device: allow non-privileged users to call device.GetAppliedConnection()

Compare to the connection's GetSettings() call, which is not protected
by policykit permissions. It only checks that the requesting user is
allowed according to "connection.permission".

Previously, device's GetAppliedConnection() requires "network-control"
permissions. This although it only reads a profile, without modifying
anything. That seems unnecessary, also because in the common case the
applied connection is identical to the current settings connection, and
the latter can be read without special permissions.

Don't require a special policykit permission to read the applied
connection.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1882380

2 files changed, 27 insertions, 67 deletions

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4b00eeba53..e0eca35c4d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.  NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PRODUCTION USE!
   was built with the respective options enabled.
 * The long deprecated D-Bus property "Ip4Address" on "org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Device"
   interface is not defunct and always returns zero.
+* dbus: don't require policykit permission for GetAppliedConnection of
+  a device.
 
 =============================================
 NetworkManager-1.26
diff --git a/src/devices/nm-device.c b/src/devices/nm-device.c
index 04331bd3a3..883dee3b8d 100644
--- a/src/devices/nm-device.c
+++ b/src/devices/nm-device.c
@@ -12877,62 +12877,6 @@ impl_device_reapply(NMDBusObject *                     obj,
 /*****************************************************************************/
 
 static void
-get_applied_connection_cb(NMDevice *             self,
-                          GDBusMethodInvocation *context,
-                          NMAuthSubject *        subject,
-                          GError *               error,
-                          gpointer               user_data /* possibly dangling pointer */)
-{
-    NMDevicePrivate *priv;
-    NMConnection *   applied_connection;
-    GVariant *       settings;
-
-    g_return_if_fail(NM_IS_DEVICE(self));
-
-    if (error) {
-        g_dbus_method_invocation_return_gerror(context, error);
-        return;
-    }
-
-    priv = NM_DEVICE_GET_PRIVATE(self);
-
-    applied_connection = nm_device_get_applied_connection(self);
-
-    if (!applied_connection) {
-        error = g_error_new_literal(NM_DEVICE_ERROR,
-                                    NM_DEVICE_ERROR_NOT_ACTIVE,
-                                    "Device is not activated");
-        g_dbus_method_invocation_take_error(context, error);
-        return;
-    }
-
-    if (applied_connection != user_data) {
-        /* The applied connection changed due to a race. Reauthenticate. */
-        nm_device_auth_request(
-            self,
-            context,
-            applied_connection,
-            NM_AUTH_PERMISSION_NETWORK_CONTROL,
-            TRUE,
-            NULL,
-            get_applied_connection_cb,
-            applied_connection /* no need take a ref. We will not dereference this pointer. */);
-        return;
-    }
-
-    settings = nm_connection_to_dbus(applied_connection, NM_CONNECTION_SERIALIZE_NO_SECRETS);
-    if (!settings)
-        settings = g_variant_new_array(G_VARIANT_TYPE("{sa{sv}}"), NULL, 0);
-
-    g_dbus_method_invocation_return_value(
-        context,
-        g_variant_new(
-            "(@a{sa{sv}}t)",
-            settings,
-            nm_active_connection_version_id_get((NMActiveConnection *) priv->act_request.obj)));
-}
-
-static void
 impl_device_get_applied_connection(NMDBusObject *                     obj,
                                    const NMDBusInterfaceInfoExtended *interface_info,
                                    const NMDBusMethodInfoExtended *   method_info,
@@ -12941,9 +12885,12 @@ impl_device_get_applied_connection(NMDBusObject *                     obj,
                                    GDBusMethodInvocation *            invocation,
                                    GVariant *                         parameters)
 {
-    NMDevice *    self = NM_DEVICE(obj);
-    NMConnection *applied_connection;
-    guint32       flags;
+    NMDevice *       self       = NM_DEVICE(obj);
+    NMDevicePrivate *priv       = NM_DEVICE_GET_PRIVATE(self);
+    gs_free_error GError *error = NULL;
+    NMConnection *        applied_connection;
+    guint32               flags;
+    GVariant *            var_settings;
 
     g_variant_get(parameters, "(u)", &flags);
 
@@ -12965,15 +12912,26 @@ impl_device_get_applied_connection(NMDBusObject *                     obj,
         return;
     }
 
-    nm_device_auth_request(
-        self,
+    if (!nm_auth_is_invocation_in_acl_set_error(applied_connection,
+                                                invocation,
+                                                NM_MANAGER_ERROR,
+                                                NM_MANAGER_ERROR_PERMISSION_DENIED,
+                                                NULL,
+                                                &error)) {
+        g_dbus_method_invocation_take_error(invocation, g_steal_pointer(&error));
+        return;
+    }
+
+    var_settings = nm_connection_to_dbus(applied_connection, NM_CONNECTION_SERIALIZE_NO_SECRETS);
+    if (!var_settings)
+        var_settings = g_variant_new_array(G_VARIANT_TYPE("{sa{sv}}"), NULL, 0);
+
+    g_dbus_method_invocation_return_value(
         invocation,
-        applied_connection,
-        NM_AUTH_PERMISSION_NETWORK_CONTROL,
-        TRUE,
-        NULL,
-        get_applied_connection_cb,
-        applied_connection /* no need take a ref. We will not dereference this pointer. */);
+        g_variant_new(
+            "(@a{sa{sv}}t)",
+            var_settings,
+            nm_active_connection_version_id_get((NMActiveConnection *) priv->act_request.obj)));
 }
 
 /*****************************************************************************/