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fix(file-manager): resolve symlink-backed rsync targets - #2745
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Resolve symlink-backed destinations before File Manager rsync operations so rsync 3.5.0 does not reject exclusive-share paths. Preserve the existing path boundary and rsync security checks.\n\nLinear: OS-871
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Included review availability: Your plan provides up to 2 included reviews per hour; 0 remain after this review. WalkthroughThe file manager validates rsync destinations component by component. It accepts trusted exclusive-share symlinks, rejects other symlinks, preserves missing path components, and limits traversal. Copy and move operations continue to validate destinations through ChangesRsync destination validation
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to Copy and move destinations now validate symlink components and fail closed for untrusted links while retaining verified exclusive-share handling. No current merge-blocking risk is identified. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant FileManager
participant resolve_rsync_path
participant ExclusiveShareValidation
participant Filesystem
FileManager->>resolve_rsync_path: validate destination path
resolve_rsync_path->>Filesystem: inspect path components with lstat
resolve_rsync_path->>ExclusiveShareValidation: validate exclusive-share symlink
ExclusiveShareValidation-->>resolve_rsync_path: trusted target or rejection
resolve_rsync_path-->>FileManager: return validated destination
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Cover the rsync target adapter and both copy and move call sites. Clean up temporary fixtures when setup fails and document the new helpers.\n\nLinear: OS-871\nReview: #2745
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In `@tests/file-manager-rsync-target-path.php`:
- Line 60: Replace the aggregate substr_count assertion with independent checks
for the copy and move operation bodies, ensuring each path executes or contains
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Cover the rsync target adapter and both copy and move call sites. Clean up temporary fixtures when setup fails and document the new helpers.\n\nLinear: OS-871\nReview: #2745
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Limit exclusive-share path translation to verified OS mappings and reject other symlink components before rsync receives a pre-resolved path. This preserves rsync 3.5 symlink protections while retaining exclusive-share support. Linear: OS-871
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94-95: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 🏗️ Heavy liftAdd a positive case for a trusted exclusive-share link.
All symlink assertions are negative. No test drives
rsync_exclusive_share_target()to a non-empty result, so no test proves thatresolve_rsync_path()translates an exclusive-share link to its physical target. That is the behavior this PR adds.The suite therefore passes even when the trusted-link branch never succeeds, which is the defect flagged on
emhttp/plugins/dynamix/nchan/file_managerlines 319-320.The attribute lookup and the state files are read directly inside the helper. To make a positive case testable, move the
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367-367: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winLog the rejected symlink component.
Every untrusted symlink component now makes the operation fail. The user sees only "Invalid target name" at lines 581 and 739, and nothing records which component was rejected. Destinations that worked before this change now fail without an explanation.
Add a log entry before the rejection so support can identify the component.
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$target = rsync_exclusive_share_target($candidate); - if ($target === '') return ''; + if ($target === '') { + exec('logger -t file_manager ' . escapeshellarg("Rejected untrusted symlink component: $candidate")); + return ''; + }🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@emhttp/plugins/dynamix/nchan/file_manager`:
- Around line 319-320: Update the getfattr invocation in
rsync_exclusive_share_target() to include --no-dereference so system.LOCATION is
read from the /mnt/user/<share> symlink itself; retain the singular
system.LOCATION attribute and existing validation behavior.
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In `@emhttp/plugins/dynamix/nchan/file_manager`:
- Line 367: In the symlink validation logic surrounding the `$target === ''`
rejection, log the rejected symlink component immediately before returning.
Include sufficient context and the component value for support diagnosis, while
preserving the existing rejection behavior.
In `@tests/file-manager-rsync-target-path.php`:
- Around line 94-95: Add a positive test for resolve_rsync_path() that verifies
a trusted exclusive-share symlink resolves to its physical target. Refactor
rsync_exclusive_share_target() so the getfattr lookup and state-file paths use
small overridable helpers, then stub those helpers in the test to exercise the
successful branch and assert the non-empty resolved path.
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Use getfattr --no-dereference so the exclusive-share validation reads the OS-managed symlink attribute instead of following it to the backing directory.
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Summary
File Manager rsync operations now reject arbitrary symlink components and translate only verified Unraid exclusive-share mappings. This retains exclusive-share compatibility without bypassing rsync 3.5.0 symlink ownership checks.
Why This Exists
Rsync 3.5.0 rejects untrusted symlink components in operator-supplied paths. The previous implementation used recursive
realpath()resolution, which could hide an attacker-controlled symlink from rsync before its security checks ran. See OS-871.Resolution
Walk the destination path component by component with
lstat(). Translate only the OS-managed/mnt/user/<share>or/mnt/user0/<share>exclusive-share link after verifying the share state, exact backing target,system.LOCATION, and configured storage. Reject every other symlink component and preserve missing descendants and trailing slashes.Reviewer Considerations
system.LOCATIONand storage-state checks prevent a similarly shaped link from being treated as the OS mapping.--insecure-linksis not used.Behavior Changes
File Manager operations into arbitrary symlink-backed destinations now fail closed. Verified exclusive-share destinations continue to use their physical backing path for rsync.
Implementation Summary
realpath()target resolution with a component walk.Verification
php -l emhttp/plugins/dynamix/nchan/file_managerphp -l tests/file-manager-rsync-target-path.phpphp tests/file-manager-rsync-target-path.phpgit diff --checkValidation Limits
The local regression test uses a temporary symlink fixture. Full validation of the exclusive-share exception requires an Unraid runtime with
state/shares.ini,state/disks.ini, andsystem.LOCATIONmetadata.Risk
Contained; the change fails closed for unknown symlinks and does not disable rsync security checks. The main compatibility risk is intentionally stricter handling of non-system symlink destinations.
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