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| -rw-r--r-- | synapse/federation/federation_server.py | 25 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | synapse/handlers/federation.py | 78 |
2 files changed, 94 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/federation/federation_server.py b/synapse/federation/federation_server.py index 7785417311..247ddc89d5 100644 --- a/synapse/federation/federation_server.py +++ b/synapse/federation/federation_server.py @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- # Copyright 2015, 2016 OpenMarket Ltd +# Copyright 2018 New Vector Ltd # # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. @@ -496,13 +497,33 @@ class FederationServer(FederationBase): def _handle_received_pdu(self, origin, pdu): """ Process a PDU received in a federation /send/ transaction. + If the event is invalid, then this method throws a FederationError. + (The error will then be logged and sent back to the sender (which + probably won't do anything with it), and other events in the + transaction will be processed as normal). + + It is likely that we'll then receive other events which refer to + this rejected_event in their prev_events, etc. When that happens, + we'll attempt to fetch the rejected event again, which will presumably + fail, so those second-generation events will also get rejected. + + Eventually, we get to the point where there are more than 10 events + between any new events and the original rejected event. Since we + only try to backfill 10 events deep on received pdu, we then accept the + new event, possibly introducing a discontinuity in the DAG, with new + forward extremities, so normal service is approximately returned, + until we try to backfill across the discontinuity. + Args: origin (str): server which sent the pdu pdu (FrozenEvent): received pdu Returns (Deferred): completes with None - Raises: FederationError if the signatures / hash do not match - """ + + Raises: FederationError if the signatures / hash do not match, or + if the event was unacceptable for any other reason (eg, too large, + too many prev_events, couldn't find the prev_events) + """ # check that it's actually being sent from a valid destination to # workaround bug #1753 in 0.18.5 and 0.18.6 if origin != get_domain_from_id(pdu.event_id): diff --git a/synapse/handlers/federation.py b/synapse/handlers/federation.py index ea6cb879fc..ae7e0d6da2 100644 --- a/synapse/handlers/federation.py +++ b/synapse/handlers/federation.py @@ -15,8 +15,14 @@ # limitations under the License. """Contains handlers for federation events.""" + +import httplib +import itertools +import logging + from signedjson.key import decode_verify_key_bytes from signedjson.sign import verify_signed_json +from twisted.internet import defer from unpaddedbase64 import decode_base64 from ._base import BaseHandler @@ -43,10 +49,6 @@ from synapse.util.retryutils import NotRetryingDestination from synapse.util.distributor import user_joined_room -from twisted.internet import defer - -import itertools -import logging logger = logging.getLogger(__name__) @@ -115,6 +117,19 @@ class FederationHandler(BaseHandler): logger.debug("Already seen pdu %s", pdu.event_id) return + # do some initial sanity-checking of the event. In particular, make + # sure it doesn't have hundreds of prev_events or auth_events, which + # could cause a huge state resolution or cascade of event fetches. + try: + self._sanity_check_event(pdu) + except SynapseError as err: + raise FederationError( + "ERROR", + err.code, + err.msg, + affected=pdu.event_id, + ) + # If we are currently in the process of joining this room, then we # queue up events for later processing. if pdu.room_id in self.room_queues: @@ -519,9 +534,16 @@ class FederationHandler(BaseHandler): def backfill(self, dest, room_id, limit, extremities): """ Trigger a backfill request to `dest` for the given `room_id` - This will attempt to get more events from the remote. This may return - be successfull and still return no events if the other side has no new - events to offer. + This will attempt to get more events from the remote. If the other side + has no new events to offer, this will return an empty list. + + As the events are received, we check their signatures, and also do some + sanity-checking on them. If any of the backfilled events are invalid, + this method throws a SynapseError. + + TODO: make this more useful to distinguish failures of the remote + server from invalid events (there is probably no point in trying to + re-fetch invalid events from every other HS in the room.) """ if dest == self.server_name: raise SynapseError(400, "Can't backfill from self.") @@ -533,6 +555,16 @@ class FederationHandler(BaseHandler): extremities=extremities, ) + # ideally we'd sanity check the events here for excess prev_events etc, + # but it's hard to reject events at this point without completely + # breaking backfill in the same way that it is currently broken by + # events whose signature we cannot verify (#3121). + # + # So for now we accept the events anyway. #3124 tracks this. + # + # for ev in events: + # self._sanity_check_event(ev) + # Don't bother processing events we already have. seen_events = yield self.store.have_events_in_timeline( set(e.event_id for e in events) @@ -835,6 +867,38 @@ class FederationHandler(BaseHandler): defer.returnValue(False) + def _sanity_check_event(self, ev): + """ + Do some early sanity checks of a received event + + In particular, checks it doesn't have an excessive number of + prev_events or auth_events, which could cause a huge state resolution + or cascade of event fetches. + + Args: + ev (synapse.events.EventBase): event to be checked + + Returns: None + + Raises: + SynapseError if the event does not pass muster + """ + if len(ev.prev_events) > 20: + logger.warn("Rejecting event %s which has %i prev_events", + ev.event_id, len(ev.prev_events)) + raise SynapseError( + httplib.BAD_REQUEST, + "Too many prev_events", + ) + + if len(ev.auth_events) > 10: + logger.warn("Rejecting event %s which has %i auth_events", + ev.event_id, len(ev.auth_events)) + raise SynapseError( + httplib.BAD_REQUEST, + "Too many auth_events", + ) + @defer.inlineCallbacks def send_invite(self, target_host, event): """ Sends the invite to the remote server for signing. |