Fix issue where config interval can be number or string (#1432)

* Fix issue where config interval can be number or string

* Implemented @groob code review suggestions

* Added type assertions with graceful failure if something slips through validation

* Implemented code review changes per @zwass

server/kolide/import_config.go

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 package kolide
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 )
 
@@ -98,21 +100,21 @@ const (
 // QueryDetails represents the query objects used in the packs and the
 // schedule section of an osquery configuration.
 type QueryDetails struct {
-	Query    string `json:"query"`
+	Query    string           `json:"query"`
-	Interval uint   `json:"interval"`
+	Interval OsQueryConfigInt `json:"interval"`
 	// Optional fields
-	Removed  *bool   `json:"removed"`
+	Removed  *bool             `json:"removed"`
-	Platform *string `json:"platform"`
+	Platform *string           `json:"platform"`
-	Version  *string `json:"version"`
+	Version  *string           `json:"version"`
-	Shard    *uint   `json:"shard"`
+	Shard    *OsQueryConfigInt `json:"shard"`
-	Snapshot *bool   `json:"snapshot"`
+	Snapshot *bool             `json:"snapshot"`
 }
 
 // PackDetails represents the "packs" section of an osquery configuration
 // file.
 type PackDetails struct {
 	Queries   QueryNameToQueryDetailsMap `json:"queries"`
-	Shard     *uint                      `json:"shard"`
+	Shard     *OsQueryConfigInt          `json:"shard"`
 	Version   *string                    `json:"version"`
 	Platform  string                     `json:"platform"`
 	Discovery []string                   `json:"discovery"`
@@ -215,3 +217,18 @@ func (ic *ImportConfig) CollectPacks() (PackNameToPackDetails, error) {
 	}
 	return result, nil
 }
+
+// OsQueryConfigInt is provided becase integers in the osquery config file may
+// be represented as strings in the json. If we know a particular field is
+// supposed to be an Integer, we convert from string to int if we can.
+type OsQueryConfigInt uint
+
+func (c *OsQueryConfigInt) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
+	stripped := bytes.Trim(b, `"`)
+	v, err := strconv.ParseUint(string(stripped), 10, 64)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	*c = OsQueryConfigInt(v)
+	return nil
+}

server/kolide/import_config_test.go

@@ -1,14 +1,66 @@
 package kolide
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
+func TestIntervalUnmarshal(t *testing.T) {
+	scenarios := []struct {
+		name           string
+		testVal        interface{}
+		errExpected    bool
+		expectedResult OsQueryConfigInt
+	}{
+		{"string to uint", "100", false, 100},
+		{"float to uint", float64(123), false, 123},
+		{"nil to zero value int", nil, false, 0},
+		{"invalid string", "hi there", true, 0},
+	}
+	for _, scenario := range scenarios {
+		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf(": %s", scenario.name), func(tt *testing.T) {
+			v, e := unmarshalInteger(scenario.testVal)
+			if scenario.errExpected {
+				assert.NotNil(t, e)
+			} else {
+				require.Nil(t, e)
+				assert.Equal(t, scenario.expectedResult, v)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+type importIntTest struct {
+	Val OsQueryConfigInt `json:"val"`
+}
+
+func TestConfigImportInt(t *testing.T) {
+	buff := bytes.NewBufferString(`{"val":"23"}`)
+	var ts importIntTest
+	err := json.NewDecoder(buff).Decode(&ts)
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, 23, int(ts.Val))
+
+	buff = bytes.NewBufferString(`{"val":456}`)
+	err = json.NewDecoder(buff).Decode(&ts)
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, 456, int(ts.Val))
+
+	buff = bytes.NewBufferString(`{"val":"hi 456"}`)
+	err = json.NewDecoder(buff).Decode(&ts)
+	assert.NotNil(t, err)
+
+}
+
 func TestPackNameMapUnmarshal(t *testing.T) {
+	s2p := func(s string) *string { return &s }
+	u2p := func(ui uint) *OsQueryConfigInt { ci := OsQueryConfigInt(ui); return &ci }
+
 	pnm := PackNameMap{
 		"path": "/this/is/a/path",
 		"details": PackDetails{
@@ -17,8 +69,8 @@ func TestPackNameMapUnmarshal(t *testing.T) {
 					Query:    "select from foo",
 					Interval: 100,
 					Removed:  new(bool),
-					Platform: strptr("linux"),
+					Platform: s2p("linux"),
-					Shard:    new(uint),
+					Shard:    new(OsQueryConfigInt),
 					Snapshot: new(bool),
 				},
 			},
@@ -41,13 +93,13 @@ func TestPackNameMapUnmarshal(t *testing.T) {
 					Query:    "select from foo",
 					Interval: 100,
 					Removed:  new(bool),
-					Platform: strptr("linux"),
+					Platform: s2p("linux"),
-					Shard:    new(uint),
+					Shard:    new(OsQueryConfigInt),
 					Snapshot: new(bool),
 				},
 			},
-			Shard:    uintptr(float64(10)),
+			Shard:    u2p(10),
-			Version:  strptr("1.0"),
+			Version:  s2p("1.0"),
 			Platform: "linux",
 			Discovery: []string{
 				"select from something",
@@ -59,13 +111,13 @@ func TestPackNameMapUnmarshal(t *testing.T) {
 					Query:    "select from bar",
 					Interval: 100,
 					Removed:  new(bool),
-					Platform: strptr("linux"),
+					Platform: s2p("linux"),
-					Shard:    new(uint),
+					Shard:    new(OsQueryConfigInt),
 					Snapshot: new(bool),
 				},
 			},
-			Shard:    uintptr(float64(10)),
+			Shard:    u2p(10),
-			Version:  strptr("1.0"),
+			Version:  s2p("1.0"),
 			Platform: "linux",
 		},
 	}

server/kolide/import_config_unmarshaler.go

@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@ package kolide
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
+	"strconv"
 )
 
+var wrongTypeError = errors.New("argument missing or unexpected type")
+
 // UnmarshalJSON custom unmarshaling for PackNameMap will determine whether
 // the pack section of an osquery config file refers to a file path, or
 // pack details.  Pack details are unmarshalled into into PackDetails structure
@@ -20,7 +23,11 @@ func (pnm PackNameMap) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
 		case string:
 			pnm[key] = t
 		case map[string]interface{}:
-			pnm[key] = unmarshalPackDetails(t)
+			val, err := unmarshalPackDetails(t)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			pnm[key] = val
 		default:
 			return errors.New("can't unmarshal json")
 		}
@@ -28,75 +35,176 @@ func (pnm PackNameMap) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func strptr(v interface{}) *string {
+func strptr(v interface{}) (*string, error) {
 	if v == nil {
-		return nil
+		return nil, nil
 	}
-	s := new(string)
+	s, ok := v.(string)
-	*s = v.(string)
+	if !ok {
-	return s
+		return nil, wrongTypeError
+	}
+	return &s, nil
 }
 
-func boolptr(v interface{}) *bool {
+func boolptr(v interface{}) (*bool, error) {
 	if v == nil {
-		return nil
+		return nil, nil
 	}
-	b := new(bool)
+	b, ok := v.(bool)
-	*b = v.(bool)
+	if !ok {
-	return b
+		return nil, wrongTypeError
+	}
+	return &b, nil
 }
 
-func uintptr(v interface{}) *uint {
+// We expect a float64 here because of the way JSON represents numbers
+func uintptr(v interface{}) (*OsQueryConfigInt, error) {
 	if v == nil {
-		return nil
+		return nil, nil
 	}
-	i := new(uint)
+	i, err := unmarshalInteger(v)
-	*i = uint(v.(float64))
+	if err != nil {
-	return i
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &i, nil
 }
 
-func unmarshalPackDetails(v map[string]interface{}) PackDetails {
+// Use this when we expext a string value, in this case nil is an error
-	return PackDetails{
+func toString(v interface{}) (string, error) {
-		Queries:   unmarshalQueryDetails(v["queries"]),
+	if s, ok := v.(string); ok {
-		Shard:     uintptr(v["shard"]),
+		return s, nil
-		Version:   strptr(v["version"]),
-		Platform:  v["platform"].(string),
-		Discovery: unmarshalDiscovery(v["discovery"]),
 	}
+	return "", wrongTypeError
 }
 
-func unmarshalDiscovery(val interface{}) []string {
+func unmarshalPackDetails(v map[string]interface{}) (PackDetails, error) {
+	var result PackDetails
+	queries, err := unmarshalQueryDetails(v["queries"])
+	if err != nil {
+		return result, err
+	}
+	discovery, err := unmarshalDiscovery(v["discovery"])
+	if err != nil {
+		return result, err
+	}
+	platform, err := toString(v["platform"])
+	if err != nil {
+		return result, err
+	}
+	shard, err := uintptr(v["shard"])
+	if err != nil {
+		return result, err
+	}
+	version, err := strptr(v["version"])
+	if err != nil {
+		return result, err
+	}
+
+	result = PackDetails{
+		Queries:   queries,
+		Shard:     shard,
+		Version:   version,
+		Platform:  platform,
+		Discovery: discovery,
+	}
+	return result, nil
+}
+
+func unmarshalDiscovery(val interface{}) ([]string, error) {
 	var result []string
 	if val == nil {
-		return result
+		return result, nil
+	}
+	v, ok := val.([]interface{})
+	if !ok {
+		return result, wrongTypeError
 	}
-	v := val.([]interface{})
 	for _, val := range v {
-		result = append(result, val.(string))
+		query, err := toString(val)
+		if err != nil {
+			return result, err
+		}
+		result = append(result, query)
 	}
-	return result
+	return result, nil
 }
 
-func unmarshalQueryDetails(v interface{}) QueryNameToQueryDetailsMap {
+func unmarshalQueryDetails(v interface{}) (QueryNameToQueryDetailsMap, error) {
+	var err error
 	result := make(QueryNameToQueryDetailsMap)
 	if v == nil {
-		return result
+		return result, nil
 	}
 	for qn, details := range v.(map[string]interface{}) {
-		result[qn] = unmarshalQueryDetail(details)
+		result[qn], err = unmarshalQueryDetail(details)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
 	}
-	return result
+	return result, nil
 }
 
-func unmarshalQueryDetail(val interface{}) QueryDetails {
+func unmarshalQueryDetail(val interface{}) (QueryDetails, error) {
-	v := val.(map[string]interface{})
+	var result QueryDetails
-	return QueryDetails{
+	v, ok := val.(map[string]interface{})
-		Query:    v["query"].(string),
+	if !ok {
-		Interval: uint(v["interval"].(float64)),
+		return result, errors.New("argument was missing or the wrong type")
-		Removed:  boolptr(v["removed"]),
+	}
-		Platform: strptr(v["platform"]),
+	interval, err := unmarshalInteger(v["interval"])
-		Version:  strptr(v["version"]),
+	if err != nil {
-		Shard:    uintptr(v["shard"]),
+		return result, err
-		Snapshot: boolptr(v["snapshot"]),
+	}
+	query, err := toString(v["query"])
+	if err != nil {
+		return result, err
+	}
+	removed, err := boolptr(v["removed"])
+	if err != nil {
+		return result, err
+	}
+	platform, err := strptr(v["platform"])
+	if err != nil {
+		return result, err
+	}
+	version, err := strptr(v["version"])
+	if err != nil {
+		return result, err
+	}
+	shard, err := uintptr(v["shard"])
+	if err != nil {
+		return result, err
+	}
+	snapshot, err := boolptr(v["snapshot"])
+	if err != nil {
+		return result, nil
+	}
+	result = QueryDetails{
+		Query:    query,
+		Interval: OsQueryConfigInt(interval),
+		Removed:  removed,
+		Platform: platform,
+		Version:  version,
+		Shard:    shard,
+		Snapshot: snapshot,
+	}
+	return result, nil
+}
+
+// It is valid for the interval can be a string that is convertable to an int,
+// or an float64. The float64 is how all numbers in JSON are represented, so
+// we need to convert to uint
+func unmarshalInteger(val interface{}) (OsQueryConfigInt, error) {
+	// if interval is nil return zero value
+	if val == nil {
+		return OsQueryConfigInt(0), nil
+	}
+	switch v := val.(type) {
+	case string:
+		i, err := strconv.ParseUint(v, 10, 64)
+		return OsQueryConfigInt(i), err
+	case float64:
+		return OsQueryConfigInt(v), nil
+	default:
+		return OsQueryConfigInt(0), wrongTypeError
 	}
 }

server/service/endpoint_import_config_test.go

@@ -60,6 +60,30 @@ func testImportConfigWithMissingGlob(t *testing.T, r *testResource) {
 
 }
 
+func testImportConfigWithIntAsString(t *testing.T, r *testResource) {
+
+	testJSON := `
+  {
+    "config": "{\"options\":{\"host_identifier\":\"hostname\",\"schedule_splay_percent\":10},\"schedule\":{\"macosx_kextstat\":{\"query\":\"SELECT * FROM kernel_extensions;\",\"interval\":\"10\"},\"foobar\":{\"query\":\"SELECT foo, bar, pid FROM foobar_table;\",\"interval\":600}},\"packs\":{\"external_pack\":\"/path/to/external_pack.conf\",\"internal_pack\":{\"discovery\":[\"select pid from processes where name = 'foobar';\",\"select count(*) from users where username like 'www%';\"],\"platform\":\"linux\",\"version\":\"1.5.2\",\"queries\":{\"active_directory\":{\"query\":\"select * from ad_config;\",\"interval\":\"1200\",\"description\":\"Check each user's active directory cached settings.\"}}}},\"decorators\":{\"load\":[\"SELECT version FROM osquery_info\",\"SELECT uuid AS host_uuid FROM system_info\"],\"always\":[\"SELECT user AS username FROM logged_in_users WHERE user <> '' ORDER BY time LIMIT 1;\"],\"interval\":{\"3600\":[\"SELECT total_seconds AS uptime FROM uptime;\"]}},\"yara\":{\"signatures\":{\"sig_group_1\":[\"/Users/wxs/sigs/foo.sig\",\"/Users/wxs/sigs/bar.sig\"],\"sig_group_2\":[\"/Users/wxs/sigs/baz.sig\"]},\"file_paths\":{\"system_binaries\":[\"sig_group_1\"],\"tmp\":[\"sig_group_1\",\"sig_group_2\"]}},\"file_paths\":{\"system_binaries\":[\"/usr/bin/%\",\"/usr/sbin/%\"],\"tmp\":[\"/Users/%/tmp/%%\",\"/tmp/%\"]}}",
+    "external_pack_configs": {
+      "external_pack": "{\"discovery\":[\"select pid from processes where name = 'baz';\"],\"platform\":\"linux\",\"version\":\"1.5.2\",\"queries\":{\"something\":{\"query\":\"select * from something;\",\"interval\":1200,\"description\":\"Check something.\"}}}"
+    }
+  }
+  `
+	buff := bytes.NewBufferString(testJSON)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", r.server.URL+"/api/v1/kolide/osquery/config/import", buff)
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+	req.Header.Add("Authorization", fmt.Sprintf("Bearer %s", r.adminToken))
+	client := &http.Client{}
+	resp, err := client.Do(req)
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+	var impResponse importResponse
+	err = json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&impResponse)
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, 2, impResponse.Response.ImportStatusBySection[kolide.YARASigSection].ImportCount)
+	assert.Equal(t, 4, impResponse.Response.ImportStatusBySection[kolide.DecoratorsSection].ImportCount)
+}
+
 func testImportConfig(t *testing.T, r *testResource) {
 
 	testJSON := `

server/service/endpoint_test.go

@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ var testFunctions = [...]func(*testing.T, *testResource){
 	testImportConfigMissingExternal,
 	testImportConfigWithMissingGlob,
 	testImportConfigWithGlob,
+	testImportConfigWithIntAsString,
 	testAdminUserSetAdmin,
 	testNonAdminUserSetAdmin,
 	testAdminUserSetEnabled,

server/service/service_import_config.go

@@ -197,12 +197,12 @@ func (svc service) importScheduledQueries(uid uint, cfg *kolide.ImportConfig, re
 		sq := &kolide.ScheduledQuery{
 			PackID:   pack.ID,
 			QueryID:  query.ID,
-			Interval: queryDetails.Interval,
+			Interval: uint(queryDetails.Interval),
 			Snapshot: queryDetails.Snapshot,
 			Removed:  queryDetails.Removed,
 			Platform: queryDetails.Platform,
 			Version:  queryDetails.Version,
-			Shard:    queryDetails.Shard,
+			Shard:    configInt2Ptr(queryDetails.Shard),
 		}
 		_, err = svc.ds.NewScheduledQuery(sq)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -317,12 +317,12 @@ func (svc service) createQueriesForPack(uid uint, pack *kolide.Pack, details *ko
 		scheduledQuery := &kolide.ScheduledQuery{
 			PackID:   pack.ID,
 			QueryID:  query.ID,
-			Interval: queryDetails.Interval,
+			Interval: uint(queryDetails.Interval),
 			Platform: queryDetails.Platform,
 			Snapshot: queryDetails.Snapshot,
 			Removed:  queryDetails.Removed,
 			Version:  queryDetails.Version,
-			Shard:    queryDetails.Shard,
+			Shard:    configInt2Ptr(queryDetails.Shard),
 		}
 		_, err = svc.ds.NewScheduledQuery(scheduledQuery)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -419,3 +419,11 @@ func (svc service) importOptions(opts kolide.OptionNameToValueMap, resp *kolide.
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+func configInt2Ptr(ci *kolide.OsQueryConfigInt) *uint {
+	if ci == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	ui := uint(*ci)
+	return &ui
+}