Test the startup check from a subshell, with a decoy -p, and rejecting in a PID namespace

The rejection inside the new PID namespace ran without privileged mode, so
it never reached the caller lookup, and nothing would have caught a check
that accepted -p anywhere in the arguments.
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Emir Beganovic committed 2026-10-10 02:52:51 +02:00
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@@ -7,24 +7,24 @@ source "$(cd -- "$(dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)/base-test.sh"
test_tmp=$(mktemp -d)
trap 'rm -rf "$test_tmp"' EXIT
cat >"$test_tmp/entrypoint" <<SH
#!/bin/bash -p
source "$ROOT/bin/omarchy-security-functions"
omarchy_security_require_privileged_bash_startup
SH
check=omarchy_security_require_privileged_bash_startup
printf '#!/bin/bash -p\nsource "%s"\n%s && ( %s )\n' "$ROOT/bin/omarchy-security-functions" "$check" "$check" >"$test_tmp/entrypoint"
# Privileged mode turned on after startup: the mode is set, the proof is not.
printf 'set -p\nsource "%s"\n%s\n' "$ROOT/bin/omarchy-security-functions" "$check" >"$test_tmp/late"
chmod +x "$test_tmp/entrypoint"
"$test_tmp/entrypoint" || fail "a script started as bash -p passes the startup check"
( "$test_tmp/entrypoint" ) || fail "the startup check passes from a subshell"
pass "a script started as bash -p passes the startup check"
"$test_tmp/entrypoint" || fail "a script started as bash -p passes the startup check, from a subshell too"
pass "a script started as bash -p passes the startup check, from a subshell too"
if /usr/bin/bash -c "set -p; source '$ROOT/bin/omarchy-security-functions'; omarchy_security_require_privileged_bash_startup"; then
fail "bash that only turned -p on later is rejected"
fi
for arguments in "" "-p"; do
if /usr/bin/bash "$test_tmp/late" $arguments; then
fail "bash that only turned -p on later is rejected" "arguments: $arguments"
fi
done
if /usr/bin/bash "$test_tmp/entrypoint"; then
fail "a script not started with -p is rejected"
fi
pass "bash not started with -p is rejected"
pass "bash not started with -p is rejected, whatever its other arguments"
# arch-chroot runs the installer in a new PID namespace under the outer /proc,
# so the caller's own PID is not the number /proc knows it by.
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ in_new_pid_namespace=(unshare --user --map-root-user --fork --pid)
if "${in_new_pid_namespace[@]}" /usr/bin/true 2>/dev/null; then
"${in_new_pid_namespace[@]}" /usr/bin/bash -c "for i in {1..50}; do /usr/bin/true; done; '$test_tmp/entrypoint'; exit" </dev/null ||
fail "the startup check passes in a new PID namespace under the outer /proc"
if "${in_new_pid_namespace[@]}" /usr/bin/bash -c "/usr/bin/bash '$test_tmp/entrypoint'; exit" </dev/null; then
fail "a script not started with -p is rejected in a new PID namespace"
if "${in_new_pid_namespace[@]}" /usr/bin/bash -c "for i in {1..50}; do /usr/bin/true; done; /usr/bin/bash '$test_tmp/late' -p; exit" </dev/null; then
fail "bash that only turned -p on later is rejected in a new PID namespace"
fi
pass "the startup check sees its caller in a new PID namespace, as under arch-chroot"
else