https://github.com/jansvoboda11 created 
https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/175201

There's some logic in Linux distro detection that relies on the VFS being the 
real FS. This check is implemented such that it violates the IO sandbox. This 
PR implements narrow sandbox disablement for this specific check.

>From ba7172235a26727947caa82ad77f2de7bb3d315d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jan Svoboda <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2026 09:03:54 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] [clang] Bypass FS sandbox during Linux distro detection

There's some logic in Linux distro detection that relies on the VFS being the 
real FS. This check is implemented such that it violates the IO sandbox. This 
PR implements narrow sandbox disablement for this specific check.
---
 clang/lib/Driver/Distro.cpp | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/clang/lib/Driver/Distro.cpp b/clang/lib/Driver/Distro.cpp
index df10458d092d6..3c335891f9971 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Driver/Distro.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Driver/Distro.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "llvm/ADT/StringRef.h"
 #include "llvm/ADT/StringSwitch.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/ErrorOr.h"
+#include "llvm/Support/IOSandbox.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/MemoryBuffer.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/Threading.h"
 #include "llvm/TargetParser/Host.h"
@@ -211,7 +212,10 @@ static Distro::DistroType GetDistro(llvm::vfs::FileSystem 
&VFS,
     return Distro::UnknownDistro;
 
   // True if we're backed by a real file system.
-  const bool onRealFS = (llvm::vfs::getRealFileSystem() == &VFS);
+  const bool onRealFS = [&] {
+    auto BypassSandbox = llvm::sys::sandbox::scopedDisable();
+    return llvm::vfs::getRealFileSystem() == &VFS;
+  }();
 
   // If the host is not running Linux, and we're backed by a real file
   // system, no need to check the distro. This is the case where someone

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