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GeezerVison is showing github.com — Validate submodule names before filesystem operations by Byron · Pull Request #2202 · gitpython-developers/GitPython

Validate submodule names before filesystem operations #2202

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Validate submodule names before filesystem operations #2202

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23 changes: 22 additions & 1 deletion 23 git/objects/submodule/base.py
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Expand Up @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
import gc
from io import BytesIO
import logging
import ntpath
import os
import os.path as osp
import stat
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -302,10 +303,21 @@ def _config_parser_constrained(self, read_only: bool) -> SectionConstraint:
parser.set_submodule(self)
return SectionConstraint(parser, sm_section(self.name))

@classmethod
def _validated_name(cls, name: str) -> str:
if (
not name
or name.startswith(("/", "\\"))
or ntpath.splitdrive(name)[0]
or ".." in name.replace("\\", "/").split("/")
):
raise ValueError("Invalid submodule name %r" % name)
return name

@classmethod
def _module_abspath(cls, parent_repo: "Repo", path: PathLike, name: str) -> PathLike:
if cls._need_gitfile_submodules(parent_repo.git):
return osp.join(parent_repo.git_dir, "modules", name)
return osp.join(parent_repo.git_dir, "modules", cls._validated_name(name))
if parent_repo.working_tree_dir:
return osp.join(parent_repo.working_tree_dir, path)
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raise NotADirectoryError()
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -523,6 +535,7 @@ def add(
raise InvalidGitRepositoryError("Cannot add submodules to bare repositories")
# END handle bare repos

cls._validated_name(name)
path = cls._to_relative_path(repo, path)

# Ensure we never put backslashes into the URL, as might happen on Windows.
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -771,6 +784,8 @@ def fetch_remotes(module_repo: "Repo") -> None:
# END fetch new data

try:
self._validated_name(self.name)
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# ENSURE REPO IS PRESENT AND UP-TO-DATE
#######################################
try:
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1020,6 +1035,7 @@ def move(self, module_path: PathLike, configuration: bool = True, module: bool =
raise ValueError("You must specify to move at least the module or the configuration of the submodule")
# END handle input

self._validated_name(self.name)
module_checkout_path = self._to_relative_path(self.repo, module_path)

# VERIFY DESTINATION
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1160,6 +1176,7 @@ def remove(
raise ValueError("Need to specify to delete at least the module, or the configuration")
# END handle parameters

self._validated_name(self.name)
# Recursively remove children of this submodule.
nc = 0
for csm in self.children():
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1416,6 +1433,9 @@ def rename(self, new_name: str) -> "Submodule":
if self.name == new_name:
return self

self._validated_name(self.name)
self._validated_name(new_name)

# .git/config
with self.repo.config_writer() as pw:
# As we ourselves didn't write anything about submodules into the parent
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1463,6 +1483,7 @@ def module(self) -> "Repo":
If a repository was not available.
This could also mean that it was not yet initialized.
"""
self._validated_name(self.name)
module_checkout_abspath = self.abspath
try:
repo = git.Repo(module_checkout_abspath)
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Expand Up @@ -925,6 +925,75 @@ def test_update_submodule_with_relative_path(self, rwdir):

cloned_repo.submodule_update(init=True, recursive=True)

@with_rw_directory
@_patch_git_config("protocol.file.allow", "always")
def test_update_rejects_parent_component_in_name(self, rwdir):
source = git.Repo.init(osp.join(rwdir, "source"))
source.git.commit(m="initial commit", allow_empty=True)

parent = git.Repo.init(osp.join(rwdir, "parent"))
parent.git.submodule("add", source.working_tree_dir, "module")
parent.index.commit("add submodule")
modules_file = Path(parent.working_tree_dir) / ".gitmodules"
modules_file.write_text(
modules_file.read_text().replace('submodule "module"', 'submodule "../../../escaped/module"')
)
parent.index.add([".gitmodules"])
parent.index.commit("change submodule name")

clone = git.Repo.clone_from(parent.working_tree_dir, osp.join(rwdir, "clone"))
with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="submodule name"):
clone.submodules[0].update(init=True)
assert not osp.exists(osp.join(rwdir, "escaped"))

Path(rwdir, "escaped").mkdir()
git.Repo.clone_from(
source.working_tree_dir,
osp.join(clone.working_tree_dir, "module"),
separate_git_dir=osp.join(rwdir, "escaped", "module"),
)
with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="submodule name"):
clone.submodules[0].update(init=True)

invalid_names = (
"",
"..",
"../module",
R"..\module",
"nested/../module",
R"nested\..\module",
"/module",
R"\module",
"C:module",
R"C:\module",
)
for name in invalid_names:
with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="submodule name"):
Submodule._module_abspath(clone, "module", name)

@with_rw_directory
@_patch_git_config("protocol.file.allow", "always")
def test_root_update_keeps_going_after_invalid_submodule_name(self, rwdir):
source = git.Repo.init(osp.join(rwdir, "source"))
source.git.commit(m="initial commit", allow_empty=True)

parent = git.Repo.init(osp.join(rwdir, "parent"))
parent.git.submodule("add", source.working_tree_dir, "invalid")
parent.git.submodule("add", source.working_tree_dir, "valid")
modules_file = Path(parent.working_tree_dir) / ".gitmodules"
modules_file.write_text(modules_file.read_text().replace('submodule "invalid"', 'submodule "../invalid"'))
parent.index.add([".gitmodules"])
parent.index.commit("add submodules")

clone = git.Repo.clone_from(parent.working_tree_dir, osp.join(rwdir, "clone"))
assert [sm.name for sm in clone.submodules] == ["../invalid", "valid"]

clone.submodule_update(keep_going=True)

assert os.listdir(osp.join(clone.working_tree_dir, "invalid")) == []
assert not clone.submodule("../invalid").module_exists()
assert clone.submodule("valid").module_exists()

@with_rw_directory
@_patch_git_config("protocol.file.allow", "always")
def test_list_only_valid_submodules(self, rwdir):
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