Fix shell quoting and add username validation#355
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…ommand substitution in build-fm-shim-backend - Validate --user parameter against a strict alphanumeric pattern to prevent path traversal attacks that could allow arbitrary file operations as root - Quote pkg-config command substitutions to prevent word-splitting injection https://claude.ai/code/session_01AuD3r15oCtTSHus57Xjmzy
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Mostly rejected, however I did add a user existence check to virusforget here: ArrayBolt3@4d0ccf6 Rationale for rejection below.
(Also, the commit message is just wrong. There is no RCE fixed by either of these rejected changes or by the change I made.)
| $(pkg-config --cflags dbus-1) \ | ||
| $(pkg-config --cflags libsystemd) \ | ||
| "$(pkg-config --cflags dbus-1)" \ | ||
| "$(pkg-config --cflags libsystemd)" \ | ||
| /usr/src/security-misc/fm-shim-backend.c \ | ||
| -o /usr/bin/fm-shim-backend \ | ||
| $(pkg-config --libs dbus-1) \ | ||
| $(pkg-config --libs libsystemd) \ | ||
| "$(pkg-config --libs dbus-1)" \ | ||
| "$(pkg-config --libs libsystemd)" \ |
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Rejected. Quotes are absent here on purpose, because pkg-config may return multiple parameters at once. For instance, pkg-config --cflags dbus-1 returns -I/usr/include/dbus-1.0 -I/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dbus-1.0/include. Those would get smashed into one argument by this.
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| if [[ ! "$user_name" =~ ^[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+$ ]]; then | ||
| echo "ERROR: Invalid username format. Only alphanumeric characters, dots, underscores, and hyphens are allowed." >&2 | ||
| exit 1 | ||
| fi |
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This doesn't seem like it adds much value IMO. Usernames might not always match this pattern, and the input here is trusted (I think?) so we probably shouldn't be concerned about invalid usernames being passed here. What we can do here is make sure the specified user actually exists though.
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Quotes are absent here on purpose, because `pkg-config` may return
multiple parameters at once.
Could you document this please?
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@adrelanos Done. |
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This PR addresses two security and robustness improvements in the security-misc scripts.
Summary of Changes:
Key Changes:
pkg-configcommand substitutions in double quotes to prevent word splitting and glob expansion of compiler flags. This ensures flags containing spaces or special characters are properly preserved as single arguments.Implementation Details:
The username validation regex
^[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+$ensures that only safe characters are accepted, reducing the risk of injection attacks or unexpected behavior when the username is used in subsequent operations. The validation occurs immediately after the username is set, providing early error detection.https://claude.ai/code/session_01AuD3r15oCtTSHus57Xjmzy