libmagic_rs/evaluator/mod.rs
1// Copyright (c) 2025-2026 the libmagic-rs contributors
2// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
3
4//! Rule evaluation engine
5//!
6//! This module provides the public interface for magic rule evaluation,
7//! including data types for evaluation state and match results, and
8//! re-exports the core evaluation functions from submodules.
9
10use crate::{EvaluationConfig, LibmagicError};
11use serde::Serialize;
12
13mod engine;
14pub mod offset;
15pub mod operators;
16pub mod strength;
17pub mod types;
18
19pub use engine::{evaluate_rules, evaluate_rules_with_config, evaluate_single_rule};
20
21/// Strip a single leading GNU `file` no-separator marker from `s`, if present.
22///
23/// The marker (GOTCHAS S14.1) suppresses the separating space when a
24/// description is appended to a sibling's text. It reaches evaluator code in
25/// two forms: the raw byte `U+0008` (backspace), used for programmatically
26/// constructed messages, and -- far more commonly -- the literal
27/// two-character sequence `\b` (backslash + `'b'`), because the message parser
28/// preserves description text verbatim (matching GNU `file`, which keeps the
29/// desc literal and special-cases a leading `\b` at print time).
30///
31/// Returns `Some(rest)` with the marker removed when one is present, else
32/// `None`. This is the single source of truth for the two-form marker so the
33/// three call sites (`concatenate_messages` output rendering,
34/// `is_message_bearing` gating, and `evaluate_use_rule` name-message
35/// attachment) cannot drift on which forms they recognize.
36pub(crate) fn strip_no_separator_marker(s: &str) -> Option<&str> {
37 s.strip_prefix('\u{0008}').or_else(|| s.strip_prefix("\\b"))
38}
39
40/// Shared environment attached to an [`EvaluationContext`] so the engine can
41/// resolve whole-database operations (currently: `Use` subroutine lookups;
42/// eventually `indirect` whole-tree re-entry).
43///
44/// Stored as an `Arc` so cloning a context across recursive calls is cheap
45/// and the rule data can be shared safely across threads.
46#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
47pub(crate) struct RuleEnvironment {
48 /// Named subroutine table, keyed by identifier.
49 pub(crate) name_table: std::sync::Arc<crate::parser::name_table::NameTable>,
50 /// Top-level rule list retained for future whole-database operations.
51 #[allow(dead_code)]
52 pub(crate) root_rules: std::sync::Arc<[crate::parser::ast::MagicRule]>,
53}
54
55/// Context for maintaining evaluation state during rule processing
56///
57/// The `EvaluationContext` tracks the current state of rule evaluation,
58/// including the current offset position, recursion depth for nested rules,
59/// and configuration settings that control evaluation behavior.
60///
61/// # Examples
62///
63/// ```rust
64/// use libmagic_rs::evaluator::EvaluationContext;
65/// use libmagic_rs::EvaluationConfig;
66///
67/// let config = EvaluationConfig::default();
68/// let context = EvaluationContext::new(config);
69///
70/// assert_eq!(context.current_offset(), 0);
71/// assert_eq!(context.recursion_depth(), 0);
72/// ```
73#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
74#[non_exhaustive]
75pub struct EvaluationContext {
76 /// Current offset position in the file buffer
77 current_offset: usize,
78 /// End offset of the most recent successful match.
79 ///
80 /// This is the GNU `file`/libmagic anchor used to resolve relative
81 /// (`&+N` / `&-N`) offsets. It is updated to the end of the most
82 /// recently matched rule -- the value may *increase or decrease* as
83 /// successive rules match at different positions; it is not a
84 /// high-watermark. A fresh context starts with this set to 0, which
85 /// matches libmagic's behavior of resolving top-level relative offsets
86 /// from the file start.
87 last_match_end: usize,
88 /// Current recursion depth for nested rule evaluation
89 recursion_depth: u32,
90 /// Configuration settings for evaluation behavior
91 config: EvaluationConfig,
92 /// Optional rule environment (name table + root rules) threaded from
93 /// [`MagicDatabase`](crate::MagicDatabase). Evaluations that come in
94 /// through the low-level [`evaluate_rules`] / [`evaluate_rules_with_config`]
95 /// surface (tests, programmatic consumers) run with `rule_env = None`,
96 /// in which case `MetaType::Use` rules are silent no-ops.
97 rule_env: Option<std::sync::Arc<RuleEnvironment>>,
98 /// Base offset applied to absolute offset resolution.
99 ///
100 /// Normally 0. When evaluating a subroutine body via `MetaType::Use`,
101 /// this is set to the use-site offset so that the subroutine's
102 /// `OffsetSpec::Absolute(n)` rules resolve to `base + n` (matching
103 /// magic(5) / libmagic semantics: subroutines see offsets relative
104 /// to the caller's invocation point, not absolute file positions).
105 /// Restored to the caller's value on subroutine exit via the
106 /// `SubroutineScope` RAII guard in `engine/mod.rs`, which saves
107 /// and restores both `last_match_end` and `base_offset` together.
108 base_offset: usize,
109 /// One-shot flag set by `MetaType::Indirect` dispatch before
110 /// re-entering the root rule list. When true, the next entry to
111 /// `evaluate_rules` treats the iteration as a top-level sibling
112 /// chain (anchor chains across siblings per GOTCHAS S3.8) rather
113 /// than as a continuation list (anchor resets between siblings).
114 /// Consumed at entry — children of a matched rule inside the
115 /// re-entry see the flag cleared, so their own continuation-reset
116 /// semantics kick in via the `recursion_depth > 0` gate.
117 ///
118 /// Without this flag, `indirect` wrapping re-entry under
119 /// `RecursionGuard` forces `recursion_depth > 0`, which forces
120 /// continuation-reset semantics on the root rule list — wrong,
121 /// because top-level rules in the re-entered database should
122 /// chain sibling anchors like any other top-level evaluation.
123 indirect_reentry: bool,
124 /// Endian-flip state for `use \^name` subroutine invocation (magic(5)
125 /// `\^` prefix; libmagic `softmagic.c` `cvt_flip`). When true, every
126 /// endian-bearing typed read inside the current subroutine body
127 /// (`short`/`long`/`quad`/`float`/`double`/date families) has its
128 /// declared little/big endianness swapped before the read. A `use
129 /// \^name` site *toggles* this flag (not sets it) and the toggle
130 /// propagates into nested `use` calls, matching libmagic's `flip =
131 /// !flip` parameter threading. Saved and restored around the
132 /// subroutine call by the `SubroutineScope` RAII guard in
133 /// `engine/mod.rs`. Native-endian types and `String16` are never
134 /// flipped (they are absent from `cvt_flip`).
135 flip_endian: bool,
136}
137
138impl EvaluationContext {
139 /// Create a new evaluation context with the given configuration
140 ///
141 /// # Arguments
142 ///
143 /// * `config` - Configuration settings for evaluation behavior
144 ///
145 /// # Examples
146 ///
147 /// ```rust
148 /// use libmagic_rs::evaluator::EvaluationContext;
149 /// use libmagic_rs::EvaluationConfig;
150 ///
151 /// let config = EvaluationConfig::default();
152 /// let context = EvaluationContext::new(config);
153 /// ```
154 #[must_use]
155 pub fn new(mut config: EvaluationConfig) -> Self {
156 // Defensive clamp on `max_string_length`: `EvaluationConfig::validate()`
157 // rejects 0, but callers can bypass validation by setting the field
158 // via struct-literal syntax (or via the `with_max_string_length`
159 // builder, which doesn't validate). Without this clamp, a `cap = 0`
160 // would silently produce zero-byte reads on every scan-mode `string x`
161 // rule and disable the CWE-770 control documented at this field.
162 //
163 // The clamp rewrites an invalid 0 to
164 // `crate::evaluator::types::DEFAULT_MAX_STRING_LENGTH` (8192,
165 // matching `EvaluationConfig::default()`). A `warn!` records the
166 // correction so embedders see it in logs. Closes PR #304 review
167 // finding SF-1.
168 if config.max_string_length == 0 {
169 log::warn!(
170 "EvaluationContext::new received max_string_length=0 \
171 (likely a struct-literal or builder bypass of \
172 EvaluationConfig::validate); clamping to {} (the documented \
173 default). Construct the config via EvaluationConfig::new() \
174 / EvaluationConfig::default() and use the with_* builders \
175 to avoid this warning.",
176 crate::evaluator::types::DEFAULT_MAX_STRING_LENGTH,
177 );
178 config.max_string_length = crate::evaluator::types::DEFAULT_MAX_STRING_LENGTH;
179 }
180 Self {
181 current_offset: 0,
182 last_match_end: 0,
183 recursion_depth: 0,
184 config,
185 rule_env: None,
186 base_offset: 0,
187 indirect_reentry: false,
188 flip_endian: false,
189 }
190 }
191
192 /// Read-only access to the `use \^name` endian-flip state. True only
193 /// while evaluating a subroutine body reached through an odd number of
194 /// `\^`-prefixed `use` invocations.
195 #[must_use]
196 pub(crate) const fn flip_endian(&self) -> bool {
197 self.flip_endian
198 }
199
200 /// Set the endian-flip state.
201 ///
202 /// `pub(crate)` and owned by the engine's `SubroutineScope` RAII guard
203 /// -- no external caller should set this directly.
204 pub(crate) fn set_flip_endian(&mut self, flip: bool) {
205 self.flip_endian = flip;
206 }
207
208 /// Read-only access to the subroutine base offset. Non-zero only
209 /// during a `MetaType::Use` body evaluation.
210 #[must_use]
211 pub(crate) const fn base_offset(&self) -> usize {
212 self.base_offset
213 }
214
215 /// Set the subroutine base offset.
216 ///
217 /// `pub(crate)` and owned by the engine's `SubroutineScope` RAII
218 /// guard -- no external caller should set this directly.
219 pub(crate) fn set_base_offset(&mut self, offset: usize) {
220 self.base_offset = offset;
221 }
222
223 /// Read-and-clear the indirect-reentry flag. Used by `evaluate_rules`
224 /// at entry to decide whether the iteration is a top-level re-entry
225 /// (no anchor reset between siblings) or a continuation list (reset
226 /// between siblings). Cleared on read so children of a matched rule
227 /// inside the re-entry see the flag as false and fall back to the
228 /// `recursion_depth > 0` gate for their own continuation semantics.
229 pub(crate) fn take_indirect_reentry(&mut self) -> bool {
230 std::mem::take(&mut self.indirect_reentry)
231 }
232
233 /// Set the indirect-reentry flag.
234 ///
235 /// `pub(crate)` and owned by the `MetaType::Indirect` dispatch in
236 /// `engine/mod.rs`. Callers should set this true exactly once
237 /// before invoking `evaluate_rules` on the root rule list.
238 pub(crate) fn set_indirect_reentry(&mut self, flag: bool) {
239 self.indirect_reentry = flag;
240 }
241
242 /// Attach a rule environment to this context.
243 ///
244 /// The environment carries the name-subroutine table and root rule list
245 /// so the engine can resolve `MetaType::Use` rules and (eventually)
246 /// `MetaType::Indirect` re-entries. Intended to be called once by
247 /// [`MagicDatabase`](crate::MagicDatabase) before handing the context
248 /// to [`evaluate_rules`].
249 #[must_use]
250 pub(crate) fn with_rule_env(mut self, env: std::sync::Arc<RuleEnvironment>) -> Self {
251 self.rule_env = Some(env);
252 self
253 }
254
255 /// Read-only access to the attached rule environment, if any.
256 #[must_use]
257 pub(crate) fn rule_env(&self) -> Option<&RuleEnvironment> {
258 self.rule_env.as_deref()
259 }
260
261 /// Get the current offset position
262 ///
263 /// # Returns
264 ///
265 /// The current offset position in the file buffer
266 #[must_use]
267 pub const fn current_offset(&self) -> usize {
268 self.current_offset
269 }
270
271 /// Set the current offset position
272 ///
273 /// # Arguments
274 ///
275 /// * `offset` - The new offset position
276 pub fn set_current_offset(&mut self, offset: usize) {
277 self.current_offset = offset;
278 }
279
280 /// Get the end offset of the most recent successful match.
281 ///
282 /// This is the GNU `file`/libmagic anchor used to resolve relative
283 /// (`&+N` / `&-N`) offset specifications. A fresh context returns 0,
284 /// which makes top-level relative offsets resolve from the file start.
285 ///
286 /// `pub(crate)` because the anchor is an internal engine detail; external
287 /// consumers should not couple to it.
288 #[must_use]
289 pub(crate) const fn last_match_end(&self) -> usize {
290 self.last_match_end
291 }
292
293 /// Set the end offset of the most recent successful match.
294 ///
295 /// Called by the evaluation engine after a rule matches, to advance the
296 /// anchor used by subsequent relative offset resolution. The new value
297 /// is typically `match_offset + bytes_consumed_by_type`.
298 ///
299 /// `pub(crate)` because external callers should not be able to inject
300 /// arbitrary anchor state. External callers that need to clear the
301 /// anchor between buffer evaluations should call
302 /// `EvaluationContext::reset()`, which resets the anchor, current
303 /// offset, and recursion depth together.
304 pub(crate) fn set_last_match_end(&mut self, offset: usize) {
305 self.last_match_end = offset;
306 }
307
308 /// Get the current recursion depth
309 ///
310 /// # Returns
311 ///
312 /// The current recursion depth for nested rule evaluation
313 #[must_use]
314 pub const fn recursion_depth(&self) -> u32 {
315 self.recursion_depth
316 }
317
318 /// Increment the recursion depth
319 ///
320 /// # Returns
321 ///
322 /// `Ok(())` if the recursion depth is within limits, or `Err(LibmagicError)`
323 /// if the maximum recursion depth would be exceeded
324 ///
325 /// # Errors
326 ///
327 /// Returns `LibmagicError::EvaluationError` if incrementing would exceed
328 /// the maximum recursion depth configured in the evaluation config.
329 pub(crate) fn increment_recursion_depth(&mut self) -> Result<(), LibmagicError> {
330 if self.recursion_depth >= self.config.max_recursion_depth {
331 return Err(LibmagicError::EvaluationError(
332 crate::error::EvaluationError::recursion_limit_exceeded(self.recursion_depth),
333 ));
334 }
335 self.recursion_depth += 1;
336 Ok(())
337 }
338
339 /// Decrement the recursion depth
340 ///
341 /// # Errors
342 ///
343 /// Returns an error if the recursion depth is already 0, as this indicates
344 /// a programming error in the evaluation logic (mismatched increment/decrement calls).
345 pub(crate) fn decrement_recursion_depth(&mut self) -> Result<(), LibmagicError> {
346 if self.recursion_depth == 0 {
347 return Err(LibmagicError::EvaluationError(
348 crate::error::EvaluationError::internal_error(
349 "Attempted to decrement recursion depth below 0",
350 ),
351 ));
352 }
353 self.recursion_depth -= 1;
354 Ok(())
355 }
356
357 /// Get a reference to the evaluation configuration
358 ///
359 /// # Returns
360 ///
361 /// A reference to the `EvaluationConfig` used by this context
362 #[must_use]
363 pub const fn config(&self) -> &EvaluationConfig {
364 &self.config
365 }
366
367 /// Check if evaluation should stop at the first match
368 ///
369 /// # Returns
370 ///
371 /// `true` if evaluation should stop at the first match, `false` otherwise
372 #[must_use]
373 pub const fn should_stop_at_first_match(&self) -> bool {
374 self.config.stop_at_first_match
375 }
376
377 /// Get the maximum string length allowed for scan-mode string reads.
378 ///
379 /// Threaded into both string-read dispatchers
380 /// (`read_typed_value_with_pattern` for the unflagged `(None, _)` arm
381 /// and `read_pattern_match` for the flagged `/c`/`/C`/`/w`/`/W`/`/T`/`/f`
382 /// arm) so they cap the buffer-length allocation against this value.
383 /// Does NOT apply to `TypeKind::PString` (which errors on oversized
384 /// length prefixes per GOTCHAS S6.1) or `TypeKind::String16` (capped
385 /// at a hardcoded `STRING16_MAX_UNITS = 8192` ceiling).
386 ///
387 /// # Returns
388 ///
389 /// The configured `max_string_length` (default 8192 bytes per
390 /// `EvaluationConfig::default()`).
391 #[must_use]
392 pub const fn max_string_length(&self) -> usize {
393 self.config.max_string_length
394 }
395
396 /// Check if MIME type mapping is enabled
397 ///
398 /// # Returns
399 ///
400 /// `true` if MIME type mapping should be performed, `false` otherwise
401 #[must_use]
402 pub const fn enable_mime_types(&self) -> bool {
403 self.config.enable_mime_types
404 }
405
406 /// Get the evaluation timeout in milliseconds
407 ///
408 /// # Returns
409 ///
410 /// The timeout duration in milliseconds, or `None` if no timeout is set
411 #[must_use]
412 pub const fn timeout_ms(&self) -> Option<u64> {
413 self.config.timeout_ms
414 }
415
416 /// Reset the context to initial state while preserving configuration
417 ///
418 /// This resets the current offset and recursion depth to 0, but keeps
419 /// the same configuration settings.
420 pub fn reset(&mut self) {
421 self.current_offset = 0;
422 self.last_match_end = 0;
423 self.recursion_depth = 0;
424 self.base_offset = 0;
425 self.indirect_reentry = false;
426 self.flip_endian = false;
427 }
428}
429
430/// RAII guard that increments recursion depth on entry and decrements on drop.
431///
432/// Replaces the manual `increment_recursion_depth` / `decrement_recursion_depth`
433/// pair with a scope-based guard, eliminating the risk of mismatched calls and
434/// the need to swallow cleanup errors on error-return paths.
435///
436/// Obtain a guard via [`RecursionGuard::enter`], which borrows the context
437/// mutably for the guard's lifetime. Use [`RecursionGuard::context`] to access
438/// the borrowed context for the duration of the recursive call. The guard
439/// automatically decrements the recursion depth when it goes out of scope.
440///
441/// The guard is `pub(crate)` because recursion-depth management is an internal
442/// detail of the evaluation engine.
443pub(crate) struct RecursionGuard<'a> {
444 context: &'a mut EvaluationContext,
445}
446
447impl<'a> RecursionGuard<'a> {
448 /// Enter a new recursion level, incrementing the context's recursion depth.
449 ///
450 /// # Errors
451 ///
452 /// Returns `LibmagicError::EvaluationError` if incrementing would exceed
453 /// the maximum recursion depth configured in the evaluation config.
454 pub(crate) fn enter(context: &'a mut EvaluationContext) -> Result<Self, LibmagicError> {
455 context.increment_recursion_depth()?;
456 Ok(Self { context })
457 }
458
459 /// Access the underlying context for the duration of the guard.
460 pub(crate) fn context(&mut self) -> &mut EvaluationContext {
461 self.context
462 }
463}
464
465impl Drop for RecursionGuard<'_> {
466 fn drop(&mut self) {
467 // Safe to ignore: `decrement_recursion_depth` only fails when the
468 // depth is already 0, which is impossible here because `enter` just
469 // incremented it and the depth is only mutated through guard pairs.
470 let result = self.context.decrement_recursion_depth();
471 debug_assert!(
472 result.is_ok(),
473 "RecursionGuard invariant violated: decrement failed after successful enter()"
474 );
475 }
476}
477
478/// Result of evaluating a magic rule
479///
480/// Contains information extracted from a successful rule match, including
481/// the matched value, position, and confidence score.
482///
483/// This type derives `Serialize` so callers can convert evaluation results
484/// to JSON, but intentionally does NOT derive `Deserialize`: a
485/// reconstructed `RuleMatch` would lack the buffer context it was
486/// produced against, so deserialization is not a meaningful operation.
487/// The output-side conversion layer (`output::MatchResult` /
488/// `output::json::JsonMatchResult`) is the documented JSON contract.
489#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Serialize)]
490#[non_exhaustive]
491pub struct RuleMatch {
492 /// The message associated with the matching rule
493 pub message: String,
494 /// The offset where the match occurred
495 pub offset: usize,
496 /// The rule level (depth in hierarchy)
497 pub level: u32,
498 /// The matched value
499 pub value: crate::parser::ast::Value,
500 /// The type used to read the matched value
501 ///
502 /// Carries the source `TypeKind` so downstream consumers (e.g., output
503 /// formatting) can determine the on-disk width of the matched value.
504 ///
505 /// `#[serde(skip)]` keeps the parser AST out of JSON output produced
506 /// by serializing `EvaluationResult` directly via
507 /// `serde_json::to_string(&result)`. The documented JSON contract is
508 /// `JsonMatchResult` in `src/output/json.rs`, which omits this field.
509 /// Origin findings 1B-H2 / 2A-M1 (CWE-200 information exposure).
510 /// Rust-side consumers continue to access `type_kind` via field access
511 /// for runtime needs (`format_magic_message` width-masking,
512 /// `bit_width()` derivation).
513 #[serde(skip)]
514 pub type_kind: crate::parser::ast::TypeKind,
515 /// Confidence score (0.0 to 1.0)
516 ///
517 /// Calculated based on match depth in the rule hierarchy.
518 /// Deeper matches indicate more specific file type identification
519 /// and thus higher confidence.
520 pub confidence: f64,
521}
522
523impl RuleMatch {
524 /// Construct a new `RuleMatch`.
525 ///
526 /// `confidence` is typically derived from `level` via
527 /// [`RuleMatch::calculate_confidence`]; pass it explicitly here so
528 /// callers can supply an alternative score when needed (e.g. when
529 /// post-processing a series of matches).
530 #[must_use]
531 pub fn new(
532 message: String,
533 offset: usize,
534 level: u32,
535 value: crate::parser::ast::Value,
536 type_kind: crate::parser::ast::TypeKind,
537 confidence: f64,
538 ) -> Self {
539 Self {
540 message,
541 offset,
542 level,
543 value,
544 type_kind,
545 confidence,
546 }
547 }
548
549 /// Calculate confidence score based on rule depth
550 ///
551 /// Formula: min(1.0, 0.3 + (level * 0.2))
552 /// - Level 0 (root): 0.3
553 /// - Level 1: 0.5
554 /// - Level 2: 0.7
555 /// - Level 3: 0.9
556 /// - Level 4+: 1.0 (capped)
557 ///
558 /// # Examples
559 ///
560 /// ```
561 /// use libmagic_rs::evaluator::RuleMatch;
562 ///
563 /// assert!((RuleMatch::calculate_confidence(0) - 0.3).abs() < 0.001);
564 /// assert!((RuleMatch::calculate_confidence(3) - 0.9).abs() < 0.001);
565 /// assert!((RuleMatch::calculate_confidence(10) - 1.0).abs() < 0.001);
566 /// ```
567 #[must_use]
568 pub fn calculate_confidence(level: u32) -> f64 {
569 (0.3 + (f64::from(level) * 0.2)).min(1.0)
570 }
571}
572
573#[cfg(test)]
574mod tests;