[mod] hardening "calculator plugin" / limit execution time to 50 ms

The execution of the function for the calculation is outsourced to a process
whose runtime is limited to 50 milliseconds.

Related:

- [1] https://github.com/searxng/searxng/pull/3377#issuecomment-2067977375

Signed-off-by: Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de>
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Markus Heiser 2024-08-21 17:50:44 +02:00 committed by Markus Heiser
parent 7d9d5186a0
commit 3a3ff8f020

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@ -4,10 +4,13 @@
import ast import ast
import operator import operator
from multiprocessing import Process, Queue
from flask_babel import gettext from flask_babel import gettext
from searx import settings from searx import settings
from searx.plugins import logger
name = "Basic Calculator" name = "Basic Calculator"
description = gettext("Calculate mathematical expressions via the search bar") description = gettext("Calculate mathematical expressions via the search bar")
default_on = False default_on = False
@ -15,6 +18,8 @@ default_on = False
preference_section = 'general' preference_section = 'general'
plugin_id = 'calculator' plugin_id = 'calculator'
logger = logger.getChild(plugin_id)
operators = { operators = {
ast.Add: operator.add, ast.Add: operator.add,
ast.Sub: operator.sub, ast.Sub: operator.sub,
@ -51,6 +56,30 @@ def _eval(node):
raise TypeError(node) raise TypeError(node)
def timeout_func(timeout, func, *args, **kwargs):
def handler(q: Queue, func, args, **kwargs): # pylint:disable=invalid-name
try:
q.put(func(*args, **kwargs))
except:
q.put(None)
raise
que = Queue()
p = Process(target=handler, args=(que, func, args), kwargs=kwargs)
p.start()
p.join(timeout=timeout)
ret_val = None
if not p.is_alive():
ret_val = que.get()
else:
logger.debug("terminate function after timeout is exceeded")
p.terminate()
p.join()
p.close()
return ret_val
def post_search(_request, search): def post_search(_request, search):
# don't run on public instances due to possible attack surfaces # don't run on public instances due to possible attack surfaces
if settings['server']['public_instance']: if settings['server']['public_instance']:
@ -74,13 +103,15 @@ def post_search(_request, search):
# in python, powers are calculated via ** # in python, powers are calculated via **
query_py_formatted = query.replace("^", "**") query_py_formatted = query.replace("^", "**")
try:
result = str(_eval_expr(query_py_formatted))
if result != query:
search.result_container.answers['calculate'] = {'answer': f"{query} = {result}"}
except (TypeError, SyntaxError, ArithmeticError):
pass
# Prevent the runtime from being longer than 50 ms
result = timeout_func(0.05, _eval_expr, query_py_formatted)
if result is None:
return True
result = str(result)
if result != query:
search.result_container.answers['calculate'] = {'answer': f"{query} = {result}"}
return True return True