git: 46d1758aa7a2 - main - nuageinit: add hostname validation (RFC 952/1123) to sethostname()
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Date: Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:15:43 UTC
The branch main has been updated by bapt:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=46d1758aa7a2af37a356a93812b492a406c6ffd4
commit 46d1758aa7a2af37a356a93812b492a406c6ffd4
Author: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2026-06-04 18:26:49 +0000
Commit: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2026-06-04 18:26:49 +0000
nuageinit: add hostname validation (RFC 952/1123) to sethostname()
Validate hostnames before writing them:
- Reject empty hostnames
- Reject hostnames longer than 253 characters
- Reject hostnames with invalid characters
- Reject hostnames starting or ending with dot/hyphen
- Reject labels longer than 63 characters
- Reject labels starting or ending with hyphen
Expand the sethostname test to cover all rejection cases.
Update nuage.sh sethostname_body to ignore stderr (warnings).
---
libexec/nuageinit/nuage.lua | 27 +++++++++++++
libexec/nuageinit/tests/nuage.sh | 2 +-
libexec/nuageinit/tests/sethostname.lua | 68 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 96 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/libexec/nuageinit/nuage.lua b/libexec/nuageinit/nuage.lua
index 4f25e79ccefc..a491ca8d9df6 100644
--- a/libexec/nuageinit/nuage.lua
+++ b/libexec/nuageinit/nuage.lua
@@ -119,6 +119,33 @@ local function sethostname(hostname)
if hostname == nil then
return
end
+ -- Basic hostname validation (RFC 952/1123)
+ if #hostname == 0 then
+ warnmsg("hostname is empty, ignoring")
+ return
+ end
+ if #hostname > 253 then
+ warnmsg("hostname too long (" .. #hostname .. " > 253), ignoring")
+ return
+ end
+ if hostname:match("[^a-zA-Z0-9%.%-]") then
+ warnmsg("hostname contains invalid characters: " .. hostname)
+ return
+ end
+ if hostname:match("^[%.%-]") or hostname:match("[%.%-]$") then
+ warnmsg("hostname must not start or end with a dot or hyphen: " .. hostname)
+ return
+ end
+ for label in hostname:gmatch("[^.]+") do
+ if #label > 63 then
+ warnmsg("hostname label too long (" .. #label .. " > 63): " .. label)
+ return
+ end
+ if label:match("^-") or label:match("-$") then
+ warnmsg("hostname label starts or ends with hyphen: " .. label)
+ return
+ end
+ end
local root = os.getenv("NUAGE_FAKE_ROOTDIR")
if not root then
root = ""
diff --git a/libexec/nuageinit/tests/nuage.sh b/libexec/nuageinit/tests/nuage.sh
index 348a8d93ba09..97c5224c7813 100644
--- a/libexec/nuageinit/tests/nuage.sh
+++ b/libexec/nuageinit/tests/nuage.sh
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ settimezone_body()
sethostname_body()
{
- atf_check /usr/libexec/flua $(atf_get_srcdir)/sethostname.lua
+ atf_check -e ignore /usr/libexec/flua $(atf_get_srcdir)/sethostname.lua
if [ ! -f etc/rc.conf.d/hostname ]; then
atf_fail "hostname not written"
fi
diff --git a/libexec/nuageinit/tests/sethostname.lua b/libexec/nuageinit/tests/sethostname.lua
index 47632497b545..0bc7eb2c4475 100644
--- a/libexec/nuageinit/tests/sethostname.lua
+++ b/libexec/nuageinit/tests/sethostname.lua
@@ -1,5 +1,73 @@
#!/usr/libexec/flua
+---
+-- SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
+--
+-- Copyright (c) 2026 Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org>
local n = require("nuage")
+local root = os.getenv("NUAGE_FAKE_ROOTDIR")
+if not root then
+ root = ""
+end
+
+local hostnamepath = root .. "/etc/rc.conf.d/hostname"
+
+local function check_hostname(expected)
+ local f = io.open(hostnamepath, "r")
+ if not f then
+ n.err("hostname file not found, expected: " .. expected)
+ end
+ local content = f:read("*a")
+ f:close()
+ local expected_content = 'hostname="' .. expected:gsub('"', '\\"') .. '"\n'
+ if content ~= expected_content then
+ n.err("hostname mismatch: got '" .. content ..
+ "', expected '" .. expected_content .. "'")
+ end
+end
+
+local function check_no_hostname()
+ if io.open(hostnamepath, "r") then
+ n.err("hostname file should not exist")
+ end
+end
+
+-- nil hostname: no-op
+n.sethostname(nil)
+check_no_hostname()
+
+-- Empty hostname: invalid
+n.sethostname("")
+check_no_hostname()
+
+-- Hostname too long (>253 chars): invalid
+n.sethostname(string.rep("a", 254))
+check_no_hostname()
+
+-- Invalid characters: invalid
+n.sethostname("host;name")
+check_no_hostname()
+
+-- Starts with dot: invalid
+n.sethostname(".hostname")
+check_no_hostname()
+
+-- Ends with hyphen: invalid
+n.sethostname("hostname-")
+check_no_hostname()
+
+-- Label too long (>63 chars): invalid
+n.sethostname(string.rep("a", 64) .. ".example.com")
+check_no_hostname()
+
+-- Label starts with hyphen: invalid
+n.sethostname("myhost.-label.com")
+check_no_hostname()
+
+-- Valid simple hostname
+n.sethostname("myhostname")
+check_hostname("myhostname")
+
+-- Final: set a valid hostname for the shell test
n.sethostname("myhostname")