Use bsd_auth(3) instead of PAM on OpenBSD

Also apply two security measures for OpenBSD:
- use explicit_bzero(3)
- mlock(2) works for non-root users too

Makefile

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 TOPDIR=$(shell pwd)
+UNAME=$(shell uname)
 
 INSTALL=install
 PREFIX=/usr
@@ -14,13 +15,16 @@ CFLAGS += -std=c99
 CFLAGS += -pipe
 CFLAGS += -Wall
 CPPFLAGS += -D_GNU_SOURCE
-CPPFLAGS += -DUSE_PAM
 CFLAGS += $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags cairo xcb-composite xcb-xinerama xcb-atom xcb-image xcb-xkb xkbcommon xkbcommon-x11)
 LIBS += $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --libs cairo xcb-composite xcb-xinerama xcb-atom xcb-image xcb-xkb xkbcommon xkbcommon-x11)
-LIBS += -lpam
 LIBS += -lev
 LIBS += -lm
 
+# OpenBSD lacks PAM, use bsd_auth(3) instead.
+ifneq ($(UNAME),OpenBSD)
+  LIBS += -lpam
+endif
+
 FILES:=$(wildcard *.c)
 FILES:=$(FILES:.c=.o)
 

README.md

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Many little improvements have been made to i3lock over time:
 - You can specify whether i3lock should bell upon a wrong password.
 
 - i3lock uses PAM and therefore is compatible with LDAP etc.
+  On OpenBSD i3lock uses the bsd_auth(3) framework.
 
 Requirements
 ------------
@@ -37,6 +38,9 @@ Running i3lock
 Simply invoke the 'i3lock' command. To get out of it, enter your password and
 press enter.
 
+On OpenBSD the `i3lock` binary needs to be setgid `auth` to call the
+authentication helpers, e.g. `/usr/libexec/auth/login_passwd`.
+
 Upstream
 --------
 Please submit pull requests to https://github.com/i3/i3lock

i3lock.c

@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@
 #include <xcb/xkb.h>
 #include <err.h>
 #include <assert.h>
-#ifdef USE_PAM
+#ifdef __OpenBSD__
+#include <bsd_auth.h>
+#else
 #include <security/pam_appl.h>
 #endif
 #include <getopt.h>
@@ -30,6 +32,9 @@
 #include <xkbcommon/xkbcommon-x11.h>
 #include <cairo.h>
 #include <cairo/cairo-xcb.h>
+#ifdef __OpenBSD__
+#include <strings.h> /* explicit_bzero(3) */
+#endif
 
 #include "i3lock.h"
 #include "xcb.h"
@@ -51,7 +56,7 @@ char color[7] = "ffffff";
 uint32_t last_resolution[2];
 xcb_window_t win;
 static xcb_cursor_t cursor;
-#ifdef USE_PAM
+#ifndef __OpenBSD__
 static pam_handle_t *pam_handle;
 #endif
 int input_position = 0;
@@ -162,6 +167,11 @@ static bool load_compose_table(const char *locale) {
  *
  */
 static void clear_password_memory(void) {
+#ifdef __OpenBSD__
+    /* Use explicit_bzero(3) which was explicitly designed not to be
+     * optimized out by the compiler. */
+    explicit_bzero(password, strlen(password));
+#else
     /* A volatile pointer to the password buffer to prevent the compiler from
      * optimizing this out. */
     volatile char *vpassword = password;
@@ -171,6 +181,7 @@ static void clear_password_memory(void) {
          * compiler from optimizing the calls away, since the value of 'beep'
          * is not known at compile-time. */
         vpassword[c] = c + (int)beep;
+#endif
 }
 
 ev_timer *start_timer(ev_timer *timer_obj, ev_tstamp timeout, ev_callback_t callback) {
@@ -257,7 +268,19 @@ static void input_done(void) {
     unlock_state = STATE_STARTED;
     redraw_screen();
 
-#ifdef USE_PAM
+#ifdef __OpenBSD__
+    struct passwd *pw;
+
+    if (!(pw = getpwuid(getuid())))
+        errx(1, "unknown uid %u.", getuid());
+
+    if (auth_userokay(pw->pw_name, NULL, NULL, password) != 0) {
+        DEBUG("successfully authenticated\n");
+        clear_password_memory();
+
+        exit(0);
+    }
+#else
     if (pam_authenticate(pam_handle, 0) == PAM_SUCCESS) {
         DEBUG("successfully authenticated\n");
         clear_password_memory();
@@ -603,7 +626,7 @@ void handle_screen_resize(void) {
     redraw_screen();
 }
 
-#ifdef USE_PAM
+#ifndef __OpenBSD__
 /*
  * Callback function for PAM. We only react on password request callbacks.
  *
@@ -790,7 +813,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     struct passwd *pw;
     char *username;
     char *image_path = NULL;
-#ifdef USE_PAM
+#ifndef __OpenBSD__
     int ret;
     struct pam_conv conv = {conv_callback, NULL};
 #endif
@@ -887,7 +910,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
      * the unlock indicator upon keypresses. */
     srand(time(NULL));
 
-#ifdef USE_PAM
+#ifndef __OpenBSD__
     /* Initialize PAM */
     if ((ret = pam_start("i3lock", username, &conv, &pam_handle)) != PAM_SUCCESS)
         errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "PAM: %s", pam_strerror(pam_handle, ret));
@@ -896,10 +919,12 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "PAM: %s", pam_strerror(pam_handle, ret));
 #endif
 
-/* Using mlock() as non-super-user seems only possible in Linux. Users of other
+/* Using mlock() as non-super-user seems only possible in Linux and OpenBSD.
- * operating systems should use encrypted swap/no swap (or remove the ifdef and
+ * Users of other operating systems should use encrypted swap/no swap
- * run i3lock as super-user). */
+ * (or remove the ifdef and run i3lock as super-user).
-#if defined(__linux__)
+ * NB: Alas, swap is encrypted by default on OpenBSD so swapping out
+ * is not necessarily an issue. */
+#if defined(__linux__) || defined(__OpenBSD__)
     /* Lock the area where we store the password in memory, we don’t want it to
      * be swapped to disk. Since Linux 2.6.9, this does not require any
      * privileges, just enough bytes in the RLIMIT_MEMLOCK limit. */

unlock_indicator.h

@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ typedef enum {
 } unlock_state_t;
 
 typedef enum {
-    STATE_AUTH_IDLE = 0,          /* no authenticator interaction at the moment */
+    STATE_AUTH_IDLE = 0,         /* no authenticator interaction at the moment */
-    STATE_AUTH_VERIFY = 1,        /* currently verifying the password via authenticator */
+    STATE_AUTH_VERIFY = 1,       /* currently verifying the password via authenticator */
-    STATE_AUTH_LOCK = 2,          /* currently locking the screen */
+    STATE_AUTH_LOCK = 2,         /* currently locking the screen */
-    STATE_AUTH_WRONG = 3,         /* the password was wrong */
+    STATE_AUTH_WRONG = 3,        /* the password was wrong */
     STATE_I3LOCK_LOCK_FAILED = 4 /* i3lock failed to load */
 } auth_state_t;