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fix(core): cap detect_binary_per_byte at MAX_FFFILE_SIZE, stop on first NUL - #899

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Closes #895

Root cause

FileItem::detect_binary_per_byte (crates/fff-core/src/types.rs:563) had no size guard and kept reading after a NUL chunk. The bulk scan (index/bigram_filter.rs:1195) skips files > MAX_FFFILE_SIZE before calling it, but the watcher paths (file_picker.rs:1694 modify, file_picker.rs:1741 add) do not. So every write to a large log/JSONL file re-read it to EOF.

Fix

Guard moved into detect_binary_per_byte itself, as requested in #895 (comment):

  • self.size > MAX_FFFILE_SIZE -> return, no open/read. Matches what scan path already does, so classification for scanned files is unchanged.
  • break after first chunk with NUL. set_binary(true) is sticky, rest of read was wasted.

Both watcher call sites set size from fresh metadata before the call (update_metadata / FileItem::new), so the guard sees the current size.

Steps to reproduce

Regression test checks the guard without needing a watcher:

git checkout main
git checkout triage-bot/issue-895 -- crates/fff-core/src/types.rs
sed -i 's/if self.size == 0 || self.size > MAX_FFFILE_SIZE {/if self.size == 0 {/' crates/fff-core/src/types.rs
cargo test -p fff-search --lib detect_binary_tests

Expected: skips_files_above_max_size ... ok
Actual on main logic:

test types::detect_binary_tests::skips_files_above_max_size ... FAILED
assertion failed: !classify(&content)

That is, a 10 MiB + 1 file gets fully read and classified on the watcher path.

Live repro: watch a root, append to a >10 MiB text file in a loop, sample the process. Before: FilePicker::handle_file_modify -> detect_binary_per_byte -> read() dominates. After: frame gone.

How verified

  • cargo test -p fff-search: all pass (210 lib + integration).
  • New tests detect_binary_tests::{detects_nul_in_small_file, skips_files_above_max_size}. The second fails without the guard.
  • cargo clippy -p fff-search --all-targets: no new warnings in types.rs.

Note: files above 10 MiB that the watcher adds no longer get the binary flag. They are already excluded from grep/content by max_file_size, so nothing downstream changes.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Binary-file detection now scans only the first supported-size portion of a file and stops when it encounters a NUL byte. Data beyond the size limit no longer affects the classification.
  • Tests
    • Added coverage for NUL-byte detection and for ensuring data beyond the supported-size limit does not affect binary-file classification.

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detect_binary_per_byte now reads at most MAX_FFFILE_SIZE bytes and stops after it finds a NUL byte. Tests cover NUL detection within the limit and a NUL byte beyond it.

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Layer / File(s) Summary
Bounded binary detection and tests
crates/fff-core/src/types.rs
The detector limits reads to MAX_FFFILE_SIZE bytes and stops after finding a NUL byte. Tests check NUL detection within the limit and confirm that a NUL byte beyond the limit does not affect classification.

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Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Suggested reviewers: dmtrkovalenko

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When both search limits are explicitly raised above 10 MiB, files with a later NUL can produce text-search results. Default limits avoid this configuration-specific issue, so merge risk is low.

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Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to a2965

The change reduces classification work and preserves the default 10 MiB limits. With explicitly enlarged search and content limits, however, files containing a NUL beyond the detection window can now be searched. No authorization bypass or privilege expansion was established.

Retained concerns

  • Low · architecture · inferred: The fixed detection window no longer covers every file admitted by supported larger search budgets. On watcher paths, a file whose first NUL lies beyond 10 MiB can remain non-binary and become searchable when both downstream limits permit its size. This is a conditional exclusion-contract regression, not an established authorization bypass.
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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The demonstrated exposure is confined to searchable content within a configured FilePicker root when a party can supply or modify a file there and both downstream size limits permit it. The traced path establishes no additional filesystem authority, cross-tenant access, or privilege gain; production use of enlarged limits is unknown.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • inferred — The changed predicate governs binary-content exclusion, not authorization in the inspected consumers. A late NUL can defeat that exclusion under enlarged limits, but the source does not establish a sensitive sink or a confidentiality boundary that this classification protects.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • observed — The cap bounds each detector invocation's byte consumption, reducing the previous EOF-sized work on watcher updates. Large non-binary files can still cause a cap-sized read on each invocation; this residual work predates the change and is reduced rather than worsened.
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- Line 565: Keep the classifier cutoff in the `types.rs` size check unchanged.
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pub(crate) fn detect_binary_per_byte(&self, path: &Path, chunk: &mut [u8]) {
if self.size == 0 {
// files above the grep cap are never searched, don't read them to EOF
if self.size == 0 || self.size > MAX_FFFILE_SIZE {

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

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sed -n '750,805p' crates/fff-core/src/types.rs
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printf '\n--- constants and size overrides ---\n'
rg -n -C 4 'MAX_FFFILE_SIZE|from_overrides|max_file_size' crates/fff-core/src/types.rs crates/fff-core/src/grep/types.rs crates/fff-core/src/grep/prefilter.rs crates/fff-core/src/index/bigram_filter.rs
printf '\n--- classifier and content paths ---\n'
sed -n '535,610p' crates/fff-core/src/types.rs
sed -n '1030,1080p' crates/fff-core/src/types.rs
sed -n '750,795p' crates/fff-core/src/types.rs
printf '\n--- prefilter ---\n'
sed -n '50,125p' crates/fff-core/src/grep/prefilter.rs
printf '\n--- constants definition/use scope ---\n'
rg -n -C 3 'MAX_FFFILE_SIZE|10 ?MiB|10 ?MB|10485760|10_485_760' crates/fff-core README.md docs 2>/dev/null || true

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Enforce the 10 MiB cap in search.

Do not raise this classifier cutoff; that would make it read files above 10 MiB. With larger overrides, prefilter_files can admit files it did not classify, and get_content_for_search can return their bytes before checking the size limit. Cap search admission and reject oversized content before the cache lookup.

Suggested fix
diff --git a/crates/fff-core/src/grep/prefilter.rs b/crates/fff-core/src/grep/prefilter.rs
--- a/crates/fff-core/src/grep/prefilter.rs
+++ b/crates/fff-core/src/grep/prefilter.rs
@@
-    let max_file_size = options.max_file_size;
+    let max_file_size = options.max_file_size.min(crate::constants::MAX_FFFILE_SIZE);
diff --git a/crates/fff-core/src/types.rs b/crates/fff-core/src/types.rs
--- a/crates/fff-core/src/types.rs
+++ b/crates/fff-core/src/types.rs
@@
     ) -> Option<&'a [u8]> {
+        if self.size > MAX_FFFILE_SIZE {
+            return None;
+        }
+
         #[cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))]
         {
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Keep the classifier cutoff in the `types.rs` size check unchanged. Cap file
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@gustav-fff we should still check first 10mb cauaes binary path migth be used by other file search as well

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[triage-bot] DIRECTED: pushed a2965d4. Large files now classified on first 10 MiB.

  • detect_binary_per_byte (crates/fff-core/src/types.rs:563): removed size > MAX_FFFILE_SIZE early return. Reader wrapped in file.take(MAX_FFFILE_SIZE), so it reads at most 10 MiB and still breaks on first NUL chunk. Watcher no longer reads 1 GB log to EOF, and large files keep binary flag for other consumers.
  • Test skips_files_above_max_size replaced with reads_only_first_max_size_bytes: NUL at offset 0 of 10 MiB+1 file -> binary; NUL at offset 10 MiB -> not binary.
  • cargo test -p fff-search: all pass (210 lib + integration).

PR body "Steps to reproduce" still talks about old guard. Ignore that section, the new test covers this behaviour.

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detect_binary_per_byte reads every changed file to EOF (no early exit, no size cap on watcher path)

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