to_device handler for encrypted messages

changes the api of the olm decryption to decrypt in batch
so we can isolate side-effects until we have a write-txn open
and we can parallelize the decryption of different sender keys.

src/matrix/DeviceMessageHandler.js

@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2020 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+import {OLM_ALGORITHM, MEGOLM_ALGORITHM} from "./e2ee/common.js";
+
+// key to store in session store
+const PENDING_ENCRYPTED_EVENTS = "pendingEncryptedDeviceEvents";
+
+export class DeviceMessageHandler {
+    constructor({storage, olmDecryption, megolmEncryption}) {
+        this._storage = storage;
+        this._olmDecryption = olmDecryption;
+        this._megolmEncryption = megolmEncryption;
+    }
+
+    async writeSync(toDeviceEvents, txn) {
+        const encryptedEvents = toDeviceEvents.filter(e => e.type === "m.room.encrypted");
+        // store encryptedEvents
+        let pendingEvents = this._getPendingEvents(txn);
+        pendingEvents = pendingEvents.concat(encryptedEvents);
+        txn.session.set(PENDING_ENCRYPTED_EVENTS, pendingEvents);
+        // we don't handle anything other for now
+    }
+
+    async _handleDecryptedEvents(payloads, txn) {
+        const megOlmRoomKeysPayloads = payloads.filter(p => {
+            return p.event.type === "m.room_key" && p.event.content?.algorithm === MEGOLM_ALGORITHM;
+        });
+        let megolmChanges;
+        if (megOlmRoomKeysPayloads.length) {
+            megolmChanges = await this._megolmEncryption.addRoomKeys(megOlmRoomKeysPayloads, txn);
+        }
+        return {megolmChanges};
+    }
+
+    applyChanges({megolmChanges}) {
+        if (megolmChanges) {
+            this._megolmEncryption.applyRoomKeyChanges(megolmChanges);
+        }
+    }
+
+    // not safe to call multiple times without awaiting first call
+    async decryptPending() {
+        const readTxn = await this._storage.readTxn([this._storage.storeNames.session]);
+        const pendingEvents = this._getPendingEvents(readTxn);
+        // only know olm for now
+        const olmEvents = pendingEvents.filter(e => e.content?.algorithm === OLM_ALGORITHM);
+        const decryptChanges = await this._olmDecryption.decryptAll(olmEvents);
+        for (const err of decryptChanges.errors) {
+            console.warn("decryption failed for event", err, err.event);
+        }
+        const txn = await this._storage.readWriteTxn([
+            // both to remove the pending events and to modify the olm account
+            this._storage.storeNames.session,
+            this._storage.storeNames.olmSessions,
+            // this._storage.storeNames.megolmInboundSessions,
+        ]);
+        let changes;
+        try {
+            changes = await this._handleDecryptedEvent(decryptChanges.payloads, txn);
+            decryptChanges.write(txn);
+            txn.session.remove(PENDING_ENCRYPTED_EVENTS);
+        } catch (err) {
+            txn.abort();
+            throw err;
+        }
+        await txn.complete();
+        this._applyChanges(changes);
+    }
+
+    async _getPendingEvents(txn) {
+        return (await txn.session.get(PENDING_ENCRYPTED_EVENTS)) || [];
+    }
+}

src/matrix/e2ee/common.js

@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@ export const OLM_ALGORITHM = "m.olm.v1.curve25519-aes-sha2";
 export const MEGOLM_ALGORITHM = "m.megolm.v1.aes-sha2";
 
 export class DecryptionError extends Error {
-    constructor(code, detailsObj = null) {
+    constructor(code, event, detailsObj = null) {
         super(`Decryption error ${code}${detailsObj ? ": "+JSON.stringify(detailsObj) : ""}`);
         this.code = code;
+        this.event = event;
         this.details = detailsObj;
     }
 }

src/matrix/e2ee/olm/Decryption.js

@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ function isPreKeyMessage(message) {
     return message.type === 0;
 }
 
+function sortSessions(sessions) {
+    sessions.sort((a, b) => {
+        return b.data.lastUsed - a.data.lastUsed;
+    });
+}
+
 export class Decryption {
     constructor({account, pickleKey, now, ownUserId, storage, olm}) {
         this._account = account;
@@ -33,155 +39,279 @@ export class Decryption {
         this._createOutboundSessionPromise = null;
     }
 
-    // we can't run this in the sync txn because decryption will be async ...
-    // should we store the encrypted events in the sync loop and then pop them from there?
-    // it would be good in any case to run the (next) sync request in parallel with decryption
-    async decrypt(event) {
-        const senderKey = event.content?.["sender_key"];
+    // we need decryptAll because there is some parallelization we can do for decrypting different sender keys at once
+    // but for the same sender key we need to do one by one
+    // 
+    // also we want to store the room key, etc ... in the same txn as we remove the pending encrypted event
+    // 
+    // so we need to decrypt events in a batch (so we can decide which ones can run in parallel and which one one by one)
+    // and also can avoid side-effects before all can be stored this way
+    // 
+    // doing it one by one would be possible, but we would lose the opportunity for parallelization
+    async decryptAll(events) {
+        const eventsPerSenderKey = events.reduce((map, event) => {
+            const senderKey = event.content?.["sender_key"];
+            let list = map.get(senderKey);
+            if (!list) {
+                list = [];
+                map.set(senderKey, list);
+            }
+            list.push(event);
+            return map;
+        }, new Map());
+        const timestamp = this._now();
+        const readSessionsTxn = await this._storage.readTxn([this._storage.storeNames.olmSessions]);
+        // decrypt events for different sender keys in parallel
+        const results = await Promise.all(Array.from(eventsPerSenderKey.entries()).map(([senderKey, events]) => {
+            return this._decryptAllForSenderKey(senderKey, events, timestamp, readSessionsTxn);
+        }));
+        const payloads = results.reduce((all, r) => all.concat(r.payloads), []);
+        const errors = results.reduce((all, r) => all.concat(r.errors), []);
+        const senderKeyDecryptions = results.map(r => r.senderKeyDecryption);
+        return new DecryptionChanges(senderKeyDecryptions, payloads, errors);
+    }
+
+    async _decryptAllForSenderKey(senderKey, events, timestamp, readSessionsTxn) {
+        const sessions = await this._getSessions(senderKey, readSessionsTxn);
+        const senderKeyDecryption = new SenderKeyDecryption(senderKey, sessions, this._olm, timestamp);
+        const payloads = [];
+        const errors = [];
+        // events for a single senderKey need to be decrypted one by one
+        for (const event of events) {
+            try {
+                const payload = this._decryptForSenderKey(senderKeyDecryption, event, timestamp);
+                payloads.push(payload);
+            } catch (err) {
+                errors.push(err);
+            }
+        }
+        return {payloads, errors, senderKeyDecryption};
+    }
+
+    _decryptForSenderKey(senderKeyDecryption, event, timestamp) {
+        const senderKey = senderKeyDecryption.senderKey;
+        const message = this._getMessageAndValidateEvent(event);
+        let plaintext;
+        try {
+            plaintext = senderKeyDecryption.decrypt(message);
+        } catch (err) {
+            // TODO: is it ok that an error on one session prevents other sessions from being attempted?
+            throw new DecryptionError("OLM_BAD_ENCRYPTED_MESSAGE", event, {senderKey, error: err.message});
+        }
+        // could not decrypt with any existing session
+        if (typeof plaintext !== "string" && isPreKeyMessage(message)) {
+            const createResult = this._createSessionAndDecrypt(senderKey, message, timestamp);
+            senderKeyDecryption.addNewSession(createResult.session);
+            plaintext = createResult.plaintext;
+        }
+        if (typeof plaintext === "string") {
+            const payload = JSON.parse(plaintext);
+            this._validatePayload(payload, event);
+            return {event: payload, senderKey};
+        } else {
+            throw new DecryptionError("Didn't find any session to decrypt with", event,
+                {sessionIds: senderKeyDecryption.sessions.map(s => s.id)});
+        }
+    }
+
+    // only for pre-key messages after having attempted decryption with existing sessions
+    _createSessionAndDecrypt(senderKey, message, timestamp) {
+        let plaintext;
+        // if we have multiple messages encrypted with the same new session,
+        // this could create multiple sessions as the OTK isn't removed yet
+        // (this only happens in DecryptionChanges.write)
+        // This should be ok though as we'll first try to decrypt with the new session
+        const olmSession = this._account.createInboundOlmSession(senderKey, message.body);
+        try {
+            plaintext = olmSession.decrypt(message.type, message.body);
+            const session = Session.create(senderKey, olmSession, this._olm, this._pickleKey, timestamp);
+            session.unload(olmSession);
+            return {session, plaintext};
+        } catch (err) {
+            olmSession.free();
+            throw err;
+        }
+    }
+
+    _getMessageAndValidateEvent(event) {
         const ciphertext = event.content?.ciphertext;
         if (!ciphertext) {
-            throw new DecryptionError("OLM_MISSING_CIPHERTEXT");
+            throw new DecryptionError("OLM_MISSING_CIPHERTEXT", event);
         }
         const message = ciphertext?.[this._account.identityKeys.curve25519];
         if (!message) {
-            // TODO: use same error messages as element-web
-            throw new DecryptionError("OLM_NOT_INCLUDED_IN_RECIPIENTS");
-        }
-        const sortedSessionIds = await this._getSortedSessionIds(senderKey);
-        let plaintext;
-        for (const sessionId of sortedSessionIds) {
-            try {
-                plaintext = await this._attemptDecryption(senderKey, sessionId, message);
-            } catch (err) {
-                throw new DecryptionError("OLM_BAD_ENCRYPTED_MESSAGE", {senderKey, error: err.message});
-            }
-            if (typeof plaintext === "string") {
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-        if (typeof plaintext !== "string" && isPreKeyMessage(message)) {
-            plaintext = await this._createOutboundSessionAndDecrypt(senderKey, message, sortedSessionIds);
-        }
-        if (typeof plaintext === "string") {
-            return this._parseAndValidatePayload(plaintext, event);
+            throw new DecryptionError("OLM_NOT_INCLUDED_IN_RECIPIENTS", event);
         }
+
+        return message;
     }
 
-    async _getSortedSessionIds(senderKey) {
-        const readTxn = await this._storage.readTxn([this._storage.storeNames.olmSessions]);
-        const sortedSessions = await readTxn.olmSessions.getAll(senderKey);
+    async _getSessions(senderKey, txn) {
+        const sessionEntries = await txn.olmSessions.getAll(senderKey);
         // sort most recent used sessions first
-        sortedSessions.sort((a, b) => {
-            return b.lastUsed - a.lastUsed;
-        });
-        return sortedSessions.map(s => s.sessionId);
+        const sessions = sessionEntries.map(s => new Session(s, this._pickleKey, this._olm));
+        sortSessions(sessions);
+        return sessions;
     }
 
-    async _createOutboundSessionAndDecrypt(senderKey, message, sortedSessionIds) {
-        // serialize calls so the account isn't written from multiple
-        // sessions at once
-        while (this._createOutboundSessionPromise) {
-            await this._createOutboundSessionPromise;
+    _validatePayload(payload, event) {
+        if (payload.sender !== event.sender) {
+            throw new DecryptionError("OLM_FORWARDED_MESSAGE", event, {sentBy: event.sender, encryptedBy: payload.sender});
         }
-        this._createOutboundSessionPromise = (async () => {
-            try {
-                return await this._createOutboundSessionAndDecryptImpl(senderKey, message, sortedSessionIds);
-            } finally {
-                this._createOutboundSessionPromise = null;
-            }
-        })();
-        return await this._createOutboundSessionPromise;
-    }
-
-    // this could internally dispatch to a web-worker
-    async _createOutboundSessionAndDecryptImpl(senderKey, message, sortedSessionIds) {
-        let plaintext;
-        const session = this._account.createInboundOlmSession(senderKey, message.body);
-        try {
-            const txn = await this._storage.readWriteTxn([
-                this._storage.storeNames.session,
-                this._storage.storeNames.olmSessions,
-            ]);
-            try {
-                // do this before removing the OTK removal, so we know decryption succeeded beforehand,
-                // as we don't have a way of undoing the OTK removal atm.
-                plaintext = session.decrypt(message.type, message.body);
-                this._account.writeRemoveOneTimeKey(session, txn);
-                // remove oldest session if we reach the limit including the new session
-                if (sortedSessionIds.length >= SESSION_LIMIT_PER_SENDER_KEY) {
-                    // given they are sorted, the oldest one is the last one
-                    const oldestSessionId = sortedSessionIds[sortedSessionIds.length - 1];
-                    txn.olmSessions.remove(senderKey, oldestSessionId);
-                }
-                txn.olmSessions.set({
-                    session: session.pickle(this._pickleKey),
-                    sessionId: session.session_id(),
-                    senderKey,
-                    lastUsed: this._now(),
-                });
-            } catch (err) {
-                txn.abort();
-                throw err;
-            }
-            await txn.complete();
-        } finally {
-            session.free();
+        if (payload.recipient !== this._ownUserId) {
+            throw new DecryptionError("OLM_BAD_RECIPIENT", event, {recipient: payload.recipient});
         }
-        return plaintext;
+        if (payload.recipient_keys?.ed25519 !== this._account.identityKeys.ed25519) {
+            throw new DecryptionError("OLM_BAD_RECIPIENT_KEY", event, {key: payload.recipient_keys?.ed25519});
+        }
+        // TODO: check room_id
+        if (!payload.type) {
+            throw new DecryptionError("missing type on payload", event, {payload});
+        }
+        if (!payload.content) {
+            throw new DecryptionError("missing content on payload", event, {payload});
+        }
+        // TODO: how important is it to verify the message?
+        // we should look at payload.keys.ed25519 for that... and compare it to the key we have fetched
+        // from /keys/query, which we might not have done yet at this point.
+    }
+}
+
+class Session {
+    constructor(data, pickleKey, olm, isNew = false) {
+        this.data = data;
+        this._olm = olm;
+        this._pickleKey = pickleKey;
+        this.isNew = isNew;
+        this.isModified = isNew;
     }
 
-    // this could internally dispatch to a web-worker
-    async _attemptDecryption(senderKey, sessionId, message) {
-        const txn = await this._storage.readWriteTxn([this._storage.storeNames.olmSessions]);
+    static create(senderKey, olmSession, olm, pickleKey, timestamp) {
+        return new Session({
+            session: olmSession.pickle(pickleKey),
+            sessionId: olmSession.session_id(),
+            senderKey,
+            lastUsed: timestamp,
+        }, pickleKey, olm, true);
+    }
+
+    get id() {
+        return this.data.sessionId;
+    }
+
+    load() {
         const session = new this._olm.Session();
-        let plaintext;
+        session.unpickle(this._pickleKey, this.data.session);
+        return session;
+    }
+
+    unload(olmSession) {
+        olmSession.free();
+    }
+
+    save(olmSession) {
+        this.data.session = olmSession.pickle(this._pickleKey);
+        this.isModified = true;
+    }
+}
+
+// decryption helper for a single senderKey
+class SenderKeyDecryption {
+    constructor(senderKey, sessions, olm, timestamp) {
+        this.senderKey = senderKey;
+        this.sessions = sessions;
+        this._olm = olm;
+        this._timestamp = timestamp;
+    }
+
+    addNewSession(session) {
+        // add at top as it is most recent
+        this.sessions.unshift(session);
+    }
+
+    decrypt(message) {
+        for (const session of this.sessions) {
+            const plaintext = this._decryptWithSession(session, message);
+            if (typeof plaintext === "string") {
+                // keep them sorted so will try the same session first for other messages
+                // and so we can assume the excess ones are at the end
+                // if they grow too large
+                sortSessions(this.sessions);
+                return plaintext;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    getModifiedSessions() {
+        return this.sessions.filter(session => session.isModified);
+    }
+
+    get hasNewSessions() {
+        return this.sessions.some(session => session.isNew);
+    }
+
+    // this could internally dispatch to a web-worker
+    // and is why we unpickle/pickle on each iteration
+    // if this turns out to be a real cost for IE11,
+    // we could look into adding a less expensive serialization mechanism
+    // for olm sessions to libolm
+    _decryptWithSession(session, message) {
+        const olmSession = session.load();
         try {
-            const sessionEntry = await txn.olmSessions.get(senderKey, sessionId);
-            session.unpickle(this._pickleKey, sessionEntry.session);
-            if (isPreKeyMessage(message) && !session.matches_inbound(message.body)) {
+            if (isPreKeyMessage(message) && !olmSession.matches_inbound(message.body)) {
                 return;
             }
             try {
-                plaintext = session.decrypt(message.type, message.body);
+                const plaintext = olmSession.decrypt(message.type, message.body);
+                session.save(olmSession);
+                session.lastUsed = this._timestamp;
+                return plaintext;
             } catch (err) {
                 if (isPreKeyMessage(message)) {
-                    throw new Error(`Error decrypting prekey message with existing session id ${sessionId}: ${err.message}`);
+                    throw new Error(`Error decrypting prekey message with existing session id ${session.id}: ${err.message}`);
                 }
                 // decryption failed, bail out
                 return;
             }
-            sessionEntry.session = session.pickle(this._pickleKey);
-            sessionEntry.lastUsed = this._now();
-            txn.olmSessions.set(sessionEntry);
-        } catch(err) {
-            txn.abort();
-            throw err;
         } finally {
-            session.free();
+            session.unload(olmSession);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+class DecryptionChanges {
+    constructor(senderKeyDecryptions, payloads, errors, account) {
+        this._senderKeyDecryptions = senderKeyDecryptions;
+        this._account = account;    
+        this.payloads = payloads;
+        this.errors = errors;
+    }
+
+    get hasNewSessions() {
+        return this._senderKeyDecryptions.some(skd => skd.hasNewSessions);
+    }
+
+    write(txn) {
+        for (const senderKeyDecryption of this._senderKeyDecryptions) {
+            for (const session of senderKeyDecryption.getModifiedSessions()) {
+                txn.olmSessions.set(session.data);
+                if (session.isNew) {
+                    const olmSession = session.load();
+                    try {
+                        this._account.writeRemoveOneTimeKey(olmSession, txn);
+                    } finally {
+                        session.unload(olmSession);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            if (senderKeyDecryption.sessions.length > SESSION_LIMIT_PER_SENDER_KEY) {
+                const {senderKey, sessions} = senderKeyDecryption;
+                // >= because index is zero-based
+                for (let i = sessions.length - 1; i >= SESSION_LIMIT_PER_SENDER_KEY ; i -= 1) {
+                    const session = sessions[i];
+                    txn.olmSessions.remove(senderKey, session.id);
+                }
+            }
         }
-        await txn.complete();
-        return plaintext;
-    }
-
-    _parseAndValidatePayload(plaintext, event) {
-        const payload = JSON.parse(plaintext);
-
-        if (payload.sender !== event.sender) {
-            throw new DecryptionError("OLM_FORWARDED_MESSAGE", {sentBy: event.sender, encryptedBy: payload.sender});
-        }
-        if (payload.recipient !== this._ownUserId) {
-            throw new DecryptionError("OLM_BAD_RECIPIENT", {recipient: payload.recipient});
-        }
-        if (payload.recipient_keys?.ed25519 !== this._account.identityKeys.ed25519) {
-            throw new DecryptionError("OLM_BAD_RECIPIENT_KEY", {key: payload.recipient_keys?.ed25519});
-        }
-        // TODO: check room_id
-        if (!payload.type) {
-            throw new Error("missing type on payload");
-        }
-        if (!payload.content) {
-            throw new Error("missing content on payload");
-        }
-        return payload;
     }
 }

src/matrix/storage/idb/stores/SessionStore.js

@@ -49,4 +49,8 @@ export class SessionStore {
     add(key, value) {
         return this._sessionStore.put({key, value});
     }
+
+    remove(key) {
+        this._sessionStore.delete(key);
+    }
 }