Correctly ratelimit invites when creating a room (#9968)

* Correctly ratelimit invites when creating a room

Also allow ratelimiting for more than one action at a time.

2 files changed, 45 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/handlers/room.py b/synapse/handlers/room.py
index fb4823a5cc..835d874cee 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/room.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/room.py
@@ -32,7 +32,14 @@ from synapse.api.constants import (
     RoomCreationPreset,
     RoomEncryptionAlgorithms,
 )
-from synapse.api.errors import AuthError, Codes, NotFoundError, StoreError, SynapseError
+from synapse.api.errors import (
+    AuthError,
+    Codes,
+    LimitExceededError,
+    NotFoundError,
+    StoreError,
+    SynapseError,
+)
 from synapse.api.filtering import Filter
 from synapse.api.room_versions import KNOWN_ROOM_VERSIONS, RoomVersion
 from synapse.events import EventBase
@@ -126,10 +133,6 @@ class RoomCreationHandler(BaseHandler):
 
         self.third_party_event_rules = hs.get_third_party_event_rules()
 
-        self._invite_burst_count = (
-            hs.config.ratelimiting.rc_invites_per_room.burst_count
-        )
-
     async def upgrade_room(
         self, requester: Requester, old_room_id: str, new_version: RoomVersion
     ) -> str:
@@ -676,8 +679,18 @@ class RoomCreationHandler(BaseHandler):
             invite_3pid_list = []
             invite_list = []
 
-        if len(invite_list) + len(invite_3pid_list) > self._invite_burst_count:
-            raise SynapseError(400, "Cannot invite so many users at once")
+        if invite_list or invite_3pid_list:
+            try:
+                # If there are invites in the request, see if the ratelimiting settings
+                # allow that number of invites to be sent from the current user.
+                await self.room_member_handler.ratelimit_multiple_invites(
+                    requester,
+                    room_id=None,
+                    n_invites=len(invite_list) + len(invite_3pid_list),
+                    update=False,
+                )
+            except LimitExceededError:
+                raise SynapseError(400, "Cannot invite so many users at once")
 
         await self.event_creation_handler.assert_accepted_privacy_policy(requester)
 
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/room_member.py b/synapse/handlers/room_member.py
index 20700fc5a8..9a092da715 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/room_member.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/room_member.py
@@ -163,6 +163,31 @@ class RoomMemberHandler(metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
     async def forget(self, user: UserID, room_id: str) -> None:
         raise NotImplementedError()
 
+    async def ratelimit_multiple_invites(
+        self,
+        requester: Optional[Requester],
+        room_id: Optional[str],
+        n_invites: int,
+        update: bool = True,
+    ):
+        """Ratelimit more than one invite sent by the given requester in the given room.
+
+        Args:
+            requester: The requester sending the invites.
+            room_id: The room the invites are being sent in.
+            n_invites: The amount of invites to ratelimit for.
+            update: Whether to update the ratelimiter's cache.
+
+        Raises:
+            LimitExceededError: The requester can't send that many invites in the room.
+        """
+        await self._invites_per_room_limiter.ratelimit(
+            requester,
+            room_id,
+            update=update,
+            n_actions=n_invites,
+        )
+
     async def ratelimit_invite(
         self,
         requester: Optional[Requester],