git: 5efc40dd13a7 - main - safe_eval.sh: safe_set_var add allow list for values
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Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 23:08:28 UTC
The branch main has been updated by sjg:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=5efc40dd13a7ebd17fe79ab40a424ad894316675
commit 5efc40dd13a7ebd17fe79ab40a424ad894316675
Author: Simon J. Gerraty <sjg@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2026-10-13 23:05:21 +0000
Commit: Simon J. Gerraty <sjg@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2026-10-13 23:05:21 +0000
safe_eval.sh: safe_set_var add allow list for values
Complete the controls with -v "values":
sh ./safe_eval.sh set_var -a "knob" -v "no yes" knob=yes knob=no knob=ok ok=yes
knob=yes
knob=no
denied value 'ok' for 'knob'
denied variable 'ok'
---
libexec/rc/safe_eval.sh | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/libexec/rc/safe_eval.sh b/libexec/rc/safe_eval.sh
index 0fd085869397..491633a1343d 100644
--- a/libexec/rc/safe_eval.sh
+++ b/libexec/rc/safe_eval.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
:
# RCSid:
-# $Id: safe_eval.sh,v 1.35 2026/10/11 21:48:58 sjg Exp $
+# $Id: safe_eval.sh,v 1.36 2026/10/13 22:44:09 sjg Exp $
#
# @(#) Copyright (c) 2023-2026 Simon J. Gerraty
#
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ fi
# white-list of acceptable chars in "val"
# default is 'A-Za-z0-9_ ,/=:+-'.
#
+# -v "values"
+# list of allowed values.
+#
# -x "extra_chars"
# eXtra chars to add to white-list for "val".
#
@@ -54,10 +57,12 @@ fi
#
# 3. if "allow" is set and "var" is not a member we return 3.
#
+# 4. if "values" is set and "val" is not a member we return 4.
+#
# If we pass all that, we eval "var=val" and return 0.
#
safe_set_var() {
- eval $_local ssv_allow ssv_extra ssv_only ssv_space ssv_rc
+ eval $_local ssv_allow ssv_extra ssv_only ssv_space ssv_rc ssv_values
# use [:space:] if we can as it includes \n
case " " in
[[:space:]]) ssv_space="[:space:]";;
@@ -68,9 +73,11 @@ safe_set_var() {
while :
do
+ : 1="$1"
case "$1" in
-a) ssv_allow="$2"; shift 2;;
-o) ssv_only="$2"; shift 2;;
+ -v) ssv_values="$2"; shift 2;;
-x) ssv_extra="$2"; shift 2;;
*) break;;
esac
@@ -101,6 +108,10 @@ safe_set_var() {
*" $ssv_var "*) ;;
*) ssv_rc=${ssv_rc:-3};;
esac
+ case " ${ssv_values:-$ssv_val} " in
+ *" $ssv_val "*) ;;
+ *) ssv_rc=${ssv_rc:-4};;
+ esac
ssv_rc=${ssv_rc:-0}
if [ $ssv_rc = 0 ]; then
: this should be safe
@@ -193,8 +204,9 @@ case /$0 in
set_var)
shift
allow=
- only=
extra=
+ only=
+ values=
while :
do
@@ -202,16 +214,20 @@ case /$0 in
case "$1" in
-a) allow="$2"; shift 2;;
-o) only="$2"; shift 2;;
+ -v) values="$2"; shift 2;;
-x) extra="$2"; shift 2;;
*=*)
- if safe_set_var ${allow:+-a "$allow"} ${only:+-o "$only"} \
+ if safe_set_var ${allow:+-a "$allow"} \
+ ${only:+-o "$only"} \
+ ${values:+-v "$values"} \
${extra:+-x "$extra"} "$1"; then
echo $ssv_var=$ssv_val
else
case $? in
1) echo invalid variable;;
- 2) echo invalid value for $ssv_var;;
- 3) echo denied $ssv_var;;
+ 2) echo "invalid value for '$ssv_var'";;
+ 3) echo "denied variable '$ssv_var'";;
+ 4) echo "denied value '$ssv_val' for '$ssv_var'";;
esac
fi
shift