lua: force text mode for loading plugins

luaL_loadfile() by default allows for both text files and precompiled
lua files. Precompiled files are not verified on load allowing for a
sandbox escape.

CVE-2026-35093

Fixes: #1271

Found-by: Koen Tange <koen@monokles.eu>
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libinput/libinput/-/merge_requests/1459>
This commit is contained in:
Peter Hutterer 2026-03-30 11:35:35 +10:00 committed by Marge Bot
parent 45dfd0f030
commit 356c498fd4
2 changed files with 70 additions and 1 deletions

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@ -1362,7 +1362,7 @@ libinput_lua_plugin_new_from_path(struct libinput *libinput, const char *path)
return NULL;
}
int ret = luaL_loadfile(L, path);
int ret = luaL_loadfilex(L, path, "t");
if (ret == LUA_OK) {
plugin->L = steal(&L);

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@ -1204,10 +1204,79 @@ START_TEST(lua_remove_plugin_on_timeout)
}
END_TEST
/* Pre-compiled Lua 5.4 bytecode for the following source:
*
* libinput:register({1})
* libinput:connect("new-evdev-device", function(device)
* libinput:log_info("loaded from binary lua file")
* end)
*
* To regenerate:
* luac5.4 -o /dev/stdout /tmp/plugin.lua | xxd -i
*/
static const unsigned char binary_lua_plugin[] = {
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START_TEST(lua_reject_precompiled_files)
{
_destroy_(tmpdir) *tmpdir = tmpdir_create(NULL);
/* Write the binary bytecode to a .lua file in the tmpdir.
* Binary (pre-compiled) Lua files must be rejected by the
* plugin loader for security reasons. */
_autofree_ char *path = strdup_printf("%s/10-binary-plugin.lua", tmpdir->path);
_autoclose_ int fd = open(path, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT, 0644);
litest_assert_errno_success(fd);
ssize_t written = write(fd, binary_lua_plugin, sizeof(binary_lua_plugin));
litest_assert_int_eq((int)written, (int)sizeof(binary_lua_plugin));
fsync(fd);
_litest_context_destroy_ struct libinput *li =
litest_create_context_with_plugindir(tmpdir->path);
litest_with_logcapture(li, capture) {
libinput_plugin_system_load_plugins(li,
LIBINPUT_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_FLAG_NONE);
litest_drain_events(li);
size_t index = 0;
litest_assert(
strv_find_substring(capture->errors, "Failed to load", &index));
litest_assert_str_in(path, capture->errors[index]);
}
}
END_TEST
TEST_COLLECTION(lua)
{
/* clang-format off */
litest_add_no_device(lua_load_failure);
litest_add_no_device(lua_reject_precompiled_files);
litest_with_parameters(params,
"content", 'I', 6,
litest_named_i32(EMPTY),