fix(runtime): preserve POSIX backslashes in file paths by steipete · Pull Request #42965 · oven-sh/bun

steipete · 2026-09-16T18:58:26Z

What does this PR do?

Preserves literal POSIX backslashes at #44473's runtime resolution boundary. After plugin dispatch and query extraction, an existing exact filesystem target is resolved using POSIX filename bytes. Canonical symlinks share one module key; preserve-symlinks retains the absolute alias. Queries retain distinct module identities, and embedded NULs keep the normal resolver rejection.

The shared bundler's loose-path policy is unchanged. Temporary path bytes stay owned by the resolution result until copied into the module key. The filesystem realpath regression remains as coverage; that behavior already passes on main. Related filesystem work is in #42374. Plugin guards and import-kind work remain separate in #42939, #42952, #44593 and #40398.

Current rebase validation

Rebased onto upstream main 7942008688. The regression tests fail without this patch on official Linux canary 1.4.4-canary.1+a0cc096ce and on the main build.

The standalone Linux x64 release build uses bun run build:release --lto=off; its revision matches this branch (650fa4b3e). Full touched test files pass:

test/js/bun/plugin/plugins.test.ts: 112 pass, 0 fail.
test/js/bun/resolve/resolve.test.ts: 110 pass, 0 fail, 3 skip, 1 todo.
test/js/node/fs/fs.test.ts: 630 pass, 0 fail, 8 skip.

The rebased diff passed independent review through P2 and git diff --check.

The full-file runs use a writable, task-owned TMPDIR. The initial filesystem run hit EACCES because its existing mkdtemp prefix test tried to create /tmp<suffix> under the root directory. That test also fails on official canary with the default temporary directory and passes with the writable directory. No source or test changes were made for this environment correction.

Earlier qualification

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Built on macOS arm64 against main 9bd19c9. The resolver file changes from 96 pass / 2 fail to 98 pass / 0 fail (three skips), including canonical, dotted, query, relative-parent and preserve-symlinks identity assertions. The filesystem file changes from 605 pass / 1 fail to 606 pass / 0 fail (16 skips). The plugin file passes 97 tests before and after, preserving plugin precedence. Node 24.21 confirms filesystem realpath, CJS resolution/identity and preserve-symlinks behavior. Original assertions are retained; independent P2 review is clean. No new cross-platform or ASAN qualification is claimed.

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Rebased onto upstream main 8d5672c5529049f1a9a3453d07e6cd6a1564abc7. The new direct filesystem paths retain AOT's source-path-to-module-key mapping.

Fresh Linux x64 release validation with LTO off: the two resolver regressions fail on main. Candidate aeb822576d61dd3dd460fd7b2924ba921cddb067 passes all three full touched files: plugins 112, resolver 110 (3 skipped), and filesystem 630 (8 skipped), with zero failures. The executable revision matches the commit. The filesystem run uses a writable temporary directory. Independent P0–P2 review and Rust formatting pass. Earlier platform results above are historical; this rebase was qualified on Linux.

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On non-Windows systems, _resolve checks eligible paths containing literal backslashes before normal resolution. It can return the joined path or its realpath. Regression tests cover symlinks, query-based module identity, plugin redirects, and realpath results.

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Backslash Path Resolution

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Module resolution integration `src/jsc/VirtualMachine.rs`, `test/js/bun/resolve/resolve.test.ts`, `test/js/bun/plugin/plugins.test.ts`, `test/js/node/fs/fs.test.ts`	`ResolveFunctionResult.path` now uses `Cow`. `_resolve` stores parsed queries before filesystem and resolver resolution. On non-Windows systems, eligible backslash paths are joined with POSIX rules and checked before normal resolution. Tests cover symlink handling, query-based module identity, plugin redirects, and realpath results.

Possibly related issues

Dynamic import of a file: URL drops its query: two queries give the same module instance #46900 — This PR stores parsed queries before resolution and tests query-based module identity. The issue concerns file: URL queries, which may follow a different resolution path.

Suggested reviewers: jarred-sumner

Priority: Normal

Merge Risk: Moderate · up to aeb82

Imports from POSIX directories containing literal backslashes can fail or load the wrong module. Fix that resolution path before merging; also guard against NUL-containing source directories.

Security architecture risk: Low · up to aa293

The change is narrowly scoped and preserves plugin resolution ordering. A remaining failure-path concern is that a literal-backslash path can fall back to resolution rules that interpret it differently. No privilege escalation or exploitable security bypass was established.

Retained concerns

Low · security · inferred: The new exact-file branch does not terminate on canonicalization failure. For a relative literal-backslash specifier, recovery re-enters the existing loose path join, so successful execution and failure recovery need not select the same filename interpretation. Under concurrent filesystem changes and with another matching target present, this could undermine an application's expected module identity. The recovery flow is observed; unintended module loading remains inferred, not a verified vulnerability.

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Security Blast Radius

inferred — The changed reachability concerns caller-supplied local filesystem paths in the Bun process. Existence, canonicalization, and realpath operations use the process's filesystem authority; these branches do not themselves introduce additional credentials or privileges. Any unintended-target scenario remains bounded by accessible files and the caller's ability to influence the specifier or filesystem state.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

inferred — A conditional attack path would require canonicalization to fail or filesystem state to change after the exact-file check, followed by fallback selecting another accessible target. The new branch introduces the exact-path success state; the loose fallback itself existed at the PR base. No runtime hook bypass or end-to-end exploit was established.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

observed — Plugin resolution controls remain upstream of the new filesystem probe. POSIX filesystem realpath still propagates open and descriptor-path errors, and its scope guard closes the opened descriptor on success and failure.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

observed — Failed fast-path canonicalization does not assign a result path. The general resolver must complete before the consumer returns a copied path and query. This avoids publication of a partially populated result, but does not establish identical target interpretation across recovery branches.

Hardening Proposals

proposed — Consider terminating with the canonicalization error once an exact POSIX file has been recognized, or ensuring that recovery retains the same filename interpretation. Keep directory resolution separate, and validate the exact-file failure transition with a controlled failure scenario.

Pre-merge checks: 4

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: preserving literal POSIX backslashes in runtime file paths.
Description check		The description includes both required sections, explains the implementation and scope, and provides detailed verification results with test counts and environment notes.
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Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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+  expect(preserved.stderr.toString()).toBe("");
+  expect(preserved.exitCode).toBe(0);
+  expect(preserved.stdout.toString().trim()).toBe(target);


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Move the exit code assertion after the stdout assertion.

AGENTS.md requires subprocess tests to assert the exit code last because this provides more useful failure messages.

expect(preserved.stderr.toString()).toBe(""); - expect(preserved.exitCode).toBe(0); expect(preserved.stdout.toString().trim()).toBe(target); + expect(preserved.exitCode).toBe(0);

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steipete · 2026-10-05T10:53:13Z

Ported exact POSIX file resolution after #44473's plugin/query dispatch, preserving canonical and preserve-symlinks keys plus query identities. Temporary results now own their paths; bundler loose-path policy is unchanged. Against 9bd19c9 on macOS arm64: resolver 96/2 to 98/0 pass/fail, fs 605/1 to 606/0, plugin 97 pass before/after. Original assertions, Node 24 filesystem/CJS oracles and P2 review pass. The fs portion still overlaps #42374.

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- Line 5427: Update the POSIX-resolution condition around
contains_char(normalized_specifier, b'\\') to also account for backslashes in
the source directory. Ensure relative imports from a directory containing a
backslash resolve using POSIX semantics, even when the specifier itself has
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- Line 5428: Update the POSIX fast-path guard to also reject source directories
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        };

+        #[cfg(not(windows))]
+        if bun_core::strings::contains_char(normalized_specifier, b'\\')


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Handle backslashes in the source directory.

If /tmp/a\b/main.js imports ./dep.js, the specifier has no backslash, so this branch is skipped. The fallback joins the source directory with platform::Loose and looks for /tmp/a/b/dep.js instead. The import fails or loads a different module. Include the source directory when selecting POSIX resolution. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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+        #[cfg(not(windows))]
+        if bun_core::strings::contains_char(normalized_specifier, b'\\')
+            && !bun_core::strings::contains_char(normalized_specifier, 0)


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Reject NUL bytes in the source directory before the POSIX fast path uses it.

The fast-path guard checks only normalized_specifier for NUL. When is_a_file_path is true, the source directory is joined into the candidate path without that check. A NUL in a directory segment, such as /etc/passwd\0x/module.js, stays in the joined path. fstatat stops at the NUL and checks the prefix /etc/passwd, a regular file. The fast path can then return that file instead of the requested path. Skip the fast path when the source directory contains NUL, so resolution falls through to the normal resolver.

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Preserve literal backslashes in fs.realpath on POSIX #33410

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fix(node:fs): preserve POSIX locks in realpath #42374

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fix(runtime): port plugin and module-resolution compatibility fixes openclaw/bun#30

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Decide in _resolve whether a ? is part of a path or starts a query #36627

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resolver: key the directory caches natively on POSIX, so <dir>\ and <dir> do not share an entry #47002

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