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In `@internal/sandbox/profile.go`:
- Around line 72-75: Update the gitDir resolution flow around resolveGitDir so
an unresolved non-directory .git file does not retain the literal root/.git
fallback; return no carveouts for stale, malformed, or unreadable gitdir
pointers. Preserve the literal fallback only when .git is absent, and add a
regression test covering a stale gitdir: pointer.
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Thanks for this, and sorry it took a while to get a human on it. The bug you are fixing is real: a worktree or submodule keeps .git as a file, so the old hardcoded <root>/.git/hooks carveout points at a path with no parent directory, and bwrap fails with "Can't mkdir parents" and takes every sandboxed tool down with it. That needed fixing and the direction is right.
I am requesting changes because of what following the pointer opens up, which I verified rather than reasoned about.
The resolved git dir is not bounded to the workspace
resolveGitDir accepts an absolute gitdir: target verbatim and only validates it with os.Stat. resolveGitCommonDir then applies the same trust to whatever commondir contains. I ran three probes against your head 0c7ae90a:
gitdir: <absolute path outside the workspace>
carveouts = [<outside>/hooks <outside>/config]
gitdir: ../elsewhere (no absolute path needed)
carveouts = [<outside>/hooks <outside>/config]
gitdir: .git-real + .git-real/commondir -> <outside>
carveouts = [<outside>/hooks <outside>/config]
The third one matters on its own: even if you bound gitdir, commondir gives a second independent redirect.
Why that is a problem rather than a curiosity
The carveout is the thing keeping .git/hooks and .git/config write-denied, and your own comment says why: hooks auto-execute, and config carries core.hooksPath and credential.helper. Move the carveout and the real ones become writable.
Two facts make that reachable:
PermissionProfileFromPolicyis called atrunner.go:203for every command plan, so the pointer is re-read on each command, not resolved once at startup.ProtectedMetadataNamesis only.zeroand.agents. The.gitfile itself is not protected, and only<gitDir>/hooksand<gitDir>/configare read-only subpaths.
So in exactly the layout this PR is about, where .git is a file, a sandboxed command can rewrite that file, and the next command's profile puts the write-deny somewhere else. The command has then removed its own restriction on hooks and config.
To be fair about scope: this is not a pre-existing hole you widened. Before this change gitDir was hardcoded, so there was no pointer to poison. It is new surface that arrives with the fix, which is why I would rather sort it now than after it lands.
What I would like
- Bound the resolved directory. After resolving
gitdirandcommondir, require the result to sit inside the workspace (or inside the write roots) and otherwise refuse to use it. - Decide deliberately what happens when it does escape, and say so in a comment. Silently falling back to
""still leaves the real hooks and config unprotected, so "collapse to a no-op" is not automatically the safe answer. My instinct is that an escaping pointer should be treated as untrusted input rather than as a valid layout. - Consider protecting the
.gitfile itself. If the pointer cannot be rewritten, following it is a much smaller question. That may be the cleaner fix and it would let you keep the resolution simple.
Tests
TestGitMetadataWriteCarveoutsResolvesWorktree is genuinely load-bearing. I reverted the production change and kept your tests, and it failed, which is what it should do:
--- FAIL: TestGitMetadataWriteCarveoutsResolvesWorktree
--- PASS: TestGitMetadataWriteCarveoutsPlainCheckout
TestGitMetadataWriteCarveoutsPlainCheckout passing there is fine, it is a regression guard for the path you did not change, and I do not want it removed. Worth knowing though that it means one test covers the new logic.
The gap is that nothing covers the cases above. Whatever bounding you choose, please add a test for an escaping gitdir, for the relative ../ form, and for an escaping commondir with an in-workspace gitdir, since that last one fails differently from the other two. Also worth a case for the commondir read failing, since the fallback there is currently unexercised: swapping return gitDir for return "" leaves both tests green.
Happy to look again quickly once the bounding is in. The underlying fix is one we want.
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@jaivial checking in, this has been quiet since 24 July. Worth repeating that the bug you found is real and worth fixing: a worktree or submodule keeps The blocker is bounding the resolved git dir. The fix is to resolve the pointer and then require the result to stay inside the workspace, refusing rather than carving when it does not. Falling back to no carveout is fine: a missing carveout costs a git feature, an unbounded one costs the confinement. I know that is a bigger ask than the bug you set out to fix, so if you would rather hand it over, say the word and I will take it from here with credit to you for finding it. Equally happy to review another round if you want to carry it. The branch will need a rebase either way, main has moved since July. |
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In `@internal/sandbox/profile.go`:
- Around line 102-113: Update internal/sandbox/profile.go lines 102-113 to
require the gitdir: prefix and validate the resolved target within a trusted,
traversal-resistant boundary at sandbox rule application time; replace pre-open
os.Stat containment checks and reject invalid, symlinked, or non-directory
targets. Apply the same boundary validation to commondir handling at lines
120-131 before creating carveouts. Extend
internal/sandbox/profile_worktree_test.go lines 13-49 with failure cases for
rejected gitdir, commondir, symlink, and non-directory targets, and remove the
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.git is a file (gitdir: ...) in worktrees/submodules, not a dir. The hooks/config write-deny carveout assumed a directory and pointed at <root>/.git/hooks, which has no mkdir-able parent under the .git file. bwrap then failed 'Can't mkdir parents ... Not a directory', blocking every sandboxed tool in worktree checkouts. Resolve the real (common) git dir via the gitdir pointer + commondir so worktrees deny the shared hooks/config like a plain clone. Plain checkouts (.git dir) and .git-absent roots keep the literal paths.
Refuse gitdir/commondir pointers that escape the workspace instead of carving outside confinement. Invalid, stale, or non-directory pointers return no carveouts so bwrap does not mkdir under a .git file.
Containment must use the real path so an in-root symlink cannot punch hooks/config carveouts outside the write root.
Refuse carveouts when EvalSymlinks cannot produce a real in-root path, compare evaluated roots and targets, and write-deny the .git pointer so it cannot redirect hooks/config between commands.
…dir line Keep hooks/config write-denied on both the common dir and the in-root worktree gitdir, emit those paths under the lexical write root, and accept a gitdir: pointer that has trailing comment lines.
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In `@internal/sandbox/profile.go`:
- Around line 198-202: Replace pre-open EvalSymlinks and pathContainedInRoot
containment checks in the ReadOnlySubpaths carveout flow with rooted,
handle-relative binding and validation when the backend creates the sandbox.
Ensure each carveout is resolved and opened relative to the trusted root handle,
rejecting paths that resolve outside it or change to an external symlink after
profile construction. Add coverage for the symlink-replacement scenario and
confirm backend rule application rejects it.
- Around line 169-171: Update resolveGitDir and resolveGitCommonDir to read .git
and commondir metadata through an open-time, handle-based reader that verifies
the opened handle is a regular file before reading, preventing FIFOs or other
special files from blocking. Preserve the existing .git pointer carveout by
returning only that result for invalid metadata, and add regression tests
covering FIFO inputs for both resolution paths.
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…at apply Read .git and commondir only when they are regular files so a FIFO cannot block profile construction. At sandbox apply, drop ReadOnlySubpaths that no longer sit inside the write root after a symlink swap.
A .git symlink to a directory is a normal checkout, so keep lexical hooks/config carveouts. FIFO coverage stays on unix so Windows still compiles.
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In `@internal/sandbox/profile_worktree_test.go`:
- Around line 220-234: Update the carveout application flow around
containedReadOnlySubpaths and appendReadOnlyLinuxPathArgs to prevent symlink
check-to-use races: reject symlinked .git directories or resolve and retain a
stable non-symlink path for bubblewrap mount destinations. Ensure backend
coverage exercises changing the symlink target after profile construction and
verifies the mount cannot escape the write root.
In `@internal/sandbox/profile.go`:
- Around line 273-281: Update pathUnderRoot and containedReadOnlySubpaths so
missing carveouts beneath a symlinked root resolve the deepest existing
ancestor, then append the non-existent suffix before containment validation.
Preserve valid in-root carveouts such as .git/hooks instead of dropping them,
and add a regression test covering a symlinked workspace with absent Git
metadata paths.
- Around line 262-270: Update readRegularFile to open the path once with
no-follow semantics, validate the opened handle refers to a regular file, then
read from that handle while preserving errors for symlinks and special files.
Add race-focused tests covering concurrent replacement for both .git and
commondir, while retaining existing pre-existing FIFO coverage.
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Superseded by verified candidate 02b3ebc: dynamic gitdir/commondir parsing and redirected backend carveouts were removed; file-form .git is protected directly. All associated threads are resolved and the full required validation passed.
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Validation completed: format, diff check, vet, full Go suite, focused sandbox and race tests, Windows test cross-compile, release build/smoke, static analysis, and vulnerability scan. The regression test was also proven to fail on the base commit. Two bounded blind final-head review campaigns found no remaining branch-owned code defect. All stale inline threads were answered and resolved; superseded change-request reviews were dismissed with reasons. The PR body/title now describe the actual narrowed implementation. The PR remains draft pending normal maintainer readiness/approval and any external check completion. |
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In `@internal/sandbox/profile_worktree_test.go`:
- Around line 76-90: Extend
TestGitMetadataWriteCarveoutsPreservesDirectorySymlinkBehavior with a dangling
.git symlink case, then assert gitMetadataWriteCarveouts returns only gitPath
when os.Stat cannot resolve the symlink. Keep the existing directory-symlink
assertions unchanged and ensure the new case exercises the unresolved-target
failure path.
In `@internal/sandbox/profile.go`:
- Around line 99-104: Update the PR summary to accurately describe the behavior
implemented by gitMetadataWriteCarveouts: it protects direct .git pointer files
without parsing gitdir: or following commondir targets, and does not claim
protection of shared hooks or config paths.
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Superseded after root-cause tracing: direct symlink carveouts are unusable with bubblewrap and would drift beyond the regular-file pointer fix. Final 2fdff70 preserves upstream behavior for all symlinks/special/error states and adds regression coverage.
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Re-reviewed at 2fdff70. Approving.
My earlier review asked for three things: bound the resolved gitdir to the write root, decide deliberately what happens when it escapes, and consider protecting the pointer file itself. What landed is the third one, and it makes the first two moot rather than skipping them. There is no gitdir or commondir parsing left anywhere in the change, and the comment says why: repository-controlled metadata must not be allowed to redirect sandbox rules elsewhere. That is the right call and it is written down. All three escape probes from my earlier review are dead by construction now, because nothing reads the file's contents.
I checked the narrowing does not quietly drop enforcement. In the regular-file case the carveout list becomes just the pointer instead of .git/hooks and .git/config, but those cannot exist under a regular file, and no backend loses anything real: bwrap binds real paths, seatbelt emits string rules that cannot match, and the Windows apply skips a deny group whose target is absent. In exchange the pointer itself becomes genuinely write-denied on all three backends, which base did not do at all.
One thing worth recording as a follow-up rather than a blocker, since you asked about Windows specifically. A junction at <root>/.git reads as ModeIrregular, so IsRegular() is false and the code falls back to the two child paths, which are then opened through the junction and get their deny ACEs on the junction target outside the workspace. That is exactly what base did unconditionally, since base had no lstat at all and always emitted those two children, so this PR does not introduce or widen it. It just does not close it either, and it is worth its own issue against the ACL apply rather than against this change.
Related and also not a blocker: TestGitMetadataWriteCarveoutsPreservesSymlinkBehavior skips when os.Symlink fails, which it does on an unelevated Windows box, so all three of its subtests skip there and the symlink contract is asserted by nothing locally. That skip is environmental rather than fixture-controlled, so it is legitimate, and the CI runner is elevated so it very likely does not fire there. Still, the shape a Windows user actually hits at .git is a junction rather than a symlink, and nothing covers it.
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Problem
Worktree and submodule checkouts store
.gitas a file containing agitdir:pointer. The sandbox previously always generated read-only carveouts at<root>/.git/hooksand<root>/.git/config. On Linux, bubblewrap then tried to create a mount target below the.gitfile and failed withCan't mkdir parents ... Not a directory, preventing every sandboxed command from starting.Fix
.gitis successfully inspected as a regular file, protect that fixed entry itself instead of constructing child paths below it.gitdirorcommondir; repository-controlled metadata cannot redirect sandbox enforcement or grant authority outside the writable root.This deliberately fixes sandbox availability without granting new write access to a linked worktree's external Git metadata directory.
Linked issue
None. This is a maintainer-owned internal continuation of the concrete bug reported in this PR, after collaborator verification and an explicit offer to carry the fix. Original discovery credit remains with @jaivial.
Tests
make fmt-checkgo vet ./...go test ./...internal/sandboxtests and race testsgo run ./cmd/zero-release buildgo run ./cmd/zero-release smokemake lint-staticmake vulncheckgit diff HEAD --checkThe full suite was run through an isolated short bind mount because the mandatory helper checkout path exceeds an unrelated 90-column TUI fixture; the mount remains outside
/tmpso outside-workspace permission tests retain their real semantics.Summary by CodeRabbit
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