GNU bug report logs - #45198
28.0.50; Sandbox mode

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From: João Távora <joaotavora <at> gmail.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Bastien <bzg <at> gnu.org>, Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>, 45198 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#45198: 28.0.50; Sandbox mode
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2020 20:13:16 +0000

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> I don't think such an approach can work. It assumes perfect knowledge
>> about anything that might be problematic, and also assumes that all
>> future changes to Emacs take the sandbox question into account.
>> Especially the latter point seems unrealistic, and this looks like a
>> security incident waiting to happen.
>
> That's true for the implementation side.
> How 'bout the ELisp API side?

That's well pointed out.  Why can't we just put the gate in the default
expansion of the C DEFUN macro?  There are only so many DEFUN's.  Then
the whitelisting could proceed from there.  DEFUN's are rarely added,
and they would be forbidden in sandbox mode by default.

João

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