Merge commit '33f469b' into release-v0.28.1

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/federation/federation_base.py b/synapse/federation/federation_base.py
index 79eaa31031..4cc98a3fe8 100644
--- a/synapse/federation/federation_base.py
+++ b/synapse/federation/federation_base.py
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 import logging
 
-from synapse.api.errors import SynapseError
+import six
+
+from synapse.api.constants import MAX_DEPTH
+from synapse.api.errors import SynapseError, Codes
 from synapse.crypto.event_signing import check_event_content_hash
 from synapse.events import FrozenEvent
 from synapse.events.utils import prune_event
@@ -190,11 +193,23 @@ def event_from_pdu_json(pdu_json, outlier=False):
         FrozenEvent
 
     Raises:
-        SynapseError: if the pdu is missing required fields
+        SynapseError: if the pdu is missing required fields or is otherwise
+            not a valid matrix event
     """
     # we could probably enforce a bunch of other fields here (room_id, sender,
     # origin, etc etc)
-    assert_params_in_request(pdu_json, ('event_id', 'type'))
+    assert_params_in_request(pdu_json, ('event_id', 'type', 'depth'))
+
+    depth = pdu_json['depth']
+    if not isinstance(depth, six.integer_types):
+        raise SynapseError(400, "Depth %r not an intger" % (depth, ),
+                           Codes.BAD_JSON)
+
+    if depth < 0:
+        raise SynapseError(400, "Depth too small", Codes.BAD_JSON)
+    elif depth > MAX_DEPTH:
+        raise SynapseError(400, "Depth too large", Codes.BAD_JSON)
+
     event = FrozenEvent(
         pdu_json
     )