4 files changed, 134 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/extend/ARGV.rb b/Library/Homebrew/extend/ARGV.rb
index 0e2bfac51..bc6463594 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/extend/ARGV.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/extend/ARGV.rb
@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ module HomebrewArgvExtension
     include? '--homebrew-developer' or !ENV['HOMEBREW_DEVELOPER'].nil?
   end
 
+  def sandbox?
+    include?("--sandbox") || !ENV["HOMEBREW_SANDBOX"].nil?
+  end
+
   def ignore_deps?
     include? '--ignore-dependencies'
   end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formula_installer.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formula_installer.rb
index 38bf16996..c87972d2e 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formula_installer.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formula_installer.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ require 'hooks/bottles'
 require 'debrew'
 require 'fcntl'
 require 'socket'
+require 'sandbox'
 
 class FormulaInstaller
   include FormulaCellarChecks
@@ -484,7 +485,12 @@ class FormulaInstaller
         server.close
         read.close
         write.fcntl(Fcntl::F_SETFD, Fcntl::FD_CLOEXEC)
-        exec(*args)
+        if Sandbox.available? && ARGV.sandbox?
+          sandbox = Sandbox.new(formula)
+          sandbox.exec(*args)
+        else
+          exec(*args)
+        end
       rescue Exception => e
         Marshal.dump(e, write)
         write.close
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/sandbox.rb b/Library/Homebrew/sandbox.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..75d62ccf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/sandbox.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+require "erb"
+require "tempfile"
+
+class Sandbox
+  SANDBOX_EXEC = "/usr/bin/sandbox-exec".freeze
+
+  def self.available?
+    OS.mac? && File.executable?(SANDBOX_EXEC)
+  end
+
+  def initialize(formula=nil)
+    @profile = SandboxProfile.new
+    unless formula.nil?
+      allow_write "/private/tmp", :type => :subpath
+      allow_write "/private/var/folders", :type => :subpath
+      allow_write HOMEBREW_TEMP, :type => :subpath
+      allow_write HOMEBREW_LOGS/formula.name, :type => :subpath
+      allow_write HOMEBREW_CACHE, :type => :subpath
+      allow_write formula.rack, :type => :subpath
+      allow_write formula.etc, :type => :subpath
+      allow_write formula.var, :type => :subpath
+    end
+  end
+
+  def allow_write(path, options={})
+    case options[:type]
+    when :regex        then filter = "regex \#\"#{path}\""
+    when :subpath      then filter = "subpath \"#{expand_realpath(Pathname.new(path))}\""
+    when :literal, nil then filter = "literal \"#{expand_realpath(Pathname.new(path))}\""
+    end
+    @profile.add_rule :allow => true,
+                      :operation => "file-write*",
+                      :filter => filter
+  end
+
+  def exec(*args)
+    begin
+      seatbelt = Tempfile.new(["homebrew", ".sb"], HOMEBREW_TEMP)
+      seatbelt.write(@profile.dump)
+      seatbelt.close
+      safe_system SANDBOX_EXEC, "-f", seatbelt.path, *args
+    rescue
+      if ARGV.verbose?
+        ohai "Sandbox profile:"
+        puts @profile.dump
+      end
+      raise
+    ensure
+      seatbelt.unlink
+    end
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  def expand_realpath(path)
+    raise unless path.absolute?
+    path.exist? ? path.realpath : expand_realpath(path.parent)/path.basename
+  end
+
+  class SandboxProfile
+    SEATBELT_ERB = <<-EOS.undent
+      (version 1)
+      (debug deny) ; log all denied operations to /var/log/system.log
+      <%= rules.join("\n") %>
+      (allow file-write*
+          (literal "/dev/dtracehelper")
+          (literal "/dev/null")
+          (regex #"^/dev/fd/\\d+$")
+          (regex #"^/dev/tty\\d*$")
+          )
+      (deny file-write*) ; deny non-whitelist file write operations
+      (allow default) ; allow everything else
+    EOS
+
+    attr_reader :rules
+
+    def initialize
+      @rules = []
+    end
+
+    def add_rule(rule)
+      s = "("
+      s << (rule[:allow] ? "allow": "deny")
+      s << " #{rule[:operation]}"
+      s << " (#{rule[:filter]})" if rule[:filter]
+      s << " (with #{rule[:modifier]})" if rule[:modifier]
+      s << ")"
+      @rules << s
+    end
+
+    def dump
+      ERB.new(SEATBELT_ERB).result(binding)
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/test_sandbox.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/test_sandbox.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4564edb3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/test_sandbox.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+require "testing_env"
+require "sandbox"
+
+class SandboxTest < Homebrew::TestCase
+  def setup
+    skip "sandbox not implemented" unless Sandbox.available?
+  end
+
+  def test_allow_write
+    s = Sandbox.new
+    testpath = Pathname.new(TEST_TMPDIR)
+    foo = testpath/"foo"
+    s.allow_write "#{testpath}", :type => :subpath
+    s.exec "touch", foo
+    assert_predicate foo, :exist?
+    foo.unlink
+  end
+
+  def test_deny_write
+    s = Sandbox.new
+    testpath = Pathname.new(TEST_TMPDIR)
+    bar = testpath/"bar"
+    shutup do
+      assert_raises(ErrorDuringExecution) { s.exec "touch", bar }
+    end
+    refute_predicate bar, :exist?
+  end
+end