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Defect #37476

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Psych::DisallowedClass exception when loading default plugin settings

Added by Dmitry Makurin over 2 years ago. Updated about 2 years ago.

Status:
Closed
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
Category:
Plugin API
Target version:
-
Start date:
Due date:
% Done:

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Resolution:
Fixed
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Description

After r21722 redmine keeps throwing a Psych::DisallowedClass (Tried to load unspecified class: Symbol) when accessing default plugin setting using Setting.plugin_name.

Turns out settings for plugins are loading either from database (which is HashWithIndifferentAccess) and if it is not found then fallbacks to init.rb where it's a simple Hash object. Passing latter to YAML.safe_load raises a error.

To reproduce install any plugin that defines default settings in init.rb and call Setting.plugin_name.

Here for example I installed redmine_issue_templates and then in console trying to get its settings:

$ bundle exec rails db:reset RAILS_ENV=development
Dropped database 'db/development.sqlite3'
Created database 'db/development.sqlite3'
makurin@makurin:~/Work/clean-redmine$ rails c
Loading development environment (Rails 6.1.6.1)
irb(main):001:0> Setting.plugin_redmine_issue_templates
   (2.4ms)  SELECT sqlite_version(*)
  Setting Load (0.4ms)  SELECT "settings".* FROM "settings" WHERE "settings"."name" = ? ORDER BY "settings"."id" DESC LIMIT ?  [["name", "plugin_redmine_issue_templates"], ["LIMIT", 1]]
Traceback (most recent call last):
        3: from app/models/setting.rb:320:in `plugin_redmine_issue_templates'
        2: from app/models/setting.rb:125:in `[]'
        1: from app/models/setting.rb:111:in `value'
Psych::DisallowedClass (Tried to load unspecified class: Symbol)

So far I found two options to resolve it.

Tell YAML that Symbol is allowed:

diff --git a/app/models/setting.rb b/app/models/setting.rb
index 53b88bcad4..bc59306476 100644
--- a/app/models/setting.rb
+++ b/app/models/setting.rb
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ class Setting < ActiveRecord::Base
     v = read_attribute(:value)
     # Unserialize serialized settings
     if available_settings[name]['serialized'] && v.is_a?(String)
-      v = YAML.safe_load(v, permitted_classes: [ActiveSupport::HashWithIndifferentAccess])
+      v = YAML.safe_load(v, permitted_classes: [ActiveSupport::HashWithIndifferentAccess, Symbol])
       v = force_utf8_strings(v)
     end
     v = v.to_sym if available_settings[name]['format'] == 'symbol' && !v.blank?

Or convert default plugin settings to HashWithIndifferentAccess:

diff --git a/app/models/setting.rb b/app/models/setting.rb
index 53b88bcad4..a5f7b7966c 100644
--- a/app/models/setting.rb
+++ b/app/models/setting.rb
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ class Setting < ActiveRecord::Base
   def self.define_plugin_setting(plugin)
     if plugin.settings
       name = "plugin_#{plugin.id}" 
-      define_setting name, {'default' => plugin.settings[:default], 'serialized' => true}
+      define_setting name, {'default' => plugin.settings[:default].with_indifferent_access, 'serialized' => true}
     end
   end
Actions #1

Updated by Go MAEDA over 2 years ago

  • Status changed from New to Confirmed
Actions #3

Updated by Go MAEDA over 2 years ago

The following test can detect the reported issue.

diff --git a/test/unit/lib/redmine/plugin_test.rb b/test/unit/lib/redmine/plugin_test.rb
index 54394ab57..a5a1b2aa3 100644
--- a/test/unit/lib/redmine/plugin_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/lib/redmine/plugin_test.rb
@@ -196,6 +196,13 @@ class Redmine::PluginTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     end
   end

+  def test_default_settings
+    @klass.register(:foo_plugin) {settings :default => {'key1' => 'abc', :key2 => 123}}
+    h = Setting.plugin_foo_plugin
+    assert_equal 'abc', h['key1']
+    assert_equal 123, h[:key2]
+  end
+
   def test_settings_warns_about_possible_partial_collision
     @klass.register(:foo_plugin) {settings :partial => 'foo/settings'}
     Rails.logger.expects(:warn)
Error:
Redmine::PluginTest#test_default_settings:
Psych::DisallowedClass: Tried to load unspecified class: Symbol
    app/models/setting.rb:111:in `value'
    app/models/setting.rb:125:in `[]'
    app/models/setting.rb:320:in `plugin_foo_plugin'
    test/unit/lib/redmine/plugin_test.rb:201:in `test_default_settings'

rails test test/unit/lib/redmine/plugin_test.rb:199
Actions #4

Updated by Go MAEDA over 2 years ago

  • Subject changed from Error when loading default plugin settings to Psych::DisallowedClass exception when loading default plugin settings
  • Category set to Plugin API
  • Status changed from Confirmed to Closed
  • Assignee set to Go MAEDA
  • Resolution set to Fixed

Committed the fix. Thank you for quickly reporting the issue.

Actions #5

Updated by Jens Krämer about 2 years ago

For consistency reasons, I would suggest to use the whitelist configured for ActiveRecord serialization in application.rb in setting.rb as well:

diff --git a/app/models/setting.rb b/app/models/setting.rb
index 748d6543ac..3d1048d7b1 100644
--- a/app/models/setting.rb
+++ b/app/models/setting.rb
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ class Setting < ActiveRecord::Base
     v = read_attribute(:value)
     # Unserialize serialized settings
     if available_settings[name]['serialized'] && v.is_a?(String)
-      v = YAML.safe_load(v, permitted_classes: [Symbol, ActiveSupport::HashWithIndifferentAccess])
+      v = YAML.safe_load(v, permitted_classes: Rails.configuration.active_record.yaml_column_permitted_classes)
       v = force_utf8_strings(v)
     end
     v = v.to_sym if available_settings[name]['format'] == 'symbol' && !v.blank?

Some plugins do serialize other classes, this way only a single list of exceptions needs to be maintained.

Actions #6

Updated by Go MAEDA about 2 years ago

Jens Krämer wrote:

For consistency reasons, I would suggest to use the whitelist configured for ActiveRecord serialization in application.rb in setting.rb as well:

[...]

Some plugins do serialize other classes, this way only a single list of exceptions needs to be maintained.

Thank you for suggesting the fix. I have committed the fix.

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