From 3a8c5642d283e26b089ae31cf80044c68ecaeeff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: viyatb-oai <viyatb@openai.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2026 14:41:54 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix: protect active arg0 helper dirs

Co-authored-by: Codex noreply@openai.com
---
 codex-rs/arg0/src/lib.rs | 69 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 69 insertions(+)

diff --git a/codex-rs/arg0/src/lib.rs b/codex-rs/arg0/src/lib.rs
index f8b61796b5..4b6aefce10 100644
--- a/codex-rs/arg0/src/lib.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/arg0/src/lib.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ const MISSPELLED_APPLY_PATCH_ARG0: &str = "applypatch";
 #[cfg(unix)]
 const EXECVE_WRAPPER_ARG0: &str = "codex-execve-wrapper";
 const LOCK_FILENAME: &str = ".lock";
+const PID_FILENAME: &str = ".pid";
 const TOKIO_WORKER_STACK_SIZE_BYTES: usize = 16 * 1024 * 1024;
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, Eq, PartialEq)]
@@ -296,6 +297,7 @@ pub fn prepend_path_entry_for_codex_aliases() -> std::io::Result<Arg0PathEntryGu
         .prefix("codex-arg0")
         .tempdir_in(&temp_root)?;
     let path = temp_dir.path();
+    write_owner_pid(path)?;
 
     let lock_path = path.join(LOCK_FILENAME);
     let lock_file = File::options()
@@ -399,6 +401,10 @@ fn janitor_cleanup(temp_root: &Path) -> std::io::Result<()> {
             continue;
         }
 
+        if dir_belongs_to_running_process(&path) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
         // Skip the directory if locking fails or the lock is currently held.
         let Some(_lock_file) = try_lock_dir(&path)? else {
             continue;
@@ -415,6 +421,36 @@ fn janitor_cleanup(temp_root: &Path) -> std::io::Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+fn write_owner_pid(dir: &Path) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    std::fs::write(dir.join(PID_FILENAME), format!("{}\n", std::process::id()))
+}
+
+fn dir_belongs_to_running_process(dir: &Path) -> bool {
+    let Ok(pid) = std::fs::read_to_string(dir.join(PID_FILENAME)) else {
+        return false;
+    };
+    let Ok(pid) = pid.trim().parse::<u32>() else {
+        return false;
+    };
+    owner_pid_is_running(pid)
+}
+
+fn owner_pid_is_running(pid: u32) -> bool {
+    if pid == std::process::id() {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+    {
+        Path::new("/proc").join(pid.to_string()).exists()
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(not(target_os = "linux"))]
+    {
+        false
+    }
+}
+
 fn try_lock_dir(dir: &Path) -> std::io::Result<Option<File>> {
     let lock_path = dir.join(LOCK_FILENAME);
     let lock_file = match File::options().read(true).write(true).open(&lock_path) {
@@ -435,6 +471,7 @@ mod tests {
     use super::Arg0DispatchPaths;
     use super::Arg0PathEntryGuard;
     use super::LOCK_FILENAME;
+    use super::PID_FILENAME;
     use super::janitor_cleanup;
     use super::linux_sandbox_exe_path;
     use std::fs;
@@ -453,6 +490,10 @@ mod tests {
             .open(lock_path)
     }
 
+    fn write_pid(dir: &Path, pid: u32) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+        fs::write(dir.join(PID_FILENAME), format!("{pid}\n"))
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn linux_sandbox_exe_path_prefers_codex_linux_sandbox_alias() -> std::io::Result<()> {
         let temp_dir = TempDir::new()?;
@@ -501,6 +542,34 @@ mod tests {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn janitor_skips_dirs_owned_by_running_process() -> std::io::Result<()> {
+        let root = tempfile::tempdir()?;
+        let dir = root.path().join("active-pid");
+        fs::create_dir(&dir)?;
+        create_lock(&dir)?;
+        write_pid(&dir, std::process::id())?;
+
+        janitor_cleanup(root.path())?;
+
+        assert!(dir.exists());
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn janitor_removes_dirs_with_stale_pid_and_unlocked_lock() -> std::io::Result<()> {
+        let root = tempfile::tempdir()?;
+        let dir = root.path().join("stale-pid");
+        fs::create_dir(&dir)?;
+        create_lock(&dir)?;
+        write_pid(&dir, u32::MAX)?;
+
+        janitor_cleanup(root.path())?;
+
+        assert!(!dir.exists());
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn janitor_removes_dirs_with_unlocked_lock() -> std::io::Result<()> {
         let root = tempfile::tempdir()?;