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fix(initializer): treat legacy template values as literal data
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fix(initializer): JSON-escape legacy dashboard titles
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fix(initializer): encode cluster names in rule YAML and descriptions
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fix(initializer): narrow legacy injection fix to validated inputs
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fix(initializer): validate only enabled optional inputs
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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions .github/workflows/build-security.yaml
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Expand Up @@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ on:
- 'cmd/**'
- 'platform-monitoring/operator/**'
- 'monitor-snapshot/master/operator/**'
- 'monitor/v*/init.sh'
- 'monitor/v*/dashboards/*.json'
- 'monitor/v*/rules/*.rules.yml'
- 'monitor/v*/datasources/*.yaml'
- 'scripts/**'
- 'go.mod'
- 'go.sum'
Expand All @@ -32,6 +36,7 @@ jobs:
- run: go test ./pkg/common
- run: go test ./cmd/monitoring.go ./cmd/cli_test.go ./cmd/dm_rules_test.go ./cmd/persisted_rules_test.go
- run: python3 -m unittest discover -s scripts -p 'test_build_security.py' -v
- run: python3 -m unittest discover -s scripts -p 'test_legacy_initializer.py' -v

reloader:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
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157 changes: 98 additions & 59 deletions monitor/v2.1.10/init.sh
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#!/bin/sh
if [ ! -d $GF_PROVISIONING_PATH/dashboards ];then
mkdir -p $GF_PROVISIONING_PATH/dashboards
else
rm -rf $GF_PROVISIONING_PATH/dashboards/*

# Values are sed replacement data, never pieces of a sed program.
replace_template() {
replacement=$(printf '%s' "$2" | sed 's/[\\&|]/\\&/g') || return 1
sed -i "s|$1|$replacement|g" -- "$3"
}

# Keep replacement values safe in the existing JSON, YAML and alert templates.
LC_ALL=C
export LC_ALL
namespace_to_validate=
if [ -n "$GF_DATASOURCE_PATH" ] && [ -n "$GF_PROVISIONING_PATH" ]; then
namespace_to_validate=$TIDB_CLUSTER_NAMESPACE
fi
for value in "$TIDB_CLUSTER_NAME" "$namespace_to_validate"; do
case "$value" in
-|*[!a-zA-Z0-9_.-]*) echo "Cluster name and namespace must contain only letters, digits, _, . or -" >&2; exit 1;;
esac
done
if [ -n "$GF_DATASOURCE_PATH" ]; then
for value in "$GF_K8S_PROMETHEUS_URL" "$GF_TIDB_PROMETHEUS_URL"; do
case "$value" in
*[![:graph:]]*|*:) echo "Datasource URLs must be printable ASCII without whitespace or a trailing colon" >&2; exit 1;;
esac
case "$value" in
''|http://?*|https://?*) ;;
*) echo "Datasource URLs must use HTTP or HTTPS" >&2; exit 1;;
esac
done
fi
if [ -z "$PROM_CONFIG_PATH" ]; then
echo "Prometheus output path is required" >&2
exit 1
fi

# TiDB dashboard
cp /tmp/tidb.json $GF_PROVISIONING_PATH/dashboards
sed -i 's/Test-Cluster-TiDB/'$TIDB_CLUSTER_NAME'-TiDB/g' $GF_PROVISIONING_PATH/dashboards/tidb.json
if [ -n "$GF_PROVISIONING_PATH" ]; then
if [ ! -d "$GF_PROVISIONING_PATH/dashboards" ];then
mkdir -p -- "$GF_PROVISIONING_PATH/dashboards"
else
rm -rf -- "$GF_PROVISIONING_PATH/dashboards"/*
fi

# Overview dashboard
cp /tmp/overview.json $GF_PROVISIONING_PATH/dashboards
sed -i 's/Test-Cluster-Overview/'$TIDB_CLUSTER_NAME'-Overview/g' $GF_PROVISIONING_PATH/dashboards/overview.json
# TiDB dashboard
cp -- /tmp/tidb.json "$GF_PROVISIONING_PATH/dashboards"
replace_template 'Test-Cluster-TiDB' "${TIDB_CLUSTER_NAME}-TiDB" "$GF_PROVISIONING_PATH/dashboards"/tidb.json

# PD dashboard
cp /tmp/pd.json $GF_PROVISIONING_PATH/dashboards
sed -i 's/Test-Cluster-PD/'$TIDB_CLUSTER_NAME'-PD/g' $GF_PROVISIONING_PATH/dashboards/pd.json
# Overview dashboard
cp -- /tmp/overview.json "$GF_PROVISIONING_PATH/dashboards"
replace_template 'Test-Cluster-Overview' "${TIDB_CLUSTER_NAME}-Overview" "$GF_PROVISIONING_PATH/dashboards"/overview.json

# TiKV dashboard
cp /tmp/tikv*.json $GF_PROVISIONING_PATH/dashboards
if [ ! -f /tmp/tikv_pull.json ];then
sed -i 's/Test-Cluster-TiKV-Details/'$TIDB_CLUSTER_NAME'-TiKV-Details/g' $GF_PROVISIONING_PATH/dashboards/tikv_details.json
sed -i 's/Test-Cluster-TiKV-Summary/'$TIDB_CLUSTER_NAME'-TiKV-Summary/g' $GF_PROVISIONING_PATH/dashboards/tikv_summary.json
sed -i 's/Test-Cluster-TiKV-Trouble-Shooting/'$TIDB_CLUSTER_NAME'-TiKV-Trouble-Shooting/g' $GF_PROVISIONING_PATH/dashboards/tikv_trouble_shooting.json
else
sed -i 's/Test-Cluster-TiKV/'$TIDB_CLUSTER_NAME'-TiKV/g' $GF_PROVISIONING_PATH/dashboards/tikv_pull.json
fi
# PD dashboard
cp -- /tmp/pd.json "$GF_PROVISIONING_PATH/dashboards"
replace_template 'Test-Cluster-PD' "${TIDB_CLUSTER_NAME}-PD" "$GF_PROVISIONING_PATH/dashboards"/pd.json

# Binlog dashboard
cp /tmp/binlog.json $GF_PROVISIONING_PATH/dashboards
sed -i 's/Test-Cluster-Binlog/'$TIDB_CLUSTER_NAME'-Binlog/g' $GF_PROVISIONING_PATH/dashboards/binlog.json
# TiKV dashboard
cp -- /tmp/tikv*.json "$GF_PROVISIONING_PATH/dashboards"
if [ ! -f /tmp/tikv_pull.json ];then
replace_template 'Test-Cluster-TiKV-Details' "${TIDB_CLUSTER_NAME}-TiKV-Details" "$GF_PROVISIONING_PATH/dashboards"/tikv_details.json
replace_template 'Test-Cluster-TiKV-Summary' "${TIDB_CLUSTER_NAME}-TiKV-Summary" "$GF_PROVISIONING_PATH/dashboards"/tikv_summary.json
replace_template 'Test-Cluster-TiKV-Trouble-Shooting' "${TIDB_CLUSTER_NAME}-TiKV-Trouble-Shooting" "$GF_PROVISIONING_PATH/dashboards"/tikv_trouble_shooting.json
else
replace_template 'Test-Cluster-TiKV' "${TIDB_CLUSTER_NAME}-TiKV" "$GF_PROVISIONING_PATH/dashboards"/tikv_pull.json
fi

# Lighting
cp /tmp/lightning.json $GF_PROVISIONING_PATH/dashboards
sed -i 's/Test-Cluster-Lightning/'$TIDB_CLUSTER_NAME'-Lightning/g' $GF_PROVISIONING_PATH/dashboards/lightning.json
# Binlog dashboard
cp -- /tmp/binlog.json "$GF_PROVISIONING_PATH/dashboards"
replace_template 'Test-Cluster-Binlog' "${TIDB_CLUSTER_NAME}-Binlog" "$GF_PROVISIONING_PATH/dashboards"/binlog.json

# Lighting
cp -- /tmp/lightning.json "$GF_PROVISIONING_PATH/dashboards"
replace_template 'Test-Cluster-Lightning' "${TIDB_CLUSTER_NAME}-Lightning" "$GF_PROVISIONING_PATH/dashboards"/lightning.json

fi

# Rules
if [ ! -d $PROM_CONFIG_PATH/rules ];then
mkdir -p $PROM_CONFIG_PATH/rules
if [ ! -d "$PROM_CONFIG_PATH/rules" ];then
mkdir -p -- "$PROM_CONFIG_PATH/rules"
else
rm -rf $PROM_CONFIG_PATH/rules/*
rm -rf -- "$PROM_CONFIG_PATH/rules"/*
fi
echo $META_TYPE
echo $META_INSTANCE
echo $META_VALUE
cp /tmp/*.rules.yml $PROM_CONFIG_PATH/rules
for file in $PROM_CONFIG_PATH/rules/*
echo "$META_TYPE"
echo "$META_INSTANCE"
echo "$META_VALUE"
cp -- /tmp/*.rules.yml "$PROM_CONFIG_PATH/rules"
for file in "$PROM_CONFIG_PATH/rules"/*
do
sed -i 's/ENV_LABELS_ENV/'$TIDB_CLUSTER_NAME'/g' $file
replace_template 'ENV_LABELS_ENV' "$TIDB_CLUSTER_NAME" "$file"
done

# Copy Persistent rules to override raw files
if [ ! -z $PROM_PERSISTENT_DIR ];
if [ -n "$PROM_PERSISTENT_DIR" ];
then
if [ -d $PROM_PERSISTENT_DIR/latest-rules/${TIDB_VERSION##*/} ];then
cp -f $PROM_PERSISTENT_DIR/latest-rules/${TIDB_VERSION##*/}/*.rules.yml $PROM_CONFIG_PATH/rules
if [ -d "$PROM_PERSISTENT_DIR/latest-rules/${TIDB_VERSION##*/}" ];then
cp -f -- "$PROM_PERSISTENT_DIR/latest-rules/${TIDB_VERSION##*/}"/*.rules.yml "$PROM_CONFIG_PATH/rules"
fi
fi


# Datasources
if [ ! -z $GF_DATASOURCE_PATH ];
if [ -n "$GF_DATASOURCE_PATH" ];
then
if [ ! -z $GF_K8S_PROMETHEUS_URL ];
if [ -n "$GF_K8S_PROMETHEUS_URL" ];
then
sed -i 's,http://prometheus-k8s.monitoring.svc:9090,'$GF_K8S_PROMETHEUS_URL',g' /tmp/k8s-datasource.yaml
replace_template 'http://prometheus-k8s.monitoring.svc:9090' "${GF_K8S_PROMETHEUS_URL}" /tmp/k8s-datasource.yaml
fi

if [ ! -z $GF_TIDB_PROMETHEUS_URL ];
if [ -n "$GF_TIDB_PROMETHEUS_URL" ];
then
sed -i 's,http://127.0.0.1:9090,'$GF_TIDB_PROMETHEUS_URL',g' /tmp/tidb-cluster-datasource.yaml
replace_template 'http://127.0.0.1:9090' "${GF_TIDB_PROMETHEUS_URL}" /tmp/tidb-cluster-datasource.yaml
fi

cp /tmp/k8s-datasource.yaml $GF_DATASOURCE_PATH/
cp /tmp/tidb-cluster-datasource.yaml $GF_DATASOURCE_PATH/

# pods
if [ ! -z $TIDB_CLUSTER_NAMESPACE ];
then
sed -i 's/$namespace/'$TIDB_CLUSTER_NAMESPACE'/g' /tmp/pods.json
else
sed -i 's/$namespace/default/g' /tmp/pods.json
cp -- /tmp/k8s-datasource.yaml "$GF_DATASOURCE_PATH/"
cp -- /tmp/tidb-cluster-datasource.yaml "$GF_DATASOURCE_PATH/"

if [ -n "$GF_PROVISIONING_PATH" ]; then

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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Supported by static analysis

Script executed:

sed -n '1,150p' monitor/v2.1.10/init.sh
rg -n --glob '*Dockerfile*' --glob '*.sh' 'ENTRYPOINT|SHELL|init\.sh|set -e' monitor/v2.1.10 monitor/v3.0.2 monitor/v4.0.0-beta | head -n 90

Repository: pingcap/monitoring

Length of output: 5609

Script executed:

printf '%s\n' '--- source ---'
nl -ba monitor/v2.1.10/init.sh | sed -n '1,150p'
printf '%s\n' '--- dockerfile ---'
nl -ba monitor/v2.1.10/Dockerfile
printf '%s\n' '--- base diff ---'
git diff 85f3384bfe59493f851f1b8bdfd1f7a4a9f3c05d 97c25d125d907a4ed75cd643dead1c9fc77d154a -- monitor/v2.1.10/init.sh
printf '%s\n' '--- tests ---'
nl -ba scripts/test_legacy_initializer.py | sed -n '1,240p'
printf '%s\n' '--- direct launches and image use ---'
rg -n -F -e 'GF_DATASOURCE_PATH' -e 'pingcap/tidb-monitor' -e '/usr/bin/init.sh' -- monitor/v2.1.10 scripts .github || test "$?" -eq 1
printf '%s\n' '--- standalone shell semantics ---'
sh -c 'false; if [ -n "" ]; then :; fi'; printf 'status=%s\n' "$?"

Repository: pingcap/monitoring

Length of output: 25782

Web query:

POSIX shell if conditional command exit status zero no condition true BusyBox ash

Result:

Sources consulted:
- Shell Command Language — https://www.adintr.com/media/books/posix.1_2008/utilities/V3_chap02.html
- Shell Command Language — https://devdoc.net/linux/POSIXstandard/utilities/V3_chap02.html
- POSIX - Commands — https://usermanual.wiki/Document/posixk.404452541.pdf
- Shell Command Language — https://mirror.doc.mel.vin/posix/utilities/V3_chap02.html
- P1003.2/D11.2 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY—POSIX — https://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/oldlinux/Linux.old/Ref-docs/POSIX/all.pdf
- …and 19 more

Web query:

site:pubs.opengroup.org shell if command exit status zero no condition true POSIX

Result:

Sources consulted:
- Shell Command Language — https://www.adintr.com/media/books/posix.1_2008/utilities/V3_chap02.html
- Shell Command Language — https://mirror.doc.mel.vin/posix/utilities/V3_chap02.html
- POSIX - Commands — https://usermanual.wiki/Document/posixk.404452541.pdf
- IEEE P1003.1 Draft 2, 31 October 2006/The Open Group Technical Standard, Issue 7 — https://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/open/n4160-3.pdf
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- Shell Command Language — https://mirror.doc.mel.vin/posix/utilities/V3_chap02.html
- POSIX - Commands — https://usermanual.wiki/Document/posixk.404452541.pdf
- sh, resh, ksh, bash -- POSIX-compliant (Korn/Bourne-Again) shell and command interpreter — https://www.mkssoftware.com/docs/man1/sh.1.asp
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Propagate datasource copy failures.

If GF_PROVISIONING_PATH is empty and the datasource directory is read-only, both copies can fail but the initializer exits zero. Check each copy so the initializer reports the failure.

Suggested fix 

-    cp -- /tmp/k8s-datasource.yaml "$GF_DATASOURCE_PATH/"
-    cp -- /tmp/tidb-cluster-datasource.yaml "$GF_DATASOURCE_PATH/"
+    cp -- /tmp/k8s-datasource.yaml "$GF_DATASOURCE_PATH/" || exit 1
+    cp -- /tmp/tidb-cluster-datasource.yaml "$GF_DATASOURCE_PATH/" || exit 1
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Review comment at @monitor/v2.1.10/init.sh at line 116:
In the empty-GF_PROVISIONING_PATH branch of the initializer, check the result of
each datasource copy and exit with a nonzero status if either copy fails, so a
failure cannot be followed by a successful exit.

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# pods
if [ -n "$TIDB_CLUSTER_NAMESPACE" ];
then
replace_template '$namespace' "${TIDB_CLUSTER_NAMESPACE}" /tmp/pods.json
else
sed -i 's/$namespace/default/g' /tmp/pods.json
fi
replace_template 'Test-Cluster-Pods-Info' "${TIDB_CLUSTER_NAME}-Pods-Info" /tmp/pods.json
cp -- /tmp/pods.json "$GF_PROVISIONING_PATH/dashboards"

# nodes
cp -- /tmp/nodes.json "$GF_PROVISIONING_PATH/dashboards"
fi
sed -i 's/Test-Cluster-Pods-Info/'$TIDB_CLUSTER_NAME'-Pods-Info/g' /tmp/pods.json
cp /tmp/pods.json $GF_PROVISIONING_PATH/dashboards

# nodes
cp /tmp/nodes.json $GF_PROVISIONING_PATH/dashboards
fi

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