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1 <?php
2 /**
3 * A cryptographic random generator class used for generating secret keys
5 * This is based in part on Drupal code as well as what we used in our own code
6 * prior to introduction of this class.
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23 * @author Daniel Friesen
24 * @file
27 class MWCryptRand {
28 /**
29 * Minimum number of iterations we want to make in our drift calculations.
31 const MIN_ITERATIONS = 1000;
33 /**
34 * Number of milliseconds we want to spend generating each separate byte
35 * of the final generated bytes.
36 * This is used in combination with the hash length to determine the duration
37 * we should spend doing drift calculations.
39 const MSEC_PER_BYTE = 0.5;
41 /**
42 * Singleton instance for public use
44 protected static $singleton = null;
46 /**
47 * The hash algorithm being used
49 protected $algo = null;
51 /**
52 * The number of bytes outputted by the hash algorithm
54 protected $hashLength = null;
56 /**
57 * A boolean indicating whether the previous random generation was done using
58 * cryptographically strong random number generator or not.
60 protected $strong = null;
62 /**
63 * Initialize an initial random state based off of whatever we can find
64 * @return string
66 protected function initialRandomState() {
67 // $_SERVER contains a variety of unstable user and system specific information
68 // It'll vary a little with each page, and vary even more with separate users
69 // It'll also vary slightly across different machines
70 $state = serialize( $_SERVER );
72 // To try vary the system information of the state a bit more
73 // by including the system's hostname into the state
74 $state .= wfHostname();
76 // Try to gather a little entropy from the different php rand sources
77 $state .= rand() . uniqid( mt_rand(), true );
79 // Include some information about the filesystem's current state in the random state
80 $files = array();
82 // We know this file is here so grab some info about ourselves
83 $files[] = __FILE__;
85 // We must also have a parent folder, and with the usual file structure, a grandparent
86 $files[] = __DIR__;
87 $files[] = dirname( __DIR__ );
89 // The config file is likely the most often edited file we know should
90 // be around so include its stat info into the state.
91 // The constant with its location will almost always be defined, as
92 // WebStart.php defines MW_CONFIG_FILE to $IP/LocalSettings.php unless
93 // being configured with MW_CONFIG_CALLBACK (e.g. the installer).
94 if ( defined( 'MW_CONFIG_FILE' ) ) {
95 $files[] = MW_CONFIG_FILE;
98 foreach ( $files as $file ) {
99 wfSuppressWarnings();
100 $stat = stat( $file );
101 wfRestoreWarnings();
102 if ( $stat ) {
103 // stat() duplicates data into numeric and string keys so kill off all the numeric ones
104 foreach ( $stat as $k => $v ) {
105 if ( is_numeric( $k ) ) {
106 unset( $k );
109 // The absolute filename itself will differ from install to install so don't leave it out
110 if ( ( $path = realpath( $file ) ) !== false ) {
111 $state .= $path;
112 } else {
113 $state .= $file;
115 $state .= implode( '', $stat );
116 } else {
117 // The fact that the file isn't there is worth at least a
118 // minuscule amount of entropy.
119 $state .= '0';
123 // Try and make this a little more unstable by including the varying process
124 // id of the php process we are running inside of if we are able to access it
125 if ( function_exists( 'getmypid' ) ) {
126 $state .= getmypid();
129 // If available try to increase the instability of the data by throwing in
130 // the precise amount of memory that we happen to be using at the moment.
131 if ( function_exists( 'memory_get_usage' ) ) {
132 $state .= memory_get_usage( true );
135 // It's mostly worthless but throw the wiki's id into the data for a little more variance
136 $state .= wfWikiID();
138 // If we have a secret key set then throw it into the state as well
139 global $wgSecretKey;
140 if ( $wgSecretKey ) {
141 $state .= $wgSecretKey;
144 return $state;
148 * Randomly hash data while mixing in clock drift data for randomness
150 * @param string $data The data to randomly hash.
151 * @return string The hashed bytes
152 * @author Tim Starling
154 protected function driftHash( $data ) {
155 // Minimum number of iterations (to avoid slow operations causing the
156 // loop to gather little entropy)
157 $minIterations = self::MIN_ITERATIONS;
158 // Duration of time to spend doing calculations (in seconds)
159 $duration = ( self::MSEC_PER_BYTE / 1000 ) * $this->hashLength();
160 // Create a buffer to use to trigger memory operations
161 $bufLength = 10000000;
162 $buffer = str_repeat( ' ', $bufLength );
163 $bufPos = 0;
165 // Iterate for $duration seconds or at least $minIterations number of iterations
166 $iterations = 0;
167 $startTime = microtime( true );
168 $currentTime = $startTime;
169 while ( $iterations < $minIterations || $currentTime - $startTime < $duration ) {
170 // Trigger some memory writing to trigger some bus activity
171 // This may create variance in the time between iterations
172 $bufPos = ( $bufPos + 13 ) % $bufLength;
173 $buffer[$bufPos] = ' ';
174 // Add the drift between this iteration and the last in as entropy
175 $nextTime = microtime( true );
176 $delta = (int)( ( $nextTime - $currentTime ) * 1000000 );
177 $data .= $delta;
178 // Every 100 iterations hash the data and entropy
179 if ( $iterations % 100 === 0 ) {
180 $data = sha1( $data );
182 $currentTime = $nextTime;
183 $iterations++;
185 $timeTaken = $currentTime - $startTime;
186 $data = $this->hash( $data );
188 wfDebug( __METHOD__ . ": Clock drift calculation " .
189 "(time-taken=" . ( $timeTaken * 1000 ) . "ms, " .
190 "iterations=$iterations, " .
191 "time-per-iteration=" . ( $timeTaken / $iterations * 1e6 ) . "us)\n" );
193 return $data;
197 * Return a rolling random state initially build using data from unstable sources
198 * @return string A new weak random state
200 protected function randomState() {
201 static $state = null;
202 if ( is_null( $state ) ) {
203 // Initialize the state with whatever unstable data we can find
204 // It's important that this data is hashed right afterwards to prevent
205 // it from being leaked into the output stream
206 $state = $this->hash( $this->initialRandomState() );
208 // Generate a new random state based on the initial random state or previous
209 // random state by combining it with clock drift
210 $state = $this->driftHash( $state );
212 return $state;
216 * Decide on the best acceptable hash algorithm we have available for hash()
217 * @throws MWException
218 * @return string A hash algorithm
220 protected function hashAlgo() {
221 if ( !is_null( $this->algo ) ) {
222 return $this->algo;
225 $algos = hash_algos();
226 $preference = array( 'whirlpool', 'sha256', 'sha1', 'md5' );
228 foreach ( $preference as $algorithm ) {
229 if ( in_array( $algorithm, $algos ) ) {
230 $this->algo = $algorithm;
231 wfDebug( __METHOD__ . ": Using the {$this->algo} hash algorithm.\n" );
233 return $this->algo;
237 // We only reach here if no acceptable hash is found in the list, this should
238 // be a technical impossibility since most of php's hash list is fixed and
239 // some of the ones we list are available as their own native functions
240 // But since we already require at least 5.2 and hash() was default in
241 // 5.1.2 we don't bother falling back to methods like sha1 and md5.
242 throw new MWException( "Could not find an acceptable hashing function in hash_algos()" );
246 * Return the byte-length output of the hash algorithm we are
247 * using in self::hash and self::hmac.
249 * @return int Number of bytes the hash outputs
251 protected function hashLength() {
252 if ( is_null( $this->hashLength ) ) {
253 $this->hashLength = strlen( $this->hash( '' ) );
256 return $this->hashLength;
260 * Generate an acceptably unstable one-way-hash of some text
261 * making use of the best hash algorithm that we have available.
263 * @param string $data
264 * @return string A raw hash of the data
266 protected function hash( $data ) {
267 return hash( $this->hashAlgo(), $data, true );
271 * Generate an acceptably unstable one-way-hmac of some text
272 * making use of the best hash algorithm that we have available.
274 * @param string $data
275 * @param string $key
276 * @return string A raw hash of the data
278 protected function hmac( $data, $key ) {
279 return hash_hmac( $this->hashAlgo(), $data, $key, true );
283 * @see self::wasStrong()
285 public function realWasStrong() {
286 if ( is_null( $this->strong ) ) {
287 throw new MWException( __METHOD__ . ' called before generation of random data' );
290 return $this->strong;
294 * @see self::generate()
296 public function realGenerate( $bytes, $forceStrong = false ) {
297 wfProfileIn( __METHOD__ );
299 wfDebug( __METHOD__ . ": Generating cryptographic random bytes for " .
300 wfGetAllCallers( 5 ) . "\n" );
302 $bytes = floor( $bytes );
303 static $buffer = '';
304 if ( is_null( $this->strong ) ) {
305 // Set strength to false initially until we know what source data is coming from
306 $this->strong = true;
309 if ( strlen( $buffer ) < $bytes ) {
310 // If available make use of mcrypt_create_iv URANDOM source to generate randomness
311 // On unix-like systems this reads from /dev/urandom but does it without any buffering
312 // and bypasses openbasedir restrictions, so it's preferable to reading directly
313 // On Windows starting in PHP 5.3.0 Windows' native CryptGenRandom is used to generate
314 // entropy so this is also preferable to just trying to read urandom because it may work
315 // on Windows systems as well.
316 if ( function_exists( 'mcrypt_create_iv' ) ) {
317 wfProfileIn( __METHOD__ . '-mcrypt' );
318 $rem = $bytes - strlen( $buffer );
319 $iv = mcrypt_create_iv( $rem, MCRYPT_DEV_URANDOM );
320 if ( $iv === false ) {
321 wfDebug( __METHOD__ . ": mcrypt_create_iv returned false.\n" );
322 } else {
323 $buffer .= $iv;
324 wfDebug( __METHOD__ . ": mcrypt_create_iv generated " . strlen( $iv ) .
325 " bytes of randomness.\n" );
327 wfProfileOut( __METHOD__ . '-mcrypt' );
331 if ( strlen( $buffer ) < $bytes ) {
332 // If available make use of openssl's random_pseudo_bytes method to
333 // attempt to generate randomness. However don't do this on Windows
334 // with PHP < 5.3.4 due to a bug:
335 // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1940168/openssl-random-pseudo-bytes-is-slow-php
336 // http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commitdiff;h=cd62a70863c261b07f6dadedad9464f7e213cad5
337 if ( function_exists( 'openssl_random_pseudo_bytes' )
338 && ( !wfIsWindows() || version_compare( PHP_VERSION, '5.3.4', '>=' ) )
340 wfProfileIn( __METHOD__ . '-openssl' );
341 $rem = $bytes - strlen( $buffer );
342 $openssl_bytes = openssl_random_pseudo_bytes( $rem, $openssl_strong );
343 if ( $openssl_bytes === false ) {
344 wfDebug( __METHOD__ . ": openssl_random_pseudo_bytes returned false.\n" );
345 } else {
346 $buffer .= $openssl_bytes;
347 wfDebug( __METHOD__ . ": openssl_random_pseudo_bytes generated " .
348 strlen( $openssl_bytes ) . " bytes of " .
349 ( $openssl_strong ? "strong" : "weak" ) . " randomness.\n" );
351 if ( strlen( $buffer ) >= $bytes ) {
352 // openssl tells us if the random source was strong, if some of our data was generated
353 // using it use it's say on whether the randomness is strong
354 $this->strong = !!$openssl_strong;
356 wfProfileOut( __METHOD__ . '-openssl' );
360 // Only read from urandom if we can control the buffer size or were passed forceStrong
361 if ( strlen( $buffer ) < $bytes &&
362 ( function_exists( 'stream_set_read_buffer' ) || $forceStrong )
364 wfProfileIn( __METHOD__ . '-fopen-urandom' );
365 $rem = $bytes - strlen( $buffer );
366 if ( !function_exists( 'stream_set_read_buffer' ) && $forceStrong ) {
367 wfDebug( __METHOD__ . ": Was forced to read from /dev/urandom " .
368 "without control over the buffer size.\n" );
370 // /dev/urandom is generally considered the best possible commonly
371 // available random source, and is available on most *nix systems.
372 wfSuppressWarnings();
373 $urandom = fopen( "/dev/urandom", "rb" );
374 wfRestoreWarnings();
376 // Attempt to read all our random data from urandom
377 // php's fread always does buffered reads based on the stream's chunk_size
378 // so in reality it will usually read more than the amount of data we're
379 // asked for and not storing that risks depleting the system's random pool.
380 // If stream_set_read_buffer is available set the chunk_size to the amount
381 // of data we need. Otherwise read 8k, php's default chunk_size.
382 if ( $urandom ) {
383 // php's default chunk_size is 8k
384 $chunk_size = 1024 * 8;
385 if ( function_exists( 'stream_set_read_buffer' ) ) {
386 // If possible set the chunk_size to the amount of data we need
387 stream_set_read_buffer( $urandom, $rem );
388 $chunk_size = $rem;
390 $random_bytes = fread( $urandom, max( $chunk_size, $rem ) );
391 $buffer .= $random_bytes;
392 fclose( $urandom );
393 wfDebug( __METHOD__ . ": /dev/urandom generated " . strlen( $random_bytes ) .
394 " bytes of randomness.\n" );
396 if ( strlen( $buffer ) >= $bytes ) {
397 // urandom is always strong, set to true if all our data was generated using it
398 $this->strong = true;
400 } else {
401 wfDebug( __METHOD__ . ": /dev/urandom could not be opened.\n" );
403 wfProfileOut( __METHOD__ . '-fopen-urandom' );
406 // If we cannot use or generate enough data from a secure source
407 // use this loop to generate a good set of pseudo random data.
408 // This works by initializing a random state using a pile of unstable data
409 // and continually shoving it through a hash along with a variable salt.
410 // We hash the random state with more salt to avoid the state from leaking
411 // out and being used to predict the /randomness/ that follows.
412 if ( strlen( $buffer ) < $bytes ) {
413 wfDebug( __METHOD__ .
414 ": Falling back to using a pseudo random state to generate randomness.\n" );
416 while ( strlen( $buffer ) < $bytes ) {
417 wfProfileIn( __METHOD__ . '-fallback' );
418 $buffer .= $this->hmac( $this->randomState(), mt_rand() );
419 // This code is never really cryptographically strong, if we use it
420 // at all, then set strong to false.
421 $this->strong = false;
422 wfProfileOut( __METHOD__ . '-fallback' );
425 // Once the buffer has been filled up with enough random data to fulfill
426 // the request shift off enough data to handle the request and leave the
427 // unused portion left inside the buffer for the next request for random data
428 $generated = substr( $buffer, 0, $bytes );
429 $buffer = substr( $buffer, $bytes );
431 wfDebug( __METHOD__ . ": " . strlen( $buffer ) .
432 " bytes of randomness leftover in the buffer.\n" );
434 wfProfileOut( __METHOD__ );
436 return $generated;
440 * @see self::generateHex()
442 public function realGenerateHex( $chars, $forceStrong = false ) {
443 // hex strings are 2x the length of raw binary so we divide the length in half
444 // odd numbers will result in a .5 that leads the generate() being 1 character
445 // short, so we use ceil() to ensure that we always have enough bytes
446 $bytes = ceil( $chars / 2 );
447 // Generate the data and then convert it to a hex string
448 $hex = bin2hex( $this->generate( $bytes, $forceStrong ) );
450 // A bit of paranoia here, the caller asked for a specific length of string
451 // here, and it's possible (eg when given an odd number) that we may actually
452 // have at least 1 char more than they asked for. Just in case they made this
453 // call intending to insert it into a database that does truncation we don't
454 // want to give them too much and end up with their database and their live
455 // code having two different values because part of what we gave them is truncated
456 // hence, we strip out any run of characters longer than what we were asked for.
457 return substr( $hex, 0, $chars );
460 /** Publicly exposed static methods **/
463 * Return a singleton instance of MWCryptRand
464 * @return MWCryptRand
466 protected static function singleton() {
467 if ( is_null( self::$singleton ) ) {
468 self::$singleton = new self;
471 return self::$singleton;
475 * Return a boolean indicating whether or not the source used for cryptographic
476 * random bytes generation in the previously run generate* call
477 * was cryptographically strong.
479 * @return bool Returns true if the source was strong, false if not.
481 public static function wasStrong() {
482 return self::singleton()->realWasStrong();
486 * Generate a run of (ideally) cryptographically random data and return
487 * it in raw binary form.
488 * You can use MWCryptRand::wasStrong() if you wish to know if the source used
489 * was cryptographically strong.
491 * @param int $bytes The number of bytes of random data to generate
492 * @param bool $forceStrong Pass true if you want generate to prefer cryptographically
493 * strong sources of entropy even if reading from them may steal
494 * more entropy from the system than optimal.
495 * @return string Raw binary random data
497 public static function generate( $bytes, $forceStrong = false ) {
498 return self::singleton()->realGenerate( $bytes, $forceStrong );
502 * Generate a run of (ideally) cryptographically random data and return
503 * it in hexadecimal string format.
504 * You can use MWCryptRand::wasStrong() if you wish to know if the source used
505 * was cryptographically strong.
507 * @param int $chars The number of hex chars of random data to generate
508 * @param bool $forceStrong Pass true if you want generate to prefer cryptographically
509 * strong sources of entropy even if reading from them may steal
510 * more entropy from the system than optimal.
511 * @return string Hexadecimal random data
513 public static function generateHex( $chars, $forceStrong = false ) {
514 return self::singleton()->realGenerateHex( $chars, $forceStrong );