When you say security policy, I assume you mean the one you set through 
one of the framework's permission admin service?  And how are you setting 
the security manager?

Tom





From:   Derek Baum <[email protected]>
To:     [email protected]
Date:   05/18/2016 02:16 PM
Subject:        Re: [equinox-dev] security exceptions using Felix config 
admin with      Equinox
Sent by:        [email protected]



Hi,

I’ve also posted this to the Felix dev list, as the problem occurs when 
using Felix config admin with Equinox runtime.

I’m using org.eclipse.osgi_3.10.101.v20150820-1432.jar

Thanks,

—
Derek


On 18 May 2016, at 18:58, Derek Baum <[email protected]> wrote:

I’m running with a SecurityManager installed and a trivial security.policy 
that grants AllPermission.

This works fine when running using the Felix runtime; however when I 
switch to Equinox I get security exceptions.

I’m not yet sure whether the problem lies with Felix config admin (1.8.8), 
Equinox runtime or elsewhere.


I’ve diagnosed the cause of the failure as follows:

Felix config admin ManagedServiceTracker, uses doPrivileged() to invoke 
the service.updated() method, with a new AccessControlContext:

      AccessController.doPrivileged(new PrivilegedExceptionAction() {
               public Object run() throws ConfigurationException {
                   service.updated( properties );
                   return null;
               }
            }, getAccessControlContext( service ) );

    AccessControlContext getAccessControlContext( final Object ref ) {
        return new AccessControlContext( new ProtectionDomain[]
            { ref.getClass().getProtectionDomain() } );
    }


Felix and Equinox return different ProtectionDomain implementations:

org.apache.felix.framework.BundleProtectionDomain
org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.ModuleClassLoader$GenerationProtectionDomain


Both implementations extend ProtectionDomain, but the Felix implementation 
uses the 4-arg constructor:

     The permissions granted to this domain are dynamic; they include
     both the static permissions passed to this constructor, and any
     permissions granted to this domain by the current Policy at the
     time a permission is checked.

while the Equinox implementation uses the 2-arg constructor.

    The only permissions granted to this domain
    are the ones specified; the current Policy will not be consulted


So the problem arises because Felix config admin is using doPrivileged() 
with a new AccessControlContext(), constructed using the target classes 
ProtectionDomain, and the ProtectionDomain returned when running on 
Equinox, does not consult the current policy, so my security policy 
containing grant AllPermission is ignored.


I’ve taken a quick look at the Equinox config admin implementation, and it 
doesn’t use doPrivileged() or a new AccessControlContext(),
so the issue does not arise.


Any opinions on whether this issue lies in Felix config admin, Equinox 
framework, or elsewhere?


Thanks,

—
Derek









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