Merge pull request #10861 from tausbn/python-clean-up-import-resolution

Python: Clean up import resolution

Author: tausbn

python/ql/lib/semmle/python/dataflow/new/internal/ImportResolution.qll

@@ -1,14 +1,75 @@
+/**
+ * INTERNAL. DO NOT USE.
+ *
+ * Provides predicates for resolving imports.
+ */
+
 private import python
 private import semmle.python.dataflow.new.DataFlow
 private import semmle.python.dataflow.new.internal.ImportStar
 private import semmle.python.dataflow.new.TypeTracker
+private import semmle.python.dataflow.new.internal.DataFlowPrivate
 
+/**
+ * Python modules and the way imports are resolved are... complicated. Here's a crash course in how
+ * it works, as well as some caveats to bear in mind when looking at the implementation in this
+ * module.
+ *
+ * First, let's consider the humble `import` statement:
+ * ```python
+ * import foo
+ * import bar.baz
+ * import ham.eggs as spam
+ * ```
+ *
+ * In the AST, all imports are aliased, as in the last import above. That is, `import foo` becomes
+ * `import foo as foo`, and `import bar.baz` becomes `import bar as bar`. Note that `import` is
+ * exclusively used to import modules -- if `eggs` is an attribute of the `ham` module (and not a
+ * submodule of the `ham` package), then the third line above is an error.
+ *
+ * Next, we have the `from` statement. This one is a bit more complicated, but still has the same
+ * aliasing desugaring as above applied to it. Thus, `from foo import bar` becomes
+ * `from foo import bar as bar`.
+ *
+ * In general, `from foo import bar` can mean two different things:
+ *
+ * 1. If `foo` is a module, and `bar` is an attribute of `foo`, then `from foo import bar` imports
+ *    the attribute `bar` into the current module (binding it to the name `bar`).
+ * 2. If `foo` is a package, and `bar` is already defined in `foo/__init__.py`,
+ *    that value will be imported. If it is not defined, and `bar` is a submodule of `foo`, then
+ *    `bar` is imported to `foo`, and the `bar` submodule imported.
+ *    Note: We don't currently model if the attribute is already defined in `__init__.py`
+ *    and always assume that the submodule will be used.
+ *
+ * Now, when it comes to how these imports are represented in the AST, things get a bit complicated.
+ * First of all, both of the above forms of imports get mapped to the same kind of AST node:
+ * `Import`. An `Import` node has a sequence of names, each of which is an `Alias` node. This `Alias`
+ * node represents the `x as y` bit of each imported module.
+ *
+ * The same is true for `from` imports. So, how then do we distinguish between the two forms of
+ * imports? The distinguishing feature is the left hand side of the `as` node. If the left hand side
+ * is an `ImportExpr`, then it is a plain import. If it is an `ImportMember`, then it is a `from`
+ * import. (And to confuse matters even more, this `ImportMember` contains another `ImportExpr` for
+ * the bit between the `from` and `import` keywords.)
+ *
+ * Caveats:
+ *
+ * - A relative import of the form `from .foo import bar as baz` not only imports `bar` and binds it
+ *   to the name `baz`, but also imports `foo` and binds it to the name `foo`. This only happens with
+ *   relative imports. `from foo import bar as baz` only binds `bar` to `baz`.
+ * - Modules may also be packages, so e.g. `import foo.bar` may import the `bar` submodule in the `foo`
+ *   package, or the `bar` subpackage of the `foo` package. The practical difference here is the name of
+ *   the module that is imported, as the package `foo.bar` will have the "name" `foo.bar.__init__`,
+ *   corresponding to the fact that the code that is executed is in the `__init__.py` file of the
+ *   `bar` subpackage.
+ */
 module ImportResolution {
   /**
    * Holds if the module `m` defines a name `name` by assigning `defn` to it. This is an
    * overapproximation, as `name` may not in fact be exported (e.g. by defining an `__all__` that does
    * not include `name`).
    */
+  pragma[nomagic]
   predicate module_export(Module m, string name, DataFlow::CfgNode defn) {
     exists(EssaVariable v |
       v.getName() = name and
@@ -18,12 +79,223 @@ module ImportResolution {
       or
       defn.getNode() = v.getDefinition().(ArgumentRefinement).getArgument()
     )
+    or
+    exists(Alias a |
+      defn.asExpr() = [a.getValue(), a.getValue().(ImportMember).getModule()] and
+      a.getAsname().(Name).getId() = name and
+      defn.getScope() = m
+    )
   }
 
-  Module getModule(DataFlow::CfgNode node) {
-    exists(ModuleValue mv |
-      node.getNode().pointsTo(mv) and
-      result = mv.getScope()
+  /**
+   * Holds if the module `m` explicitly exports the name `name` by listing it in `__all__`. Only
+   * handles simple cases where we can statically tell that this is the case.
+   */
+  private predicate all_mentions_name(Module m, string name) {
+    exists(DefinitionNode def, SequenceNode n |
+      def.getValue() = n and
+      def.(NameNode).getId() = "__all__" and
+      def.getScope() = m and
+      any(StrConst s | s.getText() = name) = n.getAnElement().getNode()
     )
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Holds if the module `m` either does not set `__all__` (and so implicitly exports anything that
+   * doesn't start with an underscore), or sets `__all__` in a way that's too complicated for us to
+   * handle (in which case we _also_ pretend that it just exports all such names).
+   */
+  private predicate no_or_complicated_all(Module m) {
+    // No mention of `__all__` in the module
+    not exists(DefinitionNode def | def.getScope() = m and def.(NameNode).getId() = "__all__")
+    or
+    // `__all__` is set to a non-sequence value
+    exists(DefinitionNode def |
+      def.(NameNode).getId() = "__all__" and
+      def.getScope() = m and
+      not def.getValue() instanceof SequenceNode
+    )
+    or
+    // `__all__` is used in some way that doesn't involve storing a value in it. This usually means
+    // it is being mutated through `append` or `extend`, which we don't handle.
+    exists(NameNode n | n.getId() = "__all__" and n.getScope() = m and n.isLoad())
+  }
+
+  private predicate potential_module_export(Module m, string name) {
+    all_mentions_name(m, name)
+    or
+    no_or_complicated_all(m) and
+    (
+      exists(NameNode n | n.getId() = name and n.getScope() = m and name.charAt(0) != "_")
+      or
+      exists(Alias a | a.getAsname().(Name).getId() = name and a.getValue().getScope() = m)
+    )
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Holds if the module `reexporter` exports the module `reexported` under the name
+   * `reexported_name`.
+   */
+  private predicate module_reexport(Module reexporter, string reexported_name, Module reexported) {
+    exists(DataFlow::Node ref |
+      ref = getImmediateModuleReference(reexported) and
+      module_export(reexporter, reexported_name, ref) and
+      potential_module_export(reexporter, reexported_name)
+    )
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Gets a reference to `sys.modules`.
+   */
+  private DataFlow::Node sys_modules_reference() {
+    result =
+      any(DataFlow::AttrRef a |
+        a.getAttributeName() = "modules" and a.getObject().asExpr().(Name).getId() = "sys"
+      )
+  }
+
+  /** Gets a module that may have been added to `sys.modules`. */
+  private Module sys_modules_module_with_name(string name) {
+    exists(ControlFlowNode n, DataFlow::Node mod |
+      exists(SubscriptNode sub |
+        sub.getObject() = sys_modules_reference().asCfgNode() and
+        sub.getIndex() = n and
+        n.getNode().(StrConst).getText() = name and
+        sub.(DefinitionNode).getValue() = mod.asCfgNode() and
+        mod = getModuleReference(result)
+      )
+    )
+  }
+
+  Module getModuleImportedByImportStar(ImportStar i) {
+    isPreferredModuleForName(result.getFile(), i.getImportedModuleName())
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Gets a data-flow node that may be a reference to a module with the name `module_name`.
+   *
+   * This is a helper predicate for `getImmediateModuleReference`. It captures the fact that in an
+   * import such as `import foo`,
+   * - `foo` may simply be the name of a module, or
+   * - `foo` may be the name of a package (in which case its name is actually `foo.__init__`), or
+   * - `foo` may be a module name that has been added to `sys.modules` (in which case its actual name can
+   *   be anything, for instance `os.path` is either `posixpath` or `ntpath`).
+   */
+  private DataFlow::Node getReferenceToModuleName(string module_name) {
+    // Regular import statements, e.g.
+    // import foo    # implicitly `import foo as foo`
+    // import foo as foo_alias
+    exists(Import i, Alias a | a = i.getAName() |
+      result.asExpr() = a.getAsname() and
+      module_name = a.getValue().(ImportExpr).getImportedModuleName()
+    )
+    or
+    // The module part of a `from ... import ...` statement, e.g. the `..foo.bar` in
+    // from ..foo.bar import baz    # ..foo.bar might point to, say, package.subpackage.foo.bar
+    exists(ImportMember i | result.asExpr() = i.getModule() |
+      module_name = i.getModule().(ImportExpr).getImportedModuleName()
+    )
+    or
+    // Modules (not attributes) imported via `from ... import ... statements`, e.g.
+    // from foo.bar import baz    # imports foo.bar.baz as baz
+    // from foo.bar import baz as baz_alias    # imports foo.bar.baz as baz_alias
+    exists(Import i, Alias a, ImportMember im | a = i.getAName() and im = a.getValue() |
+      result.asExpr() = a.getAsname() and
+      module_name = im.getModule().(ImportExpr).getImportedModuleName() + "." + im.getName()
+    )
+    or
+    // For parity with the points-to based solution, the `ImportExpr` and `ImportMember` bits of the
+    // above cases should _also_ point to the right modules.
+    result.asExpr() = any(ImportExpr i | i.getImportedModuleName() = module_name)
+    or
+    result.asExpr() =
+      any(ImportMember i |
+        i.getModule().(ImportExpr).getImportedModuleName() + "." + i.getName() = module_name
+      )
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Gets a dataflow node that is an immediate reference to the module `m`.
+   *
+   * Because of attribute lookups, this is mutually recursive with `getModuleReference`.
+   */
+  DataFlow::Node getImmediateModuleReference(Module m) {
+    exists(string module_name | result = getReferenceToModuleName(module_name) |
+      // Depending on whether the referenced module is a package or not, we may need to add a
+      // trailing `.__init__` to the module name.
+      isPreferredModuleForName(m.getFile(), module_name + ["", ".__init__"])
+      or
+      // Module defined via `sys.modules`
+      m = sys_modules_module_with_name(module_name)
+    )
+    or
+    // Reading an attribute on a module may return a submodule (or subpackage).
+    exists(DataFlow::AttrRead ar, Module p, string attr_name |
+      ar.accesses(getModuleReference(p), attr_name) and
+      result = ar
+    |
+      isPreferredModuleForName(m.getFile(), p.getPackageName() + "." + attr_name + ["", ".__init__"])
+    )
+    or
+    // This is also true for attributes that come from reexports.
+    exists(Module reexporter, string attr_name |
+      result.(DataFlow::AttrRead).accesses(getModuleReference(reexporter), attr_name) and
+      module_reexport(reexporter, attr_name, m)
+    )
+    or
+    // Submodules that are implicitly defined with relative imports of the form `from .foo import ...`.
+    // In practice, we create a definition for each module in a package, even if it is not imported.
+    exists(string submodule, Module package |
+      SsaSource::init_module_submodule_defn(result.asVar().getSourceVariable(),
+        package.getEntryNode()) and
+      isPreferredModuleForName(m.getFile(),
+        package.getPackageName() + "." + submodule + ["", ".__init__"])
+    )
+  }
+
+  /** Join-order helper for `getModuleReference`. */
+  pragma[nomagic]
+  private predicate module_reference_in_scope(DataFlow::Node node, Scope s, string name, Module m) {
+    node.getScope() = s and
+    node.asExpr().(Name).getId() = name and
+    pragma[only_bind_into](node) = getImmediateModuleReference(pragma[only_bind_into](m))
+  }
+
+  /** Join-order helper for `getModuleReference`. */
+  pragma[nomagic]
+  private predicate module_name_in_scope(DataFlow::Node node, Scope s, string name) {
+    node.getScope() = s and
+    exists(Name n | n = node.asExpr() |
+      n.getId() = name and
+      pragma[only_bind_into](n).isUse()
+    )
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Gets a reference to the module `m` (including through certain kinds of local and global flow).
+   */
+  DataFlow::Node getModuleReference(Module m) {
+    // Immedate references to the module
+    result = getImmediateModuleReference(m)
+    or
+    // Flow (local or global) forward to a later reference to the module.
+    exists(DataFlow::Node ref | ref = getModuleReference(m) |
+      simpleLocalFlowStepForTypetracking(ref, result)
+      or
+      exists(DataFlow::ModuleVariableNode mv |
+        mv.getAWrite() = ref and
+        result = mv.getARead()
+      )
+    )
+    or
+    // A reference to a name that is bound to a module in an enclosing scope.
+    exists(DataFlow::Node def, Scope def_scope, Scope use_scope, string name |
+      module_reference_in_scope(pragma[only_bind_into](def), pragma[only_bind_into](def_scope),
+        pragma[only_bind_into](name), pragma[only_bind_into](m)) and
+      module_name_in_scope(result, use_scope, name) and
+      use_scope.getEnclosingScope*() = def_scope
+    )
+  }
+
+  Module getModule(DataFlow::CfgNode node) { node = getModuleReference(result) }
 }

python/ql/lib/semmle/python/dataflow/new/internal/ImportStar.qll

@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ module ImportStar {
     exists(ImportStar i, DataFlow::CfgNode imported_module |
       imported_module.getNode().getNode() = i.getModule() and
       i.getScope() = m and
-      result = ImportResolution::getModule(imported_module)
+      result = ImportResolution::getModuleImportedByImportStar(i)
     )
   }
 

python/ql/test/experimental/dataflow/typetracking_imports/pkg/use.py

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ def test_direct_import():
 
 
 def test_alias_problem():
-    from .alias_problem import foo # $ MISSING: tracked
-    print(foo) # $ MISSING: tracked
+    from .alias_problem import foo # $ tracked
+    print(foo) # $ tracked
 
 test_alias_problem()
 
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ def test_alias_only_direct():
 
 
 def test_problem_absolute_import():
-    from pkg.problem_absolute_import import foo # $ MISSING: tracked
-    print(foo) # $ MISSING: tracked
+    from pkg.problem_absolute_import import foo # $ tracked
+    print(foo) # $ tracked
 
 test_problem_absolute_import()
 

python/ql/test/experimental/import-resolution/attr_clash/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from trace import *
+enter(__file__)
+
+clashing_attr = "clashing_attr"
+
+exit(__file__)

python/ql/test/experimental/import-resolution/attr_clash/clashing_attr.py

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+from trace import *
+enter(__file__)
+
+exit(__file__)

python/ql/test/experimental/import-resolution/attr_clash/non_clashing_submodule.py

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+from trace import *
+enter(__file__)
+
+exit(__file__)

python/ql/test/experimental/import-resolution/bar.py

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from trace import *
+enter(__file__)
+
+bar_attr = "bar_attr"
+
+exit(__file__)

python/ql/test/experimental/import-resolution/foo.py

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+from trace import *
+enter(__file__)
+
+# A simple attribute. Used in main.py
+foo_attr = "foo_attr"
+
+# A private attribute. Accessible from main.py despite this.
+__private_foo_attr = "__private_foo_attr"
+
+# A reexport of bar under a new name. Used in main.py
+import bar as bar_reexported #$ imports=bar as=bar_reexported
+check("bar_reexported.bar_attr", bar_reexported.bar_attr, "bar_attr", globals()) #$ prints=bar_attr
+
+exit(__file__)