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60 changes: 60 additions & 0 deletions kernelguard.py
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Expand Up @@ -2459,6 +2459,66 @@ def _has_ver(expr: ast.AST | None) -> bool:
),
}]

# Fourth pass: replay through a local globals() alias.
#
# Pattern: g = globals()
# if key in g: return g[key]
# g[key] = data.clone()
params = {
arg.arg
for args in (node.args.posonlyargs, node.args.args, node.args.kwonlyargs)
for arg in args
}
if node.args.vararg is not None:
params.add(node.args.vararg.arg)
if node.args.kwarg is not None:
params.add(node.args.kwarg.arg)

globals_aliases: set[str] = set()
mutated_aliases: set[str] = set()
for child in ast.walk(node):
if not isinstance(child, ast.Assign):
continue
if (len(child.targets) == 1
and isinstance(child.targets[0], ast.Name)
and isinstance(child.value, ast.Call)
and isinstance(child.value.func, ast.Name)
and child.value.func.id == "globals"):
globals_aliases.add(child.targets[0].id)
for target in child.targets:
if isinstance(target, ast.Subscript):
target_root = _ast_root_name(target)
if target_root in globals_aliases:
mutated_aliases.add(target_root)

if mutated_aliases:
for child in ast.walk(node):
if not isinstance(child, ast.If):
continue
if _body_has_calls(child.body):
continue
if _expr_names(child.test) & params:
continue
if not (_expr_names(child.test) & mutated_aliases):
continue
if not any(
isinstance(stmt, ast.Return)
and stmt.value is not None
and isinstance(stmt.value, ast.Subscript)
and _ast_root_name(stmt.value) in mutated_aliases
for stmt in child.body
):
continue

return [{
"pattern": "LAST_CALL_REPLAY",
"severity": "critical",
"evidence": (
f"{entrypoint_name} replays output through a mutated "
"globals() alias"
),
}]

return []


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