Do not assume that account data is of the correct form. (#8454)

This fixes a bug where `m.ignored_user_list` was assumed to be a dict,
leading to odd behavior for users who set it to something else.

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/handlers/sync.py b/synapse/handlers/sync.py
index 260ec19b41..a998e6b7f6 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/sync.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/sync.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Dict, FrozenSet, List, Optional, Set, Tup
 import attr
 from prometheus_client import Counter
 
-from synapse.api.constants import EventTypes, Membership
+from synapse.api.constants import AccountDataTypes, EventTypes, Membership
 from synapse.api.filtering import FilterCollection
 from synapse.events import EventBase
 from synapse.logging.context import current_context
@@ -1378,13 +1378,16 @@ class SyncHandler:
                         return set(), set(), set(), set()
 
         ignored_account_data = await self.store.get_global_account_data_by_type_for_user(
-            "m.ignored_user_list", user_id=user_id
+            AccountDataTypes.IGNORED_USER_LIST, user_id=user_id
         )
 
+        # If there is ignored users account data and it matches the proper type,
+        # then use it.
+        ignored_users = frozenset()  # type: FrozenSet[str]
         if ignored_account_data:
-            ignored_users = ignored_account_data.get("ignored_users", {}).keys()
-        else:
-            ignored_users = frozenset()
+            ignored_users_data = ignored_account_data.get("ignored_users", {})
+            if isinstance(ignored_users_data, dict):
+                ignored_users = frozenset(ignored_users_data.keys())
 
         if since_token:
             room_changes = await self._get_rooms_changed(
@@ -1478,7 +1481,7 @@ class SyncHandler:
         return False
 
     async def _get_rooms_changed(
-        self, sync_result_builder: "SyncResultBuilder", ignored_users: Set[str]
+        self, sync_result_builder: "SyncResultBuilder", ignored_users: FrozenSet[str]
     ) -> _RoomChanges:
         """Gets the the changes that have happened since the last sync.
         """
@@ -1690,7 +1693,7 @@ class SyncHandler:
         return _RoomChanges(room_entries, invited, newly_joined_rooms, newly_left_rooms)
 
     async def _get_all_rooms(
-        self, sync_result_builder: "SyncResultBuilder", ignored_users: Set[str]
+        self, sync_result_builder: "SyncResultBuilder", ignored_users: FrozenSet[str]
     ) -> _RoomChanges:
         """Returns entries for all rooms for the user.
 
@@ -1764,7 +1767,7 @@ class SyncHandler:
     async def _generate_room_entry(
         self,
         sync_result_builder: "SyncResultBuilder",
-        ignored_users: Set[str],
+        ignored_users: FrozenSet[str],
         room_builder: "RoomSyncResultBuilder",
         ephemeral: List[JsonDict],
         tags: Optional[Dict[str, Dict[str, Any]]],