1 files changed, 29 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/internal/namespace/namespace.go b/internal/namespace/namespace.go
index 1a09b78..b0794a4 100644
--- a/internal/namespace/namespace.go
+++ b/internal/namespace/namespace.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package namespace
 
 import (
 	_ "embed"
-	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
@@ -55,15 +54,13 @@ func VerifyIsolation() (bool, string) {
 	return true, "Isolated and root"
 }
 
-// VerifyArguments prints the current process arguments as a JSON array.
-// This is used for E2E testing to verify that argument splitting and 
-// shell injection are not occurring during the bootstrap loop.
+// VerifyArguments prints the current process arguments as hex-encoded strings.
+// This is used for E2E testing to verify that the data path is 8-bit clean
+// and that no bytes are mutated during the bootstrap loop.
 func VerifyArguments(args []string) error {
-	out, err := json.Marshal(args)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to marshal arguments: %w", err)
+	for i, arg := range args {
+		fmt.Printf("%d:%x\n", i, arg)
 	}
-	fmt.Println(string(out))
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -74,6 +71,16 @@ func Bootstrap() error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
+	// 0. Validate current arguments for null bytes before proceeding.
+	// If any argument contains a null byte, syscall.Exec will fail with 'invalid argument'.
+	for i, arg := range os.Args {
+		for j := 0; j < len(arg); j++ {
+			if arg[j] == 0 {
+				return fmt.Errorf("argument %d contains null byte at position %d", i, j)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	self, err := os.Executable()
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get executable path: %w", err)
@@ -89,16 +96,16 @@ func Bootstrap() error {
 
 	// 2. Write the embedded launcher binary to the temp file.
 	if _, err := tmpFile.Write(launcherBytes); err != nil {
-		tmpFile.Close()
+		_ = tmpFile.Close()
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to write launcher binary: %w", err)
 	}
-	
+
 	// Ensure the binary is executable (0700)
 	if err := tmpFile.Chmod(0700); err != nil {
-		tmpFile.Close()
+		_ = tmpFile.Close()
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to set launcher permissions: %w", err)
 	}
-	tmpFile.Close()
+	_ = tmpFile.Close()
 
 	// 3. Prepare arguments for the launcher.
 	// The launcher expects: launcher <command_to_run> [args...]
@@ -106,6 +113,16 @@ func Bootstrap() error {
 	args = append(args, os.Args[1:]...)
 
 	// 4. Replace the current process with the launcher.
+	// We must check for null bytes in the arguments here because syscall.Exec
+	// (which calls execve) will return 'invalid argument' (EINVAL) if any
+	// string in the argv array contains a null byte.
+	for i, arg := range args {
+		for j := 0; j < len(arg); j++ {
+			if arg[j] == 0 {
+				return fmt.Errorf("launcher argument %d contains null byte at position %d", i, j)
+			}
+		}
+	}
 	err = syscall.Exec(launcherPath, args, os.Environ())
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("launcher exec failed: %w", err)