Make sure only the right processes can access the profile path.

base/path_service.cc

 // Copyright (c) 2011 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 #include "base/path_service.h"
 
 #ifdef OS_WIN
 #include <windows.h>
 #include <shellapi.h>
 #include <shlobj.h>
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   if (path.empty())
     return false;
 
   AddToCache(key, path);
 
   *result = path;
   return true;
 }
 
 bool PathService::Override(int key, const FilePath& path) {
+  // Just call the full function with true for the value of |create|.
+  return Override(key, path, true);
+}
+
+bool PathService::Override(int key, const FilePath& path, bool create) {
   PathData* path_data = GetPathData();
   DCHECK(path_data);
   DCHECK_GT(key, base::DIR_CURRENT) << "invalid path key";
 
   FilePath file_path = path;
 
-  // Make sure the directory exists. We need to do this before we translate
-  // this to the absolute path because on POSIX, AbsolutePath fails if called
-  // on a non-existent path.
-  if (!file_util::PathExists(file_path) &&
-      !file_util::CreateDirectory(file_path))
-    return false;
+  // For some locations this will fail if called from inside the sandbox there-
+  // fore we protect this call with a flag.
+  if (create) {
+    // Make sure the directory exists. We need to do this before we translate
+    // this to the absolute path because on POSIX, AbsolutePath fails if called
+    // on a non-existent path.
+    if (!file_util::PathExists(file_path) &&
+        !file_util::CreateDirectory(file_path))
+      return false;
+  }
 
   // We need to have an absolute path, as extensions and plugins don't like
   // relative paths, and will gladly crash the browser in CHECK()s if they get a
   // relative path.
   if (!file_util::AbsolutePath(&file_path))
     return false;
 
   base::AutoLock scoped_lock(path_data->lock);
 
   // Clear the cache now. Some of its entries could have depended
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   p = new Provider;
   p->is_static = false;
   p->func = func;
   p->next = path_data->providers;
 #ifndef NDEBUG
   p->key_start = key_start;
   p->key_end = key_end;
 #endif
   path_data->providers = p;
 }