From 8a6e0434889ea94893119775b6f56904cbc575c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Patrick Cloke Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2023 10:56:02 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Avoid mutating cached room aliases. (#15038) This might cause incorrect data in other callers which are not expecting the canonical alias to be added into the response. --- changelog.d/15038.bugfix | 1 + synapse/handlers/directory.py | 3 ++- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 changelog.d/15038.bugfix diff --git a/changelog.d/15038.bugfix b/changelog.d/15038.bugfix new file mode 100644 index 000000000..4695a0975 --- /dev/null +++ b/changelog.d/15038.bugfix @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Fix a long-standing bug where the room aliases returned could be corrupted. diff --git a/synapse/handlers/directory.py b/synapse/handlers/directory.py index 2ea52257c..d31b0fbb1 100644 --- a/synapse/handlers/directory.py +++ b/synapse/handlers/directory.py @@ -485,7 +485,8 @@ class DirectoryHandler: ) ) if canonical_alias: - room_aliases.append(canonical_alias) + # Ensure we do not mutate room_aliases. + room_aliases = room_aliases + [canonical_alias] if not self.config.roomdirectory.is_publishing_room_allowed( user_id, room_id, room_aliases