fix: restrict file permissions on sensitive palace data (#814)

* fix: restrict file permissions on sensitive palace data

On Linux with default umask (022), several files and directories
containing personal data were created world-readable. This patch
applies chmod 0o700 to directories and 0o600 to files immediately
after creation, wrapped in try/except for Windows compatibility.

Files hardened:
- hooks_cli.py: hook_state/ directory and hook.log
- entity_registry.py: entity_registry.json (names, relationships)
- knowledge_graph.py: knowledge_graph.sqlite3 parent directory
- exporter.py: export output directory and wing subdirectories
- config.py: people_map.json (name mappings)
- mcp_server.py: WAL file creation uses atomic os.open (TOCTOU fix)

Refs: MemPalace/mempalace#809

* fix: avoid redundant chmod calls on hot paths

- hooks_cli.py: chmod STATE_DIR and hook.log only on first creation,
  not on every _log() call (hooks fire on every Stop event)
- exporter.py: track created wing dirs to skip redundant makedirs +
  chmod on the same directory across batches
- mcp_server.py: remove redundant _WAL_FILE.chmod after os.open
  already set mode=0o600 atomically

Refs: MemPalace/mempalace#809

mempalace/config.py

@@ -251,4 +251,8 @@ class MempalaceConfig:
         self._config_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
         with open(self._people_map_file, "w") as f:
             json.dump(people_map, f, indent=2)
+        try:
+            self._people_map_file.chmod(0o600)
+        except (OSError, NotImplementedError):
+            pass
         return self._people_map_file

mempalace/entity_registry.py

@@ -316,7 +316,15 @@ class EntityRegistry:
 
     def save(self):
         self._path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        try:
+            self._path.parent.chmod(0o700)
+        except (OSError, NotImplementedError):
+            pass
         self._path.write_text(json.dumps(self._data, indent=2), encoding="utf-8")
+        try:
+            self._path.chmod(0o600)
+        except (OSError, NotImplementedError):
+            pass
 
     @staticmethod
     def _empty() -> dict:

mempalace/exporter.py

@@ -49,9 +49,15 @@ def export_palace(palace_path: str, output_dir: str, format: str = "markdown") -
         return {"wings": 0, "rooms": 0, "drawers": 0}
 
     os.makedirs(output_dir, exist_ok=True)
+    try:
+        os.chmod(output_dir, 0o700)
+    except (OSError, NotImplementedError):
+        pass
 
     # Track which room files have been opened (so we can append vs overwrite)
     opened_rooms: set[tuple[str, str]] = set()
+    # Track which wing directories have been created and chmoded
+    created_wing_dirs: set[str] = set()
     # Track stats per wing: {wing: {room: count}}
     wing_stats: dict[str, dict[str, int]] = defaultdict(lambda: defaultdict(int))
     total_drawers = 0
@@ -82,7 +88,13 @@ def export_palace(palace_path: str, output_dir: str, format: str = "markdown") -
         for wing, rooms in batch_grouped.items():
             safe_wing = _safe_path_component(wing)
             wing_dir = os.path.join(output_dir, safe_wing)
-            os.makedirs(wing_dir, exist_ok=True)
+            if wing_dir not in created_wing_dirs:
+                os.makedirs(wing_dir, exist_ok=True)
+                try:
+                    os.chmod(wing_dir, 0o700)
+                except (OSError, NotImplementedError):
+                    pass
+                created_wing_dirs.add(wing_dir)
 
             for room, drawers in rooms.items():
                 safe_room = _safe_path_component(room)

mempalace/hooks_cli.py

@@ -105,14 +105,30 @@ def _count_human_messages(transcript_path: str) -> int:
     return count
 
 
+_state_dir_initialized = False
+
+
 def _log(message: str):
     """Append to hook state log file."""
+    global _state_dir_initialized
     try:
-        STATE_DIR.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        if not _state_dir_initialized:
+            STATE_DIR.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+            try:
+                STATE_DIR.chmod(0o700)
+            except (OSError, NotImplementedError):
+                pass
+            _state_dir_initialized = True
         log_path = STATE_DIR / "hook.log"
+        is_new = not log_path.exists()
         timestamp = datetime.now().strftime("%H:%M:%S")
         with open(log_path, "a") as f:
             f.write(f"[{timestamp}] {message}\n")
+        if is_new:
+            try:
+                log_path.chmod(0o600)
+            except (OSError, NotImplementedError):
+                pass
     except OSError:
         pass
 

mempalace/knowledge_graph.py

@@ -50,7 +50,12 @@ DEFAULT_KG_PATH = os.path.expanduser("~/.mempalace/knowledge_graph.sqlite3")
 class KnowledgeGraph:
     def __init__(self, db_path: str = None):
         self.db_path = db_path or DEFAULT_KG_PATH
-        Path(self.db_path).parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        db_parent = Path(self.db_path).parent
+        db_parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        try:
+            db_parent.chmod(0o700)
+        except (OSError, NotImplementedError):
+            pass
         self._connection = None
         self._lock = threading.Lock()
         self._init_db()

mempalace/mcp_server.py

@@ -121,14 +121,14 @@ try:
 except (OSError, NotImplementedError):
     pass
 _WAL_FILE = _WAL_DIR / "write_log.jsonl"
-# Pre-create WAL file with restricted permissions to avoid race condition
+# Atomically create WAL file with restricted permissions (no TOCTOU race).
-if not _WAL_FILE.exists():
+# os.open with O_CREAT|O_WRONLY and mode 0o600 creates the file if absent
-    _WAL_FILE.touch(mode=0o600)
+# or opens it if present, both in a single syscall.
-else:
+try:
-    try:
+    _fd = os.open(str(_WAL_FILE), os.O_CREAT | os.O_WRONLY, 0o600)
-        _WAL_FILE.chmod(0o600)
+    os.close(_fd)
-    except (OSError, NotImplementedError):
+except (OSError, NotImplementedError):
-        pass
+    pass
 
 # Keys whose values should be redacted in WAL entries to avoid logging sensitive content
 _WAL_REDACT_KEYS = frozenset(