kv-sync: authenticated tombstones (sealed {id, seq, deleted: true})

Tombstones carried no ciphertext, so the server could forge a delete (hiding
an item), and a device that pulled one accepted the next live version without
a seq comparison (delete-then-replay rollback).

* A delete is sealed like an item (same AAD and padding) with plaintext
  {id, seq, deleted: true}; seq = working/base seq + 1. DELETE carries it as
  the ItemPut body; the test server stores and serves it.
* replay: Base is None | LegacyTombstone | Sealed(plaintext). check_pulled
  refuses a record without ciphertext, a deleted flag that disagrees with the
  plaintext, or a tombstone naming another item, then requires seq to grow
  for tombstones too. The `restores` exception is gone: edit beats delete
  re-seals with max(edit, tombstone) + 1. next_version returns just seq.
* Legacy: a pulled tombstone without ciphertext is an integrity alarm (cannot
  be told apart from a forgery). A pending legacy delete is sealed on push; a
  legacy tombstone already held as base is accepted as unknown seq.
* engine: open_sealed, seal_tombstone; next_local_version -> u64. Merkle leaf
  hashes a sealed tombstone's envelope like a live record's.
* kv-model Item: `restores` removed. kv-ffi delete_item seals the tombstone;
  FFI surface unchanged.
* Tests: forged (unsealed and relabelled) tombstones raise an integrity alarm
  (kv-sync and kv-ffi), replay after a tombstone, replays of the tombstone and
  of the restore, legacy pending delete, shared item_replay.json table; the
  live test now deletes an item through the real server.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>
This commit is contained in:
2026-10-16 11:34:08 +09:00
co-authored by Claude Opus 5.5
parent abcb758b67
commit cfab3ab543
15 changed files with 397 additions and 166 deletions
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@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use kv_crypto::{
use kv_proto::{DeviceEnroll, ItemRecord, Platform};
use kv_store::{MemoryStore, Store, SyncState, VaultRow};
use kv_sync::{
engine::{next_local_version, open_record, seal_record},
engine::{next_local_version, open_record, open_sealed, seal_record, seal_tombstone},
replay,
signing::SoftwareSigner,
test_server::{TestServer, SETUP_TOKEN},
@@ -103,10 +103,10 @@ impl Device {
self.keyset.open_vault_key(vid, &self.store.vault(vid).unwrap().unwrap().sealed_key).unwrap()
}
/// Saves a local edit the way a client does: with the next `seq` (and `restores`) stamped in.
/// Saves a local edit the way a client does: with the next `seq` stamped in.
fn save(&self, vid: Uuid, id: Uuid, mut item: Value) {
let (seq, restores) = next_local_version(&self.store, self.keyset.account_id, vid, &self.vk(vid), id).unwrap();
replay::stamp(&mut item, seq, restores);
let seq = next_local_version(&self.store, self.keyset.account_id, vid, &self.vk(vid), id).unwrap();
replay::stamp(&mut item, seq);
self.save_raw(vid, id, item);
}
@@ -116,7 +116,16 @@ impl Device {
self.store.put_local(vid, &rec).unwrap();
}
/// Deletes the way a client does: a sealed tombstone with the next `seq`.
fn delete(&self, vid: Uuid, id: Uuid) {
let (acct, vk) = (self.keyset.account_id, self.vk(vid));
let seq = next_local_version(&self.store, acct, vid, &vk, id).unwrap();
let tomb = seal_tombstone(acct, vid, &vk, id, seq, self.signer.device_id()).unwrap();
self.store.put_local(vid, &tomb).unwrap();
}
/// A pending delete as stored before tombstones were sealed (no ciphertext).
fn delete_legacy(&self, vid: Uuid, id: Uuid) {
let mut cur = self.store.get(vid, id).unwrap().unwrap().record;
cur.deleted = true;
cur.wrapped_item_key = None;
@@ -124,6 +133,12 @@ impl Device {
self.store.put_local(vid, &cur).unwrap();
}
/// The sealed plaintext of the item's base (live or tombstone).
fn read_base(&self, vid: Uuid, id: Uuid) -> Option<Value> {
let base = self.store.get(vid, id).unwrap()?.base?;
open_sealed(self.keyset.account_id, vid, &self.vk(vid), &base).unwrap()
}
fn read(&self, vid: Uuid, id: Uuid) -> Option<Value> {
let item = self.store.get(vid, id).unwrap()?;
open_record(self.keyset.account_id, vid, &self.vk(vid), &item.record).unwrap()
@@ -257,9 +272,14 @@ async fn deleting_and_never_synced_items() {
a.save(vid, local_only, item(local_only, "L", "l", 1));
a.delete(vid, local_only);
a.sync().await.unwrap();
assert!(server.state().vaults[&vid].items[&x].deleted);
let tomb = server.state().vaults[&vid].items[&x].clone();
assert!(tomb.deleted && tomb.payload.is_some(), "the server stores the sealed tombstone");
assert!(!server.state().vaults[&vid].items.contains_key(&local_only));
assert!(a.store.get(vid, local_only).unwrap().is_none());
let b = Device::second(&server, &a).await;
b.sync().await.unwrap();
assert_eq!(b.read_base(vid, x).unwrap(), json!({"id": x, "seq": 2, "deleted": true}));
assert!(b.read(vid, x).is_none());
}
#[tokio::test]
@@ -634,7 +654,6 @@ async fn concurrent_equal_seq_edits_are_not_an_alarm() {
assert_eq!(b.sync().await.unwrap().merged, 1);
let merged = b.read(vid, id).unwrap();
assert_eq!(merged["seq"], 3);
assert!(merged.get("restores").is_none());
for x in [&a, &c, &d] {
x.sync().await.unwrap(); // d jumps from seq 1 straight to 3
assert_eq!(x.read(vid, id).unwrap(), merged);
@@ -649,8 +668,8 @@ async fn concurrent_equal_seq_edits_are_not_an_alarm() {
assert!(c.store.pending(vid).unwrap().is_empty());
}
/// An edit that beats a delete may carry a lower `seq` than versions other devices saw before the delete.
/// `restores` lets a device that never saw the tombstone accept it, and only directly after that delete.
/// An edit that beats a delete is written above the tombstone's `seq`, so every device sees `seq` grow,
/// including one that never saw the tombstone. Replays of the tombstone or of the restore are refused.
#[tokio::test]
async fn edit_beats_delete_is_not_an_alarm_but_its_replay_is() {
let server = TestServer::start().await;
@@ -668,31 +687,111 @@ async fn edit_beats_delete_is_not_an_alarm_but_its_replay_is() {
c.sync().await.unwrap(); // c holds seq 4 and will not see the tombstone
a.delete(vid, id);
a.sync().await.unwrap();
let tombstone_rev = server.state().vaults[&vid].items[&id].revision;
let tombstone = server.state().vaults[&vid].items[&id].clone();
let d = Device::second(&server, &a).await;
d.sync().await.unwrap(); // d holds the tombstone
d.sync().await.unwrap(); // d holds the tombstone (seq 5)
assert_eq!(d.read_base(vid, id).unwrap()["seq"], 5);
b.save(vid, id, item(id, "X", "x-b", 9));
let r = b.sync().await.unwrap();
assert_eq!(r.restored, vec![id]);
let restored = b.read(vid, id).unwrap();
assert_eq!((restored["seq"].as_u64(), restored["restores"].as_u64()), (Some(2), Some(tombstone_rev)));
assert_eq!(restored["seq"], 6, "above the tombstone's seq");
let restore_envelope = server.state().vaults[&vid].items[&id].clone();
for x in [&a, &c, &d] {
x.sync().await.unwrap();
assert_eq!(x.read(vid, id).unwrap()["password"], "x-b");
}
// The next edit clears `restores` and continues from the restored `seq`.
c.save(vid, id, item(id, "X", "x-c", 10));
assert_eq!(c.read(vid, id).unwrap()["seq"], 3);
assert!(c.read(vid, id).unwrap().get("restores").is_none());
assert_eq!(c.read(vid, id).unwrap()["seq"], 7);
c.sync().await.unwrap();
a.sync().await.unwrap();
d.sync().await.unwrap();
// Re-serving the restore later is a rollback: the receiver's base is past the tombstone now.
server.state().write_item(vid, restore_envelope);
// Re-serving the tombstone or the restore later is a rollback.
server.state().write_item(vid, tombstone);
assert_replay_alarm(a.sync().await, vid);
server.state().write_item(vid, restore_envelope);
assert_replay_alarm(d.sync().await, vid);
}
/// The server forges a delete. A tombstone without ciphertext, or an item envelope relabelled as deleted, is an
/// integrity alarm; the item stays visible.
#[tokio::test]
async fn forged_tombstone_is_an_integrity_alarm() {
let server = TestServer::start().await;
let (a, vid) = Device::first(&server).await;
let id = Uuid::new_v4();
a.save(vid, id, item(id, "Bank", "pw1", 1));
a.sync().await.unwrap();
let b = Device::second(&server, &a).await;
b.sync().await.unwrap();
let live = server.state().vaults[&vid].items[&id].clone();
let manifest_version = server.state().vaults[&vid].manifest.as_ref().unwrap().version;
// An unauthenticated tombstone, as the server could always write before.
let forged = ItemRecord { deleted: true, wrapped_item_key: None, payload: None, ..live.clone() };
server.state().write_item(vid, forged);
let err = b.sync().await.unwrap_err();
assert!(
matches!(err, SyncError::Integrity { vault_id, ref reason } if vault_id == vid && reason.contains("unauthenticated delete")),
"{err}"
);
assert_eq!(b.read(vid, id).unwrap()["password"], "pw1", "not hidden");
assert!(b.store.vault(vid).unwrap().unwrap().integrity_alarm);
// A device that never held the item refuses it too.
let c = Device::second(&server, &a).await;
assert!(matches!(c.sync().await, Err(SyncError::Integrity { .. })));
// An authentic item envelope re-served with the deleted flag set.
let relabelled = ItemRecord { deleted: true, ..live };
server.state().write_item(vid, relabelled);
let err = a.sync().await.unwrap_err();
assert!(matches!(err, SyncError::Integrity { ref reason, .. } if reason.contains("deleted flag")), "{err}");
assert_eq!(a.read(vid, id).unwrap()["password"], "pw1");
assert_eq!(server.state().vaults[&vid].manifest.as_ref().unwrap().version, manifest_version);
}
/// Delete-then-replay: after a device pulls a (genuine) tombstone, an old live envelope re-served on top of it
/// is refused, because the tombstone's `seq` is authenticated.
#[tokio::test]
async fn replay_after_a_tombstone_is_an_integrity_alarm() {
let server = TestServer::start().await;
let (a, vid) = Device::first(&server).await;
let id = Uuid::new_v4();
a.save(vid, id, item(id, "Bank", "pw1", 1));
a.sync().await.unwrap();
let old = server.state().vaults[&vid].items[&id].clone();
a.save(vid, id, item(id, "Bank", "pw2", 2));
a.sync().await.unwrap();
let b = Device::second(&server, &a).await;
b.sync().await.unwrap();
a.delete(vid, id);
a.sync().await.unwrap();
b.sync().await.unwrap();
assert!(b.read(vid, id).is_none());
server.state().write_item(vid, old);
assert_replay_alarm(b.sync().await, vid);
assert!(b.read(vid, id).is_none(), "the deleted item did not come back");
}
/// A pending delete stored before tombstones were sealed is sealed when it is pushed.
#[tokio::test]
async fn legacy_pending_delete_is_sealed_on_push() {
let server = TestServer::start().await;
let (a, vid) = Device::first(&server).await;
let id = Uuid::new_v4();
a.save(vid, id, item(id, "X", "x", 1));
a.sync().await.unwrap();
a.delete_legacy(vid, id);
a.sync().await.unwrap();
let tomb = server.state().vaults[&vid].items[&id].clone();
assert!(tomb.deleted && tomb.payload.is_some());
let b = Device::second(&server, &a).await;
b.sync().await.unwrap();
assert_eq!(b.read_base(vid, id).unwrap(), json!({"id": id, "seq": 2, "deleted": true}));
}
/// Items written before `seq` existed read as seq 0; the first edit writes seq 1.