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Experimental Permissions: Checks from fs functions that accept Buffers fail with TypeError #54100

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@alistairjevans

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v22.5.1

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Linux e0c5ff99f631 6.9.8-orbstack-00170-g7b4100b7ced4 #1 SMP Thu Jul 11 03:32:20 UTC 2024 aarch64 GNU/Linux

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File system

What steps will reproduce the bug?

I saw this directly when when attempting a recursive delete. E.g.

script.js:

const fs = require('fs');
const pathBuffer = Buffer.from('/tmp/.mydir');
await fs.promises.rm(pathBuffer, { recursive: true })

Execute this with something like node --experimental-permission --allow-fs-write /tmp* script.js

How often does it reproduce? Is there a required condition?

This always happens provided the experimental-permission flag is set.

What is the expected behavior? Why is that the expected behavior?

Expected behaviour is that the permissions checking code allows a Buffer to be provided containing the path.

What do you see instead?

Error:

TypeError: The "reference" argument must be of type string. Received an instance of Buffer
    at Object.has (node:internal/process/permission:25:7)
    at lstat (node:fs:1551:45)
    at _rimraf (node:internal/fs/rimraf:67:3)
    at rimraf (node:internal/fs/rimraf:46:3)
    at node:internal/fs/rimraf:145:7
    at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
    at node:internal/fs/rimraf:142:5
    at FSReqCallback.oncomplete (node:fs:187:23) {
  code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE'

From the looks of it, the code in .has that calls validateString needs to permit buffers as well for the reference argument.

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