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lang/python313: fix CVE-2026-12345 (tempfile.TemporaryDirectory race) - #1654
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Backport the Lib/shutil.py and Lib/tempfile.py changes from python/cpython#158429 (3.13 backport of gh-157580). TemporaryDirectory cleanup could be redirected through a symlink swapped in during removal, deleting files or resetting permissions/flags outside the temporary directory. Also covers lang/python313t (same MASTERDIR). One tempfile.py hunk was adjusted by hand: the 3.13 branch has an unrelated DragonFly BSD IsADirectoryError change that 3.13.11 lacks; that change is not included. The upstream test changes are not included: they depend on test.support.requires_non_root_user, which is only on main. AI-Assisted-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> Signed-off-by: Lucas Holt <luke@foolishgames.com>
Reviewer's GuideBackports the CVE-2026-12345 fix by making TemporaryDirectory cleanup resistant to symlink races through descriptor-relative traversal and cleanup, while preserving existing shutil.rmtree callback compatibility; PORTREVISION 1 publishes the fix for both Python package variants. Sequence diagram for race-resistant TemporaryDirectory cleanupsequenceDiagram
participant TD as TemporaryDirectory
participant SH as shutil.rmtree
participant FS as Filesystem
TD->>SH: _rmtree(name, dir_fd=dir_fd)
SH->>FS: Open and traverse directory entries
FS-->>SH: direntry and parent dir_fd
SH->>TD: onexc(func, path, exc, direntry, dir_fd)
TD->>FS: _resetperms_at(base, dir_fd, fullpath)
TD->>FS: os.unlink(base, dir_fd=dir_fd)
alt Entry is a directory
FS-->>TD: IsADirectoryError
TD->>TD: _rmtree(base, dir_fd=dir_fd, fullname=fullpath)
else Entry is removed
FS-->>TD: Success
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Claude finished @laffer1's task in 32s —— View job Review of PR #1654 (lang/python313 CVE backport)Verdict: looks good. Approve-worthy, with a few non-blocking notes. I could not build or run tests here, so this is a read-through only. What I checked
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There are no license, plist, security or architecture-compatibility concerns. The change touches no arch-specific code. |
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Backports the
Lib/shutil.pyandLib/tempfile.pychanges for CVE-2026-12345 from python/cpython#158429, the 3.13 backport of python/cpython#157580.PORTREVISIONis set to 1.lang/python313tshares the same MASTERDIR, so it gets the fix too (python313t-3.13.11_1).One
tempfile.pyhunk was adjusted by hand. The 3.13 branch includes an unrelated DragonFly BSD change (IsADirectoryError) that 3.13.11 doesn't have, and I left it out. The resulting added and removed lines match the upstream backport exactly.Note: the upstream 3.13 backport PR was still open when this was written. If it changes before merging, this patch should be refreshed, or dropped once 3.13.12 ships.
The upstream test changes are not included, because they rely on
test.support.requires_non_root_user, which exists only on main.Testing (MidnightBSD 4.0.6 amd64):
bmake patch build fake packagesucceeds (python313-3.13.11_1)test_tempfileandtest_shutilchanges were applied locally only, with an equivalentskipIf. Run asnobody, both pass (329 run, 70 skipped).test_cleanup_with_symlink_racefails against unpatched 3.13.11 and passes with this patchpython313twas not built separately🤖 Generated with Claude Code
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Backport the Python 3.13 tempfile cleanup security fix and publish it as a revised port.
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