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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 {
29 /**
30 * Minimum number of iterations we want to make in our drift calculations.
32 const MIN_ITERATIONS = 1000;
34 /**
35 * Number of milliseconds we want to spend generating each separate byte
36 * of the final generated bytes.
37 * This is used in combination with the hash length to determine the duration
38 * we should spend doing drift calculations.
40 const MSEC_PER_BYTE = 0.5;
42 /**
43 * Singleton instance for public use
45 protected static $singleton = null;
47 /**
48 * The hash algorithm being used
50 protected $algo = null;
52 /**
53 * The number of bytes outputted by the hash algorithm
55 protected $hashLength = null;
57 /**
58 * A boolean indicating whether the previous random generation was done using
59 * cryptographically strong random number generator or not.
61 protected $strong = null;
63 /**
64 * Initialize an initial random state based off of whatever we can find
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 be around
90 // so include its stat info into the state.
91 // The constant with its location will almost always be defined, as WebStart.php defines
92 // MW_CONFIG_FILE to $IP/LocalSettings.php unless being configured with MW_CONFIG_CALLBACK (eg. the installer)
93 if ( defined( 'MW_CONFIG_FILE' ) ) {
94 $files[] = MW_CONFIG_FILE;
97 foreach ( $files as $file ) {
98 wfSuppressWarnings();
99 $stat = stat( $file );
100 wfRestoreWarnings();
101 if ( $stat ) {
102 // stat() duplicates data into numeric and string keys so kill off all the numeric ones
103 foreach ( $stat as $k => $v ) {
104 if ( is_numeric( $k ) ) {
105 unset( $k );
108 // The absolute filename itself will differ from install to install so don't leave it out
109 if ( ( $path = realpath( $file ) ) !== false ) {
110 $state .= $path;
111 } else {
112 $state .= $file;
114 $state .= implode( '', $stat );
115 } else {
116 // The fact that the file isn't there is worth at least a
117 // minuscule amount of entropy.
118 $state .= '0';
122 // Try and make this a little more unstable by including the varying process
123 // id of the php process we are running inside of if we are able to access it
124 if ( function_exists( 'getmypid' ) ) {
125 $state .= getmypid();
128 // If available try to increase the instability of the data by throwing in
129 // the precise amount of memory that we happen to be using at the moment.
130 if ( function_exists( 'memory_get_usage' ) ) {
131 $state .= memory_get_usage( true );
134 // It's mostly worthless but throw the wiki's id into the data for a little more variance
135 $state .= wfWikiID();
137 // If we have a secret key or proxy key set then throw it into the state as well
138 global $wgSecretKey, $wgProxyKey;
139 if ( $wgSecretKey ) {
140 $state .= $wgSecretKey;
141 } elseif ( $wgProxyKey ) {
142 $state .= $wgProxyKey;
145 return $state;
149 * Randomly hash data while mixing in clock drift data for randomness
151 * @param string $data The data to randomly hash.
152 * @return String The hashed bytes
153 * @author Tim Starling
155 protected function driftHash( $data ) {
156 // Minimum number of iterations (to avoid slow operations causing the 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" );
192 return $data;
196 * Return a rolling random state initially build using data from unstable sources
197 * @return string A new weak random state
199 protected function randomState() {
200 static $state = null;
201 if ( is_null( $state ) ) {
202 // Initialize the state with whatever unstable data we can find
203 // It's important that this data is hashed right afterwards to prevent
204 // it from being leaked into the output stream
205 $state = $this->hash( $this->initialRandomState() );
207 // Generate a new random state based on the initial random state or previous
208 // random state by combining it with clock drift
209 $state = $this->driftHash( $state );
210 return $state;
214 * Decide on the best acceptable hash algorithm we have available for hash()
215 * @throws MWException
216 * @return String A hash algorithm
218 protected function hashAlgo() {
219 if ( !is_null( $this->algo ) ) {
220 return $this->algo;
223 $algos = hash_algos();
224 $preference = array( 'whirlpool', 'sha256', 'sha1', 'md5' );
226 foreach ( $preference as $algorithm ) {
227 if ( in_array( $algorithm, $algos ) ) {
228 $this->algo = $algorithm;
229 wfDebug( __METHOD__ . ": Using the {$this->algo} hash algorithm.\n" );
230 return $this->algo;
234 // We only reach here if no acceptable hash is found in the list, this should
235 // be a technical impossibility since most of php's hash list is fixed and
236 // some of the ones we list are available as their own native functions
237 // But since we already require at least 5.2 and hash() was default in
238 // 5.1.2 we don't bother falling back to methods like sha1 and md5.
239 throw new MWException( "Could not find an acceptable hashing function in hash_algos()" );
243 * Return the byte-length output of the hash algorithm we are
244 * using in self::hash and self::hmac.
246 * @return int Number of bytes the hash outputs
248 protected function hashLength() {
249 if ( is_null( $this->hashLength ) ) {
250 $this->hashLength = strlen( $this->hash( '' ) );
252 return $this->hashLength;
256 * Generate an acceptably unstable one-way-hash of some text
257 * making use of the best hash algorithm that we have available.
259 * @param $data string
260 * @return String A raw hash of the data
262 protected function hash( $data ) {
263 return hash( $this->hashAlgo(), $data, true );
267 * Generate an acceptably unstable one-way-hmac of some text
268 * making use of the best hash algorithm that we have available.
270 * @param $data string
271 * @param $key string
272 * @return String A raw hash of the data
274 protected function hmac( $data, $key ) {
275 return hash_hmac( $this->hashAlgo(), $data, $key, true );
279 * @see self::wasStrong()
281 public function realWasStrong() {
282 if ( is_null( $this->strong ) ) {
283 throw new MWException( __METHOD__ . ' called before generation of random data' );
285 return $this->strong;
289 * @see self::generate()
291 public function realGenerate( $bytes, $forceStrong = false ) {
292 wfProfileIn( __METHOD__ );
294 wfDebug( __METHOD__ . ": Generating cryptographic random bytes for " . wfGetAllCallers( 5 ) . "\n" );
296 $bytes = floor( $bytes );
297 static $buffer = '';
298 if ( is_null( $this->strong ) ) {
299 // Set strength to false initially until we know what source data is coming from
300 $this->strong = true;
303 if ( strlen( $buffer ) < $bytes ) {
304 // If available make use of mcrypt_create_iv URANDOM source to generate randomness
305 // On unix-like systems this reads from /dev/urandom but does it without any buffering
306 // and bypasses openbasedir restrictions, so it's preferable to reading directly
307 // On Windows starting in PHP 5.3.0 Windows' native CryptGenRandom is used to generate
308 // entropy so this is also preferable to just trying to read urandom because it may work
309 // on Windows systems as well.
310 if ( function_exists( 'mcrypt_create_iv' ) ) {
311 wfProfileIn( __METHOD__ . '-mcrypt' );
312 $rem = $bytes - strlen( $buffer );
313 $iv = mcrypt_create_iv( $rem, MCRYPT_DEV_URANDOM );
314 if ( $iv === false ) {
315 wfDebug( __METHOD__ . ": mcrypt_create_iv returned false.\n" );
316 } else {
317 $buffer .= $iv;
318 wfDebug( __METHOD__ . ": mcrypt_create_iv generated " . strlen( $iv ) . " bytes of randomness.\n" );
320 wfProfileOut( __METHOD__ . '-mcrypt' );
324 if ( strlen( $buffer ) < $bytes ) {
325 // If available make use of openssl's random_pseudo_bytes method to attempt to generate randomness.
326 // However don't do this on Windows with PHP < 5.3.4 due to a bug:
327 // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1940168/openssl-random-pseudo-bytes-is-slow-php
328 // http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commitdiff;h=cd62a70863c261b07f6dadedad9464f7e213cad5
329 if ( function_exists( 'openssl_random_pseudo_bytes' )
330 && ( !wfIsWindows() || version_compare( PHP_VERSION, '5.3.4', '>=' ) )
332 wfProfileIn( __METHOD__ . '-openssl' );
333 $rem = $bytes - strlen( $buffer );
334 $openssl_bytes = openssl_random_pseudo_bytes( $rem, $openssl_strong );
335 if ( $openssl_bytes === false ) {
336 wfDebug( __METHOD__ . ": openssl_random_pseudo_bytes returned false.\n" );
337 } else {
338 $buffer .= $openssl_bytes;
339 wfDebug( __METHOD__ . ": openssl_random_pseudo_bytes generated " . strlen( $openssl_bytes ) . " bytes of " . ( $openssl_strong ? "strong" : "weak" ) . " randomness.\n" );
341 if ( strlen( $buffer ) >= $bytes ) {
342 // openssl tells us if the random source was strong, if some of our data was generated
343 // using it use it's say on whether the randomness is strong
344 $this->strong = !!$openssl_strong;
346 wfProfileOut( __METHOD__ . '-openssl' );
350 // Only read from urandom if we can control the buffer size or were passed forceStrong
351 if ( strlen( $buffer ) < $bytes && ( function_exists( 'stream_set_read_buffer' ) || $forceStrong ) ) {
352 wfProfileIn( __METHOD__ . '-fopen-urandom' );
353 $rem = $bytes - strlen( $buffer );
354 if ( !function_exists( 'stream_set_read_buffer' ) && $forceStrong ) {
355 wfDebug( __METHOD__ . ": Was forced to read from /dev/urandom without control over the buffer size.\n" );
357 // /dev/urandom is generally considered the best possible commonly
358 // available random source, and is available on most *nix systems.
359 wfSuppressWarnings();
360 $urandom = fopen( "/dev/urandom", "rb" );
361 wfRestoreWarnings();
363 // Attempt to read all our random data from urandom
364 // php's fread always does buffered reads based on the stream's chunk_size
365 // so in reality it will usually read more than the amount of data we're
366 // asked for and not storing that risks depleting the system's random pool.
367 // If stream_set_read_buffer is available set the chunk_size to the amount
368 // of data we need. Otherwise read 8k, php's default chunk_size.
369 if ( $urandom ) {
370 // php's default chunk_size is 8k
371 $chunk_size = 1024 * 8;
372 if ( function_exists( 'stream_set_read_buffer' ) ) {
373 // If possible set the chunk_size to the amount of data we need
374 stream_set_read_buffer( $urandom, $rem );
375 $chunk_size = $rem;
377 $random_bytes = fread( $urandom, max( $chunk_size, $rem ) );
378 $buffer .= $random_bytes;
379 fclose( $urandom );
380 wfDebug( __METHOD__ . ": /dev/urandom generated " . strlen( $random_bytes ) . " bytes of randomness.\n" );
381 if ( strlen( $buffer ) >= $bytes ) {
382 // urandom is always strong, set to true if all our data was generated using it
383 $this->strong = true;
385 } else {
386 wfDebug( __METHOD__ . ": /dev/urandom could not be opened.\n" );
388 wfProfileOut( __METHOD__ . '-fopen-urandom' );
391 // If we cannot use or generate enough data from a secure source
392 // use this loop to generate a good set of pseudo random data.
393 // This works by initializing a random state using a pile of unstable data
394 // and continually shoving it through a hash along with a variable salt.
395 // We hash the random state with more salt to avoid the state from leaking
396 // out and being used to predict the /randomness/ that follows.
397 if ( strlen( $buffer ) < $bytes ) {
398 wfDebug( __METHOD__ . ": Falling back to using a pseudo random state to generate randomness.\n" );
400 while ( strlen( $buffer ) < $bytes ) {
401 wfProfileIn( __METHOD__ . '-fallback' );
402 $buffer .= $this->hmac( $this->randomState(), mt_rand() );
403 // This code is never really cryptographically strong, if we use it
404 // at all, then set strong to false.
405 $this->strong = false;
406 wfProfileOut( __METHOD__ . '-fallback' );
409 // Once the buffer has been filled up with enough random data to fulfill
410 // the request shift off enough data to handle the request and leave the
411 // unused portion left inside the buffer for the next request for random data
412 $generated = substr( $buffer, 0, $bytes );
413 $buffer = substr( $buffer, $bytes );
415 wfDebug( __METHOD__ . ": " . strlen( $buffer ) . " bytes of randomness leftover in the buffer.\n" );
417 wfProfileOut( __METHOD__ );
418 return $generated;
422 * @see self::generateHex()
424 public function realGenerateHex( $chars, $forceStrong = false ) {
425 // hex strings are 2x the length of raw binary so we divide the length in half
426 // odd numbers will result in a .5 that leads the generate() being 1 character
427 // short, so we use ceil() to ensure that we always have enough bytes
428 $bytes = ceil( $chars / 2 );
429 // Generate the data and then convert it to a hex string
430 $hex = bin2hex( $this->generate( $bytes, $forceStrong ) );
431 // A bit of paranoia here, the caller asked for a specific length of string
432 // here, and it's possible (eg when given an odd number) that we may actually
433 // have at least 1 char more than they asked for. Just in case they made this
434 // call intending to insert it into a database that does truncation we don't
435 // want to give them too much and end up with their database and their live
436 // code having two different values because part of what we gave them is truncated
437 // hence, we strip out any run of characters longer than what we were asked for.
438 return substr( $hex, 0, $chars );
441 /** Publicly exposed static methods **/
444 * Return a singleton instance of MWCryptRand
445 * @return MWCryptRand
447 protected static function singleton() {
448 if ( is_null( self::$singleton ) ) {
449 self::$singleton = new self;
451 return self::$singleton;
455 * Return a boolean indicating whether or not the source used for cryptographic
456 * random bytes generation in the previously run generate* call
457 * was cryptographically strong.
459 * @return bool Returns true if the source was strong, false if not.
461 public static function wasStrong() {
462 return self::singleton()->realWasStrong();
466 * Generate a run of (ideally) cryptographically random data and return
467 * it in raw binary form.
468 * You can use MWCryptRand::wasStrong() if you wish to know if the source used
469 * was cryptographically strong.
471 * @param int $bytes the number of bytes of random data to generate
472 * @param bool $forceStrong Pass true if you want generate to prefer cryptographically
473 * strong sources of entropy even if reading from them may steal
474 * more entropy from the system than optimal.
475 * @return String Raw binary random data
477 public static function generate( $bytes, $forceStrong = false ) {
478 return self::singleton()->realGenerate( $bytes, $forceStrong );
482 * Generate a run of (ideally) cryptographically random data and return
483 * it in hexadecimal string format.
484 * You can use MWCryptRand::wasStrong() if you wish to know if the source used
485 * was cryptographically strong.
487 * @param int $chars the number of hex chars of random data to generate
488 * @param bool $forceStrong Pass true if you want generate to prefer cryptographically
489 * strong sources of entropy even if reading from them may steal
490 * more entropy from the system than optimal.
491 * @return String Hexadecimal random data
493 public static function generateHex( $chars, $forceStrong = false ) {
494 return self::singleton()->realGenerateHex( $chars, $forceStrong );