Bug 182559 – Restrict Referer to just the origin for third parties in private mode and third parties ITP blocks cookies for in regular mode

• Component: WebKit Misc.
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

[John Wilander]

We should restrict the Referer header to just the origin for:
1. All third party requests in private mode.
2. Third party requests to domains that ITP blocks cookies for.

[John Wilander]

<rdar://problem/36990337>

[Radar WebKit Bug Importer]

<rdar://problem/37295032>

[John Wilander]

Created attachment 333238 [details]
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[Andy Estes]

Comment on attachment 333238 [details]
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View in context: https://bugs.webkit.org/attachment.cgi?id=333238&action=review

> Source/WebKit/NetworkProcess/cocoa/NetworkDataTaskCocoa.mm:146
> +    return request.partitionName(request.url().host()) != request.partitionName(request.firstPartyForCookies().host());

It's weird that partitionName() is a member function considering its implementation doesn't rely on any private information in ResourceRequestBase. Seems like isThirdPartyRequest() should be a member function of ResourceRequestBase since it relies entirely on internal state (m_url and m_firstPartyForCookies). I don't think you need to fix this right now, though.

[John Wilander]

(In reply to Andy Estes from comment #4)
> Comment on attachment 333238 [details]
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> 
> View in context:
> https://bugs.webkit.org/attachment.cgi?id=333238&action=review
> 
> > Source/WebKit/NetworkProcess/cocoa/NetworkDataTaskCocoa.mm:146
> > +    return request.partitionName(request.url().host()) != request.partitionName(request.firstPartyForCookies().host());
> 
> It's weird that partitionName() is a member function considering its
> implementation doesn't rely on any private information in
> ResourceRequestBase. Seems like isThirdPartyRequest() should be a member
> function of ResourceRequestBase since it relies entirely on internal state
> (m_url and m_firstPartyForCookies). I don't think you need to fix this right
> now, though.

I totally agree about partitionName().

Moving isThirdPartyRequest() to ResourceRequestBase or a Cocoa-specific subclass makes this definition of 3rd-party a little risky. Some mean cross-origin whereas our definition is doesn't share partition, formally, doesn't share public suffix + 1. We should do something about this to make it convenient but I'll leave it as is for now.

Thanks for the review, Andy!

[WebKit Commit Bot]

Comment on attachment 333238 [details]
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Clearing flags on attachment: 333238

Committed r228239: <https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/228239>

[WebKit Commit Bot]

All reviewed patches have been landed.  Closing bug.