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[SOLVED] glib2 version 2.70 causes gnome-keyring to stop working

https://linux.debian.bugs.dist.narkive.com/1gNoFD0j/bug-994961-glib2-0-gnome-keyring-unable-to-unlock-login-keyring-on-some-systems-since-glib-2-70-0-1

According to this post, glib2 has hardened security in version 2.70, but gnome-keyring hasn't adapted to it yet.

My gnome-keyring package version is the latest in Artix stable branch: 1:40.0-1

Symptoms:
- Any program that requires gnome-keyring stored password (for example, nextcloud-client) doesn't work.
- When you press keyboard shortcut Ctrl-Alt-T it takes about 25 seconds to open gnome-terminal (DBUS timeout)

If you downgrade to glib2 version 2.68 it works again.

It is an upstream problem but, is there any solution from here?  Can glib2 version 2.70 package be returned to testing?

Well, at least users reading this post can downgrade glib2 to solve the problem.

Re: glib2 version 2.70 causes gnome-keyring to stop working

Reply #1 –
Could be something else which is causing this problem. I have glib2 version 2.70 and gnome-keyrinng 1:40.0 installed in Arch. gnome-keyring works fine. But thanks for letting us know the workaround.

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~ » pacman -Qs glib2                                                                                                                                          
local/glib2 2.70.0-1
    Low level core library

~ » pacman -Qs gnome-keyring                                                                                                                                   
local/gnome-keyring 1:40.0-1 (gnome)
    Stores passwords and encryption keys

I don't have Artix install at hand. Can somebody check if the packages are from the same repos?

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~ » pacman -Ss glib2                                                                                                                                           
core/glib2 2.70.0-1 [installed]
    Low level core library

~ » pacman -Ss gnome-keyring                                                                                                                                   
extra/gnome-keyring 1:40.0-1 (gnome) [installed]
    Stores passwords and encryption keys

Re: glib2 version 2.70 causes gnome-keyring to stop working

Reply #2 –
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$ pacman -Ss glib2
system/glib2 2.70.0-1 [instal·lat: 2.68.4-1]
    Low level core library

$ pacman -Ss gnome-keyring
world/gnome-keyring 1:40.0-1 (gnome) [instal·lat]
    Stores passwords and encryption keys

Re: glib2 version 2.70 causes gnome-keyring to stop working

Reply #3 –
Quote from: manolollr – on
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$ pacman -Ss glib2
system/glib2 2.70.0-1 [instal·lat: 2.68.4-1]
    Low level core library

$ pacman -Ss gnome-keyring
world/gnome-keyring 1:40.0-1 (gnome) [instal·lat]
    Stores passwords and encryption keys

Looks like they're from Artix repos. Not sure how they're re-packaged from Arch packages, but they're different from size. Need Artix package maintainers to look into it.

Arch:
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/var/cache/pacman/pkg » ls -asl glib2-2.70.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst*
2824 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2890132 Sep 17 17:29 glib2-2.70.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
   4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root     141 Sep 17 17:29 glib2-2.70.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.sig

/var/cache/pacman/pkg » ls -asl gnome-keyring-1:40.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst*
828 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 846674 Sep 21 23:57 gnome-keyring-1:40.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
  4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root    141 Sep 14 12:28 gnome-keyring-1:40.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.sig

Artix:
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artix-live:[artix]:/var/cache/pacman/pkg$ ls -asl glib2*
2828 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2892753 Sep 18 04:53 glib2-2.70.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
   4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root     566 Sep 18 04:54 glib2-2.70.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.sig

artix-live:[artix]:/var/cache/pacman/pkg$ ls -las gnome-keyring*
828 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 845447 Mar 26  2021 gnome-keyring-1:40.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
  4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root    566 Mar 26  2021 gnome-keyring-1:40.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.sig



Re: glib2 version 2.70 causes gnome-keyring to stop working

Reply #4 –
These are the Artix packages sources:

glib2
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https://gitea.artixlinux.org/packagesG/glib2/src/branch/master/x86_64/core

gnome-keyring
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https://gitea.artixlinux.org/packagesG/gnome-keyring/src/branch/master/x86_64/extra
https://gitea.artixlinux.org/packagesL/libgnome-keyring/src/branch/master/repos/extra-x86_64

I'm using Cinnamon desktop.

Re: glib2 version 2.70 causes gnome-keyring to stop working

Reply #5 –
Hi all.
I have problem wirh gnome-keyring-damen and secrets for two days.
At the end problem was the capability of /usr/bin/gnome-keyring-daemon

The gnome-keyring.install of pacman PKGBUILD give cap_ipc_lock to gnome-keyring-daemon with setcap command.

I remove this capability from daemon and all works fine

Re: glib2 version 2.70 causes gnome-keyring to stop working

Reply #6 –
Hey Everyone,

On upgrade to glib2-2.70.0-1 my gnome session crashes out on login (right after lightdm hands off). I vaguely remember setting my login keyring to unlock for the user ... so most likely not a coincidence.

In the short term is `setcap -r /usr/bin/gnome-keyring-daemon` a working solution or should I wait on glib2-2.68.4 until something comes from the repos?

Re: glib2 version 2.70 causes gnome-keyring to stop working

Reply #7 –
I just found this affects my Nextcloud-client too. Have just downgraded to glib2-2.68 as well.
On this PC, running Manjaro with a similar set up, it is running 2.70 fine!

Re: glib2 version 2.70 causes gnome-keyring to stop working

Reply #8 –
Quote from: Verbunk – on
Hey Everyone,

On upgrade to glib2-2.70.0-1 my gnome session crashes out on login (right after lightdm hands off). I vaguely remember setting my login keyring to unlock for the user ... so most likely not a coincidence.

In the short term is `setcap -r /usr/bin/gnome-keyring-daemon` a working solution or should I wait on glib2-2.68.4 until something comes from the repos?

I am on 2.68.4. Would like to wait for Artix dev to update.

Re: glib2 version 2.70 causes gnome-keyring to stop working

Reply #9 –
Looking into this, it seems like the workaround for now, according to these gnome-keyring and glib issues is to remove the cap_ipc_lock capability from gnome-keyring. I'm a bit surprised Arch hasn't done that already, but I'll just update the gnome-keyring install script to not do that capability (and remove it for upgrades) for now.

Re: glib2 version 2.70 causes gnome-keyring to stop working

Reply #10 –
Quote from: Dudemanguy – on
Looking into this, it seems like the workaround for now, according to these gnome-keyring and glib issues is to remove the cap_ipc_lock capability from gnome-keyring. I'm a bit surprised Arch hasn't done that already, but I'll just update the gnome-keyring install script to not do that capability (and remove it for upgrades) for now.

Any chance to keep cap_ipc_lock in gnome-keyring-daemon? Personally, I don't like the daemon to swap its memory which keeps sensitive  info out to swap storage.

Somehow, Arch manages to keep the cap and make it work flawlessly.

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[liveuser@archlinuxgui ~]$ pacman -Qs glib2
local/glib2 2.70.0-1
    Low level core library
[liveuser@archlinuxgui ~]$ pacman -Qs gnome-keyring
local/gnome-keyring 1:40.0-1 (gnome)
    Stores passwords and encryption keys
[liveuser@archlinuxgui ~]$ getcap /usr/bin/gnome-keyring-daemon
/usr/bin/gnome-keyring-daemon cap_ipc_lock=ep

[liveuser@archlinuxgui ~]$ ps -ef | grep gnome-keyring-daemon
liveuser    1564     539  0 16:27 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/gnome-keyring-daemon --start --foreground --components=secrets
liveuser    1646    1638  0 16:28 pts/1    00:00:00 grep gnome-keyring-daemon
[liveuser@archlinuxgui ~]$ cd /proc/1564
[liveuser@archlinuxgui 1564]$ cat limits 
Limit                     Soft Limit           Hard Limit           Units     
Max cpu time              unlimited            unlimited            seconds   
Max file size             unlimited            unlimited            bytes     
Max data size             unlimited            unlimited            bytes     
Max stack size            8388608              unlimited            bytes     
Max core file size        unlimited            unlimited            bytes     
Max resident set          unlimited            unlimited            bytes     
Max processes             30463                30463                processes 
Max open files            1024                 524288               files     
Max locked memory         1048576              1048576              bytes     
Max address space         unlimited            unlimited            bytes     
Max file locks            unlimited            unlimited            locks     
Max pending signals       30463                30463                signals   
Max msgqueue size         819200               819200               bytes     
Max nice priority         0                    0                    
Max realtime priority     0                    0                    
Max realtime timeout      unlimited            unlimited            us  

Re: glib2 version 2.70 causes gnome-keyring to stop working

Reply #11 –
Quote from: calvinh – on
Any chance to keep cap_ipc_lock in gnome-keyring-daemon? Personally, I don't like the daemon to swap its memory which keeps sensitive  to swap storage.

Somehow, Arch manages to keep the cap and make it work flawlessly.

That doesn't make any sense really. There's no difference between the Arch or Artix package. Same thing for glib2. I don't use it myself, but this shouldn't work on Arch either as far as I understand it.

Re: glib2 version 2.70 causes gnome-keyring to stop working

Reply #12 –
Quote from: Dudemanguy – on
That doesn't make any sense really. There's no difference between the Arch or Artix package. Same thing for glib2. I don't use it myself, but this shouldn't work on Arch either as far as I understand it.

See if this link helps.

https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=c2a3e929650d327c5f57ec2f646b1cb749d60843

Re: glib2 version 2.70 causes gnome-keyring to stop working

Reply #13 –
That disables libcap in the build and removes the capability. I'm not sure if that's better/worse than just removing it. Maybe it's better.

Re: glib2 version 2.70 causes gnome-keyring to stop working

Reply #14 –
The Debian bug mentions a $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/bus which apparently is created by dbus.socket and of course is missing in non-systemd distros.