From 16b2d85d3405e375ace3916665bc5e401bda3457 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Evgeni Golov <evgeni@golov.de>
Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2016 10:20:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] do not use a predictable filenames in the LXC plugin

* do not use a predictable filename for the LXC attach script

* don't use predictable filenames for LXC attach script logging

* don't set a predictable archive_path

this should prevent symlink attacks which could result in

* data corruption

* data leakage

* privilege escalation
---
 .../modules/extras/cloud/lxc/lxc_container.py | 22 +++++++------------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/lxc/lxc_container.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/lxc/lxc_container.py
index adacece555..ae583fe4d7 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/lxc/lxc_container.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/lxc/lxc_container.py
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ options:
         description:
           - Path the save the archived container. If the path does not exist
             the archive method will attempt to create it.
-        default: /tmp
+        default: null
     archive_compression:
         choices:
           - gzip
@@ -557,13 +557,8 @@ def create_script(command):
     import subprocess
     import tempfile
 
-    # Ensure that the directory /opt exists.
-    if not path.isdir('/opt'):
-        os.mkdir('/opt')
-
-    # Create the script.
-    script_file = path.join('/opt', '.lxc-attach-script')
-    f = open(script_file, 'wb')
+    (fd, script_file) = tempfile.mkstemp(prefix='lxc-attach-script')
+    f = os.fdopen(fd, 'wb')
     try:
         f.write(ATTACH_TEMPLATE % {'container_command': command})
         f.flush()
@@ -573,14 +568,11 @@ def create_script(command):
     # Ensure the script is executable.
     os.chmod(script_file, 0700)
 
-    # Get temporary directory.
-    tempdir = tempfile.gettempdir()
-
     # Output log file.
-    stdout_file = open(path.join(tempdir, 'lxc-attach-script.log'), 'ab')
+    stdout_file = os.fdopen(tempfile.mkstemp(prefix='lxc-attach-script-log')[0], 'ab')
 
     # Error log file.
-    stderr_file = open(path.join(tempdir, 'lxc-attach-script.err'), 'ab')
+    stderr_file = os.fdopen(tempfile.mkstemp(prefix='lxc-attach-script-err')[0], 'ab')
 
     # Execute the script command.
     try:
@@ -1747,7 +1739,6 @@ def main():
             ),
             archive_path=dict(
                 type='str',
-                default='/tmp'
             ),
             archive_compression=dict(
                 choices=LXC_COMPRESSION_MAP.keys(),
@@ -1755,6 +1746,9 @@ def main():
             )
         ),
         supports_check_mode=False,
+        required_if = ([
+            ('archive', True, ['archive_path'])
+        ]),
     )
 
     if not HAS_LXC: