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#!/usr/bin/perl -Tw

eval 'exec /usr/bin/perl -Tw -S $0 ${1+"$@"}'
    if 0; # not running under some shell
# High performance pre-forking qpsmtpd daemon, Copyright (C) 2006 SoftScan
# http://www.softscan.co.uk
#
# Based on qpsmtpd-forkserver Copyright (C) 2001 Ask Bjoern Hansen
# See the LICENSE file for details.
#
# For more information see http://smtpd.github.io/qpsmtpd/

# safety guards
use strict;

BEGIN {
    # secure shell
    $ENV{'PATH'} = '/bin:/usr/bin';
    delete @ENV{qw(IFS CDPATH ENV BASH_ENV)};
}

# includes
use IO::Socket;
use IO::Select;
use POSIX;
use IPC::Shareable(':all');
use lib 'lib';
use Qpsmtpd::TcpServer::Prefork;
use Qpsmtpd::Constants;
use Getopt::Long;

use Config;
defined $Config{sig_name} || die "No signals?";

my $has_ipv6 = Qpsmtpd::TcpServer::has_ipv6;

#use Time::HiRes qw(gettimeofday tv_interval);

#get available signals
my %sig_num;
my $i = 0;
foreach my $sig_name (split(/\s/, $Config{sig_name})) {
    $sig_num{$sig_name} = $i++;
}

# version
my $VERSION = "1.0";

# qpsmtpd instances
my ($qpsmtpd);

# cmd's needed by IPC
my $ipcrm = '/usr/bin/ipcrm';
my $ipcs  = '/usr/bin/ipcs';
my $xargs = '/usr/bin/xargs';

# vars we need
my $chld_shmem;   # shared mem to keep track of children (and their connections)
my %children;
my $chld_pool;
my $chld_busy;
my @children_term;    # terminated children, their death pending processing
                      # by the main loop
my $select = new IO::Select;    # socket(s)

# default settings
my $pid_file;
my $d_port = 25;
my @d_addr;                     # default applied after getopt call

my $debug          = 0;
my $max_children   = 15;     # max number of child processes to spawn
my $idle_children  = 5;      # number of idle child processes to spawn
my $maxconnip      = 10;
my $child_lifetime = 100;    # number of times a child may be reused
my $loop_sleep     = 15;     # seconds main_loop sleeps before checking children
my $re_nice        = 5;      # substracted from parents current nice level
my $d_start        = 0;
my $quiet          = 0;
my $status         = 0;
my $signal         = '';
my $pretty         = 0;
my $detach         = 0;
my $user;

# help text
sub usage {
    print <<"EOT";
Usage: qpsmtpd-prefork [ options ]
--quiet              : Be quiet (even errors are suppressed)
--version            : Show version information
--debug              : Enable debug output
--listen-address addr: Listen for connections on the address 'addr' (either
                       an IP address or ip:port pair).  Listens on all
                       interfaces by default; may be specified multiple
                       times.
--port int           : TCP port daemon should listen on (default: $d_port)
--max-from-ip int    : Limit number of connections from single IP (default: $maxconnip, 0 to disable)
--children int       : Max number of children that can be spawned (default: $max_children)
--idle-children int  : Number of idle children to spawn (default: $idle_children, 0 to disable)
--pretty-child       : Change child process name (default: 0)
--user username      : User the daemon should run as
--pid-file path	     : Path to pid file
--renice-parent int  : Subtract value from parent process nice level (default: $re_nice)
--detach             : detach from controlling terminal (daemonize)
--help               : This message
EOT
    exit 0;
}

# get arguments
GetOptions(
      'quiet'   => \$quiet,
      'version' => sub { print "Qpsmtpd Daemon - version $VERSION\n"; exit 0; },
      'debug'   => \$debug,
      'interface|listen-address=s' => \@d_addr,
      'port=i'                     => \$d_port,
      'max-from-ip=i'              => \$maxconnip,
      'children=i'                 => \$max_children,
      'idle-children=i'            => \$idle_children,
      'pretty-child'               => \$pretty,
      'user=s'                     => \$user,
      'renice-parent=i'            => \$re_nice,
      'detach'                     => \$detach,
      'pid-file=s'                 => \$pid_file,
      'help'                       => \&usage,
  )
  || &usage;

if ($user && $user =~ /^([\w\-]+)$/) { $user = $1 }
else                                 { &usage }

if (@d_addr) {
    for my $i (0 .. $#d_addr) {
        if ($d_addr[$i] =~ /^(\[.*\]|[\d\w\-.]+)(?::(\d+))?$/) {
            $d_addr[$i] = {'addr' => $1, 'port' => $2 || $d_port};
        }
        else {
            print STDERR "Malformed listen address '$d_addr[$i]'\n";
            &usage;
        }
    }
}
else {
    @d_addr = ({addr => $has_ipv6 ? "[::]" : "0.0.0.0", port => $d_port});
}

# set max from ip to max number of children if option is set to disabled
$maxconnip = $max_children if ($maxconnip == 0);

#to fix limit counter error in plugin <hosts_allow>
$maxconnip++;

#ensure that idle_children matches value given to max_children
$idle_children = $max_children
  if (!$idle_children || $idle_children > $max_children || $idle_children < -1);
$chld_pool = $idle_children;

if ($pid_file) {
    if ($pid_file =~ m#^(/[\w\d/\-.]+)$#) { $pid_file = $1 }
    else                                  { &usage }
    if (-e $pid_file) {
        open PID, "+<$pid_file"
          or die "open pid_file: $!\n";
        my $running_pid = <PID> || '';
        chomp $running_pid;
        if ($running_pid =~ /(\d+)/) {
            $running_pid = $1;
            die "Found an already running qpsmtpd with pid $running_pid.\n"
              if (kill 0, $running_pid);
        }
        seek PID, 0, 0
          or die "Could not seek back to beginning of $pid_file: $!\n";
        truncate PID, 0
          or die "Could not truncate $pid_file at 0: $!";
    }
    else {
        open PID, ">$pid_file"
          or die "open pid_file: $!\n";
    }
}

run();

#start daemon
sub run {

    # get UUID/GUID
    my ($quid, $qgid, $groups);
    if ($user) {
        (undef, undef, $quid, $qgid) = getpwnam $user
          or die "unable to determine uid/gid for $user\n";
        $groups = "$qgid $qgid";
        while (my ($name, $passwd, $gid, $members) = getgrent()) {
            my @m = split(/ /, $members);
            if (grep { $_ eq $user } @m) {
                $groups .= " $gid";
            }
        }
        endgrent;
    }

    for my $addr (@d_addr) {
        my @Socket_opts = (
                           LocalPort => $addr->{port},
                           LocalAddr => $addr->{addr},
                           Proto     => 'tcp',
                           Listen    => SOMAXCONN,
                           Reuse     => 1,
                          );

        # create new socket (used by clients to communicate with daemon)
        my $s;
        if ($has_ipv6) {
            $s = IO::Socket::INET6->new(@Socket_opts);
        }
        else {
            $s = IO::Socket::INET->new(@Socket_opts);
        }
        die "FATAL: Failed to open socket on $addr->{addr}:$addr->{port} ($@)"
          . "\nIt may be necessary to wait 20 secs before starting daemon"
          . " again."
          unless $s;
        $select->add($s);
    }

    info(  "qpsmtpd-prefork daemon, version: $VERSION, staring on host: "
         . join(', ', map { "$_->{addr}:$_->{port}" } @d_addr)
         . " (user: $user [$<])");

    # reset priority
    my $old_nice = getpriority(0, 0);
    my $new_nice = $old_nice - $re_nice;
    if ($new_nice < 20 && $new_nice > -20) {
        setpriority(0, 0, $1) if ($new_nice =~ /(\-?\d+)/);
        info("parent daemon nice level: $1");
    }
    else {
        die "FATAL: new nice level: $new_nice is not between -19 and 19 "
          . "(old level = $old_nice, renice value = $re_nice)";
    }

    if ($user) {

        # change UUID/UGID
        $) = $groups;
        POSIX::setgid($qgid) or die "unable to change gid: $!\n";
        POSIX::setuid($quid) or die "unable to change uid: $!\n";
        $> = $quid;
        die "FATAL: failed to setuid to user: $user, uid: $quid\n"
          if ($> != $quid and $> != ($quid - 2**32));
    }

    # setup shared memory
    $chld_shmem = shmem($d_port . "qpsmtpd", 1);
    untie $chld_shmem;

    # Interrupt handler
    $SIG{INT} = $SIG{TERM} = sub {

        # terminate daemon (and children)
        my $sig = shift;

        # prevent another signal and disable reaper
        $SIG{$sig} = $SIG{CHLD} = $SIG{HUP} = 'IGNORE';

        # a notice, before the sleep below
        info("shutting down");

        # close socket(s)
        $_->close for $select->handles;

        # send signal to process group
        kill -$sig_num{$sig} => $$;

        # cleanup
        IPC::Shareable->clean_up;
        unlink($pid_file) if $pid_file;

        info("shutdown of daemon");
        exit;
    };

    # Hup handler
    $SIG{HUP} = sub {

        # reload qpmstpd plugins
        $qpsmtpd = qpsmtpd_instance('restart' => 1);    # reload plugins...
        $qpsmtpd->load_plugins;
        kill 'HUP' => keys %children;
        info("reload daemon requested");
    };

    # setup qpsmtpd_instance
    $qpsmtpd = qpsmtpd_instance();

    if ($detach) {
        open STDIN,  '/dev/null'  or die "/dev/null: $!";
        open STDOUT, '>/dev/null' or die "/dev/null: $!";
        open STDERR, '>&STDOUT'   or die "open(stderr): $!";
        defined(my $pid = fork) or die "fork: $!";
        exit 0 if $pid;
    }
    POSIX::setsid or die "setsid: $!";

    if ($pid_file) {
        print PID $$, "\n";
        close PID;
    }

    # child reaper
    $SIG{CHLD} = \&reaper;
    spawn_children();
    main_loop();
    exit;
}

# initialize children (only done at daemon startup)
sub spawn_children {

    # block signals while new children are being spawned
    my $sigset = block_signal(SIGCHLD);
    for (1 .. $chld_pool) {
        new_child();
    }

    # reset block signals
    unblock_signal($sigset);
}

# cleanup after child dies
sub reaper {
    my $stiff;
    while (($stiff = waitpid(-1, &WNOHANG)) > 0) {
        my $res = WEXITSTATUS($?);
        info("child terminated, pid: $stiff (status $?, res: $res)");
        delete $children{$stiff};    # delete pid from children
            # add pid to array so it later can be removed from shared memory
        push @children_term, $stiff;
    }

    $SIG{CHLD} = \&reaper;
}

#main_loop: main loop. Either processes children that have exited or
# periodically scans the shared memory for children that are not longer
# alive. Spawns new children when necessary.
#arg0: void
#ret0: void
sub main_loop {
    my $created_children = $idle_children;
    while (1) {

        # if there is no child death to process, then sleep EXPR seconds
        # or until signal (i.e. child death) is received
        sleep $loop_sleep / ($created_children * 2 + 1) unless @children_term;

        # block CHLD signals to avoid race
        my $sigset = block_signal(SIGCHLD);

        # get number of busy children
        if (@children_term) {

            # remove dead children info from shared memory
            $chld_busy = shmem_opt(undef, \@children_term, undef, undef);
            @children_term = ();
        }
        else {
            # just check the shared memory
            $chld_busy = shmem_opt(undef, undef, undef, undef, 1);
        }

        # calculate children in pool (if valid busy children number)
        if (defined($chld_busy)) {
            info("busy children: $chld_busy");
            $chld_pool = $chld_busy + $idle_children;

            # ensure pool limit is max_children
            $chld_pool = $max_children if ($chld_pool > $max_children);
            info(  "children pool: $chld_pool, spawned: "
                 . scalar(keys %children)
                 . ", busy: $chld_busy");
        }
        else {

            # reset shared memory
            warn("unable to access shared memory - resetting it");
            IPC::Shareable->clean_up;
            my $shmem = shmem($d_port . "qpsmtpd", 1);
            untie $shmem;
        }

        # spawn children
        $created_children = $chld_pool - keys %children;
        $created_children = 0 if $created_children < 0;
        new_child() for 1 .. $created_children;

        # unblock signals
        unblock_signal($sigset);
    }
}

# block_signal: block signals
# arg0..n: int with signal(s) to block
# ret0: ref str with sigset (used to later unblock signal)
sub block_signal {
    my @signal = @_;    #arg0..n

    my ($sigset, $blockset);

    $sigset   = POSIX::SigSet->new();
    $blockset = POSIX::SigSet->new(@signal);
    sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, $blockset, $sigset)
      or die "Could not block @signal signals: $!\n";

    return ($sigset);
}

# unblock_signal: unblock/reset and receive pending signals
# arg0: ref str with sigset
# ret0: void
sub unblock_signal {
    my $sigset = shift;    # arg0
    sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, $sigset)
      or die "Could not restore signals: $!\n";
}

# new_child: initialize new child
# arg0: void
# ret0: void
sub new_child {

    # daemonize away from the parent process
    my $pid;
    die "Cannot fork child: $!\n" unless defined($pid = fork);
    if ($pid) {

        # in parent
        $children{$pid} = 1;
        info("new child, pid: $pid");
        return;
    }

    # in child

    # reset priority
    setpriority 0, 0, getpriority(0, 0) + $re_nice;

    # reset signals
    my $sigset   = POSIX::SigSet->new();
    my $blockset = POSIX::SigSet->new(SIGCHLD);
    sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, $blockset, $sigset)
      or die "Could not unblock SIGCHLD signal: $!\n";
    $SIG{CHLD} = $SIG{INT} = $SIG{TERM} = $SIG{ALRM} = 'DEFAULT';

    # child should exit if it receives HUP signal (note: blocked while child
    # is busy, but restored once done)
    $SIG{HUP} = sub {
        info("signal HUP received, going to exit");
        exit;
    };

    # continue to accept connections until "old age" is reached
    for (my $i = 0 ; $i < $child_lifetime ; $i++) {

        # accept a connection
        if ($pretty) {
            $ENV{PROCESS} = $0 if not defined $ENV{PROCESS};    # 1st time only
            $0 = 'qpsmtpd child';    # set pretty child name in process listing
        }
        my @ready = $select->can_read();
        next unless @ready;
        my $socket = $ready[0];
        my ($client, $iinfo) = $socket->accept()
          or die
          "failed to create new object - $!";  # wait here until client connects
        info("connect from: " . $client->peerhost . ":" . $client->peerport);

        # clear a previously running instance by creating a new instance
        $qpsmtpd = qpsmtpd_instance();

        # set STDIN/STDOUT and autoflush
        #  ... no longer use POSIX::dup2: it failes after a few
        #  million connections
        close(STDIN);
        open(STDIN, "+<&" . fileno($client))
          or die "unable to duplicate filehandle to STDIN - $!";

        close(STDOUT);
        open(STDOUT, "+>&" . fileno($client))
          or die "unable to duplicate filehandle to STDOUT - $!";
        select(STDOUT);
        $| = 1;

        # connection recieved, block signals
        my $sigset = block_signal(SIGHUP);

        # start a session if connection looks valid
        qpsmtpd_session($socket, $client, $iinfo, $qpsmtpd) if ($iinfo);

        # close connection and cleanup
        $client->shutdown(2);

        # unset block and receive pending signals
        unblock_signal($sigset);
    }
    exit;    # this child has reached its end-of-life
}

# respond to client
# arg0: ref to socket object (client)
# arg1: int with SMTP reply code
# arg2: arr with message
# ret0: int 0|1 (0 = failure, 1 = success)
sub respond_client {
    my ($client, $code, @message) = @_;
    $client->autoflush(1);
    while (my $msg = shift @message) {
        my $line = $code . (@message ? "-" : " ") . $msg;
        info("reply to client: <$line>");
        print $client "$line\r\n"
          or (info("Could not print [$line]: $!"), return 0);
    }
    return 1;
}

# qpsmtpd_instance: setup qpsmtpd instance
# arg0: void
# ret0: ref to qpsmtpd_instance
sub qpsmtpd_instance {
    my %args    = @_;
    my $qpsmtpd = Qpsmtpd::TcpServer::Prefork->new(%args);
    $qpsmtpd->load_plugins;
    $qpsmtpd->spool_dir;
    $qpsmtpd->size_threshold;

    return ($qpsmtpd);
}

# shmem: tie to shared memory hash
# arg0: str with glue
# arg1: int 0|1 (0 = don't create shmem, 1 = create shmem)
# ret0: ref to shared hash
sub shmem {
    my $glue = shift;           #arg0
    my $create = shift || 0;    #arg1

    my %options = (
                   create    => $create,
                   exclusive => 0,
                   mode      => 0640,
                   destroy   => 0,
                  );

    my %shmem_hash;
    eval {
        tie %shmem_hash, 'IPC::Shareable', $glue, {%options}
          || die "unable to tie to shared memory - $!";
    };
    if ($@) {
        info("$@");
        return;
    }

    return (\%shmem_hash);
}

# shmem_opt: connect to shared memory and perform options
# arg0: ref to hash where shared memory should be copied to
# arg1: ref to arr with pid(s) to delete
# arg2: int with pid to add (key)
# arg3: str with packed iaddr to add (value)
# arg4: int 0|1 check and cleanup shared memory (0 = no, 1 = yes - default 0)
# ret0: int with number of busy children (undef if error)
sub shmem_opt {
    my $ref_shmem     = shift;         #arg0
    my $ref_pid_del   = shift;         #arg1
    my $pid_add_key   = shift;         #arg2
    my $pid_add_value = shift;         #arg3
    my $check         = shift || 0;    #arg4

    # check arguments
    if (   (defined($pid_add_key) && !defined($pid_add_value))
        || (!defined($pid_add_key) && defined($pid_add_value)))
    {
        return;
    }

    my ($chld_shmem, $chld_busy);
    eval {
        $chld_shmem =
          &shmem($d_port . "qpsmtpd", 0);    #connect to shared memory hash

        if (tied %{$chld_shmem}) {

            # lock shared memory
            eval {
                # ensure that hung shared memory is noticed
                local $SIG{ALRM} = sub {
                    die "locking timed out\n";
                };
                alarm 15;

                (tied %{$chld_shmem})->shlock(LOCK_EX);

                alarm 0;
            };
            die $@ if $@;

            # delete
            if ($ref_pid_del) {
                foreach my $pid_del (@{$ref_pid_del}) {
                    delete $$chld_shmem{$pid_del};
                }
            }

            # add
            $$chld_shmem{$pid_add_key} = $pid_add_value if ($pid_add_key);

            # copy
            %{$ref_shmem} = %{$chld_shmem} if ($ref_shmem);

            # check
            if ($check) {

                # loop through pid list and delete orphaned processes
                foreach my $pid (keys %{$chld_shmem}) {
                    if (!kill 0, $pid) {
                        delete $$chld_shmem{$pid};
                        warn("orphaned child, pid: $pid removed from memory");
                    }
                }
            }

            # number of busy children
            $chld_busy = scalar(keys %{$chld_shmem});

            # unlock shared memory
            (tied %{$chld_shmem})->shunlock;

            # untie from shared memory
            untie $chld_shmem || die "unable to untie from shared memory";
        }
        else {
            die "failed to connect to shared memory";
        }
    };

    # check for error
    if ($@) {
        undef($chld_busy);
        warn("$@");
    }

    return ($chld_busy);
}

# info: write info
# arg0: str with debug text
sub info {
    my $text = shift;    #arg0
    return if (!$debug);

    my ($sec, $min, $hour, $mday, $mon, $year) = localtime(time);
    my $nowtime = sprintf "%02d/%02d/%02d %02d:%02d:%02d", $mday, $mon + 1,
      $year + 1900, $hour, $min, $sec;

    chomp($text);
    print STDERR "$nowtime:$$: $text\n";
}

# start qpmstpd session
# arg0: ref to socket object
# arg1: ref to socket object
# arg2: ref to qpsmtpd instance
# ret0: void
sub qpsmtpd_session {
    my $socket  = shift;    #arg0
    my $client  = shift;    #arg1
    my $iinfo   = shift;    #arg2
    my $qpsmtpd = shift;    #arg3

    # get local/remote hostname, port and ip address
    my ($port, $iaddr, $lport, $laddr, $nto_iaddr, $nto_laddr) =
      Qpsmtpd::TcpServer::lrpip($socket, $client, $iinfo);

    # get current connected ip addresses (from shared memory)
    my %children;
    shmem_opt(\%children, undef, $$, $iaddr);

    my ($rc, @msg) =
      $qpsmtpd->run_hooks(
                          "pre-connection",
                          remote_ip   => $nto_iaddr,
                          remote_port => $port,
                          local_ip    => $nto_laddr,
                          local_port  => $lport,
                          max_conn_ip => $maxconnip,
                          child_addrs => [values %children],
                         );
    if (   $rc == DENYSOFT
        || $rc == DENYSOFT_DISCONNECT
        || $rc == DENY
        || $rc == DENY_DISCONNECT)
    {
        #smtp return code to reply client with (seed with soft deny)
        my $rc_reply = 451;
        unless ($msg[0]) {
            if ($rc == DENYSOFT || $rc == DENYSOFT_DISCONNECT) {
                @msg = ("Sorry, try again later");
            }
            else {
                @msg      = ("Sorry, service not available to you");
                $rc_reply = 550;
            }
        }
        respond_client($client, $rc_reply, @msg);

        # remove pid from shared memory
        shmem_opt(undef, [$$], undef, undef);

        # retur so child can be reused
        return;
    }

    # all children should have different seeds, to prevent conflicts
    srand(time ^ ($$ + ($$ << 15)));

    # ALRM handler
    $SIG{ALRM} = sub {
        print $client "421 Connection Timed Out\n";
        info("Connection Timed Out");

        # child terminates
        exit;
    };

    # set enviroment variables
    ($ENV{TCPLOCALIP}, $ENV{TCPREMOTEIP}, $ENV{TCPREMOTEHOST}) =
      Qpsmtpd::TcpServer::tcpenv($nto_laddr, $nto_iaddr);

    # run qpmsptd functions
    $SIG{__DIE__} = 'DEFAULT';
    eval {
        $qpsmtpd->start_connection(
                                   local_ip    => $ENV{TCPLOCALIP},
                                   local_port  => $lport,
                                   remote_ip   => $ENV{TCPREMOTEIP},
                                   remote_port => $client->peerport,
                                  );
        $qpsmtpd->run($client);
        $qpsmtpd->run_hooks("post-connection");
        $qpsmtpd->connection->reset;
    };
    if ($@ !~ /^(disconnect_tcpserver|died while reading from STDIN)/) {
        warn("$@");
    }

    # child is now idle again
    info("disconnect from: $nto_iaddr:$port");

    # remove pid from shared memory
    unless (defined(shmem_opt(undef, [$$], undef, undef))) {

        # exit because parent is down or shared memory is corrupted
        info("parent seems to be down, going to exit");
        exit 1;
    }
}