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NAME

       Opcode - Disable named opcodes when compiling perl code

SYNOPSIS

         use Opcode;

DESCRIPTION

       Perl code is always compiled into an internal format before execution.

       Evaluating perl code (e.g. via "eval" or "do 'file'") causes the code to be compiled into
       an internal format and then, provided there was no error in the compilation, executed.
       The internal format is based on many distinct opcodes.

       By default no opmask is in effect and any code can be compiled.

       The Opcode module allow you to define an operator mask to be in effect when perl next
       compiles any code.  Attempting to compile code which contains a masked opcode will cause
       the compilation to fail with an error. The code will not be executed.

NOTE

       The Opcode module is not usually used directly. See the ops pragma and Safe modules for
       more typical uses.

WARNING

       The Opcode module does not implement an effective sandbox for evaluating untrusted code
       with the perl interpreter.

       Bugs in the perl interpreter that could be abused to bypass Opcode restrictions are not
       treated as vulnerabilities. See perlsecpolicy for additional information.

       The authors make no warranty, implied or otherwise, about the suitability of this software
       for safety or security purposes.

       The authors shall not in any case be liable for special, incidental, consequential,
       indirect or other similar damages arising from the use of this software.

       Your mileage will vary. If in any doubt do not use it.

Operator Names and Operator Lists

       The canonical list of operator names is the contents of the array PL_op_name defined and
       initialised in file opcode.h of the Perl source distribution (and installed into the perl
       library).

       Each operator has both a terse name (its opname) and a more verbose or recognisable
       descriptive name. The opdesc function can be used to return a list of descriptions for a
       list of operators.

       Many of the functions and methods listed below take a list of operators as parameters.
       Most operator lists can be made up of several types of element. Each element can be one of

       an operator name (opname)
               Operator names are typically small lowercase words like enterloop, leaveloop,
               last, next, redo etc. Sometimes they are rather cryptic like gv2cv, i_ncmp and
               ftsvtx.

       an operator tag name (optag)
               Operator tags can be used to refer to groups (or sets) of operators.  Tag names
               always begin with a colon. The Opcode module defines several optags and the user
               can define others using the define_optag function.

       a negated opname or optag
               An opname or optag can be prefixed with an exclamation mark, e.g., !mkdir.
               Negating an opname or optag means remove the corresponding ops from the
               accumulated set of ops at that point.

       an operator set (opset)
               An opset as a binary string of approximately 44 bytes which holds a set or zero or
               more operators.

               The opset and opset_to_ops functions can be used to convert from a list of
               operators to an opset and vice versa.

               Wherever a list of operators can be given you can use one or more opsets.  See
               also Manipulating Opsets below.

Opcode Functions

       The Opcode package contains functions for manipulating operator names tags and sets. All
       are available for export by the package.

       opcodes In a scalar context opcodes returns the number of opcodes in this version of perl
               (around 350 for perl-5.7.0).

               In a list context it returns a list of all the operator names.  (Not yet
               implemented, use @names = opset_to_ops(full_opset).)

       opset (OP, ...)
               Returns an opset containing the listed operators.

       opset_to_ops (OPSET)
               Returns a list of operator names corresponding to those operators in the set.

       opset_to_hex (OPSET)
               Returns a string representation of an opset. Can be handy for debugging.

       full_opset
               Returns an opset which includes all operators.

       empty_opset
               Returns an opset which contains no operators.

       invert_opset (OPSET)
               Returns an opset which is the inverse set of the one supplied.

       verify_opset (OPSET, ...)
               Returns true if the supplied opset looks like a valid opset (is the right length
               etc) otherwise it returns false. If an optional second parameter is true then
               verify_opset will croak on an invalid opset instead of returning false.

               Most of the other Opcode functions call verify_opset automatically and will croak
               if given an invalid opset.

       define_optag (OPTAG, OPSET)
               Define OPTAG as a symbolic name for OPSET. Optag names always start with a colon
               ":".

               The optag name used must not be defined already (define_optag will croak if it is
               already defined). Optag names are global to the perl process and optag definitions
               cannot be altered or deleted once defined.

               It is strongly recommended that applications using Opcode should use a leading
               capital letter on their tag names since lowercase names are reserved for use by
               the Opcode module. If using Opcode within a module you should prefix your tags
               names with the name of your module to ensure uniqueness and thus avoid clashes
               with other modules.

       opmask_add (OPSET)
               Adds the supplied opset to the current opmask. Note that there is currently no
               mechanism for unmasking ops once they have been masked.  This is intentional.

       opmask  Returns an opset corresponding to the current opmask.

       opdesc (OP, ...)
               This takes a list of operator names and returns the corresponding list of operator
               descriptions.

       opdump (PAT)
               Dumps to STDOUT a two column list of op names and op descriptions.  If an optional
               pattern is given then only lines which match the (case insensitive) pattern will
               be output.

               It's designed to be used as a handy command line utility:

                       perl -MOpcode=opdump -e opdump
                       perl -MOpcode=opdump -e 'opdump Eval'

Manipulating Opsets

       Opsets may be manipulated using the perl bit vector operators & (and), | (or), ^ (xor) and
       ~ (negate/invert).

       However you should never rely on the numerical position of any opcode within the opset. In
       other words both sides of a bit vector operator should be opsets returned from Opcode
       functions.

       Also, since the number of opcodes in your current version of perl might not be an exact
       multiple of eight, there may be unused bits in the last byte of an upset. This should not
       cause any problems (Opcode functions ignore those extra bits) but it does mean that using
       the ~ operator will typically not produce the same 'physical' opset 'string' as the
       invert_opset function.

TO DO (maybe)

           $bool = opset_eq($opset1, $opset2)  true if opsets are logically
                                               equivalent
           $yes = opset_can($opset, @ops)      true if $opset has all @ops set

           @diff = opset_diff($opset1, $opset2) => ('foo', '!bar', ...)

Predefined Opcode Tags

       :base_core
                null stub scalar pushmark wantarray const defined undef

                rv2sv sassign

                rv2av aassign aelem aelemfast aelemfast_lex aslice kvaslice
                av2arylen

                rv2hv helem hslice kvhslice each values keys exists delete
                aeach akeys avalues multideref argelem argdefelem argcheck

                preinc i_preinc predec i_predec postinc i_postinc
                postdec i_postdec int hex oct abs pow multiply i_multiply
                divide i_divide modulo i_modulo add i_add subtract i_subtract

                left_shift right_shift bit_and bit_xor bit_or nbit_and
                nbit_xor nbit_or sbit_and sbit_xor sbit_or negate i_negate not
                complement ncomplement scomplement

                lt i_lt gt i_gt le i_le ge i_ge eq i_eq ne i_ne ncmp i_ncmp
                slt sgt sle sge seq sne scmp
                isa

                substr vec stringify study pos length index rindex ord chr

                ucfirst lcfirst uc lc fc quotemeta trans transr chop schop
                chomp schomp

                match split qr

                list lslice splice push pop shift unshift reverse

                cond_expr flip flop andassign orassign dorassign and or dor xor

                warn die lineseq nextstate scope enter leave

                rv2cv anoncode prototype coreargs avhvswitch anonconst

                entersub leavesub leavesublv return method method_named
                method_super method_redir method_redir_super
                 -- XXX loops via recursion?

                cmpchain_and cmpchain_dup

                is_bool
                is_weak weaken unweaken

                leaveeval -- needed for Safe to operate, is safe
                             without entereval

       :base_mem
            These memory related ops are not included in :base_core because they can easily be
            used to implement a resource attack (e.g., consume all available memory).

                concat multiconcat repeat join range

                anonlist anonhash

            Note that despite the existence of this optag a memory resource attack may still be
            possible using only :base_core ops.

            Disabling these ops is a very heavy handed way to attempt to prevent a memory
            resource attack. It's probable that a specific memory limit mechanism will be added
            to perl in the near future.

       :base_loop
            These loop ops are not included in :base_core because they can easily be used to
            implement a resource attack (e.g., consume all available CPU time).

                grepstart grepwhile
                mapstart mapwhile
                enteriter iter
                enterloop leaveloop unstack
                last next redo
                goto

       :base_io
            These ops enable filehandle (rather than filename) based input and output. These are
            safe on the assumption that only pre-existing filehandles are available for use.
            Usually, to create new filehandles other ops such as open would need to be enabled,
            if you don't take into account the magical open of ARGV.

                readline rcatline getc read

                formline enterwrite leavewrite

                print say sysread syswrite send recv

                eof tell seek sysseek

                readdir telldir seekdir rewinddir

       :base_orig
            These are a hotchpotch of opcodes still waiting to be considered

                gvsv gv gelem

                padsv padav padhv padcv padany padrange introcv clonecv

                once

                rv2gv refgen srefgen ref refassign lvref lvrefslice lvavref
                blessed refaddr reftype

                bless -- could be used to change ownership of objects
                         (reblessing)

                 regcmaybe regcreset regcomp subst substcont

                sprintf prtf -- can core dump

                crypt

                tie untie

                dbmopen dbmclose
                sselect select
                pipe_op sockpair

                getppid getpgrp setpgrp getpriority setpriority
                localtime gmtime

                entertry leavetry -- can be used to 'hide' fatal errors
                entertrycatch poptry catch leavetrycatch -- similar

                entergiven leavegiven
                enterwhen leavewhen
                break continue
                smartmatch

                pushdefer

                custom -- where should this go

                ceil floor

       :base_math
            These ops are not included in :base_core because of the risk of them being used to
            generate floating point exceptions (which would have to be caught using a $SIG{FPE}
            handler).

                atan2 sin cos exp log sqrt

            These ops are not included in :base_core because they have an effect beyond the scope
            of the compartment.

                rand srand

       :base_thread
            These ops are related to multi-threading.

                lock

       :default
            A handy tag name for a reasonable default set of ops.  (The current ops allowed are
            unstable while development continues. It will change.)

                :base_core :base_mem :base_loop :base_orig :base_thread

            This list used to contain :base_io prior to Opcode 1.07.

            If safety matters to you (and why else would you be using the Opcode module?)  then
            you should not rely on the definition of this, or indeed any other, optag!

       :filesys_read
                stat lstat readlink

                ftatime ftblk ftchr ftctime ftdir fteexec fteowned
                fteread ftewrite ftfile ftis ftlink ftmtime ftpipe
                ftrexec ftrowned ftrread ftsgid ftsize ftsock ftsuid
                fttty ftzero ftrwrite ftsvtx

                fttext ftbinary

                fileno

       :sys_db
                ghbyname ghbyaddr ghostent shostent ehostent      -- hosts
                gnbyname gnbyaddr gnetent snetent enetent         -- networks
                gpbyname gpbynumber gprotoent sprotoent eprotoent -- protocols
                gsbyname gsbyport gservent sservent eservent      -- services

                gpwnam gpwuid gpwent spwent epwent getlogin       -- users
                ggrnam ggrgid ggrent sgrent egrent                -- groups

       :browse
            A handy tag name for a reasonable default set of ops beyond the :default optag.  Like
            :default (and indeed all the other optags) its current definition is unstable while
            development continues. It will change.

            The :browse tag represents the next step beyond :default. It is a superset of the
            :default ops and adds :filesys_read the :sys_db.  The intent being that scripts can
            access more (possibly sensitive) information about your system but not be able to
            change it.

                :default :filesys_read :sys_db

       :filesys_open
                sysopen open close
                umask binmode

                open_dir closedir -- other dir ops are in :base_io

       :filesys_write
                link unlink rename symlink truncate

                mkdir rmdir

                utime chmod chown

                fcntl -- not strictly filesys related, but possibly as
                         dangerous?

       :subprocess
                backtick system

                fork

                wait waitpid

                glob -- access to Cshell via <`rm *`>

       :ownprocess
                exec exit kill

                time tms -- could be used for timing attacks (paranoid?)

       :others
            This tag holds groups of assorted specialist opcodes that don't warrant having optags
            defined for them.

            SystemV Interprocess Communications:

                msgctl msgget msgrcv msgsnd

                semctl semget semop

                shmctl shmget shmread shmwrite

       :load
            This tag holds opcodes related to loading modules and getting information about
            calling environment and args.

                require dofile
                caller runcv

       :still_to_be_decided
                chdir
                flock ioctl

                socket getpeername ssockopt
                bind connect listen accept shutdown gsockopt getsockname

                sleep alarm -- changes global timer state and signal handling
                sort -- assorted problems including core dumps
                tied -- can be used to access object implementing a tie
                pack unpack -- can be used to create/use memory pointers

                hintseval -- constant op holding eval hints

                entereval -- can be used to hide code from initial compile

                reset

                dbstate -- perl -d version of nextstate(ment) opcode

       :dangerous
            This tag is simply a bucket for opcodes that are unlikely to be used via a tag name
            but need to be tagged for completeness and documentation.

                syscall dump chroot

SEE ALSO

       ops -- perl pragma interface to Opcode module.

       Safe -- Opcode and namespace limited execution compartments

AUTHORS

       Originally designed and implemented by Malcolm Beattie, mbeattie@sable.ox.ac.uk as part of
       Safe version 1.

       Split out from Safe module version 1, named opcode tags and other changes added by Tim
       Bunce.