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package light
import (
"bytes"
"context"
"errors"
"fmt"
"time"
"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/light/provider"
"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
)
// The detector component of the light client detects and handles attacks on the light client.
// More info here:
// tendermint/docs/architecture/adr-047-handling-evidence-from-light-client.md
// detectDivergence is a second wall of defense for the light client.
//
// It takes the target verified header and compares it with the headers of a set of
// witness providers that the light client is connected to. If a conflicting header
// is returned it verifies and examines the conflicting header against the verified
// trace that was produced from the primary. If successful, it produces two sets of evidence
// and sends them to the opposite provider before halting.
//
// If there are no conflictinge headers, the light client deems the verified target header
// trusted and saves it to the trusted store.
func (c *Client) detectDivergence(ctx context.Context, primaryTrace []*types.LightBlock, now time.Time) error {
if primaryTrace == nil || len(primaryTrace) < 2 {
return errors.New("nil or single block primary trace")
}
var (
headerMatched bool
lastVerifiedHeader = primaryTrace[len(primaryTrace)-1].SignedHeader
witnessesToRemove = make([]int, 0)
)
c.logger.Debug("running detector against trace", "endBlockHeight", lastVerifiedHeader.Height,
"endBlockHash", lastVerifiedHeader.Hash, "length", len(primaryTrace))
c.providerMutex.Lock()
defer c.providerMutex.Unlock()
if len(c.witnesses) == 0 {
return ErrNoWitnesses
}
// launch one goroutine per witness to retrieve the light block of the target height
// and compare it with the header from the primary
errc := make(chan error, len(c.witnesses))
for i, witness := range c.witnesses {
go c.compareNewHeaderWithWitness(ctx, errc, lastVerifiedHeader, witness, i)
}
// handle errors from the header comparisons as they come in
for i := 0; i < cap(errc); i++ {
err := <-errc
switch e := err.(type) {
case nil: // at least one header matched
headerMatched = true
case errConflictingHeaders:
// We have conflicting headers. This could possibly imply an attack on the light client.
// First we need to verify the witness's header using the same skipping verification and then we
// need to find the point that the headers diverge and examine this for any evidence of an attack.
//
// We combine these actions together, verifying the witnesses headers and outputting the trace
// which captures the bifurcation point and if successful provides the information to create valid evidence.
err := c.handleConflictingHeaders(ctx, primaryTrace, e.Block, e.WitnessIndex, now)
if err != nil {
// return information of the attack
return err
}
// if attempt to generate conflicting headers failed then remove witness
witnessesToRemove = append(witnessesToRemove, e.WitnessIndex)
case errBadWitness:
c.logger.Info("witness returned an error during header comparison, removing...",
"witness", c.witnesses[e.WitnessIndex], "err", err)
witnessesToRemove = append(witnessesToRemove, e.WitnessIndex)
default:
c.logger.Debug("error in light block request to witness", "err", err)
}
}
// remove witnesses that have misbehaved
if err := c.removeWitnesses(witnessesToRemove); err != nil {
return err
}
// 1. If we had at least one witness that returned the same header then we
// conclude that we can trust the header
if headerMatched {
return nil
}
// 2. Else all witnesses have either not responded, don't have the block or sent invalid blocks.
return ErrFailedHeaderCrossReferencing
}
// compareNewHeaderWithWitness takes the verified header from the primary and compares it with a
// header from a specified witness. The function can return one of three errors:
//
// 1: errConflictingHeaders -> there may have been an attack on this light client
// 2: errBadWitness -> the witness has either not responded, doesn't have the header or has given us an invalid one
// Note: In the case of an invalid header we remove the witness
// 3: nil -> the hashes of the two headers match
func (c *Client) compareNewHeaderWithWitness(ctx context.Context, errc chan error, h *types.SignedHeader,
witness provider.Provider, witnessIndex int) {
lightBlock, err := witness.LightBlock(ctx, h.Height)
switch err {
// no error means we move on to checking the hash of the two headers
case nil:
break
// the witness hasn't been helpful in comparing headers, we mark the response and continue
// comparing with the rest of the witnesses
case provider.ErrNoResponse, provider.ErrLightBlockNotFound:
errc <- err
return
// the witness' head of the blockchain is lower than the height of the primary. This could be one of
// two things:
// 1) The witness is lagging behind
// 2) The primary may be performing a lunatic attack with a height and time in the future
case provider.ErrHeightTooHigh:
// The light client now asks for the latest header that the witness has
var isTargetHeight bool
isTargetHeight, lightBlock, err = c.getTargetBlockOrLatest(ctx, h.Height, witness)
if err != nil {
errc <- err
return
}
// if the witness caught up and has returned a block of the target height then we can
// break from this switch case and continue to verify the hashes
if isTargetHeight {
break
}
// witness' last header is below the primary's header. We check the times to see if the blocks
// have conflicting times
if !lightBlock.Time.Before(h.Time) {
errc <- errConflictingHeaders{Block: lightBlock, WitnessIndex: witnessIndex}
return
}
// the witness is behind. We wait for a period WAITING = 2 * DRIFT + LAG.
// This should give the witness ample time if it is a participating member
// of consensus to produce a block that has a time that is after the primary's
// block time. If not the witness is too far behind and the light client removes it
time.Sleep(2*c.maxClockDrift + c.maxBlockLag)
isTargetHeight, lightBlock, err = c.getTargetBlockOrLatest(ctx, h.Height, witness)
if err != nil {
errc <- errBadWitness{Reason: err, WitnessIndex: witnessIndex}
return
}
if isTargetHeight {
break
}
// the witness still doesn't have a block at the height of the primary.
// Check if there is a conflicting time
if !lightBlock.Time.Before(h.Time) {
errc <- errConflictingHeaders{Block: lightBlock, WitnessIndex: witnessIndex}
return
}
// Following this request response procedure, the witness has been unable to produce a block
// that can somehow conflict with the primary's block. We thus conclude that the witness
// is too far behind and thus we return a no response error.
//
// NOTE: If the clock drift / lag has been miscalibrated it is feasible that the light client has
// drifted too far ahead for any witness to be able provide a comparable block and thus may allow
// for a malicious primary to attack it
errc <- provider.ErrNoResponse
return
default:
// all other errors (i.e. invalid block, closed connection or unreliable provider) we mark the
// witness as bad and remove it
errc <- errBadWitness{Reason: err, WitnessIndex: witnessIndex}
return
}
if !bytes.Equal(h.Header.Hash(), lightBlock.Header.Hash()) {
errc <- errConflictingHeaders{Block: lightBlock, WitnessIndex: witnessIndex}
}
c.logger.Debug("matching header received by witness", "height", h.Height, "witness", witnessIndex)
errc <- nil
}
// sendEvidence sends evidence to a provider on a best effort basis.
func (c *Client) sendEvidence(ctx context.Context, ev *types.LightClientAttackEvidence, receiver provider.Provider) {
err := receiver.ReportEvidence(ctx, ev)
if err != nil {
c.logger.Error("failed to report evidence to provider", "ev", ev, "provider", receiver)
}
}
// handleConflictingHeaders handles the primary style of attack, which is where a primary and witness have
// two headers of the same height but with different hashes
func (c *Client) handleConflictingHeaders(
ctx context.Context,
primaryTrace []*types.LightBlock,
challendingBlock *types.LightBlock,
witnessIndex int,
now time.Time,
) error {
supportingWitness := c.witnesses[witnessIndex]
witnessTrace, primaryBlock, err := c.examineConflictingHeaderAgainstTrace(
ctx,
primaryTrace,
challendingBlock,
supportingWitness,
now,
)
if err != nil {
c.logger.Info("error validating witness's divergent header", "witness", supportingWitness, "err", err)
return nil
}
// We are suspecting that the primary is faulty, hence we hold the witness as the source of truth
// and generate evidence against the primary that we can send to the witness
commonBlock, trustedBlock := witnessTrace[0], witnessTrace[len(witnessTrace)-1]
evidenceAgainstPrimary := newLightClientAttackEvidence(primaryBlock, trustedBlock, commonBlock)
c.logger.Error("ATTEMPTED ATTACK DETECTED. Sending evidence againt primary by witness", "ev", evidenceAgainstPrimary,
"primary", c.primary, "witness", supportingWitness)
c.sendEvidence(ctx, evidenceAgainstPrimary, supportingWitness)
if primaryBlock.Commit.Round != witnessTrace[len(witnessTrace)-1].Commit.Round {
c.logger.Info("The light client has detected, and prevented, an attempted amnesia attack." +
" We think this attack is pretty unlikely, so if you see it, that's interesting to us." +
" Can you let us know by opening an issue through https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues/new?")
}
// This may not be valid because the witness itself is at fault. So now we reverse it, examining the
// trace provided by the witness and holding the primary as the source of truth. Note: primary may not
// respond but this is okay as we will halt anyway.
primaryTrace, witnessBlock, err := c.examineConflictingHeaderAgainstTrace(
ctx,
witnessTrace,
primaryBlock,
c.primary,
now,
)
if err != nil {
c.logger.Info("Error validating primary's divergent header", "primary", c.primary, "err", err)
return ErrLightClientAttack
}
// We now use the primary trace to create evidence against the witness and send it to the primary
commonBlock, trustedBlock = primaryTrace[0], primaryTrace[len(primaryTrace)-1]
evidenceAgainstWitness := newLightClientAttackEvidence(witnessBlock, trustedBlock, commonBlock)
c.logger.Error("Sending evidence against witness by primary", "ev", evidenceAgainstWitness,
"primary", c.primary, "witness", supportingWitness)
c.sendEvidence(ctx, evidenceAgainstWitness, c.primary)
// We return the error and don't process anymore witnesses
return ErrLightClientAttack
}
// examineConflictingHeaderAgainstTrace takes a trace from one provider and a divergent header that
// it has received from another and preforms verifySkipping at the heights of each of the intermediate
// headers in the trace until it reaches the divergentHeader. 1 of 2 things can happen.
//
// 1. The light client verifies a header that is different to the intermediate header in the trace. This
// is the bifurcation point and the light client can create evidence from it
// 2. The source stops responding, doesn't have the block or sends an invalid header in which case we
// return the error and remove the witness
//
// CONTRACT:
// 1. Trace can not be empty len(trace) > 0
// 2. The last block in the trace can not be of a lower height than the target block
// trace[len(trace)-1].Height >= targetBlock.Height
// 3. The
func (c *Client) examineConflictingHeaderAgainstTrace(
ctx context.Context,
trace []*types.LightBlock,
targetBlock *types.LightBlock,
source provider.Provider, now time.Time,
) ([]*types.LightBlock, *types.LightBlock, error) {
var (
previouslyVerifiedBlock, sourceBlock *types.LightBlock
sourceTrace []*types.LightBlock
err error
)
if targetBlock.Height < trace[0].Height {
return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("target block has a height lower than the trusted height (%d < %d)",
targetBlock.Height, trace[0].Height)
}
for idx, traceBlock := range trace {
// this case only happens in a forward lunatic attack. We treat the block with the
// height directly after the targetBlock as the divergent block
if traceBlock.Height > targetBlock.Height {
// sanity check that the time of the traceBlock is indeed less than that of the targetBlock. If the trace
// was correctly verified we should expect monotonically increasing time. This means that if the block at
// the end of the trace has a lesser time than the target block then all blocks in the trace should have a
// lesser time
if traceBlock.Time.After(targetBlock.Time) {
return nil, nil,
errors.New("sanity check failed: expected traceblock to have a lesser time than the target block")
}
// before sending back the divergent block and trace we need to ensure we have verified
// the final gap between the previouslyVerifiedBlock and the targetBlock
if previouslyVerifiedBlock.Height != targetBlock.Height {
sourceTrace, err = c.verifySkipping(ctx, source, previouslyVerifiedBlock, targetBlock, now)
if err != nil {
return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("verifySkipping of conflicting header failed: %w", err)
}
}
return sourceTrace, traceBlock, nil
}
// get the corresponding block from the source to verify and match up against the traceBlock
if traceBlock.Height == targetBlock.Height {
sourceBlock = targetBlock
} else {
sourceBlock, err = source.LightBlock(ctx, traceBlock.Height)
if err != nil {
return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to examine trace: %w", err)
}
}
// The first block in the trace MUST be the same to the light block that the source produces
// else we cannot continue with verification.
if idx == 0 {
if shash, thash := sourceBlock.Hash(), traceBlock.Hash(); !bytes.Equal(shash, thash) {
return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("trusted block is different to the source's first block (%X = %X)",
thash, shash)
}
previouslyVerifiedBlock = sourceBlock
continue
}
// we check that the source provider can verify a block at the same height of the
// intermediate height
sourceTrace, err = c.verifySkipping(ctx, source, previouslyVerifiedBlock, sourceBlock, now)
if err != nil {
return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("verifySkipping of conflicting header failed: %w", err)
}
// check if the headers verified by the source has diverged from the trace
if shash, thash := sourceBlock.Hash(), traceBlock.Hash(); !bytes.Equal(shash, thash) {
// Bifurcation point found!
return sourceTrace, traceBlock, nil
}
// headers are still the same. update the previouslyVerifiedBlock
previouslyVerifiedBlock = sourceBlock
}
// We have reached the end of the trace. This should never happen. This can only happen if one of the stated
// prerequisites to this function were not met. Namely that either trace[len(trace)-1].Height < targetBlock.Height
// or that trace[i].Hash() != targetBlock.Hash()
return nil, nil, errNoDivergence
}
// getTargetBlockOrLatest gets the latest height, if it is greater than the target height then it queries
// the target heght else it returns the latest. returns true if it successfully managed to acquire the target
// height.
func (c *Client) getTargetBlockOrLatest(
ctx context.Context,
height int64,
witness provider.Provider,
) (bool, *types.LightBlock, error) {
lightBlock, err := witness.LightBlock(ctx, 0)
if err != nil {
return false, nil, err
}
if lightBlock.Height == height {
// the witness has caught up to the height of the provider's signed header. We
// can resume with checking the hashes.
return true, lightBlock, nil
}
if lightBlock.Height > height {
// the witness has caught up. We recursively call the function again. However in order
// to avoud a wild goose chase where the witness sends us one header below and one header
// above the height we set a timeout to the context
lightBlock, err := witness.LightBlock(ctx, height)
return true, lightBlock, err
}
return false, lightBlock, nil
}
// newLightClientAttackEvidence determines the type of attack and then forms the evidence filling out
// all the fields such that it is ready to be sent to a full node.
func newLightClientAttackEvidence(conflicted, trusted, common *types.LightBlock) *types.LightClientAttackEvidence {
ev := &types.LightClientAttackEvidence{ConflictingBlock: conflicted}
// if this is an equivocation or amnesia attack, i.e. the validator sets are the same, then we
// return the height of the conflicting block else if it is a lunatic attack and the validator sets
// are not the same then we send the height of the common header.
if ev.ConflictingHeaderIsInvalid(trusted.Header) {
ev.CommonHeight = common.Height
ev.Timestamp = common.Time
ev.TotalVotingPower = common.ValidatorSet.TotalVotingPower()
} else {
ev.CommonHeight = trusted.Height
ev.Timestamp = trusted.Time
ev.TotalVotingPower = trusted.ValidatorSet.TotalVotingPower()
}
ev.ByzantineValidators = ev.GetByzantineValidators(common.ValidatorSet, trusted.SignedHeader)
return ev
}