runtime transpiler cache: per-uid root, ownership check, mandatory payload hashes - #35747
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WalkthroughThe transpiler cache now uses input-seeded hashes for all sections. Cache paths include the current user ID. Unix cache roots require trusted ownership and permissions. Tests cover integrity failures and unsafe roots. ChangesTranspiler cache hardening
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Beyond the inline nit, I also checked: the seg buffer (4 + 10) exactly fits @t@- + u32::MAX's 10 digits; bun_sys::windows::user_unique_id() and bun_core::fmt::print_int both exist with the expected signatures; sourcemap_hash is unconditionally written on save so the new mandatory load-side check can't reject honest entries; and the EXPECTED_VERSION bump to 24 means pre-existing entries hit StaleCache before reaching the tightened hash guards.
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Security-hardening change to the transpiler cache trust boundary — deferring to human review. The inline nit covers the only code-level concern; the items in the message were examined and ruled out as non-issues.
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Thanks for addressing the earlier nits — is_trusted_cache_root is now shared in bun_sys with the ENOENT-only benign arm, and bunx uses it. No further issues found, but this is a security-hardening change to the cache trust model (per-uid root, ownership gate, mandatory input-keyed hashes) plus a subtle bunx behavior change (non-ENOENT lstat failures on the cache root now hard-fail), so it warrants a maintainer sign-off.
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is_trusted_cache_root: lstat/S_IFDIR/uid/S_IWGRP|S_IWOTH predicate, ENOENT-only fail-open, non-unix no-op — matches the suggested shape.- Section-hash rework: all three encodings + sourcemap + esm_record now verify unconditionally with
input_hashas seed;EXPECTED_VERSIONbumped; the LATIN1 arm's short-read check now correctly precedes the hash check. - Ownership check also applies to an explicit
BUN_RUNTIME_TRANSPILER_CACHE_PATH(silently disables if group/other-writable) — intentional per fail-closed, but worth a maintainer nod. - Existing chmod-0 tests still pass the new predicate (no S_IWGRP/S_IWOTH bits); module-record corruption test correctly recomputes the input-keyed hash.
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Overview
Hardens src/jsc/RuntimeTranspilerCache.rs against cross-user cache planting: (1) default cache leaf becomes @t@-<uid> so per-user default roots don't collide, (2) a once-per-process lstat ownership/mode check on the resolved root disables the cache if it isn't a uid-owned directory with no group/other write bits, and (3) the output_hash/sourcemap_hash/esm_record_hash are now seeded with input_hash (not the fixed SEED = 42) and always verified — the hash != 0 bypass and the missing sourcemap check are gone. EXPECTED_VERSION bumps to 24. The predicate is lifted into bun_sys::is_trusted_cache_root (replacing bunx's private copy), and three new tests cover the zeroed-hash forgery, the fixed-seed forgery, and the world-writable root.
Security risks
This is the security-sensitive surface: the transpiler cache decides what bytes are handed to JSC as source. The change is strictly a hardening (fail-closed on unexpected lstat errors, per-uid namespacing, mandatory verification), and the PR description is honest that the section hash is still an unkeyed wyhash — a same-uid attacker who can read the target source can recompute it, so the uid boundary is the actual defense. I checked that the ownership gate doesn't fail open on any errno other than ENOENT, that the u32-max uid fits the 10-byte print_int buffer, and that the check runs before the thread-local memoization so a rejected root sets IS_DISABLED for the process.
Level of scrutiny
High — this touches code-execution trust decisions and adds a public helper to bun_sys. Two design choices deserve a maintainer's explicit ack rather than a bot approval: (a) the ownership check now applies to an explicit BUN_RUNTIME_TRANSPILER_CACHE_PATH too, so a user who deliberately points at a shared/group-writable directory will have the cache silently disabled (only a scoped debug log); and (b) bunx's behavior tightens — a non-ENOENT lstat failure on the bunx cache root now exits with "refusing to use bunx cache directory" instead of proceeding. Both are defensible fail-closed choices, but they're user-visible.
Other factors
My earlier review's two nits (fail-open Err(_) => true and the duplicated helper) were addressed exactly as suggested in 0f2879b. The comment-cop flags are all resolved (version-changelog doc comment and a two-line rustdoc, not workaround justifications). Test coverage is good: the new tests demonstrably fail on the released build per the PR description, and the existing module-record corruption test was updated to recompute esm_record_hash with Bun.hash.wyhash(bytes, input_hash) so it still reaches the deserializer. The E::ENOENT pattern in bun_sys matches 6 other occurrences in the same file. Given the security surface and the two behavior-change judgment calls, deferring to a human.
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The hash verification part of this change overlaps with #39717 (header hash, exact layout check against the file size, all section hashes checked, regular file gate). The per-uid root and ownership check are not covered there. This branch conflicts with main now. |
…section hashes The on-disk transpiler cache trusted its root directory and its own self-attesting hash fields: - The default cache path (@t@ under XDG_CACHE_HOME / ~/Library/Caches / ~/.bun/install/cache) was the same for every uid on a host, so a second local user could pre-populate it. - output_hash != 0 && hash(bytes) != output_hash let a planted entry set output_hash = 0 and skip verification; esm_record_hash had the same bypass and sourcemap_hash was never checked on load. - The section hashes used the fixed SEED, so a forger could recompute them over tampered bytes. - The resolved cache root was never lstat'd. This change: - namespaces the default leaf as @t@-<uid> (unix uid, or the user-name hash on Windows); an explicit BUN_RUNTIME_TRANSPILER_CACHE_PATH is still used verbatim, - lstat's the root once per process in get_cache_dir: a root that exists but is not a directory owned by the current uid with no group/other write bits disables the cache; only ENOENT is treated as benign, - seeds output / sourcemap / esm_record hashes with input_hash and verifies all three unconditionally; bumps EXPECTED_VERSION to 26. The hash is still unkeyed, so a same-uid writer who can read the source can recompute it; the uid namespacing and ownership check are the boundary. The module-record corruption test recomputes the keyed hash so it still reaches the deserializer.
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In `@src/jsc/RuntimeTranspilerCache.rs`:
- Around line 629-637: Replace the lstat-based validation in
is_trusted_cache_root and its corresponding cache-root setup path with opening
or creating the directory using no-follow semantics, then validate ownership and
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| fn is_trusted_cache_root(path: &ZStr) -> bool { | ||
| match sys::lstat(path) { | ||
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| (st.st_mode & libc::S_IFMT) == libc::S_IFDIR | ||
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| && (st.st_mode & (libc::S_IWGRP | libc::S_IWOTH)) == 0 | ||
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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
Eliminate the cache-root TOCTOU window.
Line 636 accepts a nonexistent root after lstat. The code later caches and reuses that pathname for cache access. If the configured root has a parent that another user can modify, that user can create the root after this check. The process can then read from or write to an untrusted cache root.
Open or create the root with no-follow semantics. Validate ownership and mode with fstat on the opened directory fd. Use that verified fd for subsequent cache-file operations.
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In `@src/jsc/RuntimeTranspilerCache.rs` around lines 629 - 637, Replace the
lstat-based validation in is_trusted_cache_root and its corresponding cache-root
setup path with opening or creating the directory using no-follow semantics,
then validate ownership and permissions via fstat on the opened directory file
descriptor. Reject missing or untrusted roots rather than accepting ENOENT, and
retain and use the verified descriptor for all subsequent cache-file operations
to eliminate pathname-based TOCTOU access.
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Partially addressed in 497d1c9. The write side now re-checks the directory it actually opened: to_file calls fstat on the fd returned by make_open_path and disables the cache if that directory fails the same owner/mode predicate. That closes the window between the per-process lstat and the write, which is the larger of the two windows (it spans the transpile). A new test (stops writing when the cache root turns untrusted after the initial check) flips the root to 0777 from inside the entry point and asserts the second module is not written; it fails on the released build (2 entries) and passes here (1 entry). Our own mkdir uses 0755, so a root we create ourselves always passes the re-check.
The read side still opens <root>/<hash>.pile by path. The remaining window is between the lstat in get_cache_dir and the open that follows it in the same from_file call, and it only matters if the root's parent is writable by the attacker. For every default location the parent is inside $HOME (~/.cache/bun, ~/Library/Caches/bun, ~/.bun/install/cache), so an attacker in that position already controls the install cache and ~/.bunfig.toml. An explicit BUN_RUNTIME_TRANSPILER_CACHE_PATH under a shared parent is a user opt-in, the same stance the existing "does not fall back to the shared temp directory" test encodes. Accepting ENOENT is also what bunx's walker on main does.
Moving reads to a held directory fd plus openat is a larger restructure (per-thread fd lifetime, the unlink-on-error path, Windows make_lib_uv_owned) and I would rather do it as a follow-up than grow this PR. Leaving this thread open for a maintainer call on whether that follow-up should block.
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@robobun, the write-side re-check addresses the write window in the original finding. The added fstat validation covers the directory that to_file actually uses.
The read-side condition remains. get_cache_dir accepts a nonexistent root after lstat, and from_file_with_cache_file_path later opens <root>/<hash>.pile by pathname. An attacker who can modify the parent of an explicit cache root can replace or create the root in that interval.
The default-root argument reduces exposure for normal configurations. It does not remove the condition for supported explicit paths. I agree that a held directory fd plus openat is a larger change. The thread should stay open for the maintainer decision on whether to block on that follow-up.
If this does not block the PR, would you like me to open a GitHub follow-up issue for the read-side openat conversion?
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Learning: In `src/jsc/RuntimeTranspilerCache.rs`, `to_file` validates the directory file descriptor with `fstat` before writes. Cache reads still validate and open paths by pathname, so a read-side cache-root TOCTOU condition remains for an explicit `BUN_RUNTIME_TRANSPILER_CACHE_PATH` whose parent an attacker can modify.
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get_cache_dir validates the root by path once per process. to_file opens the directory again later, after transpilation, so a root that appeared or changed in between would otherwise receive the entry. Re-check the same predicate on the fd we actually opened and disable the cache if it fails. Our own mkdir uses 0755, so a root we create always passes.
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616-630: 🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick winUse the effective UID for cache trust checks.
When real and effective UIDs differ,
getuid()selects and trusts a cache directory owned by the real UID. An attacker can forge its cache payload, which the privileged process can execute. Usegeteuid()for the cache path segment andst_uidcomparison, or disable the cache when the UIDs differ.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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…fective uid File access is checked against the effective uid, so that is the identity the cache path segment and the st_uid comparison must use. With the real uid, a process whose effective uid differs (a setuid wrapper, or a daemon that dropped privileges before exec) would either consume a directory owned by the unprivileged real uid while running with the privileged effective uid, or fail to use its own cache. Declares geteuid next to getuid in bun_sys::c.
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816-826: 🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy liftPin the validated cache root for every cache access.
BUN_RUNTIME_TRANSPILER_CACHE_PATHis cached without resolution. Afterprocess.chdir(), the read-sidesys::opencan resolve the relative path against a different directory. Thelstatcheck also remains TOCTOU-prone for absolute paths. Open and validate the root directory once, then use descriptor-relative operations for reads and writes. Reject or resolve relative values as an additional guard.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@src/jsc/RuntimeTranspilerCache.rs`:
- Around line 816-826: Update the cache-root handling around
really_get_cache_dir and all transpiler cache accesses to pin the validated root
directory once, then perform reads and writes with descriptor-relative
operations. Resolve or reject relative BUN_RUNTIME_TRANSPILER_CACHE_PATH values,
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Apply the same fix in `@src/jsc/RuntimeTranspilerCache.rs` around lines 638 - 643.
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What
Hardens the on-disk runtime transpiler cache (
src/jsc/RuntimeTranspilerCache.rs) against cross-user planting and self-attesting forgeries:@t@-<uid>(unixgeteuid(), Windowsuser_unique_id()) instead of@t@, so the default cache location underXDG_CACHE_HOME/~/Library/Caches/~/.bun/install/cacheis no longer shared across users on a multi-tenant host. An explicitBUN_RUNTIME_TRANSPILER_CACHE_PATHis still used verbatim.get_cache_dirlstat's the resolved root once per process: if it exists and is not a directory owned by the effective uid with no group/other write bits, the cache is disabled for the run instead of consumed. Only ENOENT is treated as benign; any other lstat error fails closed.to_filere-applies the same predicate withfstaton the directory it actually opened, so a root that appears or changes between the initial check and a write receives nothing (our ownmkdiris 0755, so a root we create always passes).output_hash/sourcemap_hash/esm_record_hashare seeded withinput_hashinstead of the fixedSEED, and thehash != 0bypass is gone (as is the missingsourcemap_hashcheck on load). A planted entry whose payload was rewritten with a zeroed hash, or whose hash was recomputed with the old fixed seed, is rejected withInvalidHashand re-transpiled.EXPECTED_VERSIONbumps to 26 (24 and 25 were taken on main while this was open).The section hash is still an unkeyed wyhash over bytes an attacker can observe (source and payload), so a same-uid writer who knows the target source can still recompute it; the uid namespacing and ownership check are the actual boundary. A 0600 per-user MAC key would close the remaining same-uid case and is a follow-up.
Reads still open
<root>/<hash>.pileby pathname, so there is a small window between the per-process lstat and the first open if the root's parent is attacker-writable. Every default location has its parent inside$HOME; an explicitBUN_RUNTIME_TRANSPILER_CACHE_PATHunder a shared parent is a user opt-in. Converting reads to a held directory fd plusopenatis a larger change and is left as a follow-up; see the review thread onis_trusted_cache_rootfor the discussion.Supersedes #35101 (which introduced the input-keyed section hashes and the zero-hash/fixed-seed tests adopted here).
Rebase notes
Rebased onto current main. Since the PR was opened, bunx grew its own multi-segment cache-path walker in
bunx_command.rs, so the earlier attempt to share a single predicate viabun_sysno longer applies; the ownership check is now a private helper inRuntimeTranspilerCache.rsandbunx_command.rsis untouched. The onlysrc/syschange is declaringgeteuidnext to the existinggetuid. The test file was converted to the new asyncbunRun/toSpawnharness API.Repro
Before this change, planting a tampered
.pilewithoutput_hash = 0is executed verbatim:And a cache root pre-created with mode
0777is written to and read from without complaint.Cost
hash = 0and seed-mismatch paths change behaviour.@t@directories become dead on upgrade;bun pm cache rmstill clears the parent.Tests
test/cli/run/transpiler-cache.test.ts(all fail on the released bun, pass with this change):rejects a cache entry whose output was rewritten with a zeroed output_hashrejects a cache entry whose output_hash was recomputed with the fixed seeddisables the cache when the cache root is writable by other users(posix only)stops writing when the cache root turns untrusted after the initial check(posix only; the entry point chmods the root to 0777 and requires a second module, which must not be written)The existing module-record corruption test now recomputes
esm_record_hashviaBun.hash.wyhash(bytes, input_hash)so it still reaches the deserializer past the new guard.The install extraction cache (
determine_preinstall_statetrust-by-dirname) is intentionally not in this PR; that change touches both extraction paths plus patch/github edges and will land separately.[review] gate passed · iteration 3 · 3 files touched
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