Merge pull request #8198 from bastidotnet/harden-apple-brightness-device-cache

Validate the cached Apple-display device path before use
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David Heinemeier Hansson
2026-08-28 14:42:22 +02:00
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2 changed files with 169 additions and 4 deletions
+17 -4
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@@ -4,7 +4,13 @@
# omarchy:args=[--no-osd] [+N%|N%-|N%]
# omarchy:examples=omarchy brightness display apple | omarchy brightness display apple +5% | omarchy brightness display apple --no-osd 50%
device_cache="${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR:-/tmp}/omarchy-brightness-display-apple.device"
# Only cache under the user-private runtime dir. With no XDG_RUNTIME_DIR we skip
# caching (detect every run) rather than fall back to a predictable, world-writable
# /tmp path another user could pre-create.
device_cache=""
if [[ -n ${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR:-} ]]; then
device_cache="$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/omarchy-brightness-display-apple.device"
fi
no_osd=0
if [[ ${1:-} == "--no-osd" ]]; then
no_osd=1
@@ -28,9 +34,14 @@ find_apple_display_device() {
local cached=""
local device=""
if [[ -r $device_cache ]]; then
if [[ -n $device_cache && -r $device_cache ]]; then
read -r cached <"$device_cache" || true
if [[ -n $cached && -e $cached ]]; then
# Trust a cached value only if it still names a hiddev character device. A
# stale or unexpected cache (a regular file, a non-hiddev node) is ignored and
# we re-detect instead of handing an arbitrary path to asdcontrol. The globs
# are left unquoted on purpose: [[ ]] pattern-matches an unquoted right side,
# and quoting them would turn the match into a literal string comparison.
if [[ ( $cached == /dev/hiddev* || $cached == /dev/usb/hiddev* ) && -c $cached ]]; then
printf '%s\n' "$cached"
return 0
fi
@@ -39,7 +50,9 @@ find_apple_display_device() {
device="$(detect_apple_display_device)" || return 1
[[ -n $device ]] || return 1
printf '%s\n' "$device" >"$device_cache"
if [[ -n $device_cache ]]; then
printf '%s\n' "$device" >"$device_cache"
fi
printf '%s\n' "$device"
}