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CreateJobPrerequisites runs as root on the host before launching a bpm container. Previously: 1. Additional volume paths were checked via os.Stat and paths were chowned via os.Chown, both of which follow symlinks. 2. Directory creation via createDirFor performed os.MkdirAll followed by os.Chown, which also followed symlinks. Because these paths reside in or can be placed in directories writable by the vcap user (such as ephemeral data directories or log directories), a compromised container could plant a symlink to an arbitrary host file or directory (e.g. /etc or /etc/shadow). On the next bpm restart, root-bpm would dereference the symlink and chown the host target to vcap. Fix: - Added safeio.MkdirAllChown and safeio.Lchown which use os.Lstat and os.Lchown to ensure symlinks are rejected and ownership changes do not follow symbolic links. - Updated CreateJobPrerequisites to verify additional volume paths with os.Lstat, rejecting symlink paths. - Replaced createDirFor and chownPaths with safeio.MkdirAllChown and safeio.Lchown. - Added comprehensive unit tests in safeio_test.go and adapter_test.go. [TNZGOV-18900] ai-assisted=yes
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The previous change checked only the leaf of each path with os.Lstat before calling os.MkdirAll. MkdirAll resolves intermediate components through normal lookup, so a symlink planted at an intermediate component of a path inside a vcap-writable directory still redirects the operation: the leaf is created under the symlink's target and then chowned to vcap. MkdirAllChown now walks the path one component at a time from the filesystem root: Mkdirat, then Fstatat with AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW to classify the component, then Openat with O_DIRECTORY|O_NOFOLLOW to descend. Ownership is applied with Fchown on the open directory descriptor, so the path cannot be swapped between the walk and the chown. Components are classified with an explicit S_IFLNK check rather than by errno, because with O_DIRECTORY set a symlink reports ENOTDIR on some platforms and ELOOP on others. This also rejects a legitimate symlink in the path prefix; callers must pass paths whose ancestors are real directories. Adds specs covering the intermediate-component case and relative paths, plus specs that drive CreateJobPrerequisites and assert that a host target outside the job tree is never chowned. Those require root to observe an ownership change and skip otherwise. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Review comments at @src/bpm/runc/adapter/adapter_test.go:
- Around line 494-517: Update the intermediate-symlink test setup to create
hostTarget/leaf with mode 0755 before invoking CreateJobPrerequisites. Replace
the assertion that the leaf is absent with checks that it still exists and that
its mode and UID remain unchanged, using the existing owner and filesystem-stat
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Review comments at @src/bpm/runc/adapter/adapter.go:
- Around line 93-99: Update the volume-path handling in adapter.go at lines
93-99 to walk each existing component without following symlinks, then apply
chmod and chown through the resulting descriptor; in safeio.go at lines 127-137,
update Lchown to reject symlinks at every component, open the leaf with
O_PATH|O_NOFOLLOW, and use fchownat with AT_EMPTY_PATH.
Review comments at @src/bpm/safeio/safeio.go:
- Around line 92-110: Update the component traversal in `MkdirAllChown` to allow
the documented `/var/vcap/sys/log` symlink only after validating that it is an
explicitly trusted, root-owned prefix with a parent not writable by the
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| Context("when the attacker plants a symlink at an intermediate component of an additional volume", func() { | ||
| BeforeEach(func() { | ||
| // A nested volume path below a vcap-writable directory. The | ||
| // attacker controls an intermediate component, not the leaf — | ||
| // the case a leaf-only guard misses. | ||
| volParent := filepath.Join(systemRoot, "vcap-writable") | ||
| Expect(os.MkdirAll(volParent, 0770)).To(Succeed()) | ||
| Expect(os.Symlink(hostTarget, filepath.Join(volParent, "sub"))).To(Succeed()) | ||
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| procCfg.AdditionalVolumes = append(procCfg.AdditionalVolumes, config.Volume{ | ||
| Path: filepath.Join(volParent, "sub", "leaf"), | ||
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| It("refuses to follow the intermediate symlink and does not create or chown under the target", func() { | ||
| _, _, err := runcAdapter.CreateJobPrerequisites(bpmCfg, procCfg, user) | ||
| Expect(err).To(HaveOccurred()) | ||
| Expect(err.Error()).To(ContainSubstring("refusing to create directory through symlink")) | ||
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| Expect(ownerUID(hostTarget)).To(Equal(uint32(0)), "host target was chowned to vcap — CONTAINER ESCAPE") | ||
| _, statErr := os.Lstat(filepath.Join(hostTarget, "leaf")) | ||
| Expect(os.IsNotExist(statErr)).To(BeTrue(), "leaf was created under the host target through the intermediate symlink") | ||
| }) | ||
| }) |
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Path Traversal
Reachability: Unreachable
CWE: CWE-59
Add coverage for an existing leaf behind the intermediate symlink.
When hostTarget/leaf is absent, the test covers only MkdirAllChown. Create hostTarget/leaf with a non-default mode, then assert that its owner and mode remain unchanged.
Extend the intermediate-symlink setup and assertions
BeforeEach(func() {
// A nested volume path below a vcap-writable directory. The
// attacker controls an intermediate component, not the leaf —
// the case a leaf-only guard misses.
volParent := filepath.Join(systemRoot, "vcap-writable")
Expect(os.MkdirAll(volParent, 0770)).To(Succeed())
Expect(os.Symlink(hostTarget, filepath.Join(volParent, "sub"))).To(Succeed())
+ Expect(os.Mkdir(filepath.Join(hostTarget, "leaf"), 0755)).To(Succeed())
procCfg.AdditionalVolumes = append(procCfg.AdditionalVolumes, config.Volume{
Path: filepath.Join(volParent, "sub", "leaf"),
})
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Expect(ownerUID(hostTarget)).To(Equal(uint32(0)), "host target was chowned to vcap — CONTAINER ESCAPE")
- _, statErr := os.Lstat(filepath.Join(hostTarget, "leaf"))
- Expect(os.IsNotExist(statErr)).To(BeTrue(), "leaf was created under the host target through the intermediate symlink")
+ leafInfo, statErr := os.Lstat(filepath.Join(hostTarget, "leaf"))
+ Expect(statErr).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+ Expect(leafInfo.Mode() & os.ModePerm).To(Equal(os.FileMode(0755)))
+ Expect(leafInfo.Sys().(*syscall.Stat_t).Uid).To(Equal(uint32(0)))
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| Context("when the attacker plants a symlink at an intermediate component of an additional volume", func() { | |
| BeforeEach(func() { | |
| // A nested volume path below a vcap-writable directory. The | |
| // attacker controls an intermediate component, not the leaf — | |
| // the case a leaf-only guard misses. | |
| volParent := filepath.Join(systemRoot, "vcap-writable") | |
| Expect(os.MkdirAll(volParent, 0770)).To(Succeed()) | |
| Expect(os.Symlink(hostTarget, filepath.Join(volParent, "sub"))).To(Succeed()) | |
| procCfg.AdditionalVolumes = append(procCfg.AdditionalVolumes, config.Volume{ | |
| Path: filepath.Join(volParent, "sub", "leaf"), | |
| }) | |
| }) | |
| It("refuses to follow the intermediate symlink and does not create or chown under the target", func() { | |
| _, _, err := runcAdapter.CreateJobPrerequisites(bpmCfg, procCfg, user) | |
| Expect(err).To(HaveOccurred()) | |
| Expect(err.Error()).To(ContainSubstring("refusing to create directory through symlink")) | |
| Expect(ownerUID(hostTarget)).To(Equal(uint32(0)), "host target was chowned to vcap — CONTAINER ESCAPE") | |
| _, statErr := os.Lstat(filepath.Join(hostTarget, "leaf")) | |
| Expect(os.IsNotExist(statErr)).To(BeTrue(), "leaf was created under the host target through the intermediate symlink") | |
| }) | |
| }) | |
| Context("when the attacker plants a symlink at an intermediate component of an additional volume", func() { | |
| BeforeEach(func() { | |
| // A nested volume path below a vcap-writable directory. The | |
| // attacker controls an intermediate component, not the leaf — | |
| // the case a leaf-only guard misses. | |
| volParent := filepath.Join(systemRoot, "vcap-writable") | |
| Expect(os.MkdirAll(volParent, 0770)).To(Succeed()) | |
| Expect(os.Symlink(hostTarget, filepath.Join(volParent, "sub"))).To(Succeed()) | |
| Expect(os.Mkdir(filepath.Join(hostTarget, "leaf"), 0755)).To(Succeed()) | |
| procCfg.AdditionalVolumes = append(procCfg.AdditionalVolumes, config.Volume{ | |
| Path: filepath.Join(volParent, "sub", "leaf"), | |
| }) | |
| }) | |
| It("refuses to follow the intermediate symlink and does not create or chown under the target", func() { | |
| _, _, err := runcAdapter.CreateJobPrerequisites(bpmCfg, procCfg, user) | |
| Expect(err).To(HaveOccurred()) | |
| Expect(err.Error()).To(ContainSubstring("refusing to create directory through symlink")) | |
| Expect(ownerUID(hostTarget)).To(Equal(uint32(0)), "host target was chowned to vcap — CONTAINER ESCAPE") | |
| leafInfo, statErr := os.Lstat(filepath.Join(hostTarget, "leaf")) | |
| Expect(statErr).NotTo(HaveOccurred()) | |
| Expect(leafInfo.Mode() & os.ModePerm).To(Equal(os.FileMode(0755))) | |
| Expect(leafInfo.Sys().(*syscall.Stat_t).Uid).To(Equal(uint32(0))) | |
| }) | |
| }) |
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Review comment at @src/bpm/runc/adapter/adapter_test.go around lines 494 - 517:
Update the intermediate-symlink test setup to create hostTarget/leaf with mode
0755 before invoking CreateJobPrerequisites. Replace the assertion that the leaf
is absent with checks that it still exists and that its mode and UID remain
unchanged, using the existing owner and filesystem-stat patterns.
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| fi, err := os.Lstat(vol.Path) | ||
| if os.IsNotExist(err) { | ||
| dirsToCreate = append(dirsToCreate, vol.Path) | ||
| } else if err != nil { | ||
| return nil, nil, err | ||
| } else if fi.Mode()&os.ModeSymlink != 0 { | ||
| return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("refusing to configure additional volume at symlink %s", vol.Path) |
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Path Traversal
Reachability: External
Exploitability: Moderate
CWE: CWE-59
Walk existing volume paths without following intermediate symlinks. os.Lstat rejects only a symlink at the final component. The later os.Chmod(vol.Path, ...) and safeio.Lchown calls still resolve parent symlinks. A container process that can modify an intermediate component can redirect privileged chmod or chown operations to another host object.
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src/bpm/runc/adapter/adapter.go, walk the existing volume path component by component with no-follow operations. Applyfchmodandfchownto the resulting descriptor. - In
src/bpm/safeio/safeio.go, makeLchownreject symlinks at every component, open the leaf withO_PATH|O_NOFOLLOW, and callfchownatwithAT_EMPTY_PATH.
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Review comment at @src/bpm/runc/adapter/adapter.go around lines 93 - 99:
Update the volume-path handling in adapter.go at lines 93-99 to walk each
existing component without following symlinks, then apply chmod and chown
through the resulting descriptor; in safeio.go at lines 127-137, update Lchown
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| for _, component := range strings.Split(strings.Trim(filepath.Clean(path), "/"), "/") { | ||
| if err := unix.Mkdirat(parent, component, 0700); err != nil && !errors.Is(err, unix.EEXIST) { | ||
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| // portable here: with O_DIRECTORY set, a symlink reports ENOTDIR on | ||
| // some platforms and ELOOP on others. | ||
| var st unix.Stat_t | ||
| if err := unix.Fstatat(parent, component, &st, unix.AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW); err != nil { | ||
| return fmt.Errorf("stat %s: %w", path, err) | ||
| } | ||
| switch st.Mode & unix.S_IFMT { | ||
| case unix.S_IFLNK: | ||
| return fmt.Errorf("refusing to create directory through symlink at %s", path) | ||
| case unix.S_IFDIR: | ||
| default: | ||
| return fmt.Errorf("path %s exists and is not a directory", path) | ||
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official BOSH stemcell filesystem layout /var/vcap/sys/log symlink /var/vcap/jobs symlink
💡 Result:
For **BOSH-managed Linux VMs**, the official docs establish these conventions:
- **`/var/vcap/jobs/`** contains the evaluated release jobs for that VM; the BOSH Agent populates it from the deployment’s instance-group job list. The docs describe it as a directory, **not as a symlink**. ([bosh.cloudfoundry.org](https://bosh.cloudfoundry.org/docs/vm-config/?utm_source=openai))
- **`/var/vcap/sys/log/`** is the conventional location for release-job logs. BOSH’s filesystem-location docs describe it as a directory, while the BOSH `syslog-release` README explicitly says it is a symlink to **`/var/vcap/data`**. ([bosh.cloudfoundry.org](https://bosh.cloudfoundry.org/docs/vm-config/?utm_source=openai))
So, based on those sources: **`sys/log → data`; no official source found here says `jobs` is a symlink.** The documentation describes the managed-VM layout and conventions, not a guarantee for every stemcell version or a raw stemcell image before a job is assigned.
Citations:
- 1: https://bosh.cloudfoundry.org/docs/vm-config/?utm_source=openai
- 2: https://bosh.cloudfoundry.org/docs/vm-config/?utm_source=openai
🌐 Web query:
Cloud Foundry BOSH stemcell filesystem layout sys/log symlink var vcap data jobs official documentation
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BOSH’s official documentation describes these paths on **BOSH VMs** (instances created from stemcells), rather than promising one fixed, exhaustive stemcell filesystem tree:
| Path | Purpose |
|---|---|
| `/var/vcap/jobs/<job>/` | Evaluated release-job files, including rendered templates, configuration and scripts. |
| `/var/vcap/data/` | Ephemeral data for release jobs; jobs commonly use their own subdirectory. |
| `/var/vcap/store/` | Persistent data for release jobs; jobs commonly use their own subdirectory. |
| `/var/vcap/sys/run/` | Runtime files such as PID and lock files. |
| `/var/vcap/sys/log/` | Job logs, commonly under `/var/vcap/sys/log/<job>/`; BOSH log rotation applies. |
These are BOSH conventions, and the docs say BOSH encourages release authors to follow them. ([bosh.cloudfoundry.org](https://bosh.cloudfoundry.org/docs/vm-config/?utm_source=openai))
**Symlink detail:** The official `cloudfoundry/syslog-release` repository says `/var/vcap/sys/log` is a symlink to `/var/vcap/data`. That supports this detail for the context documented by that release, but the general filesystem-locations page doesn’t establish that the symlink target is identical on every stemcell or version. ([github.com](https://github.com/cloudfoundry/syslog-release?utm_source=openai))
So, for a particular VM, verify the actual target with `readlink -f /var/vcap/sys/log`; don’t assume `/sys/log` at the filesystem root is the same path—the documented path is `/var/vcap/sys/log`.
Citations:
- 1: https://bosh.cloudfoundry.org/docs/vm-config/?utm_source=openai
- 2: https://github.com/cloudfoundry/syslog-release?utm_source=openai
Review comment
Allow the trusted /var/vcap/sys/log prefix.
BOSH’s syslog-release documents /var/vcap/sys/log as a symlink to /var/vcap/data. MkdirAllChown rejects that prefix before it can create or chown /var/vcap/sys/log/<job>, so CreateJobPrerequisites returns an error and setupProcess reports failed to create system files.
Allow symlinks only in an explicitly trusted, root-owned prefix whose parent is not writable by the container user. Continue no-follow checks for the job-specific suffix. /var/vcap/jobs is not part of this call and BOSH documents it as a directory, not a symlink.
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Review comment at @src/bpm/safeio/safeio.go around lines 92 - 110:
Update the component traversal in `MkdirAllChown` to allow the documented
`/var/vcap/sys/log` symlink only after validating that it is an explicitly
trusted, root-owned prefix with a parent not writable by the container user.
Keep no-follow checks for the job-specific suffix and reject other symlinks.
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🟡 Changes recommended
Existing volumes still permit parent-symlink ownership redirection and symlink replacement races during permission changes.
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What changed in this PR
Hardens privileged filesystem operations in BPM job setup against symlinks in vcap-writable directories.
Changes:
- Adds symlink-resistant directory creation and leaf ownership helpers.
- Integrates the helpers into job prerequisites and adds security regression tests.
| File | Description |
|---|---|
| src/bpm/safeio/safeio.go | Adds directory traversal and ownership helpers. |
| src/bpm/safeio/safeio_test.go | Tests helper behavior and symlink rejection. |
| src/bpm/runc/adapter/adapter.go | Uses safeio helpers and rejects symlink volumes. |
| src/bpm/runc/adapter/adapter_test.go | Adds job setup security regressions. |
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| return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("refusing to configure additional volume at symlink %s", vol.Path) |
| func chownPaths(paths []string, user specs.User) error { | ||
| for _, path := range paths { | ||
| err := os.Chown(path, int(user.UID), int(user.GID)) | ||
| err := safeio.Lchown(path, int(user.UID), int(user.GID)) |
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