Fix inconsistencies in event validation for `m.room.create` events (#13087)

* Extend the auth rule checks for `m.room.create` events

... and move them up to the top of the function. Since the no auth_events are
allowed for m.room.create events, we may as well get the m.room.create event
checks out of the way first.

* Add a test for create events with prev_events

1 files changed, 43 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tests/test_event_auth.py b/tests/test_event_auth.py
index e8e458cfd3..ed7a3cbcee 100644
--- a/tests/test_event_auth.py
+++ b/tests/test_event_auth.py
@@ -109,6 +109,47 @@ class EventAuthTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
                 )
             )
 
+    def test_create_event_with_prev_events(self):
+        """A create event with prev_events should be rejected
+
+        https://spec.matrix.org/v1.3/rooms/v9/#authorization-rules
+        1: If type is m.room.create:
+            1. If it has any previous events, reject.
+        """
+        creator = f"@creator:{TEST_DOMAIN}"
+
+        # we make both a good event and a bad event, to check that we are rejecting
+        # the bad event for the reason we think we are.
+        good_event = make_event_from_dict(
+            {
+                "room_id": TEST_ROOM_ID,
+                "type": "m.room.create",
+                "state_key": "",
+                "sender": creator,
+                "content": {
+                    "creator": creator,
+                    "room_version": RoomVersions.V9.identifier,
+                },
+                "auth_events": [],
+                "prev_events": [],
+            },
+            room_version=RoomVersions.V9,
+        )
+        bad_event = make_event_from_dict(
+            {**good_event.get_dict(), "prev_events": ["$fakeevent"]},
+            room_version=RoomVersions.V9,
+        )
+
+        event_store = _StubEventSourceStore()
+
+        get_awaitable_result(
+            event_auth.check_state_independent_auth_rules(event_store, good_event)
+        )
+        with self.assertRaises(AuthError):
+            get_awaitable_result(
+                event_auth.check_state_independent_auth_rules(event_store, bad_event)
+            )
+
     def test_random_users_cannot_send_state_before_first_pl(self):
         """
         Check that, before the first PL lands, the creator is the only user
@@ -564,8 +605,8 @@ class EventAuthTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
 
 
 # helpers for making events
-
-TEST_ROOM_ID = "!test:room"
+TEST_DOMAIN = "example.com"
+TEST_ROOM_ID = f"!test_room:{TEST_DOMAIN}"
 
 
 def _create_event(