7 files changed, 52 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/app/models/merge_request.rb b/app/models/merge_request.rb
index cd8ede3905a..67f666a89b2 100644
--- a/app/models/merge_request.rb
+++ b/app/models/merge_request.rb
@@ -69,6 +69,14 @@ class MergeRequest < ApplicationRecord
   has_many :merge_request_assignees
   has_many :assignees, class_name: "User", through: :merge_request_assignees
 
+  KNOWN_MERGE_PARAMS = [
+    :auto_merge_strategy,
+    :should_remove_source_branch,
+    :force_remove_source_branch,
+    :commit_message,
+    :squash_commit_message,
+    :sha
+  ].freeze
   serialize :merge_params, Hash # rubocop:disable Cop/ActiveRecordSerialize
 
   after_create :ensure_merge_request_diff
diff --git a/app/services/auto_merge/base_service.rb b/app/services/auto_merge/base_service.rb
index e06659a39cd..e08b4ac2260 100644
--- a/app/services/auto_merge/base_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/auto_merge/base_service.rb
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@
 module AutoMerge
   class BaseService < ::BaseService
     include Gitlab::Utils::StrongMemoize
+    include MergeRequests::AssignsMergeParams
 
     def execute(merge_request)
-      merge_request.merge_params.merge!(params)
+      assign_allowed_merge_params(merge_request, params.merge(auto_merge_strategy: strategy))
+
       merge_request.auto_merge_enabled = true
       merge_request.merge_user = current_user
-      merge_request.auto_merge_strategy = strategy
 
       return :failed unless merge_request.save
 
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ module AutoMerge
     end
 
     def update(merge_request)
-      merge_request.merge_params.merge!(params)
+      assign_allowed_merge_params(merge_request, params.merge(auto_merge_strategy: strategy))
 
       return :failed unless merge_request.save
 
diff --git a/app/services/concerns/merge_requests/assigns_merge_params.rb b/app/services/concerns/merge_requests/assigns_merge_params.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bd870d9a1e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/services/concerns/merge_requests/assigns_merge_params.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module MergeRequests
+  module AssignsMergeParams
+    def self.included(klass)
+      raise "#{self} can not be included in #{klass} without implementing #current_user" unless klass.method_defined?(:current_user)
+    end
+
+    def assign_allowed_merge_params(merge_request, merge_params)
+      known_merge_params = merge_params.to_h.with_indifferent_access.slice(*MergeRequest::KNOWN_MERGE_PARAMS)
+
+      # Not checking `MergeRequest#can_remove_source_branch` as that includes
+      # other checks that aren't needed here.
+      known_merge_params.delete(:force_remove_source_branch) unless current_user.can?(:push_code, merge_request.source_project)
+
+      merge_request.merge_params.merge!(known_merge_params)
+
+      # Delete the known params now that they're assigned, so we don't try to
+      # assign them through an `#assign_attributes` later.
+      # They could be coming in as strings or symbols
+      merge_params.to_h.with_indifferent_access.except!(*MergeRequest::KNOWN_MERGE_PARAMS)
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/services/merge_requests/base_service.rb b/app/services/merge_requests/base_service.rb
index 7d4227e4a41..aacc3d6831e 100644
--- a/app/services/merge_requests/base_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/merge_requests/base_service.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 module MergeRequests
   class BaseService < ::IssuableBaseService
+    include MergeRequests::AssignsMergeParams
+
     def create_note(merge_request, state = merge_request.state)
       SystemNoteService.change_status(merge_request, merge_request.target_project, current_user, state, nil)
     end
@@ -29,6 +31,18 @@ module MergeRequests
 
     private
 
+    def create(merge_request)
+      self.params = assign_allowed_merge_params(merge_request, params)
+
+      super
+    end
+
+    def update(merge_request)
+      self.params = assign_allowed_merge_params(merge_request, params)
+
+      super
+    end
+
     def handle_wip_event(merge_request)
       if wip_event = params.delete(:wip_event)
         # We update the title that is provided in the params or we use the mr title
diff --git a/app/services/merge_requests/build_service.rb b/app/services/merge_requests/build_service.rb
index 06ee25eac2a..456cc589477 100644
--- a/app/services/merge_requests/build_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/merge_requests/build_service.rb
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ module MergeRequests
           merge_request.source_project.remove_source_branch_after_merge?
         end
 
+      self.params = assign_allowed_merge_params(merge_request, params)
+
       filter_params(merge_request)
 
       # merge_request.assign_attributes(...) below is a Rails
diff --git a/app/services/merge_requests/create_service.rb b/app/services/merge_requests/create_service.rb
index 1c730232abb..9a37a0330fc 100644
--- a/app/services/merge_requests/create_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/merge_requests/create_service.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ module MergeRequests
       merge_request.target_project = @project
       merge_request.source_project = @source_project
       merge_request.source_branch = params[:source_branch]
-      merge_request.merge_params['force_remove_source_branch'] = params.delete(:force_remove_source_branch)
 
       create(merge_request)
     end
diff --git a/app/services/merge_requests/update_service.rb b/app/services/merge_requests/update_service.rb
index ae678d4c036..7c9abb12b6e 100644
--- a/app/services/merge_requests/update_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/merge_requests/update_service.rb
@@ -16,10 +16,6 @@ module MergeRequests
         params.delete(:force_remove_source_branch)
       end
 
-      if params.has_key?(:force_remove_source_branch)
-        merge_request.merge_params['force_remove_source_branch'] = params.delete(:force_remove_source_branch)
-      end
-
       handle_wip_event(merge_request)
       update_task_event(merge_request) || update(merge_request)
     end