// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause package winutil import ( "bytes" "errors" "fmt" "io" "os" "path/filepath" "runtime" "strings" "time" "unicode/utf16" "unsafe" "github.com/dblohm7/wingoes" "golang.org/x/sys/windows" "tailscale.com/types/logger" "tailscale.com/util/multierr" ) var ( ErrDefunctProcess = errors.New("process is defunct") ErrProcessNotRestartable = errors.New("process is not restartable") ) // Implementation note: the code in this file will be invoked from within // MSI custom actions, so please try to return windows.Errno error codes // whenever possible; this makes the action return more accurate errors to // the installer engine. const ( _RESTART_NO_CRASH = 1 _RESTART_NO_HANG = 2 _RESTART_NO_PATCH = 4 _RESTART_NO_REBOOT = 8 ) func registerForRestart(opts RegisterForRestartOpts) error { var flags uint32 if !opts.RestartOnCrash { flags |= _RESTART_NO_CRASH } if !opts.RestartOnHang { flags |= _RESTART_NO_HANG } if !opts.RestartOnUpgrade { flags |= _RESTART_NO_PATCH } if !opts.RestartOnReboot { flags |= _RESTART_NO_REBOOT } var cmdLine *uint16 if opts.UseCmdLineArgs { if len(opts.CmdLineArgs) == 0 { // re-use our current args, excluding the exe name itself opts.CmdLineArgs = os.Args[1:] } var b strings.Builder for _, arg := range opts.CmdLineArgs { if b.Len() > 0 { b.WriteByte(' ') } b.WriteString(windows.EscapeArg(arg)) } if b.Len() > 0 { var err error cmdLine, err = windows.UTF16PtrFromString(b.String()) if err != nil { return err } } } hr := registerApplicationRestart(cmdLine, flags) if e := wingoes.ErrorFromHRESULT(hr); e.Failed() { return e } return nil } type _RMHANDLE uint32 // See https://web.archive.org/web/20231128212837/https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/rstmgr/using-restart-manager-with-a-secondary-installer const _INVALID_RMHANDLE = ^_RMHANDLE(0) type _RM_UNIQUE_PROCESS struct { PID uint32 ProcessStartTime windows.Filetime } type _RM_APP_TYPE int32 const ( _RmUnknownApp _RM_APP_TYPE = 0 _RmMainWindow _RM_APP_TYPE = 1 _RmOtherWindow _RM_APP_TYPE = 2 _RmService _RM_APP_TYPE = 3 _RmExplorer _RM_APP_TYPE = 4 _RmConsole _RM_APP_TYPE = 5 _RmCritical _RM_APP_TYPE = 1000 ) type _RM_APP_STATUS uint32 const ( //lint:ignore U1000 maps to a win32 API _RmStatusUnknown _RM_APP_STATUS = 0x0 _RmStatusRunning _RM_APP_STATUS = 0x1 _RmStatusStopped _RM_APP_STATUS = 0x2 _RmStatusStoppedOther _RM_APP_STATUS = 0x4 _RmStatusRestarted _RM_APP_STATUS = 0x8 _RmStatusErrorOnStop _RM_APP_STATUS = 0x10 _RmStatusErrorOnRestart _RM_APP_STATUS = 0x20 _RmStatusShutdownMasked _RM_APP_STATUS = 0x40 _RmStatusRestartMasked _RM_APP_STATUS = 0x80 ) type _RM_PROCESS_INFO struct { Process _RM_UNIQUE_PROCESS AppName [256]uint16 ServiceShortName [64]uint16 AppType _RM_APP_TYPE AppStatus _RM_APP_STATUS TSSessionID uint32 Restartable int32 // Win32 BOOL } // RestartManagerSession represents an open Restart Manager session. type RestartManagerSession interface { io.Closer // AddPaths adds the fully-qualified paths in fqPaths to the set of binaries // that will be monitored by this restart manager session. NOTE: This // method is expensive to call, so it is better to make a single call with // a larger slice than to make multiple calls with smaller slices. AddPaths(fqPaths []string) error // AffectedProcesses returns the UniqueProcess information for all running // processes that utilize the binaries previously specified by calls to // AddPaths. AffectedProcesses() ([]UniqueProcess, error) // Key returns the session key associated with this instance. Key() string } // rmSession encapsulates the necessary information to represent an open // restart manager session. // // Implementation note: rmSession methods that return errors should use // windows.Errno codes whenever possible, as we call them from the custom // action DLL. MSI custom actions are expected to return windows.Errno values; // to ensure our compliance with this expectation, we should also use those // values. Failure to do so will result in a generic windows.Errno being // returned to the Windows Installer, which obviously is less than ideal. type rmSession struct { session _RMHANDLE key string logf logger.Logf } const _CCH_RM_SESSION_KEY = 32 // (excludes NUL terminator) // NewRestartManagerSession creates a new RestartManagerSession that utilizes // logf for logging. func NewRestartManagerSession(logf logger.Logf) (RestartManagerSession, error) { var sessionKeyBuf [_CCH_RM_SESSION_KEY + 1]uint16 result := rmSession{ logf: logf, } if err := rmStartSession(&result.session, 0, &sessionKeyBuf[0]); err != nil { return nil, err } result.key = windows.UTF16ToString(sessionKeyBuf[:_CCH_RM_SESSION_KEY]) return &result, nil } // AttachRestartManagerSession opens a connection to an existing session // specified by sessionKey, using logf for logging. func AttachRestartManagerSession(logf logger.Logf, sessionKey string) (RestartManagerSession, error) { sessionKey16, err := windows.UTF16PtrFromString(sessionKey) if err != nil { return nil, err } result := rmSession{ key: sessionKey, logf: logf, } if err := rmJoinSession(&result.session, sessionKey16); err != nil { return nil, err } return &result, nil } func (rms *rmSession) Close() error { if rms == nil || rms.session == _INVALID_RMHANDLE { return nil } if err := rmEndSession(rms.session); err != nil { return err } rms.session = _INVALID_RMHANDLE return nil } func (rms *rmSession) Key() string { return rms.key } func (rms *rmSession) AffectedProcesses() ([]UniqueProcess, error) { infos, err := rms.processList() if err != nil { return nil, err } result := make([]UniqueProcess, 0, len(infos)) for _, info := range infos { result = append(result, UniqueProcess{ _RM_UNIQUE_PROCESS: info.Process, CanReceiveGUIMsgs: info.AppType == _RmMainWindow || info.AppType == _RmOtherWindow, }) } return result, nil } func (rms *rmSession) processList() ([]_RM_PROCESS_INFO, error) { const maxAttempts = 5 var avail, rebootReasons uint32 needed := uint32(1) var buf []_RM_PROCESS_INFO err := error(windows.ERROR_MORE_DATA) numAttempts := 0 for err == windows.ERROR_MORE_DATA && numAttempts < maxAttempts { numAttempts++ buf = make([]_RM_PROCESS_INFO, needed) avail = needed err = rmGetList(rms.session, &needed, &avail, unsafe.SliceData(buf), &rebootReasons) } if err != nil { if err == windows.ERROR_SESSION_CREDENTIAL_CONFLICT { // Add some more context about the meaning of this error. err = fmt.Errorf("%w (the Restart Manager does not permit calling RmGetList from a process that did not originally create the session)", err) } return nil, err } return buf[:avail], nil } func (rms *rmSession) AddPaths(fqPaths []string) error { if len(fqPaths) == 0 { return nil } fqPaths16 := make([]*uint16, 0, len(fqPaths)) for _, fqPath := range fqPaths { if !filepath.IsAbs(fqPath) { return fmt.Errorf("%w: paths must be fully-qualified", windows.ERROR_BAD_PATHNAME) } fqPath16, err := windows.UTF16PtrFromString(fqPath) if err != nil { return err } fqPaths16 = append(fqPaths16, fqPath16) } return rmRegisterResources(rms.session, uint32(len(fqPaths16)), unsafe.SliceData(fqPaths16), 0, nil, 0, nil) } // UniqueProcess contains the necessary information to uniquely identify a // process in the face of potential PID reuse. type UniqueProcess struct { _RM_UNIQUE_PROCESS // CanReceiveGUIMsgs is true when the process has open top-level windows. CanReceiveGUIMsgs bool } // AsRestartableProcess obtains a RestartableProcess populated using the // information obtained from up. func (up *UniqueProcess) AsRestartableProcess() (*RestartableProcess, error) { // We need PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION instead of PROCESS_QUERY_LIMITED_INFORMATION // in order for ProcessImageName to be able to work from within a privileged // Windows Installer process. // We need PROCESS_VM_READ for GetApplicationRestartSettings. // We need PROCESS_TERMINATE and SYNCHRONIZE to terminate the process and // to be able to wait for the terminated process's handle to signal. access := uint32(windows.PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION | windows.PROCESS_TERMINATE | windows.PROCESS_VM_READ | windows.SYNCHRONIZE) h, err := windows.OpenProcess(access, false, up.PID) if err != nil { return nil, fmt.Errorf("OpenProcess(%d[%#X]): %w", up.PID, up.PID, err) } defer func() { if h == 0 { return } windows.CloseHandle(h) }() var creationTime, exitTime, kernelTime, userTime windows.Filetime if err := windows.GetProcessTimes(h, &creationTime, &exitTime, &kernelTime, &userTime); err != nil { return nil, fmt.Errorf("GetProcessTimes: %w", err) } if creationTime != up.ProcessStartTime { // The PID has been reused and does not actually reference the original process. return nil, ErrDefunctProcess } var tok windows.Token if err := windows.OpenProcessToken(h, windows.TOKEN_QUERY, &tok); err != nil { return nil, fmt.Errorf("OpenProcessToken: %w", err) } defer tok.Close() tsSessionID, err := TSSessionID(tok) if err != nil { return nil, fmt.Errorf("TSSessionID: %w", err) } logonSessionID, err := LogonSessionID(tok) if err != nil { return nil, fmt.Errorf("LogonSessionID: %w", err) } img, err := ProcessImageName(h) if err != nil { return nil, fmt.Errorf("ProcessImageName: %w", err) } const _RESTART_MAX_CMD_LINE = 1024 var cmdLine [_RESTART_MAX_CMD_LINE]uint16 cmdLineLen := uint32(len(cmdLine)) var rmFlags uint32 hr := getApplicationRestartSettings(h, &cmdLine[0], &cmdLineLen, &rmFlags) // Not found is not an error; it just means that the app never set any restart settings. if e := wingoes.ErrorFromHRESULT(hr); e.Failed() && e != wingoes.ErrorFromErrno(windows.ERROR_NOT_FOUND) { return nil, fmt.Errorf("GetApplicationRestartSettings: %w", error(e)) } if (rmFlags & _RESTART_NO_PATCH) != 0 { // The application explicitly stated that it cannot be restarted during // an upgrade. return nil, ErrProcessNotRestartable } var logonSID string // Non-fatal, so we'll proceed with best-effort. if tokenGroups, err := tok.GetTokenGroups(); err == nil { for _, group := range tokenGroups.AllGroups() { if (group.Attributes & windows.SE_GROUP_LOGON_ID) != 0 { logonSID = group.Sid.String() break } } } var userSID string // Non-fatal, so we'll proceed with best-effort. if tokenUser, err := tok.GetTokenUser(); err == nil { // Save the user's SID so that we can later check it against the currently // logged-in Tailscale profile. userSID = tokenUser.User.Sid.String() } result := &RestartableProcess{ Process: *up, SessionInfo: SessionID{ LogonSession: logonSessionID, TSSession: tsSessionID, }, CommandLineInfo: CommandLineInfo{ ExePath: img, Args: windows.UTF16ToString(cmdLine[:cmdLineLen]), }, LogonSID: logonSID, UserSID: userSID, handle: h, } runtime.SetFinalizer(result, func(rp *RestartableProcess) { rp.Close() }) h = 0 return result, nil } // RestartableProcess contains the necessary information to uniquely identify // an existing process, as well as the necessary information to be able to // terminate it and later start a new instance in the identical logon session // to the previous instance. type RestartableProcess struct { // Process uniquely identifies the existing process. Process UniqueProcess // SessionInfo uniquely identifies the Terminal Services (RDP) and logon // sessions the existing process is running under. SessionInfo SessionID // CommandLineInfo contains the command line information necessary for restarting. CommandLineInfo CommandLineInfo // LogonSID contains the stringified SID of the existing process's token's logon session. LogonSID string // UserSID contains the stringified SID of the existing process's token's user. UserSID string // handle specifies the Win32 HANDLE associated with the existing process. // When non-zero, it includes access rights for querying, terminating, and synchronizing. handle windows.Handle // hasExitCode is true when the exitCode field is valid. hasExitCode bool // exitCode contains exit code returned by this RestartableProcess once // its termination has been recorded by (RestartableProcesses).Terminate. // It is only valid when hasExitCode == true. exitCode uint32 } func (rp *RestartableProcess) Close() error { if rp.handle == 0 { return nil } windows.CloseHandle(rp.handle) runtime.SetFinalizer(rp, nil) rp.handle = 0 return nil } // RestartableProcesses is a map of PID to *RestartableProcess instance. type RestartableProcesses map[uint32]*RestartableProcess // NewRestartableProcesses instantiates a new RestartableProcesses. func NewRestartableProcesses() RestartableProcesses { return make(RestartableProcesses) } // Add inserts rp into rps. func (rps RestartableProcesses) Add(rp *RestartableProcess) { if rp != nil { rps[rp.Process.PID] = rp } } // Delete removes rp from rps. func (rps RestartableProcesses) Delete(rp *RestartableProcess) { if rp != nil { delete(rps, rp.Process.PID) } } // Close invokes (*RestartableProcess).Close on every value in rps, and then // clears rps. func (rps RestartableProcesses) Close() error { for _, v := range rps { v.Close() } clear(rps) return nil } // _MAXIMUM_WAIT_OBJECTS is the Win32 constant for the maximum number of // handles that a call to WaitForMultipleObjects may receive at once. const _MAXIMUM_WAIT_OBJECTS = 64 // Terminate forcibly terminates all processes in rps using exitCode, and then // waits for their process handles to signal, up to timeout. func (rps RestartableProcesses) Terminate(logf logger.Logf, exitCode uint32, timeout time.Duration) error { if len(rps) == 0 { return nil } millis, err := wingoes.DurationToTimeoutMilliseconds(timeout) if err != nil { return err } errs := make([]error, 0, len(rps)) procs := make([]*RestartableProcess, 0, len(rps)) handles := make([]windows.Handle, 0, len(rps)) for _, v := range rps { if err := windows.TerminateProcess(v.handle, exitCode); err != nil { if err == windows.ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED { // If v terminated before we attempted to terminate, we'll receive // ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED, which is not really an error worth reporting in // our use case. Just obtain the exit code and then close the process. if err := windows.GetExitCodeProcess(v.handle, &v.exitCode); err != nil { logf("GetExitCodeProcess failed: %v", err) } else { v.hasExitCode = true } v.Close() } else { errs = append(errs, &terminationError{rp: v, err: err}) } continue } procs = append(procs, v) handles = append(handles, v.handle) } for len(handles) > 0 { // WaitForMultipleObjects can only wait on _MAXIMUM_WAIT_OBJECTS handles per // call, so we batch them as necessary. count := uint32(min(len(handles), _MAXIMUM_WAIT_OBJECTS)) waitCode, err := windows.WaitForMultipleObjects(handles[:count], true, millis) if err != nil { errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("waiting on terminated process handles: %w", err)) break } if e := windows.Errno(waitCode); e == windows.WAIT_TIMEOUT { errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("waiting on terminated process handles: %w", error(e))) break } if waitCode >= windows.WAIT_OBJECT_0 && waitCode < (windows.WAIT_OBJECT_0+count) { // The first count process handles have all been signaled. Close them out. for _, proc := range procs[:count] { if err := windows.GetExitCodeProcess(proc.handle, &proc.exitCode); err != nil { logf("GetExitCodeProcess failed: %v", err) } else { proc.hasExitCode = true } proc.Close() } procs = procs[count:] handles = handles[count:] continue } // We really shouldn't be reaching this point panic(fmt.Sprintf("unexpected state from WaitForMultipleObjects: %d", waitCode)) } if len(errs) != 0 { return multierr.New(errs...) } return nil } type terminationError struct { rp *RestartableProcess err error } func (te *terminationError) Error() string { pid := te.rp.Process.PID return fmt.Sprintf("terminating process %d (%#X): %v", pid, pid, te.err) } func (te *terminationError) Unwrap() error { return te.err } // SessionID encapsulates the necessary information for uniquely identifying // sessions. In particular, SessionID contains enough information to detect // reuse of Terminal Service session IDs. type SessionID struct { // LogonSession is the NT logon session ID. LogonSession windows.LUID // TSSession is the terminal services session ID. TSSession uint32 } // OpenToken obtains the security token associated with sessID. func (sessID *SessionID) OpenToken() (windows.Token, error) { var token windows.Token if err := windows.WTSQueryUserToken(sessID.TSSession, &token); err != nil { return 0, err } var err error defer func() { if err != nil { token.Close() } }() tokenLogonSession, err := LogonSessionID(token) if err != nil { return 0, err } if tokenLogonSession != sessID.LogonSession { err = windows.ERROR_NO_SUCH_LOGON_SESSION return 0, err } return token, nil } // ContainsToken determines whether token is contained within sessID. func (sessID *SessionID) ContainsToken(token windows.Token) (bool, error) { tokenTSSessionID, err := TSSessionID(token) if err != nil { return false, err } if tokenTSSessionID != sessID.TSSession { return false, nil } tokenLogonSession, err := LogonSessionID(token) if err != nil { return false, err } return tokenLogonSession == sessID.LogonSession, nil } // This is the Window Station and Desktop within a particular session that must // be specified for interactive processes: "Winsta0\\default\x00" var defaultDesktop = unsafe.SliceData([]uint16{'W', 'i', 'n', 's', 't', 'a', '0', '\\', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'a', 'u', 'l', 't', 0}) // CommandLineInfo manages the necessary information for creating a Win32 // process using a specific command line. type CommandLineInfo struct { // ExePath must be a fully-qualified path to a Windows executable binary. ExePath string // Args must be any arguments supplied to the process, excluding the // path to the binary itself. Args must be properly quoted according to // Windows path rules. To create a properly quoted Args from scratch, call the // SetArgs method instead. Args string `json:",omitempty"` } // SetArgs converts args to a string quoted as necessary to satisfy the rules // for Win32 command lines, and sets cli.Args to that string. func (cli *CommandLineInfo) SetArgs(args []string) { var buf strings.Builder for _, arg := range args { if buf.Len() > 0 { buf.WriteByte(' ') } buf.WriteString(windows.EscapeArg(arg)) } cli.Args = buf.String() } // Validate ensures that cli.ExePath contains an absolute path. func (cli *CommandLineInfo) Validate() error { if cli == nil { return windows.ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER } if !filepath.IsAbs(cli.ExePath) { return fmt.Errorf("%w: CommandLineInfo requires absolute ExePath", windows.ERROR_BAD_PATHNAME) } return nil } // Resolve converts the information in cli to a format compatible with the Win32 // CreateProcess* family of APIs, as pointers to C-style UTF-16 strings. It also // returns the full command line as a Go string for logging purposes. func (cli *CommandLineInfo) Resolve() (exePath *uint16, cmdLine *uint16, cmdLineStr string, err error) { // Resolve cmdLine first since that also does a Validate. cmdLineStr, cmdLine, err = cli.resolveArgsAsUTF16Ptr() if err != nil { return nil, nil, "", err } exePath, err = windows.UTF16PtrFromString(cli.ExePath) if err != nil { return nil, nil, "", err } return exePath, cmdLine, cmdLineStr, nil } // resolveArgs quotes cli.ExePath as necessary, appends Args, and returns the result. func (cli *CommandLineInfo) resolveArgs() (string, error) { if err := cli.Validate(); err != nil { return "", err } var cmdLineBuf strings.Builder cmdLineBuf.WriteString(windows.EscapeArg(cli.ExePath)) if args := cli.Args; args != "" { cmdLineBuf.WriteByte(' ') cmdLineBuf.WriteString(args) } return cmdLineBuf.String(), nil } func (cli *CommandLineInfo) resolveArgsAsUTF16Ptr() (string, *uint16, error) { s, err := cli.resolveArgs() if err != nil { return "", nil, err } s16, err := windows.UTF16PtrFromString(s) if err != nil { return "", nil, err } return s, s16, nil } // StartProcessInSession creates a new process using cmdLineInfo that will // reside inside the session identified by sessID, with the security token whose // logon is associated with sessID. The child process's environment will be // inherited from the session token's environment. func StartProcessInSession(sessID SessionID, cmdLineInfo CommandLineInfo) error { return StartProcessInSessionWithHandler(sessID, cmdLineInfo, nil) } // PostCreateProcessHandler is a function that is invoked by // StartProcessInSessionWithHandler when the child process has been successfully // created. It is the responsibility of the handler to close the pi.Thread and // pi.Process handles. type PostCreateProcessHandler func(pi *windows.ProcessInformation) // StartProcessInSessionWithHandler creates a new process using cmdLineInfo that // will reside inside the session identified by sessID, with the security token // whose logon is associated with sessID. The child process's environment will be // inherited from the session token's environment. When the child process has // been successfully created, handler is invoked with the windows.ProcessInformation // that was returned by the OS. func StartProcessInSessionWithHandler(sessID SessionID, cmdLineInfo CommandLineInfo, handler PostCreateProcessHandler) error { pi, err := startProcessInSessionInternal(sessID, cmdLineInfo, 0) if err != nil { return err } if handler != nil { handler(pi) return nil } windows.CloseHandle(pi.Process) windows.CloseHandle(pi.Thread) return nil } // RunProcessInSession creates a new process and waits up to timeout for that // child process to complete its execution. The process is created using // cmdLineInfo and will reside inside the session identified by sessID, with the // security token whose logon is associated with sessID. The child process's // environment will be inherited from the session token's environment. func RunProcessInSession(sessID SessionID, cmdLineInfo CommandLineInfo, timeout time.Duration) (uint32, error) { timeoutMillis, err := wingoes.DurationToTimeoutMilliseconds(timeout) if err != nil { return 1, err } pi, err := startProcessInSessionInternal(sessID, cmdLineInfo, 0) if err != nil { return 1, err } windows.CloseHandle(pi.Thread) defer windows.CloseHandle(pi.Process) waitCode, err := windows.WaitForSingleObject(pi.Process, timeoutMillis) if err != nil { return 1, fmt.Errorf("WaitForSingleObject: %w", err) } if e := windows.Errno(waitCode); e == windows.WAIT_TIMEOUT { return 1, e } if waitCode != windows.WAIT_OBJECT_0 { // This should not be possible; log return 1, fmt.Errorf("unexpected state from WaitForSingleObject: %d", waitCode) } var exitCode uint32 if err := windows.GetExitCodeProcess(pi.Process, &exitCode); err != nil { return 1, err } return exitCode, nil } func startProcessInSessionInternal(sessID SessionID, cmdLineInfo CommandLineInfo, extraFlags uint32) (*windows.ProcessInformation, error) { if err := cmdLineInfo.Validate(); err != nil { return nil, err } token, err := sessID.OpenToken() if err != nil { return nil, fmt.Errorf("(*SessionID).OpenToken: %w", err) } defer token.Close() exePath16, commandLine16, _, err := cmdLineInfo.Resolve() if err != nil { return nil, fmt.Errorf("(*CommandLineInfo).Resolve(): %w", err) } wd16, err := windows.UTF16PtrFromString(filepath.Dir(cmdLineInfo.ExePath)) if err != nil { return nil, fmt.Errorf("UTF16PtrFromString(wd): %w", err) } env, err := token.Environ(false) if err != nil { return nil, fmt.Errorf("token environment: %w", err) } env16 := newEnvBlock(env) // The privileges in privNames are required for CreateProcessAsUser to be // able to start processes as other users in other logon sessions. privNames := []string{ "SeAssignPrimaryTokenPrivilege", "SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege", } dropPrivs, err := EnableCurrentThreadPrivileges(privNames) if err != nil { return nil, fmt.Errorf("EnableCurrentThreadPrivileges(%#v): %w", privNames, err) } defer dropPrivs() createFlags := extraFlags | windows.CREATE_UNICODE_ENVIRONMENT | windows.DETACHED_PROCESS si := windows.StartupInfo{ Cb: uint32(unsafe.Sizeof(windows.StartupInfo{})), Desktop: defaultDesktop, } var pi windows.ProcessInformation if err := windows.CreateProcessAsUser(token, exePath16, commandLine16, nil, nil, false, createFlags, env16, wd16, &si, &pi); err != nil { return nil, fmt.Errorf("CreateProcessAsUser: %w", err) } return &pi, nil } func newEnvBlock(env []string) *uint16 { // Intentionally using bytes.Buffer here because we're writing nul bytes (the standard library does this too). var buf bytes.Buffer for _, v := range env { buf.WriteString(v) buf.WriteByte(0) } if buf.Len() == 0 { // So that we end with a double-null in the empty env case buf.WriteByte(0) } buf.WriteByte(0) return unsafe.SliceData(utf16.Encode([]rune(string(buf.Bytes())))) }