From af0faf666c5008e54dfe43684f210e3581ff1bca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ikerexxe <ipedrosa@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2020 14:32:36 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] pam_unix: avoid determining if user exists

Taking a look at the time for the password prompt to appear it was
possible to determine if a user existed in a system. Solved it by
matching the runtime until the password prompt was shown by always
checking the password hash for an existing and a non-existing user.

Resolves: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1629598
---
 modules/pam_unix/passverify.c |  6 ++++++
 modules/pam_unix/support.c    | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/modules/pam_unix/passverify.c b/modules/pam_unix/passverify.c
index a571b4f7..7455eae6 100644
--- a/modules/pam_unix/passverify.c
+++ b/modules/pam_unix/passverify.c
@@ -1096,6 +1096,12 @@ helper_verify_password(const char *name, const char *p, int nullok)
 	if (pwd == NULL || hash == NULL) {
 		helper_log_err(LOG_NOTICE, "check pass; user unknown");
 		retval = PAM_USER_UNKNOWN;
+	} else if (p[0] == '\0' && nullok) {
+		if (hash[0] == '\0') {
+			retval = PAM_SUCCESS;
+		} else {
+			retval = PAM_AUTH_ERR;
+		}
 	} else {
 		retval = verify_pwd_hash(p, hash, nullok);
 	}
diff --git a/modules/pam_unix/support.c b/modules/pam_unix/support.c
index 41db1f04..dc67238c 100644
--- a/modules/pam_unix/support.c
+++ b/modules/pam_unix/support.c
@@ -601,6 +601,8 @@ _unix_blankpasswd (pam_handle_t *pamh, unsigned long long ctrl, const char *name
 	char *salt = NULL;
 	int daysleft;
 	int retval;
+	int execloop = 1;
+	int nonexistent = 1;
 
 	D(("called"));
 
@@ -624,14 +626,31 @@ _unix_blankpasswd (pam_handle_t *pamh, unsigned long long ctrl, const char *name
 
 	/* UNIX passwords area */
 
-	retval = get_pwd_hash(pamh, name, &pwd, &salt);
+	/*
+	 * Execute this loop twice: one checking the password hash of an existing
+	 * user and another one for a non-existing user. This way the runtimes
+	 * are equal, making it more difficult to differentiate existing from
+	 * non-existing users.
+	 */
+	while (execloop) {
+		retval = get_pwd_hash(pamh, name, &pwd, &salt);
 
-	if (retval == PAM_UNIX_RUN_HELPER) {
-		/* salt will not be set here so we can return immediately */
-		if (_unix_run_helper_binary(pamh, NULL, ctrl, name) == PAM_SUCCESS)
-			return 1;
-		else
-			return 0;
+		if (retval == PAM_UNIX_RUN_HELPER) {
+			execloop = 0;
+			if(nonexistent) {
+				get_pwd_hash(pamh, "pam_unix_non_existent:", &pwd, &salt);
+			}
+			/* salt will not be set here so we can return immediately */
+			if (_unix_run_helper_binary(pamh, NULL, ctrl, name) == PAM_SUCCESS)
+				return 1;
+			else
+				return 0;
+		} else if (retval == PAM_USER_UNKNOWN) {
+			name = "root";
+			nonexistent = 0;
+		} else {
+			execloop = 0;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/* Does this user have a password? */
-- 
2.26.2


From 0e9b286afe1224b91ff00936058b084ad4b776e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ikerexxe <ipedrosa@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2020 14:44:04 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] pam_usertype: avoid determining if user exists

Taking a look at the time for the password prompt to appear it was
possible to determine if a user existed in a system. Solved it by
matching the runtime until the password prompt was shown by always
checking the password hash for an existing and a non-existing user.

Resolves: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1629598
---
 modules/pam_usertype/pam_usertype.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/modules/pam_usertype/pam_usertype.c b/modules/pam_usertype/pam_usertype.c
index 2807c306..d03b73b5 100644
--- a/modules/pam_usertype/pam_usertype.c
+++ b/modules/pam_usertype/pam_usertype.c
@@ -139,8 +139,11 @@ pam_usertype_get_uid(struct pam_usertype_opts *opts,
                        "error retrieving information about user %s", username);
         }
 
+        pam_modutil_getpwnam(pamh, "root");
+
         return PAM_USER_UNKNOWN;
     }
+    pam_modutil_getpwnam(pamh, "pam_usertype_non_existent:");
 
     *_uid = pwd->pw_uid;
 
-- 
2.26.2