path: root/third_party/nix/src/libstore/sandbox-defaults.sb

(define TMPDIR (param "_GLOBAL_TMP_DIR"))

(deny default)

; Disallow creating setuid/setgid binaries, since that
; would allow breaking build user isolation.
(deny file-write-setugid)

; Allow forking.
(allow process-fork)

; Allow reading system information like #CPUs, etc.
(allow sysctl-read)

; Allow POSIX semaphores and shared memory.
(allow ipc-posix*)

; Allow socket creation.
(allow system-socket)

; Allow sending signals within the sandbox.
(allow signal (target same-sandbox))

; Allow getpwuid.
(allow mach-lookup (global-name "com.apple.system.opendirectoryd.libinfo"))

; Access to /tmp.
; The network-outbound/network-inbound ones are for unix domain sockets, which
; we allow access to in TMPDIR (but if we allow them more broadly, you could in
; theory escape the sandbox)
(allow file* process-exec network-outbound network-inbound
       (literal "/tmp") (subpath TMPDIR))

; Some packages like to read the system version.
(allow file-read* (literal "/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist"))

; Without this line clang cannot write to /dev/null, breaking some configure tests.
(allow file-read-metadata (literal "/dev"))

; Many packages like to do local networking in their test suites, but let's only
; allow it if the package explicitly asks for it.
(if (param "_ALLOW_LOCAL_NETWORKING")
    (begin
      (allow network* (local ip) (local tcp) (local udp))

      ; Allow access to /etc/resolv.conf (which is a symlink to
      ; /private/var/run/resolv.conf).
      ; TODO: deduplicate with sandbox-network.sb
      (allow file-read-metadata
             (literal "/var")
             (literal "/etc")
             (literal "/etc/resolv.conf")
             (literal "/private/etc/resolv.conf"))

      (allow file-read*
             (literal "/private/var/run/resolv.conf"))

      ; Allow DNS lookups. This is even needed for localhost, which lots of tests rely on
      (allow file-read-metadata (literal "/etc/hosts"))
      (allow file-read*         (literal "/private/etc/hosts"))
      (allow network-outbound (remote unix-socket (path-literal "/private/var/run/mDNSResponder")))))

; Standard devices.
(allow file*
       (literal "/dev/null")
       (literal "/dev/random")
       (literal "/dev/stdin")
       (literal "/dev/stdout")
       (literal "/dev/tty")
       (literal "/dev/urandom")
       (literal "/dev/zero")
       (subpath "/dev/fd"))

; Does nothing, but reduces build noise.
(allow file* (literal "/dev/dtracehelper"))

; Allow access to zoneinfo since libSystem needs it.
(allow file-read* (subpath "/usr/share/zoneinfo"))

(allow file-read* (subpath "/usr/share/locale"))

; This is mostly to get more specific log messages when builds try to
; access something in /etc or /var.
(allow file-read-metadata
       (literal "/etc")
       (literal "/var")
       (literal "/private/var/tmp"))