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1 | package Safe; |
2 | |
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3 | use 5.003_11; |
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4 | use strict; |
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5 | |
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6 | $Safe::VERSION = "2.18"; |
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7 | |
8 | # *** Don't declare any lexicals above this point *** |
9 | # |
10 | # This function should return a closure which contains an eval that can't |
11 | # see any lexicals in scope (apart from __ExPr__ which is unavoidable) |
12 | |
13 | sub lexless_anon_sub { |
14 | # $_[0] is package; |
15 | # $_[1] is strict flag; |
16 | my $__ExPr__ = $_[2]; # must be a lexical to create the closure that |
17 | # can be used to pass the value into the safe |
18 | # world |
19 | |
20 | # Create anon sub ref in root of compartment. |
21 | # Uses a closure (on $__ExPr__) to pass in the code to be executed. |
22 | # (eval on one line to keep line numbers as expected by caller) |
23 | eval sprintf |
24 | 'package %s; %s strict; sub { @_=(); eval q[my $__ExPr__;] . $__ExPr__; }', |
25 | $_[0], $_[1] ? 'use' : 'no'; |
26 | } |
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27 | |
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28 | use Carp; |
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29 | BEGIN { eval q{ |
30 | use Carp::Heavy; |
31 | } } |
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32 | |
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33 | use Opcode 1.01, qw( |
34 | opset opset_to_ops opmask_add |
35 | empty_opset full_opset invert_opset verify_opset |
36 | opdesc opcodes opmask define_optag opset_to_hex |
37 | ); |
38 | |
39 | *ops_to_opset = \&opset; # Temporary alias for old Penguins |
40 | |
41 | |
42 | my $default_root = 0; |
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43 | # share *_ and functions defined in universal.c |
44 | # Don't share stuff like *UNIVERSAL:: otherwise code from the |
45 | # compartment can 0wn functions in UNIVERSAL |
46 | my $default_share = [qw[ |
47 | *_ |
48 | &PerlIO::get_layers |
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49 | &UNIVERSAL::isa |
50 | &UNIVERSAL::can |
51 | &UNIVERSAL::VERSION |
52 | &utf8::is_utf8 |
53 | &utf8::valid |
54 | &utf8::encode |
55 | &utf8::decode |
56 | &utf8::upgrade |
57 | &utf8::downgrade |
58 | &utf8::native_to_unicode |
59 | &utf8::unicode_to_native |
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60 | $version::VERSION |
61 | $version::CLASS |
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62 | @version::ISA |
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63 | ], ($] >= 5.008001 && qw[ |
64 | &Regexp::DESTROY |
65 | ]), ($] >= 5.010 && qw[ |
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66 | &re::is_regexp |
67 | &re::regname |
68 | &re::regnames |
69 | &re::regnames_count |
70 | &Tie::Hash::NamedCapture::FETCH |
71 | &Tie::Hash::NamedCapture::STORE |
72 | &Tie::Hash::NamedCapture::DELETE |
73 | &Tie::Hash::NamedCapture::CLEAR |
74 | &Tie::Hash::NamedCapture::EXISTS |
75 | &Tie::Hash::NamedCapture::FIRSTKEY |
76 | &Tie::Hash::NamedCapture::NEXTKEY |
77 | &Tie::Hash::NamedCapture::SCALAR |
78 | &Tie::Hash::NamedCapture::flags |
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79 | &UNIVERSAL::DOES |
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80 | &version::() |
81 | &version::new |
82 | &version::("" |
83 | &version::stringify |
84 | &version::(0+ |
85 | &version::numify |
86 | &version::normal |
87 | &version::(cmp |
88 | &version::(<=> |
89 | &version::vcmp |
90 | &version::(bool |
91 | &version::boolean |
92 | &version::(nomethod |
93 | &version::noop |
94 | &version::is_alpha |
95 | &version::qv |
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96 | ]), ($] >= 5.011 && qw[ |
97 | &re::regexp_pattern |
98 | ])]; |
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99 | |
100 | sub new { |
101 | my($class, $root, $mask) = @_; |
102 | my $obj = {}; |
103 | bless $obj, $class; |
104 | |
105 | if (defined($root)) { |
106 | croak "Can't use \"$root\" as root name" |
107 | if $root =~ /^main\b/ or $root !~ /^\w[:\w]*$/; |
108 | $obj->{Root} = $root; |
109 | $obj->{Erase} = 0; |
110 | } |
111 | else { |
112 | $obj->{Root} = "Safe::Root".$default_root++; |
113 | $obj->{Erase} = 1; |
114 | } |
115 | |
116 | # use permit/deny methods instead till interface issues resolved |
117 | # XXX perhaps new Safe 'Root', mask => $mask, foo => bar, ...; |
118 | croak "Mask parameter to new no longer supported" if defined $mask; |
119 | $obj->permit_only(':default'); |
120 | |
121 | # We must share $_ and @_ with the compartment or else ops such |
122 | # as split, length and so on won't default to $_ properly, nor |
123 | # will passing argument to subroutines work (via @_). In fact, |
124 | # for reasons I don't completely understand, we need to share |
125 | # the whole glob *_ rather than $_ and @_ separately, otherwise |
126 | # @_ in non default packages within the compartment don't work. |
127 | $obj->share_from('main', $default_share); |
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128 | Opcode::_safe_pkg_prep($obj->{Root}) if($Opcode::VERSION > 1.04); |
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129 | return $obj; |
130 | } |
131 | |
132 | sub DESTROY { |
133 | my $obj = shift; |
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134 | $obj->erase('DESTROY') if $obj->{Erase}; |
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135 | } |
136 | |
137 | sub erase { |
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138 | my ($obj, $action) = @_; |
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139 | my $pkg = $obj->root(); |
140 | my ($stem, $leaf); |
141 | |
142 | no strict 'refs'; |
143 | $pkg = "main::$pkg\::"; # expand to full symbol table name |
144 | ($stem, $leaf) = $pkg =~ m/(.*::)(\w+::)$/; |
145 | |
146 | # The 'my $foo' is needed! Without it you get an |
147 | # 'Attempt to free unreferenced scalar' warning! |
148 | my $stem_symtab = *{$stem}{HASH}; |
149 | |
150 | #warn "erase($pkg) stem=$stem, leaf=$leaf"; |
151 | #warn " stem_symtab hash ".scalar(%$stem_symtab)."\n"; |
152 | # ", join(', ', %$stem_symtab),"\n"; |
153 | |
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154 | # delete $stem_symtab->{$leaf}; |
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155 | |
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156 | my $leaf_glob = $stem_symtab->{$leaf}; |
157 | my $leaf_symtab = *{$leaf_glob}{HASH}; |
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158 | # warn " leaf_symtab ", join(', ', %$leaf_symtab),"\n"; |
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159 | %$leaf_symtab = (); |
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160 | #delete $leaf_symtab->{'__ANON__'}; |
161 | #delete $leaf_symtab->{'foo'}; |
162 | #delete $leaf_symtab->{'main::'}; |
163 | # my $foo = undef ${"$stem\::"}{"$leaf\::"}; |
164 | |
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165 | if ($action and $action eq 'DESTROY') { |
166 | delete $stem_symtab->{$leaf}; |
167 | } else { |
168 | $obj->share_from('main', $default_share); |
169 | } |
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170 | 1; |
171 | } |
172 | |
173 | |
174 | sub reinit { |
175 | my $obj= shift; |
176 | $obj->erase; |
177 | $obj->share_redo; |
178 | } |
179 | |
180 | sub root { |
181 | my $obj = shift; |
182 | croak("Safe root method now read-only") if @_; |
183 | return $obj->{Root}; |
184 | } |
185 | |
186 | |
187 | sub mask { |
188 | my $obj = shift; |
189 | return $obj->{Mask} unless @_; |
190 | $obj->deny_only(@_); |
191 | } |
192 | |
193 | # v1 compatibility methods |
194 | sub trap { shift->deny(@_) } |
195 | sub untrap { shift->permit(@_) } |
196 | |
197 | sub deny { |
198 | my $obj = shift; |
199 | $obj->{Mask} |= opset(@_); |
200 | } |
201 | sub deny_only { |
202 | my $obj = shift; |
203 | $obj->{Mask} = opset(@_); |
204 | } |
205 | |
206 | sub permit { |
207 | my $obj = shift; |
208 | # XXX needs testing |
209 | $obj->{Mask} &= invert_opset opset(@_); |
210 | } |
211 | sub permit_only { |
212 | my $obj = shift; |
213 | $obj->{Mask} = invert_opset opset(@_); |
214 | } |
215 | |
216 | |
217 | sub dump_mask { |
218 | my $obj = shift; |
219 | print opset_to_hex($obj->{Mask}),"\n"; |
220 | } |
221 | |
222 | |
223 | |
224 | sub share { |
225 | my($obj, @vars) = @_; |
226 | $obj->share_from(scalar(caller), \@vars); |
227 | } |
228 | |
229 | sub share_from { |
230 | my $obj = shift; |
231 | my $pkg = shift; |
232 | my $vars = shift; |
233 | my $no_record = shift || 0; |
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234 | my $root = $obj->root(); |
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235 | croak("vars not an array ref") unless ref $vars eq 'ARRAY'; |
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236 | no strict 'refs'; |
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237 | # Check that 'from' package actually exists |
238 | croak("Package \"$pkg\" does not exist") |
239 | unless keys %{"$pkg\::"}; |
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240 | my $arg; |
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241 | foreach $arg (@$vars) { |
242 | # catch some $safe->share($var) errors: |
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243 | my ($var, $type); |
244 | $type = $1 if ($var = $arg) =~ s/^(\W)//; |
245 | # warn "share_from $pkg $type $var"; |
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246 | for (1..2) { # assign twice to avoid any 'used once' warnings |
247 | *{$root."::$var"} = (!$type) ? \&{$pkg."::$var"} |
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248 | : ($type eq '&') ? \&{$pkg."::$var"} |
249 | : ($type eq '$') ? \${$pkg."::$var"} |
250 | : ($type eq '@') ? \@{$pkg."::$var"} |
251 | : ($type eq '%') ? \%{$pkg."::$var"} |
252 | : ($type eq '*') ? *{$pkg."::$var"} |
253 | : croak(qq(Can't share "$type$var" of unknown type)); |
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254 | } |
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255 | } |
256 | $obj->share_record($pkg, $vars) unless $no_record or !$vars; |
257 | } |
258 | |
259 | sub share_record { |
260 | my $obj = shift; |
261 | my $pkg = shift; |
262 | my $vars = shift; |
263 | my $shares = \%{$obj->{Shares} ||= {}}; |
264 | # Record shares using keys of $obj->{Shares}. See reinit. |
265 | @{$shares}{@$vars} = ($pkg) x @$vars if @$vars; |
266 | } |
267 | sub share_redo { |
268 | my $obj = shift; |
269 | my $shares = \%{$obj->{Shares} ||= {}}; |
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270 | my($var, $pkg); |
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271 | while(($var, $pkg) = each %$shares) { |
272 | # warn "share_redo $pkg\:: $var"; |
273 | $obj->share_from($pkg, [ $var ], 1); |
274 | } |
275 | } |
276 | sub share_forget { |
277 | delete shift->{Shares}; |
278 | } |
279 | |
280 | sub varglob { |
281 | my ($obj, $var) = @_; |
282 | no strict 'refs'; |
283 | return *{$obj->root()."::$var"}; |
284 | } |
285 | |
286 | |
287 | sub reval { |
288 | my ($obj, $expr, $strict) = @_; |
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289 | my $root = $obj->{Root}; |
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290 | |
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291 | my $evalsub = lexless_anon_sub($root,$strict, $expr); |
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292 | return Opcode::_safe_call_sv($root, $obj->{Mask}, $evalsub); |
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293 | } |
294 | |
295 | sub rdo { |
296 | my ($obj, $file) = @_; |
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297 | my $root = $obj->{Root}; |
298 | |
299 | my $evalsub = eval |
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300 | sprintf('package %s; sub { @_ = (); do $file }', $root); |
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301 | return Opcode::_safe_call_sv($root, $obj->{Mask}, $evalsub); |
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302 | } |
303 | |
304 | |
305 | 1; |
306 | |
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307 | __END__ |
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308 | |
309 | =head1 NAME |
310 | |
311 | Safe - Compile and execute code in restricted compartments |
312 | |
313 | =head1 SYNOPSIS |
314 | |
315 | use Safe; |
316 | |
317 | $compartment = new Safe; |
318 | |
319 | $compartment->permit(qw(time sort :browse)); |
320 | |
321 | $result = $compartment->reval($unsafe_code); |
322 | |
323 | =head1 DESCRIPTION |
324 | |
325 | The Safe extension module allows the creation of compartments |
326 | in which perl code can be evaluated. Each compartment has |
327 | |
328 | =over 8 |
329 | |
330 | =item a new namespace |
331 | |
332 | The "root" of the namespace (i.e. "main::") is changed to a |
333 | different package and code evaluated in the compartment cannot |
334 | refer to variables outside this namespace, even with run-time |
335 | glob lookups and other tricks. |
336 | |
337 | Code which is compiled outside the compartment can choose to place |
338 | variables into (or I<share> variables with) the compartment's namespace |
339 | and only that data will be visible to code evaluated in the |
340 | compartment. |
341 | |
342 | By default, the only variables shared with compartments are the |
343 | "underscore" variables $_ and @_ (and, technically, the less frequently |
344 | used %_, the _ filehandle and so on). This is because otherwise perl |
345 | operators which default to $_ will not work and neither will the |
346 | assignment of arguments to @_ on subroutine entry. |
347 | |
348 | =item an operator mask |
349 | |
350 | Each compartment has an associated "operator mask". Recall that |
351 | perl code is compiled into an internal format before execution. |
352 | Evaluating perl code (e.g. via "eval" or "do 'file'") causes |
353 | the code to be compiled into an internal format and then, |
354 | provided there was no error in the compilation, executed. |
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355 | Code evaluated in a compartment compiles subject to the |
356 | compartment's operator mask. Attempting to evaluate code in a |
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357 | compartment which contains a masked operator will cause the |
358 | compilation to fail with an error. The code will not be executed. |
359 | |
360 | The default operator mask for a newly created compartment is |
361 | the ':default' optag. |
362 | |
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363 | It is important that you read the L<Opcode> module documentation |
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364 | for more information, especially for detailed definitions of opnames, |
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365 | optags and opsets. |
366 | |
367 | Since it is only at the compilation stage that the operator mask |
368 | applies, controlled access to potentially unsafe operations can |
369 | be achieved by having a handle to a wrapper subroutine (written |
370 | outside the compartment) placed into the compartment. For example, |
371 | |
372 | $cpt = new Safe; |
373 | sub wrapper { |
374 | # vet arguments and perform potentially unsafe operations |
375 | } |
376 | $cpt->share('&wrapper'); |
377 | |
378 | =back |
379 | |
380 | |
381 | =head1 WARNING |
382 | |
383 | The authors make B<no warranty>, implied or otherwise, about the |
384 | suitability of this software for safety or security purposes. |
385 | |
386 | The authors shall not in any case be liable for special, incidental, |
387 | consequential, indirect or other similar damages arising from the use |
388 | of this software. |
389 | |
390 | Your mileage will vary. If in any doubt B<do not use it>. |
391 | |
392 | |
393 | =head2 RECENT CHANGES |
394 | |
395 | The interface to the Safe module has changed quite dramatically since |
396 | version 1 (as supplied with Perl5.002). Study these pages carefully if |
397 | you have code written to use Safe version 1 because you will need to |
398 | makes changes. |
399 | |
400 | |
401 | =head2 Methods in class Safe |
402 | |
403 | To create a new compartment, use |
404 | |
405 | $cpt = new Safe; |
406 | |
407 | Optional argument is (NAMESPACE), where NAMESPACE is the root namespace |
408 | to use for the compartment (defaults to "Safe::Root0", incremented for |
409 | each new compartment). |
410 | |
411 | Note that version 1.00 of the Safe module supported a second optional |
412 | parameter, MASK. That functionality has been withdrawn pending deeper |
413 | consideration. Use the permit and deny methods described below. |
414 | |
415 | The following methods can then be used on the compartment |
416 | object returned by the above constructor. The object argument |
417 | is implicit in each case. |
418 | |
419 | |
420 | =over 8 |
421 | |
422 | =item permit (OP, ...) |
423 | |
424 | Permit the listed operators to be used when compiling code in the |
425 | compartment (in I<addition> to any operators already permitted). |
426 | |
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427 | You can list opcodes by names, or use a tag name; see |
428 | L<Opcode/"Predefined Opcode Tags">. |
429 | |
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430 | =item permit_only (OP, ...) |
431 | |
432 | Permit I<only> the listed operators to be used when compiling code in |
433 | the compartment (I<no> other operators are permitted). |
434 | |
435 | =item deny (OP, ...) |
436 | |
437 | Deny the listed operators from being used when compiling code in the |
438 | compartment (other operators may still be permitted). |
439 | |
440 | =item deny_only (OP, ...) |
441 | |
442 | Deny I<only> the listed operators from being used when compiling code |
443 | in the compartment (I<all> other operators will be permitted). |
444 | |
445 | =item trap (OP, ...) |
446 | |
447 | =item untrap (OP, ...) |
448 | |
449 | The trap and untrap methods are synonyms for deny and permit |
450 | respectfully. |
451 | |
452 | =item share (NAME, ...) |
453 | |
454 | This shares the variable(s) in the argument list with the compartment. |
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455 | This is almost identical to exporting variables using the L<Exporter> |
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456 | module. |
457 | |
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458 | Each NAME must be the B<name> of a non-lexical variable, typically |
459 | with the leading type identifier included. A bareword is treated as a |
460 | function name. |
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461 | |
462 | Examples of legal names are '$foo' for a scalar, '@foo' for an |
463 | array, '%foo' for a hash, '&foo' or 'foo' for a subroutine and '*foo' |
464 | for a glob (i.e. all symbol table entries associated with "foo", |
465 | including scalar, array, hash, sub and filehandle). |
466 | |
467 | Each NAME is assumed to be in the calling package. See share_from |
468 | for an alternative method (which share uses). |
469 | |
470 | =item share_from (PACKAGE, ARRAYREF) |
471 | |
472 | This method is similar to share() but allows you to explicitly name the |
473 | package that symbols should be shared from. The symbol names (including |
474 | type characters) are supplied as an array reference. |
475 | |
476 | $safe->share_from('main', [ '$foo', '%bar', 'func' ]); |
477 | |
478 | |
479 | =item varglob (VARNAME) |
480 | |
481 | This returns a glob reference for the symbol table entry of VARNAME in |
482 | the package of the compartment. VARNAME must be the B<name> of a |
483 | variable without any leading type marker. For example, |
484 | |
485 | $cpt = new Safe 'Root'; |
486 | $Root::foo = "Hello world"; |
487 | # Equivalent version which doesn't need to know $cpt's package name: |
488 | ${$cpt->varglob('foo')} = "Hello world"; |
489 | |
490 | |
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491 | =item reval (STRING, STRICT) |
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492 | |
493 | This evaluates STRING as perl code inside the compartment. |
494 | |
495 | The code can only see the compartment's namespace (as returned by the |
496 | B<root> method). The compartment's root package appears to be the |
497 | C<main::> package to the code inside the compartment. |
498 | |
499 | Any attempt by the code in STRING to use an operator which is not permitted |
500 | by the compartment will cause an error (at run-time of the main program |
501 | but at compile-time for the code in STRING). The error is of the form |
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502 | "'%s' trapped by operation mask...". |
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503 | |
504 | If an operation is trapped in this way, then the code in STRING will |
505 | not be executed. If such a trapped operation occurs or any other |
506 | compile-time or return error, then $@ is set to the error message, just |
507 | as with an eval(). |
508 | |
509 | If there is no error, then the method returns the value of the last |
510 | expression evaluated, or a return statement may be used, just as with |
511 | subroutines and B<eval()>. The context (list or scalar) is determined |
512 | by the caller as usual. |
513 | |
514 | This behaviour differs from the beta distribution of the Safe extension |
515 | where earlier versions of perl made it hard to mimic the return |
516 | behaviour of the eval() command and the context was always scalar. |
517 | |
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518 | The formerly undocumented STRICT argument sets strictness: if true |
519 | 'use strict;' is used, otherwise it uses 'no strict;'. B<Note>: if |
520 | STRICT is omitted 'no strict;' is the default. |
521 | |
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522 | Some points to note: |
523 | |
524 | If the entereval op is permitted then the code can use eval "..." to |
525 | 'hide' code which might use denied ops. This is not a major problem |
526 | since when the code tries to execute the eval it will fail because the |
527 | opmask is still in effect. However this technique would allow clever, |
528 | and possibly harmful, code to 'probe' the boundaries of what is |
529 | possible. |
530 | |
531 | Any string eval which is executed by code executing in a compartment, |
532 | or by code called from code executing in a compartment, will be eval'd |
533 | in the namespace of the compartment. This is potentially a serious |
534 | problem. |
535 | |
536 | Consider a function foo() in package pkg compiled outside a compartment |
537 | but shared with it. Assume the compartment has a root package called |
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538 | 'Root'. If foo() contains an eval statement like eval '$foo = 1' then, |
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539 | normally, $pkg::foo will be set to 1. If foo() is called from the |
540 | compartment (by whatever means) then instead of setting $pkg::foo, the |
541 | eval will actually set $Root::pkg::foo. |
542 | |
543 | This can easily be demonstrated by using a module, such as the Socket |
544 | module, which uses eval "..." as part of an AUTOLOAD function. You can |
545 | 'use' the module outside the compartment and share an (autoloaded) |
546 | function with the compartment. If an autoload is triggered by code in |
547 | the compartment, or by any code anywhere that is called by any means |
548 | from the compartment, then the eval in the Socket module's AUTOLOAD |
549 | function happens in the namespace of the compartment. Any variables |
550 | created or used by the eval'd code are now under the control of |
551 | the code in the compartment. |
552 | |
553 | A similar effect applies to I<all> runtime symbol lookups in code |
554 | called from a compartment but not compiled within it. |
555 | |
556 | |
557 | |
558 | =item rdo (FILENAME) |
559 | |
560 | This evaluates the contents of file FILENAME inside the compartment. |
561 | See above documentation on the B<reval> method for further details. |
562 | |
563 | =item root (NAMESPACE) |
564 | |
565 | This method returns the name of the package that is the root of the |
566 | compartment's namespace. |
567 | |
568 | Note that this behaviour differs from version 1.00 of the Safe module |
569 | where the root module could be used to change the namespace. That |
570 | functionality has been withdrawn pending deeper consideration. |
571 | |
572 | =item mask (MASK) |
573 | |
574 | This is a get-or-set method for the compartment's operator mask. |
575 | |
576 | With no MASK argument present, it returns the current operator mask of |
577 | the compartment. |
578 | |
579 | With the MASK argument present, it sets the operator mask for the |
580 | compartment (equivalent to calling the deny_only method). |
581 | |
582 | =back |
583 | |
584 | |
585 | =head2 Some Safety Issues |
586 | |
587 | This section is currently just an outline of some of the things code in |
588 | a compartment might do (intentionally or unintentionally) which can |
589 | have an effect outside the compartment. |
590 | |
591 | =over 8 |
592 | |
593 | =item Memory |
594 | |
595 | Consuming all (or nearly all) available memory. |
596 | |
597 | =item CPU |
598 | |
599 | Causing infinite loops etc. |
600 | |
601 | =item Snooping |
602 | |
603 | Copying private information out of your system. Even something as |
604 | simple as your user name is of value to others. Much useful information |
605 | could be gleaned from your environment variables for example. |
606 | |
607 | =item Signals |
608 | |
609 | Causing signals (especially SIGFPE and SIGALARM) to affect your process. |
610 | |
611 | Setting up a signal handler will need to be carefully considered |
612 | and controlled. What mask is in effect when a signal handler |
613 | gets called? If a user can get an imported function to get an |
614 | exception and call the user's signal handler, does that user's |
615 | restricted mask get re-instated before the handler is called? |
616 | Does an imported handler get called with its original mask or |
617 | the user's one? |
618 | |
619 | =item State Changes |
620 | |
621 | Ops such as chdir obviously effect the process as a whole and not just |
622 | the code in the compartment. Ops such as rand and srand have a similar |
623 | but more subtle effect. |
624 | |
625 | =back |
626 | |
627 | =head2 AUTHOR |
628 | |
25ff8439 |
629 | Originally designed and implemented by Malcolm Beattie. |
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630 | |
25ff8439 |
631 | Reworked to use the Opcode module and other changes added by Tim Bunce. |
632 | |
633 | Currently maintained by the Perl 5 Porters, <perl5-porters@perl.org>. |
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634 | |
635 | =cut |
636 | |