logErrFd}>&2