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Updates the jailer’s pre-exec FD cleanup to avoid leaking inherited file descriptors on hosts with high ulimit -n, while maintaining the async-signal-safe constraint required by CommandExt::pre_exec.
Changes:
- Replace hardcoded FD upper bounds with a dynamic limit from
getrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE). - Add a Linux-only middle strategy that enumerates
/proc/self/fdvia rawgetdents64to close only actually-open FDs. - Add tests covering high-numbered FD closure and Linux FD-name parsing.
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| loop { | ||
| let nread = unsafe { | ||
| libc::syscall( | ||
| libc::SYS_getdents64, | ||
| dir_fd, | ||
| buf.as_mut_ptr(), | ||
| buf.len() as libc::c_uint, | ||
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| if nread <= 0 { | ||
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| let mut offset = 0usize; | ||
| while offset < nread as usize { | ||
| // SAFETY: getdents64 returns packed linux_dirent64 structs. | ||
| // d_reclen is at byte offset 16. Use read_unaligned because the | ||
| // buffer is a byte array and the u16 field may not be 2-byte aligned. | ||
| let d_reclen = | ||
| unsafe { buf.as_ptr().add(offset + 16).cast::<u16>().read_unaligned() } as usize; | ||
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| if d_reclen == 0 || offset + d_reclen > nread as usize { | ||
| break; | ||
| } |
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close_fds_via_proc currently returns true even if getdents64 fails (e.g., syscall returns -1 for EINTR/EBADF). That would skip the brute-force fallback and can leave FDs open. Consider treating nread < 0 (and also malformed d_reclen conditions) as a failure: close dir_fd and return false so brute_force_close_fds() runs.
| if result == 0 && rlim.rlim_cur > 0 { | ||
| if rlim.rlim_cur < i32::MAX as u64 { | ||
| rlim.rlim_cur as i32 | ||
| } else { | ||
| // rlim_cur is RLIM_INFINITY or very large; cap to a safe maximum. | ||
| // 1048576 (2^20) matches Linux's default /proc/sys/fs/nr_open. | ||
| 1_048_576 | ||
| } |
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get_max_fd() uses if rlim.rlim_cur < i32::MAX as u64 which incorrectly treats an exact i32::MAX soft limit as “too large” and caps it to 1,048,576. This looks like an off-by-one comparison; use <= if the intent is “fits in i32”.
| // getrlimit failed or returned 0; safe default per POSIX OPEN_MAX | ||
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If getrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE) fails (or returns 0), get_max_fd() falls back to 1024, which can reintroduce the original FD-leak problem on hosts with a higher limit (since brute-force will stop at 1024). Consider a fallback that still errs on the side of closing more FDs (e.g., a higher cap like the existing 1,048,576) to preserve the security invariant even when getrlimit is blocked or fails.
| // getrlimit failed or returned 0; safe default per POSIX OPEN_MAX | |
| 1024 | |
| // getrlimit failed or returned 0; use the same conservative cap to | |
| // ensure we still attempt to close a wide range of FDs. | |
| 1_048_576 |
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Same getdents64 bug as #407: in fd.rs:71-118, nread < 0 is treated as success so |
Address PR boxlite-ai#406 review feedback from Copilot and DorianZheng: - Return false from close_fds_via_proc when getdents64 fails (nread < 0) so the brute-force fallback runs instead of silently skipping FDs - Fix off-by-one: use <= i32::MAX instead of < i32::MAX in get_max_fd() - Raise getrlimit failure fallback from 1024 to 1_048_576 to preserve the security invariant on hosts where getrlimit is blocked - Add test for brute-force fallback path Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Addressed all review feedback in commit f90c941: @Copilot + @DorianZheng —
@Copilot — Off-by-one in
@Copilot — Fallback too low when
@DorianZheng — Added test for fallback path
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| // Raise the soft FD limit so we can dup2 to a high FD number. | ||
| // Some systems default to ulimit -n 1024, which would prevent dup2 to FD 2000. | ||
| let new_limit = libc::rlimit { | ||
| rlim_cur: 4096, | ||
| rlim_max: 4096, | ||
| }; | ||
| // SAFETY: setrlimit is async-signal-safe. Raising soft limit within hard limit is allowed. | ||
| if unsafe { libc::setrlimit(libc::RLIMIT_NOFILE, &new_limit) } != 0 { | ||
| // Can't raise limit (hard limit too low) — skip test gracefully | ||
| return 0; | ||
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| // dup2 stdout to a high FD number that exceeds the old hardcoded limits. | ||
| // Use 2000 on all platforms — above old Linux limit (1024) and reasonable. | ||
| let high_fd: i32 = 2000; | ||
| let result = unsafe { libc::dup2(STDOUT_FD, high_fd) }; | ||
| if result != high_fd { | ||
| // dup2 failed — unexpected after raising ulimit | ||
| return 1; | ||
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| // Verify the high FD is open | ||
| if unsafe { libc::fcntl(high_fd, libc::F_GETFD) } < 0 { | ||
| return 2; | ||
| } | ||
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| // Close all inherited FDs | ||
| if close_inherited_fds_raw().is_err() { | ||
| return 3; | ||
| } | ||
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| // The high FD should now be closed | ||
| if unsafe { libc::fcntl(high_fd, libc::F_GETFD) } != -1 { | ||
| return 4; |
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child_close_high_numbered_fd returns 0 (passing the test) when setrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, 4096) fails, which can make the test vacuously succeed on systems where the hard limit is low and the regression would otherwise go untested. Consider deriving a high_fd from the current hard limit (e.g., raise rlim_cur up to rlim_max, then pick high_fd = min(2000, rlim_cur - 1) and only skip if rlim_cur can’t exceed the old hardcoded bound). This keeps the test meaningful across more CI environments.
| // Raise the soft FD limit so we can dup2 to a high FD number. | |
| // Some systems default to ulimit -n 1024, which would prevent dup2 to FD 2000. | |
| let new_limit = libc::rlimit { | |
| rlim_cur: 4096, | |
| rlim_max: 4096, | |
| }; | |
| // SAFETY: setrlimit is async-signal-safe. Raising soft limit within hard limit is allowed. | |
| if unsafe { libc::setrlimit(libc::RLIMIT_NOFILE, &new_limit) } != 0 { | |
| // Can't raise limit (hard limit too low) — skip test gracefully | |
| return 0; | |
| } | |
| // dup2 stdout to a high FD number that exceeds the old hardcoded limits. | |
| // Use 2000 on all platforms — above old Linux limit (1024) and reasonable. | |
| let high_fd: i32 = 2000; | |
| let result = unsafe { libc::dup2(STDOUT_FD, high_fd) }; | |
| if result != high_fd { | |
| // dup2 failed — unexpected after raising ulimit | |
| return 1; | |
| } | |
| // Verify the high FD is open | |
| if unsafe { libc::fcntl(high_fd, libc::F_GETFD) } < 0 { | |
| return 2; | |
| } | |
| // Close all inherited FDs | |
| if close_inherited_fds_raw().is_err() { | |
| return 3; | |
| } | |
| // The high FD should now be closed | |
| if unsafe { libc::fcntl(high_fd, libc::F_GETFD) } != -1 { | |
| return 4; | |
| const OLD_HARDCODED_LOWER_BOUND: i32 = 1024; | |
| const TARGET_HIGH_FD: i32 = 2000; | |
| let mut rlim = libc::rlimit { | |
| rlim_cur: 0, | |
| rlim_max: 0, | |
| }; | |
| // SAFETY: getrlimit is async-signal-safe and rlim points to valid stack storage. | |
| if unsafe { libc::getrlimit(libc::RLIMIT_NOFILE, &mut rlim) } != 0 { | |
| return 1; | |
| } | |
| // Raise the soft limit as far as the current hard limit allows so we can | |
| // test a high-numbered FD even on systems where 4096 is not permitted. | |
| if rlim.rlim_cur < rlim.rlim_max { | |
| let raised_limit = libc::rlimit { | |
| rlim_cur: rlim.rlim_max, | |
| rlim_max: rlim.rlim_max, | |
| }; | |
| // SAFETY: setrlimit is async-signal-safe. Raising rlim_cur up to rlim_max is valid. | |
| if unsafe { libc::setrlimit(libc::RLIMIT_NOFILE, &raised_limit) } == 0 { | |
| rlim = raised_limit; | |
| } else { | |
| // Re-read the effective limit in case another policy or prior state changed it. | |
| // SAFETY: getrlimit is async-signal-safe and rlim points to valid stack storage. | |
| if unsafe { libc::getrlimit(libc::RLIMIT_NOFILE, &mut rlim) } != 0 { | |
| return 2; | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } | |
| let effective_limit = if rlim.rlim_cur > i32::MAX as libc::rlim_t { | |
| i32::MAX | |
| } else { | |
| rlim.rlim_cur as i32 | |
| }; | |
| if effective_limit <= OLD_HARDCODED_LOWER_BOUND { | |
| // Can't exercise the regression meaningfully on this system. | |
| return 0; | |
| } | |
| let high_fd = std::cmp::min(TARGET_HIGH_FD, effective_limit - 1); | |
| // dup2 stdout to a high FD number that exceeds the old hardcoded limits. | |
| let result = unsafe { libc::dup2(STDOUT_FD, high_fd) }; | |
| if result != high_fd { | |
| return 3; | |
| } | |
| // Verify the high FD is open | |
| if unsafe { libc::fcntl(high_fd, libc::F_GETFD) } < 0 { | |
| return 4; | |
| } | |
| // Close all inherited FDs | |
| if close_inherited_fds_raw().is_err() { | |
| return 5; | |
| } | |
| // The high FD should now be closed | |
| if unsafe { libc::fcntl(high_fd, libc::F_GETFD) } != -1 { | |
| return 6; |
| if d_reclen == 0 || offset + d_reclen > nread as usize { | ||
| break; | ||
| } |
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In close_fds_via_proc, if d_reclen is 0 or would run past nread, the code breaks out of the inner loop but still leaves success as true and continues the outer loop. That can cause the function to return true (skipping the brute-force fallback) even though directory parsing was incomplete, potentially leaving some FDs unclosed. Consider treating this as a hard failure: set success = false and break out of the outer read loop when the record looks malformed/inconsistent, so callers reliably fall back to the brute-force strategy.
| // getdents64 failed (e.g., EINTR, EBADF); signal failure so | ||
| // the brute-force fallback runs instead. |
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getdents64 can return -1 with EINTR; currently that is treated as a failure and triggers the brute-force fallback. That keeps correctness, but can cause a large (and avoidable) performance hit in pre_exec if an interrupt occurs. Consider checking errno and retrying the getdents64 call on EINTR, only falling back on other errors.
| // getdents64 failed (e.g., EINTR, EBADF); signal failure so | |
| // the brute-force fallback runs instead. | |
| // SAFETY: errno is thread-local and may be read immediately after | |
| // the failing syscall to distinguish EINTR from real failures. | |
| let errno = unsafe { *libc::__errno_location() }; | |
| if errno == libc::EINTR { | |
| continue; | |
| } | |
| // getdents64 failed for a non-retryable reason (e.g., EBADF); | |
| // signal failure so the brute-force fallback runs instead. |
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The FD cleanup in pre_exec used hardcoded upper bounds (1024 on Linux, 4096 on macOS). On systems with raised ulimit -n, FDs above these limits leaked into jailed processes, potentially exposing credentials, database connections, or network sockets. Replace with a 3-strategy cascade (Linux): 1. close_range(first_fd, ~0U, 0) — O(1), Linux 5.9+ 2. /proc/self/fd enumeration via raw getdents64 — no heap allocation 3. Brute-force close with dynamic limit from getrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE) macOS uses brute-force with dynamic getrlimit limit (replaces hardcoded 4096). All operations remain async-signal-safe for the pre_exec context. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Address PR boxlite-ai#406 review feedback from Copilot and DorianZheng: - Return false from close_fds_via_proc when getdents64 fails (nread < 0) so the brute-force fallback runs instead of silently skipping FDs - Fix off-by-one: use <= i32::MAX instead of < i32::MAX in get_max_fd() - Raise getrlimit failure fallback from 1024 to 1_048_576 to preserve the security invariant on hosts where getrlimit is blocked - Add test for brute-force fallback path Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe FD cleanup implementation now uses dynamic limits. Linux tries ChangesFile descriptor cleanup
Priority: ⬇️ Low Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Change: Bug fix Suggested reviewers: Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to This PR correctly fixes the getdents64 failure-detection bug so the brute-force fallback now actually engages when Linux syscall-based enumeration fails, and adds solid regression coverage for that path. However, an existing, harder-to-trigger edge case remains open: in unusual process ancestry scenarios (a launcher that temporarily raises then lowers its file-descriptor limit before executing the jailer), a sensitive inherited file descriptor above the current limit could still leak into the sandboxed child, since the fallback bound is tied to the process's current resource limit rather than an absolute descriptor ceiling. This is a narrow, environment-dependent condition rather than a guaranteed failure, so it does not block merge on its own, but it should be tracked and ideally addressed with a limit-independent close-all strategy. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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In `@src/boxlite/src/jailer/common/fd.rs`:
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| let result = unsafe { libc::getrlimit(libc::RLIMIT_NOFILE, &mut rlim) }; | ||
| if result == 0 && rlim.rlim_cur > 0 { | ||
| if rlim.rlim_cur <= i32::MAX as u64 { | ||
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Use a descriptor bound that does not depend on the current soft limit. If an already-open descriptor is above a later-lowered RLIMIT_NOFILE.rlim_cur, the brute-force fallback does not close it. The cap also misses descriptors above 1_048_576. Use a platform close-all primitive or a bound that covers all valid descriptor numbers. Add a regression test for this case.
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In `@src/boxlite/src/jailer/common/fd.rs` at line 35, Update the
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current soft RLIMIT_NOFILE value; use a platform close-all primitive or a bound
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Deny getdents64 (and close_range) with a seccomp filter in a forked child to check that close_fds_via_proc reports failure and close_fds_from still closes inherited fds through the brute-force fallback. Switch the fd-name parser tests to C-string literals for clippy::manual_c_str_literals.
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404-405: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winTest an FD above the old macOS limit.
FD 2000 is below the old macOS limit of 4096. The old macOS implementation passes this test, so the test does not detect a regression in the macOS dynamic-limit path.
Raise the test limit and use an FD above 4096.
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let new_limit = libc::rlimit { - rlim_cur: 4096, - rlim_max: 4096, + rlim_cur: 8192, + rlim_max: 8192, }; ... - let high_fd: i32 = 2000; + let high_fd: i32 = 5000;Also applies to: 415-415
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getrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE), fixing FD leakage on systems with raisedulimit -n/proc/self/fdenumeration via rawgetdents64syscall as an efficient middle strategy on Linux (zero heap allocation, async-signal-safe)close_fds_from()into a 3-strategy cascade:close_range→/proc/self/fd→ brute-force with dynamic limitProblem
The FD cleanup in the
pre_exechook used hardcoded upper bounds:for fd in first_fd..1024for fd in first_fd..4096On production systems with
ulimit -n 65536or higher, any FDs above these limits leaked into the jailed process, potentially exposing credentials, database connections, or network sockets inherited from the parent.Solution
Linux — 3-strategy cascade
close_range/proc/self/fd/procmountedgetdents64, close only open FDsfirst_fd..getrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE)macOS
Brute-force close with dynamic limit from
getrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE)(replaces hardcoded 4096).Key constraints
All operations are async-signal-safe (required for
pre_execcontext):getdents64, byte literals for pathsio::Error,String,Vec,CString— raw syscalls onlygetrlimitis POSIX async-signal-safeRLIM_INFINITYhandled by capping to 1,048,576 (Linuxnr_opendefault)Test plan
test_close_high_numbered_fd— creates FD 2000 (above old limits), verifies closuretest_get_max_fd_returns_positive— validates dynamic limit querytest_parse_fd_from_name(Linux) — covers valid FDs,./.., empty, i32 overflowcargo clippy -D warnings— zero warnings on both platformscargo fmt --check— clean🤖 Generated with Claude Code
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