Bug 53558 – Make WebProcess pass explicit homedir parameter to the sandbox

• Status: RESOLVED
• Resolution: FIXED
• Component: WebKit2

[Ivan Krstić]

Instead of relying on the implicit _HOME parameter for the sandbox, make WebProcess pass the parameter explicitly. This makes the sandbox behave correctly when the home directory path contains symlink elements.

[Ivan Krstić]

Created attachment 80859 [details]
sandbox-homedir-path

[Maciej Stachowiak]

Comment on attachment 80859 [details]
sandbox-homedir-path

r=me

[Mark Rowe (bdash)]

Comment on attachment 80859 [details]
sandbox-homedir-path

View in context: https://bugs.webkit.org/attachment.cgi?id=80859&action=review

> Source/WebKit2/WebProcess/mac/WebProcessMac.mm:130
> +    if (!realpath(getenv("HOME"), homeRealPath)) {

Why are we relying on the HOME environment variable rather than using NSHomeDirectory or lower level calls to retrieve the user’s home directory?

[Maciej Stachowiak]

Mark is right, please fix that.

[Ivan Krstić]

Created attachment 80866 [details]
sandbox-homedir-path-2

[Adam Roben (:aroben)]

Comment on attachment 80866 [details]
sandbox-homedir-path-2

View in context: https://bugs.webkit.org/attachment.cgi?id=80866&action=review

> Source/WebKit2/WebProcess/mac/WebProcessMac.mm:130
> +    if (!realpath([NSHomeDirectory() UTF8String], homeRealPath)) {

Isn't -fileSystemRepresentation more appropriate?

> Source/WebKit2/WebProcess/mac/WebProcessMac.mm:142
> +        "HOME_DIR", (const char*)homeRealPath,

I'm surprised this cast is necessary.

[Ivan Krstić]

Comment on attachment 80866 [details]
sandbox-homedir-path-2

View in context: https://bugs.webkit.org/attachment.cgi?id=80866&action=review

>> Source/WebKit2/WebProcess/mac/WebProcessMac.mm:130

> 
> Isn't -fileSystemRepresentation more appropriate?

Not really. -fileSystemRepresentation is generally meant for normalizing programmatically-constructed paths, or making sure that derived paths remain correct during cross-volume operations. This line does neither.

>> Source/WebKit2/WebProcess/mac/WebProcessMac.mm:142
>> +        "HOME_DIR", (const char*)homeRealPath,
> 
> I'm surprised this cast is necessary.

It's not, but follows local style (see tmpRealPath, cacheRealPath below). We can eliminate all the casts in a separate patch if you'd like.

[Maciej Stachowiak]

Comment on attachment 80866 [details]
sandbox-homedir-path-2

r=me

[WebKit Review Bot]

Comment on attachment 80866 [details]
sandbox-homedir-path-2

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[Ivan Krstić]

Committed r77610: <http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/77610>