Apply some limits to depth to counter abuse

* When creating a new event, cap its depth to 2^63 - 1
* When receiving events, reject any without a sensible depth

As per https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I3fi2S-XnpO45qrpCsowZv8P8dHcNZ4fsBsbOW7KABI
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Richard van der Hoff 2018-05-01 16:19:39 +01:00
parent 28dd536e80
commit 33f469ba19
3 changed files with 26 additions and 4 deletions

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@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
from twisted.internet import defer, reactor
from twisted.python.failure import Failure
from synapse.api.constants import EventTypes, Membership
from synapse.api.constants import EventTypes, Membership, MAX_DEPTH
from synapse.api.errors import AuthError, Codes, SynapseError
from synapse.crypto.event_signing import add_hashes_and_signatures
from synapse.events.utils import serialize_event
@ -624,6 +624,10 @@ class EventCreationHandler(object):
if prev_events_and_hashes:
depth = max([d for _, _, d in prev_events_and_hashes]) + 1
# we cap depth of generated events, to ensure that they are not
# rejected by other servers (and so that they can be persisted in
# the db)
depth = min(depth, MAX_DEPTH)
else:
depth = 1