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+#!/bin/sh
+# Try to remove '/' recursively.
+
+# Copyright (C) 2013-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+. "${srcdir=.}/tests/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ./src
+print_ver_ rm
+
+# POSIX mandates rm(1) to skip '/' arguments. This test verifies this mandated
+# behavior as well as the --preserve-root and --no-preserve-root options.
+# Especially the latter case is a live fire exercise as rm(1) is supposed to
+# enter the unlinkat() system call. Therefore, limit the risk as much
+# as possible -- if there's a bug this test would wipe the system out!
+
+# Faint-hearted: skip this test for the 'root' user.
+skip_if_root_
+
+# Pull the teeth from rm(1) by intercepting the unlinkat() system call via the
+# LD_PRELOAD environment variable. This requires shared libraries to work.
+require_gcc_shared_
+
+# Ensure this variable is unset as it's
+# used later in the unlinkat() wrapper.
+unset CU_TEST_SKIP_EXIT
+
+# Set this to 0 if you don't have a working gdb but would
+# still like to run the test
+USE_GDB=1
+
+if test $USE_GDB = 1; then
+ # Use gdb to provide further protection by limiting calls to unlinkat().
+ ( timeout 10s gdb --version ) > gdb.out 2>&1
+ case $(cat gdb.out) in
+ *'GNU gdb'*) ;;
+ *) skip_ "can't run gdb";;
+ esac
+fi
+
+# Break on a line rather than a symbol, to cater for inline functions
+break_src="$abs_top_srcdir/src/remove.c"
+break_line=$(grep -n ^excise "$break_src") || framework_failure_
+break_line=$(echo "$break_line" | cut -d: -f1) || framework_failure_
+break_line="$break_src:$break_line"
+
+
+cat > k.c <<'EOF' || framework_failure_
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+int unlinkat (int dirfd, const char *pathname, int flags)
+{
+ /* Prove that LD_PRELOAD works: create the evidence file "x". */
+ fclose (fopen ("x", "w"));
+
+ /* Immediately terminate, unless indicated otherwise. */
+ if (! getenv("CU_TEST_SKIP_EXIT"))
+ _exit (0);
+
+ /* Pretend success. */
+ return 0;
+}
+EOF
+
+# Then compile/link it:
+gcc_shared_ k.c k.so \
+ || framework_failure_ 'failed to build shared library'
+
+# Note breakpoint commands don't work in batch mode
+# https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10079
+# So we use python to script behavior upon hitting the breakpoint
+cat > bp.py <<'EOF.py' || framework_failure_
+def breakpoint_handler (event):
+ if not isinstance(event, gdb.BreakpointEvent):
+ return
+ hit_count = event.breakpoints[0].hit_count
+ if hit_count == 1:
+ gdb.execute('shell touch excise.break')
+ gdb.execute('continue')
+ elif hit_count > 2:
+ gdb.write('breakpoint hit twice already')
+ gdb.execute('quit 1')
+ else:
+ gdb.execute('continue')
+
+gdb.events.stop.connect(breakpoint_handler)
+EOF.py
+
+# In order of the sed expressions below, this cleans:
+#
+# 1. gdb uses the full path when running rm, so remove the leading dirs.
+# 2. For some of the "/" synonyms, the error diagnostic slightly differs from
+# that of the basic "/" case (see gnulib's fts_open' and ROOT_DEV_INO_WARN):
+# rm: it is dangerous to operate recursively on 'FILE' (same as '/')
+# Strip that part off for the following comparison.
+clean_rm_err_()
+{
+ sed "s/.*rm: /rm: /; \
+ s/\(rm: it is dangerous to operate recursively on\).*$/\1 '\/'/"
+}
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# exercise_rm_r_root: shell function to test "rm -r '/'"
+# The caller must provide the FILE to remove as well as any options
+# which should be passed to 'rm'.
+# Paranoia mode on:
+# For the worst case where both rm(1) would fail to refuse to process the "/"
+# argument (in the cases without the --no-preserve-root option), and
+# intercepting the unlinkat(1) system call would fail (which actually already
+# has been proven to work above), and the current non root user has
+# write access to "/", limit the damage to the current file system via
+# the --one-file-system option.
+# Furthermore, run rm(1) via gdb that limits the number of unlinkat() calls.
+exercise_rm_r_root ()
+{
+ # Remove the evidence files; verify that.
+ rm -f x excise.break || framework_failure_
+ test -f x && framework_failure_
+ test -f excise.break && framework_failure_
+
+ local skip_exit=
+ if [ "$CU_TEST_SKIP_EXIT" = 1 ]; then
+ # Pass on this variable into 'rm's environment.
+ skip_exit='CU_TEST_SKIP_EXIT=1'
+ fi
+
+ if test $USE_GDB = 1; then
+ gdb -nx --batch-silent -return-child-result \
+ --eval-command="set exec-wrapper \
+ env 'LD_PRELOAD=$LD_PRELOAD:./k.so' $skip_exit" \
+ --eval-command="break '$break_line'" \
+ --eval-command='source bp.py' \
+ --eval-command="run -rv --one-file-system $*" \
+ --eval-command='quit' \
+ rm < /dev/null > out 2> err.t
+ else
+ touch excise.break
+ env LD_PRELOAD=$LD_PRELOAD:./k.so $skip_exit \
+ rm -rv --one-file-system $* < /dev/null > out 2> err.t
+ fi
+
+ ret=$?
+
+ clean_rm_err_ < err.t > err || ret=$?
+
+ return $ret
+}
+
+# Verify that "rm -r dir" basically works.
+mkdir dir || framework_failure_
+rm -r dir || framework_failure_
+test -d dir && framework_failure_
+
+# Now verify that intercepting unlinkat() works:
+# rm(1) must succeed as before, but this time both the evidence file "x"
+# and the test file / directory must still exist afterward.
+mkdir dir || framework_failure_
+> file || framework_failure_
+
+skip=
+for file in dir file ; do
+ exercise_rm_r_root "$file" || skip=1
+ test -e "$file" || skip=1
+ test -f x || skip=1
+ test -f excise.break || skip=1 # gdb works and breakpoint hit
+ compare /dev/null err || skip=1
+
+ test "$skip" = 1 \
+ && { cat out; cat err; \
+ skip_ "internal test failure: maybe LD_PRELOAD or gdb doesn't work?"; }
+done
+
+# "rm -r /" without --no-preserve-root should output the following
+# diagnostic error message.
+cat <<EOD > exp || framework_failure_
+rm: it is dangerous to operate recursively on '/'
+rm: use --no-preserve-root to override this failsafe
+EOD
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Exercise "rm -r /" without and with the --preserve-root option.
+# Exercise various synonyms of "/" including symlinks to it.
+# Expect a non-Zero exit status.
+# Prepare a few symlinks to "/".
+ln -s / rootlink || framework_failure_
+ln -s rootlink rootlink2 || framework_failure_
+ln -sr / rootlink3 || framework_failure_
+
+for opts in \
+ '/' \
+ '--preserve-root /' \
+ '//' \
+ '///' \
+ '////' \
+ 'rootlink/' \
+ 'rootlink2/' \
+ 'rootlink3/' ; do
+
+ returns_ 1 exercise_rm_r_root $opts || fail=1
+
+ # Expect nothing in 'out' and the above error diagnostic in 'err'.
+ # As rm(1) should have skipped the "/" argument, it does not call unlinkat().
+ # Therefore, the evidence file "x" should not exist.
+ compare /dev/null out || fail=1
+ compare exp err || fail=1
+ test -f x && fail=1
+
+ # Do nothing more if this test failed.
+ test $fail = 1 && { cat out; cat err; Exit $fail; }
+done
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Exercise with --no-preserve to ensure shortened equivalent is not allowed.
+cat <<EOD > exp_opt || framework_failure_
+rm: you may not abbreviate the --no-preserve-root option
+EOD
+returns_ 1 exercise_rm_r_root --no-preserve / || fail=1
+compare exp_opt err || fail=1
+test -f x && fail=1
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Exercise "rm -r file1 / file2".
+# Expect a non-Zero exit status representing failure to remove "/",
+# yet 'file1' and 'file2' should be removed.
+> file1 || framework_failure_
+> file2 || framework_failure_
+
+# Now that we know that 'rm' won't call the unlinkat() system function for "/",
+# we could probably execute it without the LD_PRELOAD'ed safety net.
+# Nevertheless, it's still better to use it for this test.
+# Tell the unlinkat() replacement function to not _exit(0) immediately
+# by setting the following variable.
+CU_TEST_SKIP_EXIT=1
+
+returns_ 1 exercise_rm_r_root --preserve-root file1 '/' file2 || fail=1
+
+unset CU_TEST_SKIP_EXIT
+
+cat <<EOD > out_removed
+removed 'file1'
+removed 'file2'
+EOD
+
+# The above error diagnostic should appear in 'err'.
+# Both 'file1' and 'file2' should be removed. Simply verify that in the
+# "out" file, as the replacement unlinkat() dummy did not remove them.
+# Expect the evidence file "x" to exist.
+compare out_removed out || fail=1
+compare exp err || fail=1
+test -f x || fail=1
+
+# Do nothing more if this test failed.
+test $fail = 1 && { cat out; cat err; Exit $fail; }
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Exercise various synonyms of "/" having a trailing "." or ".." in the name.
+# This triggers another check in the code first and therefore leads to a
+# different diagnostic. However, we want to test anyway to protect against
+# future reordering of the checks in the code.
+# Expect that other error diagnostic in 'err' and nothing in 'out'.
+# Expect a non-Zero exit status. The evidence file "x" should not exist.
+for file in \
+ '//.' \
+ '/./' \
+ '/.//' \
+ '/../' \
+ '/.././' \
+ '/etc/..' \
+ 'rootlink/..' \
+ 'rootlink2/.' \
+ 'rootlink3/./' ; do
+
+ test -d "$file" || continue # if e.g. /etc does not exist.
+
+ returns_ 1 exercise_rm_r_root --preserve-root "$file" || fail=1
+
+ grep "rm: refusing to remove '\.' or '\.\.' directory: skipping" err \
+ || fail=1
+
+ compare /dev/null out || fail=1
+ test -f x && fail=1
+
+ # Do nothing more if this test failed.
+ test $fail = 1 && { cat out; cat err; Exit $fail; }
+done
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Until now, it was all just fun.
+# Now exercise the --no-preserve-root option with which rm(1) should enter
+# the intercepted unlinkat() system call.
+# As the interception code terminates the process immediately via _exit(0),
+# the exit status should be 0.
+# Use the option --interactive=never to bypass the following prompt:
+# "rm: descend into write-protected directory '/'?"
+exercise_rm_r_root --interactive=never --no-preserve-root '/' \
+ || fail=1
+
+# The 'err' file should not contain the above error diagnostic.
+grep "rm: it is dangerous to operate recursively on '/'" err && fail=1
+
+# Instead, rm(1) should have called the intercepted unlinkat() function,
+# i.e., the evidence file "x" should exist.
+test -f x || fail=1
+
+test $fail = 1 && { cat out; cat err; }
+
+Exit $fail