Implement an mlock()'d string class for storing passphrases

SecureString is identical to std::string except with secure_allocator
substituting for std::allocator. This makes casting between them
impossible, so converting between the two at API boundaries requires
calling ::c_str() for now.
This commit is contained in:
Dylan Noblesmith
2011-11-26 06:02:04 +00:00
parent d8b8640863
commit 94f778bdeb
9 changed files with 40 additions and 54 deletions

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@@ -1453,21 +1453,16 @@ Value walletpassphrase(const Array& params, bool fHelp)
throw JSONRPCError(-17, "Error: Wallet is already unlocked.");
// Note that the walletpassphrase is stored in params[0] which is not mlock()ed
string strWalletPass;
SecureString strWalletPass;
strWalletPass.reserve(100);
mlock(&strWalletPass[0], strWalletPass.capacity());
strWalletPass = params[0].get_str();
// TODO: get rid of this .c_str() by implementing SecureString::operator=(std::string)
// Alternately, find a way to make params[0] mlock()'d to begin with.
strWalletPass = params[0].get_str().c_str();
if (strWalletPass.length() > 0)
{
if (!pwalletMain->Unlock(strWalletPass))
{
fill(strWalletPass.begin(), strWalletPass.end(), '\0');
munlock(&strWalletPass[0], strWalletPass.capacity());
throw JSONRPCError(-14, "Error: The wallet passphrase entered was incorrect.");
}
fill(strWalletPass.begin(), strWalletPass.end(), '\0');
munlock(&strWalletPass[0], strWalletPass.capacity());
}
else
throw runtime_error(
@@ -1493,15 +1488,15 @@ Value walletpassphrasechange(const Array& params, bool fHelp)
if (!pwalletMain->IsCrypted())
throw JSONRPCError(-15, "Error: running with an unencrypted wallet, but walletpassphrasechange was called.");
string strOldWalletPass;
// TODO: get rid of these .c_str() calls by implementing SecureString::operator=(std::string)
// Alternately, find a way to make params[0] mlock()'d to begin with.
SecureString strOldWalletPass;
strOldWalletPass.reserve(100);
mlock(&strOldWalletPass[0], strOldWalletPass.capacity());
strOldWalletPass = params[0].get_str();
strOldWalletPass = params[0].get_str().c_str();
string strNewWalletPass;
SecureString strNewWalletPass;
strNewWalletPass.reserve(100);
mlock(&strNewWalletPass[0], strNewWalletPass.capacity());
strNewWalletPass = params[1].get_str();
strNewWalletPass = params[1].get_str().c_str();
if (strOldWalletPass.length() < 1 || strNewWalletPass.length() < 1)
throw runtime_error(
@@ -1509,17 +1504,7 @@ Value walletpassphrasechange(const Array& params, bool fHelp)
"Changes the wallet passphrase from <oldpassphrase> to <newpassphrase>.");
if (!pwalletMain->ChangeWalletPassphrase(strOldWalletPass, strNewWalletPass))
{
fill(strOldWalletPass.begin(), strOldWalletPass.end(), '\0');
fill(strNewWalletPass.begin(), strNewWalletPass.end(), '\0');
munlock(&strOldWalletPass[0], strOldWalletPass.capacity());
munlock(&strNewWalletPass[0], strNewWalletPass.capacity());
throw JSONRPCError(-14, "Error: The wallet passphrase entered was incorrect.");
}
fill(strNewWalletPass.begin(), strNewWalletPass.end(), '\0');
fill(strOldWalletPass.begin(), strOldWalletPass.end(), '\0');
munlock(&strOldWalletPass[0], strOldWalletPass.capacity());
munlock(&strNewWalletPass[0], strNewWalletPass.capacity());
return Value::null;
}
@@ -1564,10 +1549,11 @@ Value encryptwallet(const Array& params, bool fHelp)
throw runtime_error("Not Yet Implemented: use GUI to encrypt wallet, not RPC command");
#endif
string strWalletPass;
// TODO: get rid of this .c_str() by implementing SecureString::operator=(std::string)
// Alternately, find a way to make params[0] mlock()'d to begin with.
SecureString strWalletPass;
strWalletPass.reserve(100);
mlock(&strWalletPass[0], strWalletPass.capacity());
strWalletPass = params[0].get_str();
strWalletPass = params[0].get_str().c_str();
if (strWalletPass.length() < 1)
throw runtime_error(
@@ -1575,13 +1561,7 @@ Value encryptwallet(const Array& params, bool fHelp)
"Encrypts the wallet with <passphrase>.");
if (!pwalletMain->EncryptWallet(strWalletPass))
{
fill(strWalletPass.begin(), strWalletPass.end(), '\0');
munlock(&strWalletPass[0], strWalletPass.capacity());
throw JSONRPCError(-16, "Error: Failed to encrypt the wallet.");
}
fill(strWalletPass.begin(), strWalletPass.end(), '\0');
munlock(&strWalletPass[0], strWalletPass.capacity());
// BDB seems to have a bad habit of writing old data into
// slack space in .dat files; that is bad if the old data is