Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] ebuild.sh: Completely ban external commands in global scope

[Ulrich Mueller]

> On Fri, 8 Sep 2017, Robin H Johnson wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 10:45:42PM +0200, Michał Górny wrote:
>> +export PATH=/dev/null
> Minor nitpick: The Single UNIX spec says that PATH is a set of
> prefixes, and that they're treated as directories.
> http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/7908799/xbd/envvar.html

> I think it might be good to use either a non-existing path, or a
> known empty directory (/var/empty), rather than /dev/null which DOES
> exist.

Is /var/empty standard? On my system here, it belongs to
net-misc/openssh.

Also any /dev/null/foo is guaranteed not to exist, so I don't see how
pathname resolution could possibly succeed when PATH is /dev/null.

Ulrich


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Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] ebuild.sh: Completely ban external commands in global scope

[Robin H. Johnson]

On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 10:45:42PM +0200, Michał Górny wrote:
> + export PATH=/dev/null
Minor nitpick: The Single UNIX spec says that PATH is a set of prefixes,
and that they're treated as directories.
http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/7908799/xbd/envvar.html

I think it might be good to use either a non-existing path, or a known
empty directory (/var/empty), rather than /dev/null which DOES exist.

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Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] ebuild.sh: Completely ban external commands in global scope

[Alec Warner]

Must be old age setting in :(

Thanks,

-A

On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 2:54 PM, Michał Górny  wrote:

> W dniu pią, 08.09.2017 o godzinie 14∶48 -0400, użytkownik Alec Warner
> napisał:
> > Why PATH=/dev/null vs export PATH=""
>
> +  # note: we can't use empty because it implies current directory
>
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 3:36 AM, Michał Górny  wrote:
> >
> > > Dnia 31 sierpnia 2017 22:45:42 CEST, "Michał Górny"  >
> > > napisał(a):
> > > > Set PATH to /dev/null when sourcing the ebuild for dependency
> > > > resolution
> > > > in order to prevent shell from finding external commands via PATH
> > > > lookup. While this does not prevent executing programs via full path,
> > > > it
> > > > should catch the majority of accidental uses.
> > > >
> > > > Closes: https://github.com/gentoo/portage/pull/199
> > > >
> > > > // Note: this can't be merged right now since we still have ebuilds
> > > > // calling external commands; see:
> > > > // https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=629222
> > >
> > > Update: gentoo is green now
> > >
> > > > ---
> > > > bin/ebuild.sh | 6 +-
> > > > bin/isolated-functions.sh | 4 
> > > > 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/bin/ebuild.sh b/bin/ebuild.sh
> > > > index c23561651..94a44d534 100755
> > > > --- a/bin/ebuild.sh
> > > > +++ b/bin/ebuild.sh
> > > > @@ -80,8 +80,12 @@ else
> > > >   done
> > > >   unset funcs x
> > > >
> > > > +  # prevent the shell from finding external executables
> > > > +  # note: we can't use empty because it implies current
> directory
> > > > +  _PORTAGE_ORIG_PATH=${PATH}
> > > > +  export PATH=/dev/null
> > > >   command_not_found_handle() {
> > > > -  die "Command not found while sourcing ebuild: ${*}"
> > > > +  die "External commands disallowed while sourcing
> ebuild:
> > >
> > > ${*}"
> > > >   }
> > > > fi
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/bin/isolated-functions.sh b/bin/isolated-functions.sh
> > > > index e320f7132..b28e44f18 100644
> > > > --- a/bin/isolated-functions.sh
> > > > +++ b/bin/isolated-functions.sh
> > > > @@ -121,6 +121,10 @@ __helpers_die() {
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > die() {
> > > > +  # restore PATH since die calls basename & sed
> > > > +  # TODO: make it pure bash
> > > > +  [[ -n ${_PORTAGE_ORIG_PATH} ]] && PATH=${_PORTAGE_ORIG_PATH}
> > > > +
> > > >   set +x # tracing only produces useless noise here
> > > >   local IFS=$' \t\n'
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Best regards,
> > > Michał Górny (by phone)
> > >
> > >
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Michał Górny
>
>
>

Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] ebuild.sh: Completely ban external commands in global scope

[Michał Górny]

W dniu pią, 08.09.2017 o godzinie 14∶48 -0400, użytkownik Alec Warner
napisał:
> Why PATH=/dev/null vs export PATH=""

+  # note: we can't use empty because it implies current directory

> 
> On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 3:36 AM, Michał Górny  wrote:
> 
> > Dnia 31 sierpnia 2017 22:45:42 CEST, "Michał Górny" 
> > napisał(a):
> > > Set PATH to /dev/null when sourcing the ebuild for dependency
> > > resolution
> > > in order to prevent shell from finding external commands via PATH
> > > lookup. While this does not prevent executing programs via full path,
> > > it
> > > should catch the majority of accidental uses.
> > > 
> > > Closes: https://github.com/gentoo/portage/pull/199
> > > 
> > > // Note: this can't be merged right now since we still have ebuilds
> > > // calling external commands; see:
> > > // https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=629222
> > 
> > Update: gentoo is green now
> > 
> > > ---
> > > bin/ebuild.sh | 6 +-
> > > bin/isolated-functions.sh | 4 
> > > 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/bin/ebuild.sh b/bin/ebuild.sh
> > > index c23561651..94a44d534 100755
> > > --- a/bin/ebuild.sh
> > > +++ b/bin/ebuild.sh
> > > @@ -80,8 +80,12 @@ else
> > >   done
> > >   unset funcs x
> > > 
> > > +  # prevent the shell from finding external executables
> > > +  # note: we can't use empty because it implies current directory
> > > +  _PORTAGE_ORIG_PATH=${PATH}
> > > +  export PATH=/dev/null
> > >   command_not_found_handle() {
> > > -  die "Command not found while sourcing ebuild: ${*}"
> > > +  die "External commands disallowed while sourcing ebuild:
> > 
> > ${*}"
> > >   }
> > > fi
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/bin/isolated-functions.sh b/bin/isolated-functions.sh
> > > index e320f7132..b28e44f18 100644
> > > --- a/bin/isolated-functions.sh
> > > +++ b/bin/isolated-functions.sh
> > > @@ -121,6 +121,10 @@ __helpers_die() {
> > > }
> > > 
> > > die() {
> > > +  # restore PATH since die calls basename & sed
> > > +  # TODO: make it pure bash
> > > +  [[ -n ${_PORTAGE_ORIG_PATH} ]] && PATH=${_PORTAGE_ORIG_PATH}
> > > +
> > >   set +x # tracing only produces useless noise here
> > >   local IFS=$' \t\n'
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > --
> > Best regards,
> > Michał Górny (by phone)
> > 
> > 

-- 
Best regards,
Michał Górny

Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] ebuild.sh: Completely ban external commands in global scope

[Michał Górny]

Dnia 31 sierpnia 2017 22:45:42 CEST, "Michał Górny"  
napisał(a):
>Set PATH to /dev/null when sourcing the ebuild for dependency
>resolution
>in order to prevent shell from finding external commands via PATH
>lookup. While this does not prevent executing programs via full path,
>it
>should catch the majority of accidental uses.
>
>Closes: https://github.com/gentoo/portage/pull/199
>
>// Note: this can't be merged right now since we still have ebuilds
>// calling external commands; see:
>// https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=629222

Update: gentoo is green now 

>---
> bin/ebuild.sh | 6 +-
> bin/isolated-functions.sh | 4 
> 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
>diff --git a/bin/ebuild.sh b/bin/ebuild.sh
>index c23561651..94a44d534 100755
>--- a/bin/ebuild.sh
>+++ b/bin/ebuild.sh
>@@ -80,8 +80,12 @@ else
>   done
>   unset funcs x
> 
>+  # prevent the shell from finding external executables
>+  # note: we can't use empty because it implies current directory
>+  _PORTAGE_ORIG_PATH=${PATH}
>+  export PATH=/dev/null
>   command_not_found_handle() {
>-  die "Command not found while sourcing ebuild: ${*}"
>+  die "External commands disallowed while sourcing ebuild: ${*}"
>   }
> fi
> 
>diff --git a/bin/isolated-functions.sh b/bin/isolated-functions.sh
>index e320f7132..b28e44f18 100644
>--- a/bin/isolated-functions.sh
>+++ b/bin/isolated-functions.sh
>@@ -121,6 +121,10 @@ __helpers_die() {
> }
> 
> die() {
>+  # restore PATH since die calls basename & sed
>+  # TODO: make it pure bash
>+  [[ -n ${_PORTAGE_ORIG_PATH} ]] && PATH=${_PORTAGE_ORIG_PATH}
>+
>   set +x # tracing only produces useless noise here
>   local IFS=$' \t\n'
> 


-- 
Best regards,
Michał Górny (by phone)

[gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] ebuild.sh: Completely ban external commands in global scope

[Michał Górny]

Set PATH to /dev/null when sourcing the ebuild for dependency resolution
in order to prevent shell from finding external commands via PATH
lookup. While this does not prevent executing programs via full path, it
should catch the majority of accidental uses.

Closes: https://github.com/gentoo/portage/pull/199

// Note: this can't be merged right now since we still have ebuilds
// calling external commands; see:
// https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=629222
---
 bin/ebuild.sh | 6 +-
 bin/isolated-functions.sh | 4 
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/bin/ebuild.sh b/bin/ebuild.sh
index c23561651..94a44d534 100755
--- a/bin/ebuild.sh
+++ b/bin/ebuild.sh
@@ -80,8 +80,12 @@ else
done
unset funcs x
 
+   # prevent the shell from finding external executables
+   # note: we can't use empty because it implies current directory
+   _PORTAGE_ORIG_PATH=${PATH}
+   export PATH=/dev/null
command_not_found_handle() {
-   die "Command not found while sourcing ebuild: ${*}"
+   die "External commands disallowed while sourcing ebuild: ${*}"
}
 fi
 
diff --git a/bin/isolated-functions.sh b/bin/isolated-functions.sh
index e320f7132..b28e44f18 100644
--- a/bin/isolated-functions.sh
+++ b/bin/isolated-functions.sh
@@ -121,6 +121,10 @@ __helpers_die() {
 }
 
 die() {
+   # restore PATH since die calls basename & sed
+   # TODO: make it pure bash
+   [[ -n ${_PORTAGE_ORIG_PATH} ]] && PATH=${_PORTAGE_ORIG_PATH}
+
set +x # tracing only produces useless noise here
local IFS=$' \t\n'
 
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