From a0f351c9fa731fc738ab2eeaa0bb23b20980f29f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Chambers Date: Tue, 5 May 2020 16:03:13 +1200 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Fix (mostly nonsensible) race condition in multi threaded processes using os/execute with os/setenv. --- src/core/os.c | 15 +++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/core/os.c b/src/core/os.c index 70cd6288..9c5a80a9 100644 --- a/src/core/os.c +++ b/src/core/os.c @@ -389,15 +389,26 @@ static Janet os_execute(int32_t argc, Janet *argv) { char *const *cargv = (char *const *)child_argv; /* Use posix_spawn to spawn new process */ + + int use_environ = !janet_flag_at(flags, 0); + + if (use_environ) { + janet_lock_environ(); + } + pid_t pid; if (janet_flag_at(flags, 1)) { status = posix_spawnp(&pid, child_argv[0], NULL, NULL, cargv, - janet_flag_at(flags, 0) ? envp : environ); + use_environ ? environ : envp); } else { status = posix_spawn(&pid, child_argv[0], NULL, NULL, cargv, - janet_flag_at(flags, 0) ? envp : environ); + use_environ ? environ : envp); + } + + if (use_environ) { + janet_unlock_environ(); } /* Wait for child */ From 06c28f3a4d13866a21cb7e4d1a9194117e99ffe1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Chambers Date: Wed, 6 May 2020 11:14:42 +1200 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Set the CLOEXEC flag on file/temp files. --- src/core/io.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/core/io.c b/src/core/io.c index 7312c266..8c0fb1b6 100644 --- a/src/core/io.c +++ b/src/core/io.c @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ #include #ifndef JANET_WINDOWS +#include #include #endif @@ -132,6 +133,21 @@ static Janet cfun_io_temp(int32_t argc, Janet *argv) { FILE *tmp = tmpfile(); if (!tmp) janet_panicf("unable to create temporary file - %s", strerror(errno)); + +#ifndef JANET_WINDOWS + /* It seems highly unlikely a typical janet user wants a tempfile to be inherited and + libc tmpfile does NOT set O_CLOEXEC by default, + + Even though setting this flag after a delay is racy in threaded programs, + It helps in single threaded ones. The fix for threaded programs would be to use mkostemp + which is coming to POSIX at a later time. */ + if (fcntl(fileno(tmp), F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) != 0) { + fclose(tmp); + janet_panic("unable initialize temporary file"); + } +/* Do anything for windows? */ +#endif + return janet_makefile(tmp, JANET_FILE_WRITE | JANET_FILE_READ | JANET_FILE_BINARY); }