Generate new devices for each new /login
MODIFY
src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/clientapi/auth/auth.go
src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/clientapi/auth/auth.go
@@ -29,17 +29,13 @@ import (
"github.com/matrix-org/util"
)
-// UnknownDeviceID is the default device id if one is not specified.
-// This deviates from Synapse which generates a new device ID if one is not specified.
-// It's preferable to not amass a huge list of valid access tokens for an account,
-// so limiting it to 1 unknown device for now limits the number of valid tokens.
-// Clients should be giving us device IDs.
-var UnknownDeviceID = "unknown-device"
-
// OWASP recommends at least 128 bits of entropy for tokens: https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Insufficient_Session-ID_Length
// 32 bytes => 256 bits
var tokenByteLength = 32
+// The length of generated device IDs
+var deviceIDByteLength = 6
+
// DeviceDatabase represents a device database.
type DeviceDatabase interface {
// Look up the device matching the given access token.
@@ -62,8 +58,8 @@ func VerifyAccessToken(req *http.Request, deviceDB DeviceDatabase) (device *auth
if err != nil {
if err == sql.ErrNoRows {
resErr = &util.JSONResponse{
- Code: 403,
- JSON: jsonerror.Forbidden("Invalid access token"),
+ Code: 401,
+ JSON: jsonerror.UnknownToken("Unknown token"),
}
} else {
resErr = &util.JSONResponse{
@@ -86,6 +82,18 @@ func GenerateAccessToken() (string, error) {
return base64.RawURLEncoding.EncodeToString(b), nil
}
+// GenerateDeviceID creates a new device id. Returns an error if failed to generate
+// random bytes.
+func GenerateDeviceID() (string, error) {
+ b := make([]byte, deviceIDByteLength)
+ _, err := rand.Read(b)
+ if err != nil {
+ return "", err
+ }
+ // url-safe no padding
+ return base64.RawURLEncoding.EncodeToString(b), nil
+}
+
// extractAccessToken from a request, or return an error detailing what went wrong. The
// error message MUST be human-readable and comprehensible to the client.
func extractAccessToken(req *http.Request) (string, error) {

MODIFY
src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/clientapi/auth/storage/devices/storage.go
src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/clientapi/auth/storage/devices/storage.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
"context"
"database/sql"
+ "github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/clientapi/auth"
"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/clientapi/auth/authtypes"
"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/common"
"github.com/matrix-org/gomatrixserverlib"
@@ -55,20 +56,42 @@ func (d *Database) GetDeviceByAccessToken(
// If there is already a device with the same device ID for this user, that access token will be revoked
// and replaced with the given accessToken. If the given accessToken is already in use for another device,
// an error will be returned.
+// If no device ID is given one is generated.
// Returns the device on success.
func (d *Database) CreateDevice(
- ctx context.Context, localpart, deviceID, accessToken string,
+ ctx context.Context, localpart string, deviceID *string, accessToken string,
) (dev *authtypes.Device, returnErr error) {
+ if deviceID != nil {
returnErr = common.WithTransaction(d.db, func(txn *sql.Tx) error {
var err error
// Revoke existing token for this device
- if err = d.devices.deleteDevice(ctx, txn, deviceID, localpart); err != nil {
+ if err = d.devices.deleteDevice(ctx, txn, *deviceID, localpart); err != nil {
return err
}
- dev, err = d.devices.insertDevice(ctx, txn, deviceID, localpart, accessToken)
+ dev, err = d.devices.insertDevice(ctx, txn, *deviceID, localpart, accessToken)
return err
})
+ } else {
+ // We generate device IDs in a loop in case its already taken.
+ // We cap this at going round 5 times to ensure we don't spin forever
+ var newDeviceID string
+ for i := 1; i <= 5; i++ {
+ newDeviceID, returnErr = auth.GenerateDeviceID()
+ if returnErr != nil {
+ return
+ }
+
+ returnErr = common.WithTransaction(d.db, func(txn *sql.Tx) error {
+ var err error
+ dev, err = d.devices.insertDevice(ctx, txn, newDeviceID, localpart, accessToken)
+ return err
+ })
+ if returnErr == nil {
+ return
+ }
+ }
+ }
return
}

MODIFY
src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/clientapi/readers/login.go
src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/clientapi/readers/login.go
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ type loginResponse struct {
UserID string `json:"user_id"`
AccessToken string `json:"access_token"`
HomeServer gomatrixserverlib.ServerName `json:"home_server"`
+ DeviceID string `json:"device_id"`
}
func passwordLogin() loginFlows {
@@ -113,15 +114,12 @@ func Login(
token, err := auth.GenerateAccessToken()
if err != nil {
- return util.JSONResponse{
- Code: 500,
- JSON: jsonerror.Unknown("Failed to generate access token"),
- }
+ httputil.LogThenError(req, err)
}
// TODO: Use the device ID in the request
dev, err := deviceDB.CreateDevice(
- req.Context(), acc.Localpart, auth.UnknownDeviceID, token,
+ req.Context(), acc.Localpart, nil, token,
)
if err != nil {
return util.JSONResponse{
@@ -136,6 +134,7 @@ func Login(
UserID: dev.UserID,
AccessToken: dev.AccessToken,
HomeServer: cfg.Matrix.ServerName,
+ DeviceID: dev.ID,
},
}
}

MODIFY
src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/clientapi/writers/register.go
src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/clientapi/writers/register.go
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ func completeRegistration(
}
// // TODO: Use the device ID in the request.
- dev, err := deviceDB.CreateDevice(ctx, username, auth.UnknownDeviceID, token)
+ dev, err := deviceDB.CreateDevice(ctx, username, nil, token)
if err != nil {
return util.JSONResponse{
Code: 500,

MODIFY
src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/cmd/create-account/main.go
src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/cmd/create-account/main.go
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func main() {
}
device, err := deviceDB.CreateDevice(
- context.Background(), *username, "create-account-script", *accessToken,
+ context.Background(), *username, nil, *accessToken,
)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println(err.Error())

Generate new devices for each new /login (#281)