fix(dif): harden delta-plot control boundary - #944
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ChangesDelta plot control hardening
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The change still permits some untrusted inactive control values to reach response materialization and native processing, weakening the promised fail-closed boundary and creating a concrete correctness and security gap. Merge should wait until every control is validated before branch selection. Possibly related issues
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In `@python/fast_mlsirm/deltaplot.py`:
- Around line 104-139: Validate and normalize all four controls—alpha,
fixed_threshold, const_range, and nr_add—before the threshold and extreme
selector branches in the control-validation function. Then select the already
trusted values for the active Rust dispatch while preserving the existing
active-range constraints, and reject hostile inactive inputs at the trust
boundary; add regressions for both inverse selector cases.
In `@tests/test_deltaplot_control_callback_safety.py`:
- Around line 152-153: Update the two alpha regex pattern literals in the
relevant test cases to raw strings so the escaped parentheses do not trigger
Ruff W605, while preserving their matching behavior and expected messages.
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| if normalized_extreme == "constraint": | ||
| if type(const_range) is not tuple or len(const_range) != 2: | ||
| raise ValueError("const_range must be an exact 2-tuple") | ||
| lo = _exact_real(const_range[0], "const_range[0]") | ||
| hi = _exact_real(const_range[1], "const_range[1]") | ||
| if not ( | ||
| math.isfinite(lo) | ||
| and math.isfinite(hi) | ||
| and 0.0 <= lo < hi <= 1.0 | ||
| ): | ||
| raise ValueError("constraint range must satisfy 0 <= lo < hi <= 1") | ||
| ea, eb = lo, hi | ||
| else: | ||
| normalized_nr_add = _exact_integer(nr_add, "nr_add") | ||
| if normalized_nr_add < 1: | ||
| raise ValueError("nr_add must be a positive integer >= 1") | ||
| ea, eb = float(normalized_nr_add), 0.0 | ||
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| if normalized_threshold == "norm": | ||
| tv = _exact_real(alpha, "alpha") | ||
| if not math.isfinite(tv) or not 0.0 < tv < 1.0: | ||
| raise ValueError("alpha must be finite and in (0, 1)") | ||
| else: | ||
| tv = _exact_real(fixed_threshold, "fixed_threshold") | ||
| if not math.isfinite(tv): | ||
| raise ValueError("fixed_threshold must be finite") | ||
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| return ( | ||
| normalized_threshold, | ||
| tv, | ||
| normalized_extreme, | ||
| ea, | ||
| eb, | ||
| normalized_purify, | ||
| normalized_max_iter, | ||
| ) |
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Validate every control before selecting the active branch.
When threshold="norm", this code does not validate fixed_threshold. When extreme="constraint", this code does not validate nr_add. The inverse cases also bypass alpha and const_range validation.
For example, nr_add=_HostileInt(1) with extreme="constraint" reaches response materialization and native-core discovery. This accepts an arbitrary control provider instead of rejecting it at the trust boundary.
Normalize and validate alpha, fixed_threshold, const_range, and nr_add before either selector branch. Then select the already trusted values for Rust dispatch. Add inactive-control hostile-input regressions. Update the claims in docs/doctoring/deltaplot-control-boundary.md Line 9-13 and docs/changelog.d/942-deltaplot-control-boundary.md Line 3-4 if the implementation remains branch-specific.
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normalized_max_iter = _exact_integer(max_iter, "max_iter")
if not 1 <= normalized_max_iter <= MAX_MAX_ITER:
raise ValueError(f"max_iter must be between 1 and {MAX_MAX_ITER}")
+ normalized_alpha = _exact_real(alpha, "alpha")
+ if not math.isfinite(normalized_alpha) or not 0.0 < normalized_alpha < 1.0:
+ raise ValueError("alpha must be finite and in (0, 1)")
+
+ normalized_fixed_threshold = _exact_real(fixed_threshold, "fixed_threshold")
+ if not math.isfinite(normalized_fixed_threshold):
+ raise ValueError("fixed_threshold must be finite")
+
+ if type(const_range) is not tuple or len(const_range) != 2:
+ raise ValueError("const_range must be an exact 2-tuple")
+ lo = _exact_real(const_range[0], "const_range[0]")
+ hi = _exact_real(const_range[1], "const_range[1]")
+ if not (math.isfinite(lo) and math.isfinite(hi) and 0.0 <= lo < hi <= 1.0):
+ raise ValueError("constraint range must satisfy 0 <= lo < hi <= 1")
+
+ normalized_nr_add = _exact_integer(nr_add, "nr_add")
+ if normalized_nr_add < 1:
+ raise ValueError("nr_add must be a positive integer >= 1")
+
if normalized_extreme == "constraint":
- ...
ea, eb = lo, hi
else:
- ...
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In `@python/fast_mlsirm/deltaplot.py` around lines 104 - 139, Validate and
normalize all four controls—alpha, fixed_threshold, const_range, and
nr_add—before the threshold and extreme selector branches in the
control-validation function. Then select the already trusted values for the
active Rust dispatch while preserving the existing active-range constraints, and
reject hostile inactive inputs at the trust boundary; add regressions for both
inverse selector cases.
| ({"alpha": 0.0}, "alpha must be finite and in \(0, 1\)"), | ||
| ({"alpha": float("nan")}, "alpha must be finite and in \(0, 1\)"), |
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In `@tests/test_deltaplot_control_callback_safety.py` around lines 152 - 153,
Update the two alpha regex pattern literals in the relevant test cases to raw
strings so the escaped parentheses do not trigger Ruff W605, while preserving
their matching behavior and expected messages.
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Citation audit (CWL Researcher)This is a citation/standards audit, not a merge review and not an approval. Claim. The PR and Problem. Doctoring correctly traces CWE-1287, OWASP ASVS 5.0.0, and final NIST SP 800-218 SSDF 1.1, and correctly treats SSDF 1.2 / SP 800-218 Rev. 1 as draft. It does not cite the psychometric sources that define the method. A Please add (APA 7th): Angoff, W. H. (1972, September). A technique for the investigation of cultural differences. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, HI. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED069686 Angoff, W. H., & Ford, S. F. (1973). Item-race interaction on a test of scholastic aptitude. Journal of Educational Measurement, 10(2), 95–105. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-3984.1973.tb00787.x Magis, D., & Facon, B. (2012). Angoff's Delta method revisited: Improving DIF detection under small samples. British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, 65(2), 302–321. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8317.2011.02025.x Magis, D., & Facon, B. (2014). deltaPlotR: An R package for differential item functioning analysis with Angoff's Delta plot. Journal of Statistical Software, 59(1), 1–19. https://doi.org/10.18637/jss.v059.c01 Security citations already present are fine and were not treated as final SSDF 1.2. |
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#944 (fa333b57) is the unique open #942 vehicle after #943 closed, and the used-path selectors plus active-branch scalars do fail closed before np.asarray and _core_module(). Two contract holes remain. Do not merge this head.
Blocking
nr_addoverflow is not a packageValueError.extreme="add"plusnr_add=10**10000raises a bareOverflowErrorfromfloat(normalized_nr_add)._exact_realalready wraps this foralpha/fixed_threshold/const_range. Buyers catchingValueErrormiss it.- Unused controls skip the pre-data gate. Default
extreme="constraint"never type-admitsnr_add;extreme="add"never type-admitsconst_range;threshold="fixed"never type-admitsalpha. A hosted DIF options blob can carry a poisoned unused field and still marshal responses into Rust. ICC admits every control before ratings.
Not blocking
- Rust domains match:
alphafinite in(0, 1);const_rangefinite0 <= lo < hi <= 1. Closed #943's remembered0 < lo < hi < 1was the wrong reading. - Arithmetic stays Rust-owned. No formula redesign. Independent of #941.
- Used-path hostile subclasses do not execute callbacks. The hole is skipped validation, not callback dispatch.
Next action
Keep #942 on one landing vehicle. Wrap float(nr_add) as package ValueError, type-admit unused controls before np.asarray, and add the ICC-style overflow plus unused-control RED cases before Ready. Local proof of that close is on cursor/bc-265a3049-f88e-4837-8f6f-75f8f77588f6-1d41 (76f9a6ae): PYTHONPATH=python python3 -m pytest -q tests/test_deltaplot_control_callback_safety.py → 41 passed. Do not merge #944 in parallel with that successor. No self-approval.
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| normalized_nr_add = _exact_integer(nr_add, "nr_add") | ||
| if normalized_nr_add < 1: | ||
| raise ValueError("nr_add must be a positive integer >= 1") | ||
| ea, eb = float(normalized_nr_add), 0.0 |
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Bare float(normalized_nr_add) leaks OverflowError for a huge exact integer such as nr_add=10**10000. Buyers catching the documented package ValueError (ICC / Bradley-Terry pattern) miss the failure, even though it still dies before data/core. Wrap this float() with the same OverflowError → ValueError path _exact_real already uses for alpha / fixed_threshold / const_range[*].
| if not 1 <= normalized_max_iter <= MAX_MAX_ITER: | ||
| raise ValueError(f"max_iter must be between 1 and {MAX_MAX_ITER}") | ||
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Issue #942 requires admitting all eight public controls before np.asarray(responses|group). This block type-checks only the active extreme / threshold branch, so a hosted options blob can still smuggle a hostile unused field into data materialization.
Reproduced on this head: delta_plot(DataSentinel(), DataSentinel(), extreme="add", nr_add=1, const_range="poison") hits AssertionError: data must not be materialized instead of a package ValueError.
Type-admit every control first (exact string / exact 2-tuple / _exact_integer / _exact_real), then apply the Rust domain only on the active branch. Keep alpha in (0, 1) and const_range at finite 0 <= lo < hi <= 1 to match crates/mlsirm-core/src/dif.rs.
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Superseded by #947
Do not merge this PR. The unique #942 landing is #947 (76f9a6ae). That head closes both holes still present here: unused-control admission before data (extreme="add" + const_range="poison") and the nr_add=10**10000 OverflowError leak.
Close this vehicle after #947 is Ready. Do not open a third #942 PR unless #947 regresses those two gates.
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Fixes #942 on protected base
9d18556564ab2c6eb610f9ce1673b4555dd16967by establishing trusted semantic controls before caller data materialization or compiled-core discovery.Test-first lineage
be1cdf12f903b3d63379e4bcc84cdb9a009d66deadds hostile string, float, integer, and tuple-subclass regressions. Rejected controls must execute zero caller callbacks, zero response/group materialization, and zero native-core discovery; genuine supported NumPy scalars must remain compatible.6c9fe699686af00d5f1029f685e5ccd6c8268515adds exact identity admission, one-time built-in normalization, Rust-domain validation, and the packageMAX_MAX_ITERceiling before data/native work.54328a121d6e6a6ce07b35da84a11ac49c9ae0b6and exact current headfa333b57b4daf61246a4657c03b9ae824ea0ece2record bounded changelog and APA-traced doctoring evidence.Preserved semantics and ownership
alphapreserves the Rust(0, 1)domain; constraint ranges preserve finite0 <= lo < hi <= 1; additive adjustment preservesnr_add >= 1; fixed thresholds are finite;max_iteris bounded to1..MAX_MAX_ITER.Evidence boundary
The branch is four commits ahead / zero behind the creation base with exactly four intended changed files. This PR starts Draft. Exact-head hosted CI, security, coverage, package/provenance, and formal review evidence must be current and terminal before Ready; predecessor-head evidence does not transfer. No self-approval or gate weakening is used.
Standards trace
Doctoring traces CWE-1287, OWASP ASVS 5.0.0, and final NIST SP 800-218 SSDF 1.1; SSDF 1.2 / SP 800-218 Rev. 1 remains a draft tracking item rather than final authority.
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New Features
delta_plot()controls, including numeric ranges, iteration limits, thresholds, and adjustment settings.Bug Fixes
Documentation
delta_plot()security-boundary controls and validation behavior.