file_save_directory_to_disk() applied the exact source mode (fchmod)
inline for explicit --dirs/STATUS_MKDIR entries. A restrictive source
mode (e.g. 0555) then made the directory read-only before its children
were written, so a non-root receiver failed each child with EACCES. The
recursive -a path never hit this because it defers directory metadata.
Remove the inline fchmod and let the existing deferred
dir_metadata_list_apply() stamp the exact mode at end of transfer, as the
recursive path does. Keep the inline ownership and xattrs (a direct
file_save_to_disk_full() caller has no deferred pass) and document the
resulting intentional ordering. Capture errno before output_escape() in
the inline timestamp diagnostic so strerror() reports the real error, and
add the missing trailing newline to tests/test_xattr.c.
The earlier modifier-rejection change rejected e/n/w on all rules, but rsync
3.4.1 accepts them (plus the '-' merge-only modifier) on merge and dir-merge
rules. Restrict the rejection to non-merge rules and consume the merge-file
modifiers (e/n/w/-) so they no longer leak into the merge filename.
- is_merge_rule()/is_merge_modifier_char() gate the merge-only modifiers.
- scan vs consume sets: e/n/w still count as modifier-run chars on every rule
(pure tokens like -new/-press stay rejected), but are only consumed on merge
rules, preserving mixed-token parsing such as H,!secret -> ecret.
- '-' is accepted/consumed only on merge/dir-merge (e.g. dir-merge,- .rules).
- x remains rejected everywhere with its dedicated message.
- e/n/w/- semantics remain unimplemented and are documented as accepted-but-
ignored in filter.h.
Tests: split the merge forms out of the rejection test into a new acceptance
test asserting the merge file is read and dir_merge_names keeps the modifier-
free basename; non-merge pure-modifier forms still rejected.
secret_file_open() opened secret files with O_NONBLOCK and only cleared it
for S_ISREG, so on a FIFO/process-substitution source (--password-file
<(...), --early-input <(...)) fgets() failed immediately with EAGAIN when
the writer had not yet produced data, breaking slow producers.
Keep O_NONBLOCK at open() (a writer-less FIFO must not block the open) and
route all three readers through a new secret_read_line() helper. It
accumulates a line across reads and, on EAGAIN/EWOULDBLOCK (or a partial
line) with no newline and no EOF, clearerr()s and polls for readability
against one overall CLOCK_MONOTONIC deadline of
CREDENTIAL_FIFO_READ_TIMEOUT_MS (3000 ms); on timeout or a real read error
it fails with a clear message. EOF finishes normally. Regular files are
left blocking and read exactly as before.
Handles a line split across several write()s and keeps the owner/mode
fstat gate, O_NOFOLLOW and the /dev/fd/N exception unchanged.
secret_file_open() previously opened --password-file/--early-input with
plain O_RDONLY, so a symlinked path was followed before the owner/mode
fstat gate ran, and an empty/planted FIFO could block fgets forever.
Open with O_NOFOLLOW|O_NONBLOCK|O_CLOEXEC (mirroring the dummy-key
sidecar): ELOOP now fails closed, and a writer-less FIFO yields EOF/EAGAIN
instead of hanging. Clear O_NONBLOCK again for regular files, where it is
a no-op, so their stdio read path is unchanged.
file.c: drop the duplicate <fcntl.h>/<unistd.h> includes (kept the first
occurrences).
Tests: a symlinked password file is rejected, and a writer-less named
FIFO fails cleanly without hanging.
The standalone filter_rule_parse() already rejected the rsync xattr-name
'x' modifier, but the list parser used by --filter/-f silently dropped the
flag for merge/dir-merge rules (and relied on a second parse for plain
rules). Reject it explicitly in filter_list_parse_append_depth() with the
same diagnostic, so '-x', 'merge,x' and 'dir-merge,x' all fail cleanly.
Also reject the unimplemented rsync merge modifiers 'e', 'n' and 'w'
instead of folding them into the pattern, which previously produced
misleading errors such as "could not read merge file 'n file'". Only a
token made up solely of modifier characters is treated as a modifier run,
so glued patterns ('-newfile', '-e2e') and mixed tokens ("H,!secret")
keep their historical parsing.
Adds tests/test_filter.c with focused rejection and supported-syntax
cases.
- multiprocessing: destroy mutex_progress on the dir_entries_mutex
init-failure path (init >= 7); drop bogus log_perror
- delete_plan: capture errno before free() in apply_deferred_path
- queue/array_list: log_message instead of log_perror for non-errno
conditions
- protocol: reject unknown wire Status values via status_is_valid() in
receive_status, receive_status_timed and the keepalive reader; declare
protocol_receive_status_timed in protocol.h
- protocol: %llu for unsigned long long debug counters
- tests: out-of-range status rejection test
Three receiver security fixes from the audit:
1. --temp-dir symlink escape (High): file_open_temp_dir() opened the
client-controlled scratch dir with a bare open(), so a symlink planted
under the receive root let a peer redirect receiver scratch files
outside the authorized root. The opened dir is now judged by the REAL
path of its fd (via /proc/self/fd), and any target outside the
authorized receive root is refused with a logged error (EACCES). An
in-root symlink (the EXDEV cross-filesystem fallback case) still works,
and the no-root local batch path is unchanged.
2. setuid/setgid/sticky under SUPER_MODE_OFF (High): the special bits were
applied under --perms (and via --chmod) even when the connection forbade
super-user activities. FileAttrPolicy gains super_permitted, set by
file_attr_policy_from_config() from privilege_super_mode_permitted();
metadata_mode_for_policy(), the symlink path, the special-node creation
path, and the deferred directory-mode apply now strip the special bits
when it is false. Exact rsync semantics are preserved when permitted.
3. daemon umask (Low): daemonize() forced umask(0), so implied parent
directories created without -p were world-writable 0777. Set the
conventional daemon umask 022 instead (rsync never forces 0); -p/-a mode
preservation is unaffected because it restores modes via fchmod.
Tests: new unit tests for file_open_temp_dir confinement and the
masked/unmasked special-bit policy (incl. the --chmod path), a daemon
world-writable-dir regression test, an integration escape test, and a
root-only integration test asserting special bits are masked without
--allow-super. The old cross-filesystem test encoded the vulnerable
behavior (symlink target outside the root) and is replaced by the escape
test; the EXDEV fallback code is retained for in-root links.
rsync 3.4.1 resolves --partial-dir after option parsing and sets keep_partial,
so --partial-dir=DIR alone retains an interrupted transfer's partial file.
FastSync only used the partial dir when --partial was also given, silently
discarding it otherwise.
Set Config->partial in cli_finalize_config whenever partial_dir is set.
Following rsync, an explicit --no-partial does NOT win (verified on rsync
3.4.1 in either option order); --inplace is guarded because it writes the
destination in place with no partial staging.
Tests: CLI unit coverage for the implication/precedence/inplace guard, and a
deterministic integration case that blocks the final install (non-empty
directory at the destination) and asserts the staged partial survives under
--partial-dir alone.
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