adds support for kubernetes mounted private keys

conn.go

@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ var (
 	ErrNotSupported              = errors.New("pq: Unsupported command")
 	ErrInFailedTransaction       = errors.New("pq: Could not complete operation in a failed transaction")
 	ErrSSLNotSupported           = errors.New("pq: SSL is not enabled on the server")
-	ErrSSLKeyHasWorldPermissions = errors.New("pq: Private key file has group or world access. Permissions should be u=rw (0600) or less")
+	ErrSSLKeyUnknownOwnership    = errors.New("pq: Could not get owner information for private key, may not be properly protected.")
+	ErrSSLKeyNotOwnedByGroup     = errors.New("pq: Private key is owned by root and a group that doesn't match the process group ID.")
+	ErrSSLKeyHasGroupPermissions = errors.New("pq: Private key file has group or world access. Permissions should be u=rw (0600) or less")
+	ErrSSLKeyHasWorldPermissions = errors.New("pq: Private key owned by root has world access. Permissions should be u=rw (0660) or less")
 	ErrCouldNotDetectUsername    = errors.New("pq: Could not detect default username. Please provide one explicitly")
 
 	errUnexpectedReady = errors.New("unexpected ReadyForQuery")

ssl_permissions.go

@@ -3,7 +3,13 @@
 
 package pq
 
-import "os"
+import (
+	"io/fs"
+	"os"
+	"syscall"
+)
+
+const rootUserID = uint32(0)
 
 // sslKeyPermissions checks the permissions on user-supplied ssl key files.
 // The key file should have very little access.
@@ -14,8 +20,49 @@ func sslKeyPermissions(sslkey string) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if info.Mode().Perm()&0077 != 0 {
-		return ErrSSLKeyHasWorldPermissions
+
+	return hasCorrectPermissions(info)
+}
+
+// hasCorrectPermissions checks the file info (and the unix-specific stat_t
+// output) to verify that the permissions on the file are correct.
+//
+// If the file is owned by the same user the process is running as,
+// the file should only have 0600 (u=rw). If the file is owned by root,
+// and the group matches the group that the process is running in, the
+// permissions cannot be more than 0660 (u=rw,g=rw). The file should
+// never have world permissions.
+//
+// Returns an error when the permission check fails.
+func hasCorrectPermissions(info fs.FileInfo) error {
+	// if file's permission matches 0600, allow access.
+	if info.Mode().Perm()&0177 == 0 {
+		return nil
 	}
-	return nil
+
+	sysInfo := info.Sys()
+	if sysInfo == nil {
+		return ErrSSLKeyUnknownOwnership
+	}
+
+	unixStat, ok := sysInfo.(*syscall.Stat_t)
+	if !ok {
+		return ErrSSLKeyUnknownOwnership
+	}
+
+	// if the file is owned by root, allow permission to be managed by
+	// the process group ID.
+	if unixStat.Uid == rootUserID {
+		if unixStat.Gid != uint32(os.Getgid()) {
+			return ErrSSLKeyNotOwnedByGroup
+		}
+		if info.Mode().Perm()&0117 != 0 {
+			return ErrSSLKeyHasWorldPermissions
+		}
+		// if the file group ID matches th process group ID and the
+		// file is not world readable, we are good to go
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return ErrSSLKeyHasGroupPermissions
 }

ssl_permissions_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+//go:build !windows
+// +build !windows
+
+package pq
+
+import (
+	"io/fs"
+	"os"
+	"syscall"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+type stat_t_wrapper struct {
+	stat syscall.Stat_t
+}
+
+func (stat_t *stat_t_wrapper) Name() string {
+	return "pem.key"
+}
+
+func (stat_t *stat_t_wrapper) Size() int64 {
+	return int64(100)
+}
+
+func (stat_t *stat_t_wrapper) Mode() fs.FileMode {
+	return fs.FileMode(stat_t.stat.Mode)
+}
+
+func (stat_t *stat_t_wrapper) ModTime() time.Time {
+	return time.Now()
+}
+
+func (stat_t *stat_t_wrapper) IsDir() bool {
+	return true
+}
+
+func (stat_t *stat_t_wrapper) Sys() interface{} {
+	return &stat_t.stat
+}
+
+func TestHasCorrectRootGroupPermissions(t *testing.T) {
+	currentUID := uint32(os.Getuid())
+	currentGID := uint32(os.Getgid())
+
+	testData := []struct {
+		expectedError error
+		stat          syscall.Stat_t
+	}{
+		{
+			expectedError: nil,
+			stat: syscall.Stat_t{
+				Mode: 0600,
+				Uid:  currentUID,
+				Gid:  currentGID,
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			expectedError: nil,
+			stat: syscall.Stat_t{
+				Mode: 0660,
+				Uid:  0,
+				Gid:  currentGID,
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			expectedError: ErrSSLKeyNotOwnedByGroup,
+			stat: syscall.Stat_t{
+				Mode: 0660,
+				Uid:  0,
+				Gid:  0,
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			expectedError: ErrSSLKeyHasGroupPermissions,
+			stat: syscall.Stat_t{
+				Mode: 0666,
+				Uid:  currentUID,
+				Gid:  currentGID,
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			expectedError: ErrSSLKeyHasWorldPermissions,
+			stat: syscall.Stat_t{
+				Mode: 0666,
+				Uid:  0,
+				Gid:  currentGID,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range testData {
+		wrapper := &stat_t_wrapper{
+			stat: test.stat,
+		}
+
+		if test.expectedError != hasCorrectPermissions(wrapper) {
+			if test.expectedError == nil {
+				t.Errorf(
+					"file owned by %d:%d with %s should not have failed check with error \"%s\"",
+					test.stat.Uid,
+					test.stat.Gid,
+					wrapper.Mode(),
+					hasCorrectPermissions(wrapper),
+				)
+				continue
+			}
+			t.Errorf(
+				"file owned by %d:%d with %s, expected \"%s\", got \"%s\"",
+				test.stat.Uid,
+				test.stat.Gid,
+				wrapper.Mode(),
+				test.expectedError,
+				hasCorrectPermissions(wrapper),
+			)
+		}
+	}
+}