fix(brainfs): refuse a file behind a symlinked directory for reads and writes (#173) (#187)
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ReadRegular, ReadRegularMax and WriteRegular require a clean, local path and a real directory at every level above the file, so an in-brain directory symlink (or a ".." after one) can no longer redirect brain_update, brain_tunnel, brain_read/get or the other readers elsewhere in the brain. session.Append opens through an os.Root on the brain dir, refuses a non-directory sessions dir, and writes only after confirming the log path is the regular file it opened.

Fixes #173. Adversarial review: BLOCKED, PASS. Follow-up: #188 (brain_write create path).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-authored-by: Mathias <mthbqv@gmail.com>
This commit was merged in pull request #187.
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2026-10-05 20:17:37 +00:00
committed by mathias
co-authored by Claude Opus 5.5
parent 1fff54769d
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package brain_test
import (
"os"
"path/filepath"
"testing"
"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
"github.com/mathiasbq/hyperguild/ingestion/internal/brain"
"github.com/mathiasbq/hyperguild/ingestion/internal/brainfs"
)
// hyperguild#173: brain_tunnel's write followed a directory symlink inside
// wiki/ that points elsewhere in the brain.
func TestWriteTunnelRefusesATargetBehindASymlinkedDirectory(t *testing.T) {
b := t.TempDir()
src := filepath.Join(b, "wiki", "a", "facts", "s.md")
require.NoError(t, os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(src), 0o755))
require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(src, []byte("x\n"), 0o644))
victim := filepath.Join(b, "raw", "facts", "v.md")
require.NoError(t, os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(victim), 0o755))
require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(victim, []byte("untouched\n"), 0o644))
require.NoError(t, os.MkdirAll(filepath.Join(b, "wiki", "b"), 0o755))
require.NoError(t, os.Symlink(filepath.Join("..", "..", "raw", "facts"), filepath.Join(b, "wiki", "b", "facts")))
assert.ErrorIs(t, brain.WriteTunnel(b, "wiki/a/facts/s.md", "wiki/b/facts/v.md"), brainfs.ErrNotRegular)
got, _ := os.ReadFile(victim)
assert.Equal(t, "untouched\n", string(got))
got, _ = os.ReadFile(src)
assert.Equal(t, "x\n", string(got), "the source is not rewritten either")
real := filepath.Join(b, "wiki", "c", "facts", "t.md")
require.NoError(t, os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(real), 0o755))
require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(real, []byte("t\n"), 0o644))
require.NoError(t, brain.WriteTunnel(b, "wiki/a/facts/s.md", "wiki/c/facts/t.md"), "positive control: a tunnel between real directories is written")
}