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feat(assail): write a KYAML copy beside the sealed JSON report - #264
One alias check over every output (kyaml_copy_path, run before anything is written)
--output must end in .json, in any letter case. The report, the copy and the attestation sidecar (S.json, S.kyaml, S.attestation.json) therefore have distinct names, even on case-insensitive filesystems.
Each output path is looked up once. The run stops with "nothing was written" if any path is:
a symbolic link;
an entry that is not a regular file;
a path that cannot be looked up, such as a name over the length limit;
the same file as another output (hard links).
One shared helper, attestation_sidecar_path, gives the sidecar path to both the check and the writer.
Scope decision
Earlier revisions added rename-based atomic writes. On the maintainer's call, beeaea4 moves them to a stacked follow-up, and this PR now writes with fs::write as main does. The follow-up publishes each run as a generation directory with an atomically swapped pointer, in every output mode. It is meant to close three things:
the window between a check and its write, where a link could be swapped in;
partial files left by a crash;
interleaving between concurrent runs.
Its design note will also cover what a replacement keeps: ACLs, xattrs, security labels and ownership. The doc comment and CHANGELOG state these limits. Those review threads are answered and resolved.
`--output-format kyaml` was ignored by assail, which always writes the
JCS report. With `--output report.json` it now also writes report.kyaml
beside it. The JSON stays the report of record: --attest seals its
bytes, so the seal and `attest verify --report` keep working unchanged,
while people get the estate's YAML dialect to read.
An --output path that already ends in .kyaml would make the copy
overwrite the sealed report, so it is refused before anything is
written. Other output formats are unchanged for assail.
Integration tests drive the CLI: the JSON stays canonical and sealed
(report_hash checked with sha2), the KYAML copy parses back to the same
data, and a .kyaml --output is refused with nothing written. The copy
passes standards' kyaml-format.sh --check on a real scan.
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assail --output-format kyaml now writes a .kyaml copy alongside the JSON report. The JSON remains the report used for attestations.
KYAML output requires --output to end in .json (case-insensitively). Writing is refused if an output path is a symbolic link, is not a regular file, cannot be inspected, or aliases another output path.
KYAML-mode outputs are replaced atomically, preserving existing permissions where applicable.
Documentation
Clarified the .json output requirement and that selecting KYAML produces an additional copy.
The kyaml output format now writes a .kyaml copy beside the JSON report. Before writing, assail validates the report, copy and optional attestation paths. The JSON report is written before the KYAML copy and attestation.
The new atomic write functions create temporary files in the destination directory and replace outputs by rename. Unix permission handling and tests cover replacement behaviour, links and permissions.
When KYAML output is selected, assail requires a .json report path. It checks the report, copy and optional attestation paths for symbolic links, non-regular files, inspection errors and same-file aliases. Tests cover suffixes and path aliases.
JSON and KYAML report writing src/main.rs, tests/coverage_php_tests.rs, README.adoc, CHANGELOG.adoc
assail writes the JSON report before the KYAML copy and uses the precomputed path for the attestation sidecar. Tests check the JSON report, attestation hash and equivalent KYAML data. The README and changelog describe the output behaviour.
hyperpolymath/panic-attack#263: Adds report hash verification. This change keeps the JSON report as the attested report and checks that the KYAML copy does not alias it.
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In a shared writable directory, another user could make a private report readable. Protect the intended output permissions before merging.
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The copy's path was only compared lexically with --output. Three ways
round that let the KYAML copy overwrite the JSON report the attestation
seals:
- `--output report.KYAML`: on a case-insensitive filesystem the derived
report.kyaml is the same file;
- a report.kyaml symlink pointing at the report (even one that does not
exist yet);
- a report.kyaml hard link to an existing report.
kyaml_copy_path now refuses each of these before anything is written:
the extension check ignores letter case, symlinks are never written
through, and an existing copy path is compared with the report using
same_file::is_same_file (already in the lockfile via walkdir).
Integration tests cover each refusal and assert the report is left
untouched; all three fail without the fix.
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A dangling report.json -> report.kyaml link passed the alias guard,
which only inspected the copy path: the JSON write created report.kyaml
and the KYAML write then overwrote the sealed bytes.
The two outputs share a directory and differ only in extension, so they
alias only through letter-case equality, a symlink in either final
component, or a hard link. The guard now refuses a symlink in either
position, completing that case split; the doc comment states it.
New test kyaml_output_format_refuses_a_symlinked_report_path builds the
dangling link; it fails before this change and passes after.
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Codex found two more ways the KYAML-mode outputs could collide:
- with --attest, a <stem>.attestation.json symlink or hard link to the
copy let the sidecar write overwrite the KYAML copy;
- --output was documented as a .json name but only .kyaml was refused,
so report.yaml or report.sarif received JSON bytes.
Rather than patch another case, kyaml_copy_path now checks every file
assail writes in this mode: report, copy, and the attestation sidecar,
whose path comes from one shared attestation_sidecar_path helper used by
both the check and the writer. --output must end in .json (any case), so
the names S.json, S.kyaml and S.attestation.json are distinct even
case-insensitively; that leaves only symlinks and hard links as ways to
alias, and both are refused before anything is written.
New tests cover the .json requirement and both sidecar aliases; each
fails before this change and passes after.
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- Around line 1383-1393: Replace the preflight-only symlink check in the
`outputs` flow with race-resistant writes for the report, KYAML copy, and
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exclusive creation, then atomically replace the final directory entry. Preserve
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The alias checks run before the writes, so a process that can modify the
output directory could swap in a symlink or hard link between check and
write and have fs::write go through it (CodeRabbit, #264).
New panic_attack::atomic_write::write_replacing writes to a same-
directory temporary file opened with create_new, syncs it, and renames
it over the destination. The rename replaces the directory entry: a
substituted symlink is replaced rather than followed, a hard-linked
inode keeps its contents, and no reader sees a partial file. std only,
no new dependency; rename replaces an existing destination on Unix and
Windows alike.
In KYAML mode the report, copy and attestation sidecar are all written
this way; the preflight checks stay so an existing link is still
refused with a clear error. Unit tests cover replacement, hard links,
symlinks and dangling symlinks; the three link tests fail when the
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Two regressions from the atomic-rename change (Codex, #264):
- the temporary file was created with the default mode, so replacing a
0600 report under a 0022 umask left it 0644, world-readable. On Unix
the destination's permission bits (when it is an existing regular
file) are now copied onto the temporary file before any data is
written; a new destination keeps fs::write's default;
- the temporary name embedded the destination name, so a valid output
name near the 255-byte component limit failed with ENAMETOOLONG. It
is now `.pa-tmp.<pid>.<n>`, independent of the destination.
New tests keep 0600/0640/0644, match fs::write's default for a new
file, and write a 255-byte destination name; the permission and length
tests fail on the previous commit.
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The temporary file was synced before the rename, but not the directory
afterwards; on POSIX a file sync does not persist the directory entry,
so a crash soon after could revert the rename, bringing back the old
report or losing a new copy or sidecar (CodeRabbit, #264).
After a successful rename, write_replacing_like now opens the parent
directory (or "." for a bare name) and syncs it on Unix; elsewhere it is
a no-op. A failed directory sync is returned without rolling back the
rename, so the caller learns durability is uncertain. A unit test checks
the sync reaches a real directory for bare and nested paths.
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- Line 115: Update write_replacing_like to open the parent directory after the
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f382867 opened the parent directory for its fsync only after the rename.
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Major · Preserve the validated output mode · atomic_write.rs:44-78
src/atomic_write.rs:44-78 Major · Security & Privacy · Heavy lift
Preserve the validated output mode
A user who can replace entries in the output directory can insert a regular 0644 file after kyaml_copy_path validates the paths and before write_replacing_like reads the mode. The inserted file takes precedence over the private report supplied as like. The replacement can therefore expose a report or KYAML copy from an existing 0600 report.
Capture each output's intended mode during validation and pass that captured mode to an atomic writer API. Do not re-read a replaceable destination to select the mode.
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Review comment at @src/atomic_write.rs around lines 44 - 78:
Update the output validation and write flow used by kyaml_copy_path to capture
each output’s intended mode during validation and pass it to the atomic writer.
Adjust write_replacing_like or the relevant writer API to use that captured mode
without re-reading the replaceable destination; preserve the intended private
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- Around line 44-78: Update the output validation and write flow used by
kyaml_copy_path to capture each output’s intended mode during validation and
pass it to the atomic writer. Adjust write_replacing_like or the relevant writer
API to use that captured mode without re-reading the replaceable destination;
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On CodeRabbit's outside-diff finding on e895f6a ("Preserve the validated output mode", Major · Security): I've traced it, and I'm not changing it in this PR without the maintainer's decision.
The path: a process that can replace entries in the output directory swaps a 0644 file in at the destination after kyaml_copy_path validates the paths and before write_replacing_like reads the mode. The new output then takes 0644 rather than the private report's mode.
Why a fix wouldn't buy anything: write access to the output directory already lets that process rename its own file over any finished output after assail exits, whatever mode we chose. So capturing the mode at validation time stops nothing that party can't already do. The guarantees that hold against a directory writer are the integrity ones this PR already adds:
Confidentiality against a directory writer comes from where the outputs live (a directory that only the owner can write), not from the mode assail picks.
That decision now sits with the maintainer, alongside the two other open design questions on this PR: concurrent runs, and ACL/xattr preservation.
…follow-up
The owner chose to keep this PR to the KYAML copy and its preflight alias
checks. Race-resistant and crash-safe publishing moves to a stacked
follow-up that publishes a generation directory for every output mode, so
it covers the plain JSON path too.
- Remove src/atomic_write.rs; outputs are written with fs::write as on main.
- Keep every preflight check: .json name, symlink refusal, non-regular
refusal, unknown-is-not-absent, hard-link detection.
- Drop the companion-permissions test, which tested atomic_write's mode
carrying; it moves with that code.
- Document the remaining time-of-check/time-of-use and partial-write
limits in the doc comment and CHANGELOG.
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Validate companion writability before replacing the report
When an existing report.kyaml (or attestation sidecar) is a regular file but is not writable by the caller—for example, mode 0444—the symlink_metadata preflight accepts it because metadata lookup does not test write access. This write then fails only after report.json has already been replaced at line 1603, leaving the new JSON paired with a stale companion despite the preflight's all-or-nothing intent; validate or open every companion for writing before modifying the report.
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Confirmed. This PR merged before the finding was handled, so the fix is #274. The preflight now opens every output for writing, without truncating it; an absent output is created and then removed. The kernel makes the decision, so ACLs count too. That PR adds two tests, a read-only copy and an unwritable directory. Run unprivileged, both fail without the fix and pass with it.
…ing the report (#274)
## Problem
Codex raised this on #264 after it merged. The
`--output-format kyaml` preflight looks each output up, but lookup does
not show that a path can be written. The run then replaces `report.json`
and only afterwards fails on the copy, leaving the new report beside
stale companions. Two inputs trigger this:
- a read-only `report.kyaml` or `report.attestation.json`;
- a directory the caller cannot create files in.
The preflight is meant to be all-or-nothing, and this breaks it.
## Change
- `kyaml_copy_path` now opens each output for writing during the
preflight, without truncating it. An absent output is created and then
removed again.
- The kernel makes the decision, so ACLs and ownership count, not only
mode bits.
- The CHANGELOG `[Unreleased]` entry for the KYAML copy notes this.
## Validation
Two new tests in `tests/coverage_php_tests.rs`: a read-only copy, and an
attested run into an unwritable directory. Each checks that the run
fails with "nothing was written" and that the old report is still there.
- Run as `nobody`, both **fail without the fix** and pass with it. All
13 `kyaml_output_format` tests pass.
- Root ignores permission bits, so as root the two tests detect that and
skip. GitHub runners run unprivileged, so CI exercises them.
- `cargo fmt --check` and `cargo clippy --all-targets -- -D warnings`
are clean, and `cargo test` passes all 24 suites.
Not covered here: the same problem in plain JSON mode with `--attest`
(report plus sidecar), which has never had a preflight. That is on the
follow-up list, and the planned generation-directory publish would close
it for every mode.
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…th experiments and a model check (#275)
**Prototype, kept as a draft until the maintainer decides the open
design questions.** Nothing calls it yet.
## Why
On #264 the maintainer chose to replace
per-file output writes with a **generation-directory publish**. This
prototype tests that design on evidence first.
The publish is meant to close three gaps that exist in every output mode
today:
- **Check-then-write race:** a symbolic link swapped in between the
preflight check and the write.
- **Partial files after a crash.**
- **Interleaving between concurrent runs.**
## What is here
### `src/publish.rs`
For a report `D/S.json`, the layout is:
- `D/S.gen/<id>/`: one complete generation per directory.
- `D/S.gen/CURRENT`: a JCS manifest naming the current generation and
the SHA-256 of each of its files.
- Mirrors at `D/S.json` and the other output names: hard links into the
current generation, with copies where linking fails.
A publish runs in this order:
1. Write the generation into `<id>.partial/`, syncing each file.
2. Rename it to `<id>`.
3. Under a `File::lock`:
- refuse if `CURRENT` names a newer generation (ids sort by run start);
- otherwise replace `CURRENT` by temp file and rename;
- refresh the mirrors;
- collect old generations (default: keep 1 older).
Readers take no lock. When the generation `CURRENT` named has been
collected, they retry from `CURRENT`.
### `examples/publish_stress.rs`
Compares three strategies: `inplace` (`fs::write`, as on main),
`perfile` (rename each file) and `genset` (this prototype). It runs a
multi-process race, kill -9 crash trials and a latency bench.
### `tests/publish_model.rs`
An exhaustive explicit-state check of the protocol, reported as
**TESTED** with these bounds:
- up to 3 writers and 1 reader, 2 files;
- a crash at every writer step;
- garbage collection of crashed **and live** writers' partial
generations;
- 13,427 states at most.
Results:
- **P1–P3 hold:** `CURRENT` names only complete generations, it never
moves backwards, and manifest readers never fail or return a partial
set.
- **P4 fails, as expected:** after a crash the mirrors can be torn.
- **Three deliberate mutants are each caught**, showing that the
invariants are not trivially true.
## Measured on Linux 6.18, ext4, 4 cores
| | inplace | perfile | genset (mirrors) | genset (manifest) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| race, 3 writers × 150 + readers: partial reads | 7931 / 8424 | 0 /
3209 | 0 / 6058 | **0 / 2500** |
| race: torn sets | 182 | 3008 | 67 | **0** |
| kill -9, 300 trials: partial / torn left behind | 176 / 13 | 0 / 155 |
0 / 3 | **0 / 0** |
| 100 races: torn final state | 0 | 7 | 0 | **0** |
| p50 latency, 1 KiB / 256 KiB / 4 MiB | 0.27 / 1.0 / 12.5 ms | 1.2 /
3.2 / 23.8 ms | 2.7 / 4.6 / 33.7 ms | |
Defects the experiments found, each fixed here with a test that fails
without the fix:
- GC raced a writer renaming its own `.partial` directory, so a writer
crashed with NotFound in 1 of 40 races.
- A reader could lose a generation to GC: 1 in 2,500 reads. It now
retries, and was 0 in about 11,200 reads afterwards.
## Open before this can be wired
- **Mirrors torn after a crash** (P4). The options are to document it,
to use one `current` symlink pointer (crash-consistent on Unix), or to
drop the mirrors.
- **Proof legs** under `PROOF-POLICY` §1.2 and §4:
- a TLA+ spec checked by TLC (the policy's worked exception), which was
not runnable in this session;
- Creusot/Pearlite and Verus for the pure selection logic, still OPEN.
- **Other questions:**
- the generation id format (UUIDv7 or v8 per the estate ID policy);
- Windows behaviour (no Windows run yet);
- power-loss durability (fsync ordering is not tested; kill -9 tests
process crashes only);
- what a replacement keeps: ACLs, xattrs, labels and ownership.
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Problem
assailignored--output-format kyamland always wrote the JCS report.Change
KYAML copy
--output report.json --output-format kyaml, assail also writesreport.kyamlbeside the JSON.--attestseals its bytes, so neither the seal norattest verify --report(feat(attest): verify --report and --require-bound #263) changes.One alias check over every output (
kyaml_copy_path, run before anything is written)--outputmust end in.json, in any letter case. The report, the copy and the attestation sidecar (S.json,S.kyaml,S.attestation.json) therefore have distinct names, even on case-insensitive filesystems.attestation_sidecar_path, gives the sidecar path to both the check and the writer.Scope decision
Earlier revisions added rename-based atomic writes. On the maintainer's call, beeaea4 moves them to a stacked follow-up, and this PR now writes with
fs::writeas main does. The follow-up publishes each run as a generation directory with an atomically swapped pointer, in every output mode. It is meant to close three things:Its design note will also cover what a replacement keeps: ACLs, xattrs, security labels and ownership. The doc comment and CHANGELOG state these limits. Those review threads are answered and resolved.
Validation
tests/coverage_php_tests.rs) cover:.jsonrequirement, in any letter case;cargo fmt --checkandcargo clippy --all-targetsare clean, andcargo testis green (20 suites, 0 failures).This touches
CHANGELOG.adoc[Unreleased], as #261–#263 do. Whichever of them merges later needs main merged in first.🤖 Generated with Claude Code
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