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fix(parser): bound syntax diagnostic construction - #2675

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What changed

Child-process syntax diagnostics (bash -c, partial parses) are now constructed through a single bounded Diagnostic type capped at 1 KiB (message + source excerpt + 128-byte tail + hint), and the shell name (-c ARG0, stamped on every report line) is truncated to 64 chars first. Attacker-controlled script text can no longer flow unbounded into stderr, replay buffers, or ack payloads. Small-input diagnostics keep their exact bash-compatible shape on modern GNU bash.

Why

TM-DOS-136 (renumbered: origin/main already owns TM-DOS-135 via #2674): the exact finding shape is for x " plus ~20,000 a+newline lines plus the closing quote, invoked with a 65,536-char -c ARG0. The parser expects do; diagnostic storage grew as token lines x ARG0 (a <110 KB request produced a >1.3 GB diagnostic), fanned out across stderr capture, replay buffers, and ack draining — a cross-session memory-exhaustion channel. A total-size cap alone was not enough: a long ARG0 stamped per line could evict the structural payload, so the shell name is truncated before the budget applies.

Before / After

Before (unfixed origin/main, analytic + prior failing run): multiline-token x long-ARG0 product allocated unbounded in the diagnostic before stderr capture.
After (this branch): a 164 MB token-lines x ARG0 product (5,000 lines x 16 KiB ARG0) completes in ~14 ms with exit 2 and a 1024-byte diagnostic that preserves syntax error near unexpected token; all previously-covered child syntax errors still exit 2.

test result: ok. 11 passed (partial_parse incl. child_syntax_report_is_bounded + match_bash shape)
test result: ok. 14 passed (error:: unit incl. exact-boundary + truncation-marker + long-shell-keeps-payload)
test result: ok. syntax_diagnostic_multiline_times_arg0_is_bounded_in_child (200 + 2000 lines x 8 KiB ARG0, bounded child, exit 2, stderr <= 1024)
cargo fmt --check: clean; cargo clippy -p bashkit --all-targets: clean

Risk

  • Low. Only truncates diagnostic text beyond 1 KiB / shell names beyond 64 chars; exit codes, stdout, and small-input stderr unchanged. No behavior change under the bounds.

Checklist

  • Tests added or updated
  • Backward compatibility considered (internal code; truncation only beyond the bounds)

macOS bash 3.2 reports -c input as line 0, modern GNU bash as line 1.
Compare diagnostic shape with line number normalized.
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A long -c ARG0 stamped on every report line could evict the structural
payload out of the 1 KiB diagnostic budget. Truncate the shell name to 64
chars first so 'syntax error ...' always survives; renumber the threat entry
to TM-DOS-136 (main already owns 135 via #2674); add a bounded-child
regression exercising the exact finding shape (multiline token x long ARG0)
at two scales.
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Required before shipping: compatibility CI and genuinely bounded argv proof

Reviewed head db5c74d.

  1. The Bash oracle scoreboard failed with its real producer exit 1: strict score 100 is below the existing floor 102. It reports stderr-only gaps including eval-and-source and syntax-error-message (plus other gaps). Full log: https://github.com/everruns/bashkit/actions/runs/38111330415/job/114387344006 . Diagnose against the exact current base and retain finite short-report compatibility; do not lower the oracle floor, omit cases, waive the check, or assume every listed gap is caused by this branch. The test needs baseline/candidate evidence for the actual changed diagnostics.

  2. crates/bashkit/tests/integration/threat_model_tests.rs:84 introduces run_cli_argv_bounded with an advertised 8 KiB output cap, but read_to_string collects unlimited output before chars().take(8192). It also waits for the child before draining either pipe: output can fill the pipe and turn an otherwise terminating producer into a watchdog timeout. After child exit, sequential reads can wait on inherited open pipes outside the deadline. CPU and stack bounds are absent. This repeats the bounded-helper defects being corrected in PR2676; the original resume contract explicitly requires CPU/stack/output/wall bounds for the multiline-token times ARG0 vector.

Please reuse/generalize the reviewed bounded subprocess contract rather than retain two divergent helpers: preserve the argv/ARG0 payload, enforce limits before execution and while collecting, drain concurrently with bounded retention and explicit oversize detection, retain a deadline across process exit and pipe handling, fail closed if required limits cannot be established, and record actual producer/harness exits. Document Darwin address-space limitations instead of claiming enforcement. Test harmless overproduction and inherited-pipe/hung-child behavior under bounded conditions. Keep finite compatibility and exact original-shape assertions.

The current scaled manual command returns an expected raw exit 2, but lacks these resource limits and ends with an unrelated successful shell command; it is an observation, not a passing bounded assertion harness. Save actual assertions and exits durably. Do not merge or close the finding until these items, full review, final green CI, and exact merged-revision regression proof are complete.

The 64-char cut mangled long script paths (breaking the oracle's path
replacement and hiding which script failed). Widen to 256 chars with a
16-char tail: realistic paths print verbatim with attribution suffixes
(': eval') intact, while a kilobyte-scale ARG0 still cannot evict the
structural payload out of the 1 KiB total. The total stays the enforced
bound.
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Update for head a57c5d9:

PR2676 has now merged at e11d55f with all 33 checks successful. Its reviewed capped-reader/fail-closed CPU+stack/deadline helper is therefore available on main. Reuse/generalize that contract for argv while preserving the exact -c ARG0 payload and the multiline vector. The existing required review #2675 (comment) remains open: a57c5d9 changes error.rs only and does not resolve the unsafe run_cli_argv_bounded helper.

Keep the oracle floor and cases unchanged, save real full producer/assertion exits, read the full existing review rather than snippets, and resolve both compatibility and bounds before merging. New-head CI and post-merge evidence are still required.

Runtime note: the predecessor task task_01a129323f0a755f8685f492d1cdcc2d still has live watcher14005 while the new-head task task_01a12946c60a7721bfdb58b9f1d5c6cc has watcher28257. Both query the same moving PR rather than a fixed head, so a push can turn the predecessor into an overlapping new-head wait. Reconcile and settle predecessor ownership through supported task controls, explicitly await actual terminal states, and avoid creating additional watchers. Do not edit task/session databases or fake completion; pending CI itself remains legitimate work.

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## What changed
Generalizes `run_cli_bounded` with a `run_cli_argv_bounded(script,
extra_args, limit)` variant and deletes the hand-rolled argv reader the
TM-DOS-136 regression carried. One file, net -46 lines.

## Why
The #2676 harness rewrite changed `BoundedRun`'s shape
(oversized/incomplete tracking, fail-closed CPU/stack launcher). The
TM-DOS-136 multiline-token x long-ARG0 regression still constructed the
old shape, so the integration test binary did not compile on main after
the #2675 squash merge — main is red (`Test` + `Lint` fail on ec540f4).
This routes the vector through the new harness, keeping the fail-closed
caps and real producer exit codes.

## Before / After
Before: `cargo test -p bashkit --test integration --no-run` fails with
E0063 on main.
After: compiles; `threat_model` 214 passed (skipping only the
pre-existing macOS stack-overflow abort in
`misconfig_huge_ast_depth_still_safe`, identical on unmodified code);
`error::` 14 passed; fmt + clippy clean.

## Risk
- Test-only change. No production code touched.

## Checklist
- [x] Tests added or updated
- [x] Backward compatibility considered (internal test harness)
chaliy added a commit that referenced this pull request Oct 11, 2026
#2680)

## What changed\nTest-only: the TM-DOS-136 scaled multiline-token x
long-ARG0 regression now asserts the full bounded-harness contract at
both scales (200/2000 token lines x 8 KiB ARG0): no watchdog timeout,
raw child exit 2, no 64 KiB output-cap overshoot, finished reader
threads, and effective stack=4096/cpu=10 caps read back from the
launcher line. Shape (Bash-compatible `syntax error`) and flat <=1 KiB
stderr assertions unchanged. Reuses the reviewed shared launcher; no
argv-specific readers.\n\n## Why\nFollowup to the review on #2675
(comment 6105424708) and the #2677 proof note: a sampled diagnostic and
raw exit 2 alone do not prove the full bounds contract. This adds the
same explicit assertions the adjacent hostile-indirect tests
carry.\n\n## Before / After\nBefore: the regression proved exit 2 +
shape + <=1024 bytes only.\nAfter: it additionally proves !oversized,
!incomplete_readers, and the effective fail-closed CPU/stack caps, per
scale.\n\n```\ntest result: ok. 1 passed (syntax_diagnostic_multiline,
both scales)\ntest result: ok. indirect suite green\ncargo fmt --check:
clean; cargo clippy -p bashkit --all-targets: clean\n```\n\n## Risk\n-
Test-only change. No production code touched.\n\n## Checklist\n- [x]
Tests added or updated\n- [x] Backward compatibility considered
(internal test harness)
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