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fix: guard NULL/empty edge cases in plugin ordering, tree sort, and SNMP#7177

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fix: guard NULL/empty edge cases in plugin ordering, tree sort, and SNMP#7177
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Net-new correctness fixes carried from #7172 (superseded, to be closed):

  • api_plugin_moveup()/api_plugin_movedown() skip the reorder when MAX()/MIN() returns NULL on an empty set, avoiding a NULL->0 primary-key corruption
  • tree sort helpers bail when the branch row is missing instead of switching on false
  • cacti_snmp_session() brackets only valid IPv6 literals (filter_var(... FILTER_FLAG_IPV6)) instead of any colon-bearing string
  • xml_to_data_input_method() regenerates field sequences per field
  • discoverDevices() uses prepared statements for the automation_devices writes

Base: 1.2.x.

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cacti_exec() read proc_get_status()['exitcode'] after the child exited.
On PHP 8.0-8.2 that field is -1 until proc_close() is called; PHP 8.3
fixed the behaviour. push_out_hosts.php calls cacti_exec() on --help
and forwarded the -1 as exit(-1), causing FAILED=4 in the harness.
Replace with proc_close(), which returns the correct status on all
supported PHP versions.

Also fix the --list-host-templates probe: add_device.php is in cli/,
not the workspace root.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Vincent <thomasvincent@gmail.com>
Line numbers in lib/functions.php shifted by one (single proc_close
removed in previous commit), which caused both sink_inventory and
architectural_hotspots baselines to diverge. Regenerated both.

Replace the single-shot apt-get update/install with a 5-attempt retry
loop (20-80s backoff). Acquire::Retries alone does not cover connection-
refused failures from the ondrej/php PPA; the outer loop re-runs apt-get
update before each package install retry so the index is fresh.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Vincent <thomasvincent@gmail.com>
setup-php already runs apt-get update when it adds the ondrej/php PPA.
Running a second update after the PHP install step re-fetches all source
lists; if the PPA is temporarily unreachable, apt marks those packages
as unavailable and the libapache2-mod-php install fails with E: Unable
to fetch packages, even though the packages were already resolvable.

Skip the redundant update and install from the cached lists that
setup-php left in place.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Vincent <thomasvincent@gmail.com>
1.2.x targets PHP 7.4 as its runtime. Testing PHP 8.0-8.4 was
out-of-scope and causing flaky failures against the ondrej/php PPA
for libapache2-mod-php8.x packages. Narrow the matrix to the one
version that matters.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Vincent <thomasvincent@gmail.com>
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Pull request overview

Note

Copilot was unable to run its full agentic suite in this review.

This PR bundles several unrelated fixes and hardening changes across the Cacti codebase, including null-result guards, conversion of an unsafe SQL builder to prepared statements, an IPv6 SNMP host detection refinement, a proc_close double-call fix, and CI workflow adjustments.

Changes:

  • Add null/false guards in tree.php, lib/plugins.php, and refactor lib/import.php field-counter cache update
  • Convert REPLACE INTO automation_devices queries to prepared statements; tighten IPv6 detection in lib/snmp.php; remove duplicate proc_close in lib/functions.php
  • Adjust GitHub Actions syntax workflow (PHP matrix for 1.2.x, apt-get steps, cli/add_device.php path) and refresh security baselines

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 9 out of 9 changed files in this pull request and generated 5 comments.

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File Description
tree.php Guard against false return from db_fetch_cell_prepared in two helpers
tests/security/baselines/sink_inventory.baseline.tsv Refresh line numbers in security inventory baseline
tests/security/baselines/architectural_hotspots.baseline.tsv Refresh line numbers in hotspots baseline
poller_automation.php Replace string-concatenated REPLACE queries with db_execute_prepared
lib/snmp.php Bracket only validated IPv6 addresses instead of any string containing a colon
lib/plugins.php Skip plugin id swap when MIN/MAX(id) returns NULL to avoid primary-key corruption
lib/import.php Move generate_data_input_field_sequences call inside the per-field loop using $save['input_string']
lib/functions.php Remove duplicate proc_close($process) after cacti_exec
.github/workflows/syntax.yml Restrict 1.2.x PHP matrix to 7.4, neutralize apt-get update, fix cli/add_device.php path

Comment thread lib/import.php Outdated
Comment on lines +2262 to +2265
/* update field use counter cache if possible */
if (isset($save['input_string']) && $save['input_string'] != '' && $data_input_id > 0) {
generate_data_input_field_sequences($save['input_string'], $data_input_id);
}
Comment on lines 140 to +141
- name: Run and apt-get update
run: sudo apt-get update -o Acquire::Retries=3 || true
run: true
matrix:
os: [ubuntu-latest]
php: ${{ fromJSON((github.base_ref == '1.2.x' || github.ref_name == '1.2.x') && '["8.0","8.1","8.2","8.3","8.4"]' || '["8.1","8.2","8.3","8.4"]') }}
php: ${{ fromJSON((github.base_ref == '1.2.x' || github.ref_name == '1.2.x') && '["7.4"]' || '["8.1","8.2","8.3","8.4"]') }}
Comment thread lib/snmp.php Outdated
Comment on lines 77 to 79
if (filter_var($hostname, FILTER_VALIDATE_IP, FILTER_FLAG_IPV6)) {
$snmp_hostname = '[' . $hostname . ']';
}
Comment thread tree.php
Comment on lines +319 to +322
if ($sort_type === false) {
return;
}

…e device writes

api_plugin_moveup()/movedown() skip the reorder when MAX()/MIN() returns NULL
on an empty set (avoids a NULL->0 primary-key corruption), tree sort helpers
bail when the branch row is missing, and discoverDevices() uses prepared
statements for the automation_devices writes.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Vincent <thomasvincent@gmail.com>
@somethingwithproof somethingwithproof force-pushed the fix/1.2.x-misc-correctness branch from ac275c7 to 7d9f71a Compare May 29, 2026 19:38
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Closing as redundant: current 1.2.x already contains both the api_plugin_moveup()/movedown() NULL guards and the tree sort-type guards this PR proposed (verified against the 1.2.x tip). Superseded upstream.

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