chore: Enable G404 rule for gosec (#13095)

.golangci.yml

@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ linters-settings:
       - G306
       - G401
       - G403
+      - G404
       - G501
       - G502
       - G503
@@ -257,13 +258,13 @@ issues:
         - govet
 
     - path: cmd/telegraf/(main|printer).go
-      text: "Error return value of `outputBuffer.Write` is not checked"
-
-    - path: cmd/telegraf/(main|printer).go
-      text: "unhandled-error: Unhandled error in call to function outputBuffer.Write"
+      text: "Error return value of `outputBuffer.Write` is not checked" #errcheck
 
     - path: _test\.go
-      text: "Potential hardcoded credentials"
+      text: "Potential hardcoded credentials" #gosec:G101
+
+    - path: _test\.go
+      text: "Use of weak random number generator" #gosec:G404
 
   # Independently of option `exclude` we use default exclude patterns,
   # it can be disabled by this option.

internal/internal.go

@@ -118,16 +118,14 @@ func SnakeCase(in string) string {
 }
 
 // RandomSleep will sleep for a random amount of time up to max.
-// If the shutdown channel is closed, it will return before it has finished
-// sleeping.
+// If the shutdown channel is closed, it will return before it has finished sleeping.
 func RandomSleep(max time.Duration, shutdown chan struct{}) {
-	if max == 0 {
+	sleepDuration := RandomDuration(max)
+	if sleepDuration == 0 {
 		return
 	}
 
-	sleepns := rand.Int63n(max.Nanoseconds())
-
-	t := time.NewTimer(time.Nanosecond * time.Duration(sleepns))
+	t := time.NewTimer(time.Nanosecond * sleepDuration)
 	select {
 	case <-t.C:
 		return
@@ -143,9 +141,7 @@ func RandomDuration(max time.Duration) time.Duration {
 		return 0
 	}
 
-	sleepns := rand.Int63n(max.Nanoseconds())
-
-	return time.Duration(sleepns)
+	return time.Duration(rand.Int63n(max.Nanoseconds())) //nolint:gosec // G404: not security critical
 }
 
 // SleepContext sleeps until the context is closed or the duration is reached.

plugins/inputs/example/example.go

@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 package example
 
 import (
+	"crypto/rand"
 	_ "embed"
 	"fmt"
-	"math/rand"
+	"math"
+	"math/big"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
@@ -81,14 +83,14 @@ func (m *Example) Init() error {
 
 // Gather defines what data the plugin will gather.
 func (m *Example) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
-	// Imagine some completely arbitrary error occuring here
+	// Imagine some completely arbitrary error occurring here
 	if m.NumberFields > 10 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("too many fields")
 	}
 
-	// For illustration we gather three metrics in one go
+	// For illustration, we gather three metrics in one go
 	for run := 0; run < 3; run++ {
-		// Imagine an error occurs here but you want to keep the other
+		// Imagine an error occurs here, but you want to keep the other
 		// metrics, then you cannot simply return, as this would drop
 		// all later metrics. Simply accumulate errors in this case
 		// and ignore the metric.
@@ -101,11 +103,16 @@ func (m *Example) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 		fields := map[string]interface{}{"count": m.count}
 		for i := int64(1); i < m.NumberFields; i++ {
 			name := fmt.Sprintf("field%d", i)
-			value := 0.0
+			var err error
+			value := big.NewInt(0)
 			if m.EnableRandomVariable {
-				value = rand.Float64()
+				value, err = rand.Int(rand.Reader, big.NewInt(math.MaxUint32))
+				if err != nil {
+					acc.AddError(err)
+					continue
+				}
 			}
-			fields[name] = value
+			fields[name] = float64(value.Int64())
 		}
 
 		// Construct the tags

plugins/inputs/mock/mock.go

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func (*Mock) SampleConfig() string {
 }
 
 func (m *Mock) Init() error {
-	m.rand = rand.New(rand.NewSource(time.Now().UnixNano()))
+	m.rand = rand.New(rand.NewSource(time.Now().UnixNano())) //nolint:gosec // G404: not security critical
 	return nil
 }
 

plugins/inputs/powerdns_recursor/protocol_v1.go

@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@ package powerdns_recursor
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"math/rand"
 	"net"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 )
 
@@ -19,8 +20,7 @@ import (
 // The `data` field contains a list of commands to execute with
 // the \n character after every command.
 func (p *PowerdnsRecursor) gatherFromV1Server(address string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
-	randomNumber := rand.Int63()
-	recvSocket := filepath.Join(p.SocketDir, fmt.Sprintf("pdns_recursor_telegraf%d", randomNumber))
+	recvSocket := filepath.Join(p.SocketDir, fmt.Sprintf("pdns_recursor_telegraf%s", uuid.New().String()))
 
 	laddr, err := net.ResolveUnixAddr("unixgram", recvSocket)
 	if err != nil {

plugins/inputs/powerdns_recursor/protocol_v2.go

@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@ package powerdns_recursor
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"math/rand"
 	"net"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 )
 
@@ -17,8 +18,7 @@ import (
 // Datagram 1 => status: uint32
 // Datagram 2 => data: byte[] (max 16_384 bytes)
 func (p *PowerdnsRecursor) gatherFromV2Server(address string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
-	randomNumber := rand.Int63()
-	recvSocket := filepath.Join(p.SocketDir, fmt.Sprintf("pdns_recursor_telegraf%d", randomNumber))
+	recvSocket := filepath.Join(p.SocketDir, fmt.Sprintf("pdns_recursor_telegraf%s", uuid.New().String()))
 
 	laddr, err := net.ResolveUnixAddr("unixgram", recvSocket)
 	if err != nil {

plugins/inputs/statsd/running_stats.go

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func (rs *RunningStats) AddValue(v float64) {
 		rs.perc = append(rs.perc, v)
 	} else {
 		// Reached limit, choose random index to overwrite in the percentile array
-		rs.perc[rand.Intn(len(rs.perc))] = v
+		rs.perc[rand.Intn(len(rs.perc))] = v //nolint:gosec // G404: not security critical
 	}
 
 	if len(rs.med) < rs.MedLimit {

plugins/inputs/vsphere/endpoint.go

@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ func (e *Endpoint) complexMetadataSelect(ctx context.Context, res *resourceKind,
 	if n > maxMetadataSamples {
 		// Shuffle samples into the maxMetadataSamples positions
 		for i := 0; i < maxMetadataSamples; i++ {
-			j := int(rand.Int31n(int32(i + 1)))
+			j := int(rand.Int31n(int32(i + 1))) //nolint:gosec // G404: not security critical
 			t := sampledObjects[i]
 			sampledObjects[i] = sampledObjects[j]
 			sampledObjects[j] = t