Don't show the pending URL for chrome.tabs API navigations.

chrome/browser/extensions/api/tabs/tabs_api.cc

 // Copyright (c) 2012 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 "chrome/browser/extensions/api/tabs/tabs_api.h"
 
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <limits>
 #include <memory>
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             ScriptExecutor::SINGLE_FRAME, ExtensionApiFrameIdMap::kTopFrameId,
             ScriptExecutor::DONT_MATCH_ABOUT_BLANK, UserScript::DOCUMENT_IDLE,
             ScriptExecutor::MAIN_WORLD, ScriptExecutor::DEFAULT_PROCESS, GURL(),
             GURL(), user_gesture(), ScriptExecutor::NO_RESULT,
             base::Bind(&TabsUpdateFunction::OnExecuteCodeFinished, this));
 
     *is_async = true;
     return true;
   }
 
-  web_contents_->GetController().LoadURL(
-      url, content::Referrer(), ui::PAGE_TRANSITION_LINK, std::string());
+  // Load the URL, but treat it as renderer-initiated so that it does not show
+  // in the omnibox until it commits.  This avoids URL spoofs when the tabs API
+  // is used on behalf of untrusted content.
+  NavigationController::LoadURLParams load_params(url);
+  load_params.is_renderer_initiated = true;
+  web_contents_->GetController().LoadURLWithParams(load_params);
 
   // The URL of a tab contents never actually changes to a JavaScript URL, so
   // this check only makes sense in other cases.
-  if (!url.SchemeIs(url::kJavaScriptScheme))
-    DCHECK_EQ(url.spec(), web_contents_->GetURL().spec());
+  if (!url.SchemeIs(url::kJavaScriptScheme)) {
+    // The URL should be present in the pending entry, though it won't be
+    // visible in the omnibox until it commits.
+    DCHECK_EQ(
+        url, web_contents_->GetController().GetPendingEntry()->GetVirtualURL());
+  }
 
   return true;
 }
 
 void TabsUpdateFunction::PopulateResult() {
   if (!has_callback())
     return;
 
   results_ = tabs::Get::Results::Create(
       *ExtensionTabUtil::CreateTabObject(web_contents_, extension()));
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       params->tab_id
           ? ErrorUtils::FormatErrorMessage(keys::kCannotDiscardTab,
                                            base::IntToString(*params->tab_id))
           : keys::kCannotFindTabToDiscard));
 }
 
 TabsDiscardFunction::TabsDiscardFunction() {}
 TabsDiscardFunction::~TabsDiscardFunction() {}
 
 }  // namespace extensions