//! The folders automation may read and write (#832).
//!
//! `vectorcraft-cli mcp --automation-read-root
--automation-write-root `, and
//! `vectorcraft --control ` with the same flags, confine the files an agent's commands
//! reach. [`AutomationRoots`] holds the two folders. While they are in force, every path a command
//! reads goes through [`check_read`] and every path it writes through [`check_write`]:
//!
//! - The path is made absolute against the working directory, as the file system reads it. Its
//! links are followed: for a file that doesn't exist yet, the links of its nearest existing
//! folder, the rest of the path being plain names (`..` below a missing folder is refused, and so
//! is a link that leads nowhere).
//! - The result must lie inside the root, compared by whole components (`/work2` isn't inside
//! `/work`), without regard to case on Windows.
//! - Read and write access are separate: a root given alone grants only its own kind of access.
//!
//! Roots are in force on a thread inside [`confine`], and in the whole process after
//! [`confine_process`] (`vectorcraft-cli mcp`, the desktop app with a control port), except inside
//! [`unconfined`]: what the person at the keyboard does, and the app's own folders (preferences,
//! Data Recovery, the library folders, VectorCraft's Fonts folder), which no agent names. Without
//! roots nothing is checked.
//!
//! A path is checked, then opened: a process that can change the folders in between (swapping in
//! a link) can still win that race. The roots keep an agent to the files it was given; they don't
//! guard against other programs on the computer.
use std::cell::RefCell;
use std::ffi::OsString;
use std::path::{Component, Path, PathBuf};
use std::sync::{Arc, OnceLock};
/// Read access or write access.
#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
pub enum Access {
Read,
Write,
}
/// The folders automation may read and write; a root left out grants no access of its kind.
#[derive(Debug)]
pub struct AutomationRoots {
read: Option,
write: Option,
}
#[derive(Debug)]
struct Root {
/// The folder made absolute, links followed: what paths are compared with.
resolved: PathBuf,
/// The same without Windows' `\\?\` prefix, for people.
shown: PathBuf,
}
impl Root {
/// The folder at `path`, which must exist.
fn open(path: &Path, access: Access) -> Result {
let kind = match access {
Access::Read => "read",
Access::Write => "write",
};
let resolved = std::fs::canonicalize(path)
.and_then(|p| if p.is_dir() { Ok(p) } else { Err(std::io::ErrorKind::NotADirectory.into()) })
.map_err(|e| format!("cannot open the automation {kind} root `{}`: {e}", path.display()))?;
Ok(Self { shown: crate::cmd::findfiles::plain(resolved.clone()), resolved })
}
}
impl AutomationRoots {
/// The roots `read` and `write`, which must be existing folders; `None` when neither is given
/// (nothing is confined then).
pub fn new(read: Option<&Path>, write: Option<&Path>) -> Result>, String> {
if read.is_none() && write.is_none() {
return Ok(None);
}
let read = read.map(|p| Root::open(p, Access::Read)).transpose()?;
let write = write.map(|p| Root::open(p, Access::Write)).transpose()?;
Ok(Some(Arc::new(Self { read, write })))
}
/// The read root, absolute with its links followed.
pub fn read_root(&self) -> Option<&Path> {
self.read.as_ref().map(|r| r.shown.as_path())
}
/// The write root, absolute with its links followed.
pub fn write_root(&self) -> Option<&Path> {
self.write.as_ref().map(|r| r.shown.as_path())
}
/// May the file or folder at `path` be read (or written)? `Err` says why not.
pub fn check(&self, path: &str, access: Access) -> Result<(), String> {
let root = match access {
Access::Read => self.read.as_ref(),
Access::Write => self.write.as_ref(),
};
let Some(Root { resolved: folder, shown }) = root else {
return match access {
Access::Read => Err(format!("automation filesystem access is not granted: read authority is absent: {path}")),
Access::Write => Err(format!("automation filesystem access is not granted: write authority is absent: {path}")),
};
};
if inside(&resolve(path)?, folder) {
return Ok(());
}
let root = shown.display();
match access {
Access::Read => Err(format!("automation path rejected: outside the read root {root}: {path}")),
Access::Write => Err(format!("automation path rejected: outside the write root {root}: {path}")),
}
}
}
/// Where the roots are in force on a thread ([`confine`], [`unconfined`]).
#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
enum Scope {
Confined(Arc),
Unconfined,
}
thread_local! {
/// This thread's scope; `None`: the process's roots ([`confine_process`]).
static SCOPE: RefCell> = const { RefCell::new(None) };
}
/// The roots in force in every thread outside [`confine`] and [`unconfined`].
static PROCESS: OnceLock> = OnceLock::new();
/// Put `roots` in force in the whole process, for good. `false` when roots were in force already
/// (they stay as they were).
pub fn confine_process(roots: Arc) -> bool {
PROCESS.set(roots).is_ok()
}
/// Puts the scope it replaced back when dropped (also when `f` panics).
struct Restore(Option);
impl Drop for Restore {
fn drop(&mut self) {
let previous = self.0.take();
SCOPE.with(|s| *s.borrow_mut() = previous);
}
}
fn with_scope(scope: Option, f: impl FnOnce() -> T) -> T {
let _restore = Restore(SCOPE.with(|s| s.replace(scope)));
f()
}
/// Run `f` with `roots` in force on this thread (`None`: as things stand).
pub fn confine(roots: Option<&Arc>, f: impl FnOnce() -> T) -> T {
match roots {
Some(r) => with_scope(Some(Scope::Confined(r.clone())), f),
None => f(),
}
}
/// Run `f` with no roots in force on this thread: what the person at the keyboard does, and the
/// app's own folders.
pub fn unconfined(f: impl FnOnce() -> T) -> T {
with_scope(Some(Scope::Unconfined), f)
}
/// This thread's scope, to carry to work it hands to another thread ([`ScopeHandle::run`]).
#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
pub struct ScopeHandle(Option);
impl ScopeHandle {
/// The scope of the calling thread.
pub fn capture() -> Self {
Self(SCOPE.with(|s| s.borrow().clone()))
}
/// Run `f` in the captured scope.
pub fn run(self, f: impl FnOnce() -> T) -> T {
with_scope(self.0, f)
}
}
/// The roots in force on this thread, if any.
pub fn current() -> Option> {
match SCOPE.with(|s| s.borrow().clone()) {
Some(Scope::Confined(r)) => Some(r),
Some(Scope::Unconfined) => None,
None => PROCESS.get().cloned(),
}
}
/// May `path` be read here? Always, without roots in force.
pub fn check_read(path: &str) -> Result<(), String> {
current().map_or(Ok(()), |r| r.check(path, Access::Read))
}
/// May `path` be written here? Always, without roots in force.
pub fn check_write(path: &str) -> Result<(), String> {
current().map_or(Ok(()), |r| r.check(path, Access::Write))
}
/// `path` made absolute with its links followed; for a path that doesn't exist (yet), its nearest
/// existing folder's links followed and the rest appended.
fn resolve(path: &str) -> Result {
if path.is_empty() {
return Err("automation path rejected: path is empty".into());
}
// Checked as given: making `…\NUL` absolute gives the device path `\\.\NUL` on Windows.
if cfg!(windows) && Path::new(path).components().any(|c| matches!(c, Component::Normal(n) if is_device_name(&n.to_string_lossy()))) {
return Err(format!("automation path rejected: reserved device names are not allowed: {path}"));
}
let absolute = std::path::absolute(path).map_err(|e| format!("automation path rejected: cannot resolve {path}: {e}"))?;
// The names below the nearest existing folder, last first.
let mut missing: Vec = vec![];
let mut at = absolute.as_path();
loop {
match std::fs::canonicalize(at) {
Ok(mut found) => {
found.extend(missing.iter().rev());
return Ok(found);
}
Err(e) => match std::fs::symlink_metadata(at) {
Ok(m) if m.file_type().is_symlink() => return Err(format!("automation path rejected: a link that leads nowhere: {path}")),
// There, yet its real path can't be had (no permission): nothing to compare.
Ok(_) => return Err(format!("automation path rejected: cannot resolve {path}: {e}")),
Err(e) if e.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound => {}
Err(e) => return Err(format!("automation path rejected: cannot resolve {path}: {e}")),
},
}
let parent = at.parent();
match (at.components().next_back(), parent) {
(Some(Component::Normal(name)), Some(parent)) => {
missing.push(name.to_os_string());
at = parent;
}
(Some(Component::ParentDir), _) => {
return Err(format!("automation path rejected: parent traversal below a folder that doesn't exist: {path}"));
}
// Down to the root (or drive) and it doesn't exist either.
_ => {
let e = std::io::Error::from(std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound);
return Err(format!("automation path rejected: cannot resolve {path}: {e}"));
}
}
}
}
/// Is `path` (resolved) `root` or inside it, component by component (without regard to case on
/// Windows, whose file systems ignore it)?
fn inside(path: &Path, root: &Path) -> bool {
let mut path = path.components();
root.components().all(|r| path.next().is_some_and(|p| same_component(p, r)))
}
fn same_component(a: Component, b: Component) -> bool {
if a == b {
return true;
}
if !cfg!(windows) {
return false;
}
match (a.as_os_str().to_str(), b.as_os_str().to_str()) {
(Some(a), Some(b)) => a.to_lowercase() == b.to_lowercase(),
_ => false,
}
}
/// A Windows device name (`CON`, `NUL`, `COM1`… also with an extension), which names no file.
fn is_device_name(component: &str) -> bool {
let stem = component.split('.').next().unwrap_or(component).trim_end_matches(' ').to_ascii_uppercase();
let numbered = |prefix: &str| stem.strip_prefix(prefix).is_some_and(|n| matches!(n, "1" | "2" | "3" | "4" | "5" | "6" | "7" | "8" | "9"));
matches!(stem.as_str(), "CON" | "PRN" | "AUX" | "NUL" | "CLOCK$" | "CONIN$" | "CONOUT$") || numbered("COM") || numbered("LPT")
}
#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
use super::*;
/// A fresh folder holding `in` (read root), `out` (write root) and `outside`.
fn folders(name: &str) -> (PathBuf, Arc) {
let base = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!("vc-file-access-{name}-{}", std::process::id()));
let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&base);
for d in ["in/sub", "out", "outside", "in2"] {
std::fs::create_dir_all(base.join(d)).unwrap();
}
std::fs::write(base.join("in/a.svg"), " ").unwrap();
std::fs::write(base.join("outside/secret.svg"), " ").unwrap();
let roots = AutomationRoots::new(Some(&base.join("in")), Some(&base.join("out"))).unwrap().unwrap();
(base, roots)
}
fn s(p: PathBuf) -> String {
p.to_string_lossy().into_owned()
}
#[test]
fn paths_inside_the_roots_pass_and_others_dont() {
let (base, roots) = folders("inside");
assert_eq!(roots.check(&s(base.join("in/a.svg")), Access::Read), Ok(()));
assert_eq!(roots.check(&s(base.join("in")), Access::Read), Ok(()), "the root itself");
assert_eq!(roots.check(&s(base.join("in/sub/new.svg")), Access::Read), Ok(()), "missing files are checked by their folder");
assert_eq!(roots.check(&s(base.join("out/new/deeper/x.png")), Access::Write), Ok(()), "and by their nearest folder");
let e = roots.check(&s(base.join("outside/secret.svg")), Access::Read).unwrap_err();
assert!(e.starts_with("automation path rejected: outside the read root"), "{e}");
// Read and write access are separate.
let e = roots.check(&s(base.join("in/a.svg")), Access::Write).unwrap_err();
assert!(e.contains("outside the write root"), "{e}");
assert!(roots.check(&s(base.join("out/x.png")), Access::Read).unwrap_err().contains("outside the read root"));
let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(base);
}
#[test]
fn a_sibling_with_the_same_prefix_is_outside() {
let (base, roots) = folders("prefix");
std::fs::write(base.join("in2/b.svg"), " ").unwrap();
assert!(roots.check(&s(base.join("in2/b.svg")), Access::Read).is_err(), "in2 is not inside in");
assert!(roots.check(&format!("{}2/c.svg", s(base.join("in"))), Access::Read).is_err());
let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(base);
}
#[test]
fn parent_traversal_is_resolved_or_refused() {
let (base, roots) = folders("dotdot");
let sep = std::path::MAIN_SEPARATOR;
let up = format!("{}{sep}..{sep}outside{sep}secret.svg", s(base.join("in")));
assert!(roots.check(&up, Access::Read).unwrap_err().contains("outside the read root"), "`..` out of the root");
let back = format!("{}{sep}..{sep}a.svg", s(base.join("in/sub")));
assert_eq!(roots.check(&back, Access::Read), Ok(()), "`..` that stays inside");
let missing = format!("{}{sep}nope{sep}..{sep}..{sep}outside{sep}x.svg", s(base.join("out")));
let e = roots.check(&missing, Access::Write).unwrap_err();
// Windows resolves `..` by name first (so does opening the file there): then it's outside.
assert!(e.contains("parent traversal below a folder that doesn't exist") || e.contains("outside the write root"), "{e}");
let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(base);
}
#[test]
fn relative_paths_resolve_against_the_working_directory() {
let (base, roots) = folders("relative");
// The tests' working directory is the crate's folder: not inside the roots.
assert!(roots.check("a.svg", Access::Read).unwrap_err().contains("outside the read root"));
assert!(roots.check("", Access::Read).unwrap_err().contains("path is empty"));
let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(base);
}
#[test]
fn a_missing_root_is_an_error_and_none_is_no_confinement() {
let (base, _) = folders("missing");
let e = AutomationRoots::new(Some(&base.join("nope")), None).unwrap_err();
assert!(e.starts_with("cannot open the automation read root"), "{e}");
let e = AutomationRoots::new(None, Some(&base.join("in/a.svg"))).unwrap_err();
assert!(
e.starts_with("cannot open the automation write root")
&& e.ends_with(&std::io::Error::from(std::io::ErrorKind::NotADirectory).to_string()),
"{e}"
);
assert!(AutomationRoots::new(Some(Path::new("")), None).unwrap_err().starts_with("cannot open the automation read root ``"));
assert!(AutomationRoots::new(None, None).unwrap().is_none());
// One root alone grants only its own access.
let read_only = AutomationRoots::new(Some(&base.join("in")), None).unwrap().unwrap();
let e = read_only.check(&s(base.join("in/x.svg")), Access::Write).unwrap_err();
assert!(e.contains("write authority is absent"), "{e}");
let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(base);
}
#[test]
fn links_are_followed_before_comparing() {
let (base, roots) = folders("links");
#[cfg(unix)]
let made = |target: &Path, link: &Path| std::os::unix::fs::symlink(target, link).is_ok();
#[cfg(windows)]
let made = |target: &Path, link: &Path| {
let made =
if target.is_dir() { std::os::windows::fs::symlink_dir(target, link) } else { std::os::windows::fs::symlink_file(target, link) };
made.is_ok()
};
#[cfg(not(any(unix, windows)))]
let made = |_: &Path, _: &Path| false;
// Windows needs Developer Mode or elevation to make links: nothing to test without them.
if !made(&base.join("outside/secret.svg"), &base.join("in/leak.svg")) {
eprintln!("skipped: symbolic links can't be made here");
let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(base);
return;
}
assert!(roots.check(&s(base.join("in/leak.svg")), Access::Read).unwrap_err().contains("outside the read root"), "a file link out");
assert!(made(&base.join("outside"), &base.join("out/away")));
let e = roots.check(&s(base.join("out/away/new.png")), Access::Write).unwrap_err();
assert!(e.contains("outside the write root"), "a folder link out: {e}");
assert!(made(&base.join("outside/gone.svg"), &base.join("out/dangling.png")));
let e = roots.check(&s(base.join("out/dangling.png")), Access::Write).unwrap_err();
assert!(e.contains("a link that leads nowhere"), "writing would create the file outside: {e}");
// A link to a folder inside the root stays inside.
assert!(made(&base.join("in/sub"), &base.join("in/alias")));
assert_eq!(roots.check(&s(base.join("in/alias/x.svg")), Access::Read), Ok(()));
// A root given through a link is the folder it leads to.
assert!(made(&base.join("in"), &base.join("in-link")));
let linked = AutomationRoots::new(Some(&base.join("in-link")), None).unwrap().unwrap();
assert_eq!(linked.check(&s(base.join("in/a.svg")), Access::Read), Ok(()));
let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(base);
}
#[cfg(windows)]
#[test]
fn windows_ignores_case_and_refuses_devices() {
let (base, roots) = folders("case");
let upper = s(base.join("IN/A.SVG"));
assert_eq!(roots.check(&upper, Access::Read), Ok(()), "{upper}");
assert_eq!(roots.check(&s(base.join("In/Sub/New.svg")), Access::Read), Ok(()));
let e = roots.check(&s(base.join("out/NUL")), Access::Write).unwrap_err();
assert!(e.contains("reserved device names"), "{e}");
assert!(roots.check(&s(base.join("out/com1.txt")), Access::Write).is_err());
assert_eq!(roots.check(&s(base.join("out/console.txt")), Access::Write), Ok(()));
let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(base);
}
#[test]
fn scopes_nest_and_carry_to_other_threads() {
let (base, roots) = folders("scopes");
let outside = s(base.join("outside/secret.svg"));
assert_eq!(check_read(&outside), Ok(()), "nothing is confined by default");
confine(Some(&roots), || {
assert!(check_read(&outside).is_err());
assert_eq!(unconfined(|| check_read(&outside)), Ok(()));
assert!(check_read(&outside).is_err(), "restored after unconfined");
let handle = ScopeHandle::capture();
let o = outside.clone();
let there = std::thread::spawn(move || (check_read(&o).is_ok(), handle.run(|| check_read(&o).is_ok()))).join().unwrap();
assert_eq!(there, (true, false), "another thread is confined only in the captured scope");
});
assert_eq!(check_read(&outside), Ok(()), "restored after confine");
let r = std::panic::catch_unwind(|| confine(Some(&roots), || panic!("boom")));
assert!(r.is_err());
assert_eq!(check_read(&outside), Ok(()), "restored after a panic");
assert_eq!(confine(None, || check_read(&outside)), Ok(()));
let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(base);
}
#[test]
fn device_names() {
for d in ["CON", "nul", "Com1", "LPT9.txt", "aux.svg", "NUL "] {
assert!(is_device_name(d), "{d}");
}
for f in ["console", "com10", "COM0", "lpt", "a.svg", "nul-x"] {
assert!(!is_device_name(f), "{f}");
}
}
}