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-rw-r--r--changes/bug65388
-rw-r--r--src/or/routerlist.c12
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/changes/bug6538 b/changes/bug6538
index 1e882eb1cc..fc9e583d52 100644
--- a/changes/bug6538
+++ b/changes/bug6538
@@ -2,3 +2,11 @@
- Switch weighted node selection rule from using a list of doubles
to using a list of int64_t. This should make the process slightly
easier to debug and maintain. Needed for fix for bug 6538.
+
+ o Security features:
+ - Switch to a completely time-invariant approach for picking nodes
+ weighted by bandwidth. Our old approach would run through the
+ part of the loop after it had made its choice slightly slower
+ than it ran through the part of the loop before it had made its
+ choice. Fix for bug 6538.
+
diff --git a/src/or/routerlist.c b/src/or/routerlist.c
index 382d45746c..75cb3f2e69 100644
--- a/src/or/routerlist.c
+++ b/src/or/routerlist.c
@@ -1710,7 +1710,6 @@ smartlist_choose_node_by_bandwidth_weights(smartlist_t *sl,
uint64_t tmp;
unsigned int i;
unsigned int i_chosen;
- unsigned int i_has_been_chosen;
int have_unknown = 0; /* true iff sl contains element not in consensus. */
/* Can't choose exit and guard at same time */
@@ -1881,13 +1880,12 @@ smartlist_choose_node_by_bandwidth_weights(smartlist_t *sl,
/* Last, count through sl until we get to the element we picked */
i_chosen = (unsigned)smartlist_len(sl);
- i_has_been_chosen = 0;
tmp = 0;
for (i=0; i < (unsigned)smartlist_len(sl); i++) {
tmp += bandwidths[i];
- if (tmp >= rand_bw && !i_has_been_chosen) {
+ if (tmp >= rand_bw) {
i_chosen = i;
- i_has_been_chosen = 1;
+ rand_bw = UINT64_MAX;
}
}
i = i_chosen;
@@ -1926,7 +1924,6 @@ smartlist_choose_node_by_bandwidth(smartlist_t *sl,
{
unsigned int i;
unsigned int i_chosen;
- unsigned int i_has_been_chosen;
int32_t *bandwidths;
int is_exit;
int is_guard;
@@ -2127,7 +2124,6 @@ smartlist_choose_node_by_bandwidth(smartlist_t *sl,
/* Last, count through sl until we get to the element we picked */
tmp = 0;
i_chosen = (unsigned)smartlist_len(sl);
- i_has_been_chosen = 0;
for (i=0; i < (unsigned)smartlist_len(sl); i++) {
is_exit = bitarray_is_set(exit_bits, i);
is_guard = bitarray_is_set(guard_bits, i);
@@ -2142,9 +2138,9 @@ smartlist_choose_node_by_bandwidth(smartlist_t *sl,
else
tmp += bandwidths[i];
- if (tmp >= rand_bw && !i_has_been_chosen) {
+ if (tmp >= rand_bw) {
i_chosen = i;
- i_has_been_chosen = 1;
+ rand_bw = UINT64_MAX;
}
}
i = i_chosen;