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//! Encrypted frame handling (hot path).
//!
//! Every authentic packet on an established session is dispatched to
//! the decrypt-worker shard pool — there is **no in-line decrypt
//! path** in this handler anymore. Sessions are registered with the
//! worker at FMP-establishment (see `register_decrypt_worker_session`,
//! invoked from `handlers/handshake.rs::promote_connection`), so the
//! shard owns the recv-side state from the moment a peer becomes
//! reachable.
//!
//! Per-peer bookkeeping (`peer.touch`, `link_stats.record_recv`,
//! `mmp.receiver.record_recv`, `set_current_addr`) happens in the
//! rx_loop's `decrypt_fallback_rx` arm after the worker bounces the
//! FMP plaintext back; that arm is the single canonical site for
//! "this packet was successfully received and authenticated" side-
//! effects under the shard architecture.
use crate::node::Node;
use crate::node::decrypt_worker::DecryptFailureReport;
use crate::node::wire::{EncryptedHeader, FLAG_KEY_EPOCH};
use crate::noise::NoiseError;
use crate::transport::ReceivedPacket;
use std::time::Instant;
use tracing::{debug, info, trace, warn};
/// Start link-session recovery after this many consecutive FMP AEAD failures.
const DECRYPT_FAILURE_THRESHOLD: u32 = 4;
/// Newly established worker-owned FMP sessions can briefly receive encrypted
/// packets from the peer's previous link session after restart, rekey, roaming,
/// or NAT traversal handoff. Until one packet authenticates on the new replay
/// window, treat those first failures as stale drain noise instead of starting
/// another recovery rekey.
const DECRYPT_FAILURE_FRESH_SESSION_GRACE_SECS: u64 = 30;
enum DecryptFailureAction {
None,
StartRecoveryRekey { consecutive_failures: u32 },
AwaitRecovery { consecutive_failures: u32 },
RemovePeer { consecutive_failures: u32 },
}
impl Node {
/// Handle an encrypted frame (phase 0x0).
///
/// This is the hot path for established sessions. We use O(1)
/// index-based lookup to find the session, then decrypt.
///
/// K-bit handling: when the peer flips the K-bit after a rekey,
/// we promote the pending new session to current and demote the old
/// session to previous for a drain window. During drain, we try the
/// current session first, then fall back to the previous session.
pub(in crate::node) async fn handle_encrypted_frame(&mut self, packet: ReceivedPacket) {
// Parse header (fail fast)
let header = match EncryptedHeader::parse(&packet.data) {
Some(h) => h,
None => return, // Malformed, drop silently
};
// O(1) session lookup by our receiver index
let key = (packet.transport_id, header.receiver_idx.as_u32());
let node_addr = match self.peers_by_index.get(&key) {
Some(id) => *id,
None => {
trace!(
receiver_idx = %header.receiver_idx,
transport_id = %packet.transport_id,
"Unknown session index, dropping"
);
return;
}
};
// K-bit flip detection: peer has cut over to the new session. This
// is rare (only at rekey), so we do it as a separate borrow rather
// than baking it into the fast-path block below — keeping the fast
// path's `peers.get_mut` straight-line.
let received_k_bit = header.flags & FLAG_KEY_EPOCH != 0;
let need_kbit_flip = match self.peers.get(&node_addr) {
Some(peer) => {
received_k_bit != peer.current_k_bit() && peer.pending_new_session().is_some()
}
None => {
// Stale index entry; drop the index and let next handshake repopulate.
self.deregister_session_index(key);
return;
}
};
if need_kbit_flip {
let display_name = self.peer_display_name(&node_addr);
info!(
peer = %display_name,
"Peer K-bit flip detected, promoting new session"
);
let did_flip = {
let peer = self.peers.get_mut(&node_addr).unwrap();
peer.handle_peer_kbit_flip().is_some()
};
// After cutover the *new* FMP session is the one the
// decrypt worker must own. Pre-fix: the worker still
// had the OLD session's cipher + replay state, so every
// post-flip packet missed the worker's HashMap lookup
// (cache_key now points at the new index) and either
// dropped silently in `handle_job` or, if the worker
// had never been registered for this peer at all, fell
// through to the in-line legacy path on rx_loop for
// the lifetime of the new session. Re-register here so
// the worker observes the rekey and the bulk receive
// path keeps using it.
if did_flip {
self.ensure_current_session_index_registered(&node_addr, "peer K-bit flip");
self.register_decrypt_worker_session(&node_addr);
}
}
// **Worker dispatch is the production path.** Sessions are
// registered with the decrypt worker at FMP-establishment
// (see `register_decrypt_worker_session` invoked from
// `promote_connection`), so in production every
// `handle_encrypted_frame` for an established session
// dispatches the packet to the worker and returns. All
// per-peer bookkeeping (`peer.touch`, `link_stats.record_recv`,
// `mmp.receiver.record_recv`, `set_current_addr`) runs in the
// rx_loop's `decrypt_fallback_rx` arm after the worker bounces
// the FMP plaintext back.
//
// The in-line decrypt below this is the **synchronous test-
// mode path**: unit tests construct `Node` instances directly
// (bypassing `lifecycle::start_async`) and step the event
// loop by hand, so they need a synchronous decrypt that
// updates `Node` state before the test code returns. In
// production `self.decrypt_workers` is always `Some` (spawned
// at lifecycle start with `num_cpus` workers), so this branch
// is taken and the legacy block below never runs.
let cache_key = (packet.transport_id, header.receiver_idx.as_u32());
// **Worker is the production decrypt path.** The previous
// version of this gate also required `endpoint_event_tx` to
// be `Some`, but that field is only populated when a caller
// attaches the endpoint-data API (`endpoint_data_io()`) — in
// pure TUN mode (the common iperf-bench shape) the field is
// `None`, so the gate silently bounced every packet to the
// legacy in-line decrypt path. The worker doesn't actually
// use the endpoint sender after the FMP-only refactor (all
// link messages bounce back through `fallback_tx` for FSP
// decrypt on rx_loop), so it was a redundant predicate
// hiding the bug. The only remaining requirements are: a
// worker pool exists, and this session has been handed off
// to it.
if let Some(workers) = self.decrypt_workers.as_ref().cloned()
&& self.decrypt_registered_sessions.contains(&cache_key)
{
let job = super::super::decrypt_worker::DecryptJob {
packet_data: packet.data,
cache_key,
_transport_id: packet.transport_id,
_remote_addr: packet.remote_addr,
timestamp_ms: packet.timestamp_ms,
source_node_addr: node_addr,
fmp_counter: header.counter,
fmp_flags: header.flags,
fmp_header: header.header_bytes,
fmp_ciphertext_offset: header.ciphertext_offset(),
fallback_tx: self.decrypt_fallback_tx.clone(),
};
workers.dispatch_job(job);
return;
}
// === Test-mode synchronous decrypt ===
// Production never reaches here. See module-level docs. Does
// the FMP AEAD in place against the noise session's own
// cipher + replay window (which is the authoritative state
// when no worker is registered), then hands the FMP plaintext
// to the canonical `process_authentic_fmp_plaintext` — same
// path the worker-bounce arm in rx_loop takes, so post-
// decrypt bookkeeping + link-layer dispatch don't fork.
let ciphertext_offset = header.ciphertext_offset();
let counter = header.counter;
let header_bytes = header.header_bytes;
let ce_flag = header.flags & crate::node::wire::FLAG_CE != 0;
let sp_flag = header.flags & crate::node::wire::FLAG_SP != 0;
let packet_len = packet.data.len();
let packet_timestamp_ms = packet.timestamp_ms;
let packet_transport_id = packet.transport_id;
let packet_remote_addr = packet.remote_addr.clone();
let mut packet_data = packet.data;
let Some(peer) = self.peers.get_mut(&node_addr) else {
self.deregister_session_index(key);
return;
};
let Some(session) = peer.noise_session_mut() else {
warn!(
peer = %self.peer_display_name(&node_addr),
"Peer in index map has no session"
);
return;
};
let decrypt_result = {
let _t = crate::perf_profile::Timer::start(crate::perf_profile::Stage::FmpDecrypt);
session.decrypt_with_replay_check_and_aad_in_place(
&mut packet_data[ciphertext_offset..],
counter,
&header_bytes,
)
};
let plaintext_len = match decrypt_result {
Ok(len) => len,
Err(e) => {
self.log_decrypt_failure(&node_addr, &header, &e);
self.handle_decrypt_failure(&node_addr).await;
return;
}
};
// The FMP plaintext (4-byte ts + link msg) lives at
// packet_data[ciphertext_offset..ciphertext_offset + plaintext_len].
// Slice + own a copy to hand to the shared helper. The copy
// is cheap (test-mode path; not the hot bench path).
let fmp_plaintext: Vec<u8> =
packet_data[ciphertext_offset..ciphertext_offset + plaintext_len].to_vec();
self.process_authentic_fmp_plaintext(
&node_addr,
packet_transport_id,
&packet_remote_addr,
packet_timestamp_ms,
packet_len,
counter,
ce_flag,
sp_flag,
&fmp_plaintext,
)
.await;
}
/// Single canonical site for "the FMP layer authenticated and
/// accepted this packet" side-effects. Called both from the
/// worker-bounce arm in rx_loop (production fast path) and from
/// the in-line synchronous decrypt below (test-mode path).
///
/// Performs the per-peer bookkeeping (last-seen, MMP receiver,
/// link stats, address-rotation) and then dispatches the
/// link-layer message body to `dispatch_link_message`. The
/// caller is responsible for ensuring the FMP AEAD already
/// verified the bytes — this function trusts `fmp_plaintext` as
/// authentic.
///
/// `fmp_plaintext` is the post-FMP-decrypt buffer with the
/// 4-byte inner timestamp still at the front (i.e. the same
/// layout the legacy `strip_inner_header` consumed).
#[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)] // single canonical post-decrypt hook;
// grouping these into a struct just shifts the
// boilerplate around without simplifying anything.
pub(in crate::node) async fn process_authentic_fmp_plaintext(
&mut self,
node_addr: &crate::NodeAddr,
transport_id: crate::transport::TransportId,
remote_addr: &crate::transport::TransportAddr,
packet_timestamp_ms: u64,
packet_len: usize,
fmp_counter: u64,
ce_flag: bool,
sp_flag: bool,
fmp_plaintext: &[u8],
) {
const INNER_TIMESTAMP_LEN: usize = 4;
let inner_ts = if fmp_plaintext.len() >= INNER_TIMESTAMP_LEN {
u32::from_le_bytes([
fmp_plaintext[0],
fmp_plaintext[1],
fmp_plaintext[2],
fmp_plaintext[3],
])
} else {
return;
};
let now = Instant::now();
let mut address_changed = false;
if let Some(peer) = self.peers.get_mut(node_addr) {
peer.reset_decrypt_failures();
address_changed = peer.set_current_addr(transport_id, remote_addr);
peer.link_stats_mut()
.record_recv(packet_len, packet_timestamp_ms);
peer.touch(packet_timestamp_ms);
if let Some(mmp) = peer.mmp_mut() {
mmp.receiver
.record_recv(fmp_counter, inner_ts, packet_len, ce_flag, now);
let _spin_rtt = mmp.spin_bit.rx_observe(sp_flag, fmp_counter, now);
}
}
// Address rotation invalidates the per-peer connected UDP
// socket: it's `connect(2)`-ed to the old kernel 5-tuple
// (cached route + neighbour entry), and continuing to
// `sendmsg(.., msg_name=NULL)` on it would push outbound
// packets at the now-stale address. Drop the connected socket
// + paired drain thread; the wildcard listen socket takes
// over until the peer's new 5-tuple is observed long enough
// to re-`connect()`. Done after the `peer.get_mut` block so
// the borrow on `self.peers` is released — `clear_connected_
// udp_for_peer` may need to traverse other peer state.
#[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "macos"))]
if address_changed {
self.clear_connected_udp_for_peer(node_addr);
}
#[cfg(not(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "macos")))]
{
let _ = address_changed;
}
let link_message = &fmp_plaintext[INNER_TIMESTAMP_LEN..];
self.dispatch_link_message(node_addr, link_message, ce_flag)
.await;
}
/// Register a peer's recv state with the decrypt-worker shard
/// **eagerly at FSP-session establishment**. After this call the
/// worker becomes the sole replay-window writer for the session
/// and rx_loop's legacy in-line decrypt is no longer used for
/// this peer.
///
/// Called from the FSP-session-established sites in
/// `handlers/session.rs` (both initiator and responder). No-op if
/// the session state can't be built yet (peer gone, FSP not yet
/// promoted to Established) — the caller can retry on a later
/// event. Idempotent: re-registering the same cache_key
/// overwrites the worker's entry, which is the correct behaviour
/// for rekey.
pub(in crate::node) fn register_decrypt_worker_session(&mut self, node_addr: &crate::NodeAddr) {
let Some(workers) = self.decrypt_workers.as_ref().cloned() else {
return;
};
let (cache_key, state) = {
let Some(peer) = self.peers.get(node_addr) else {
return;
};
let Some(transport_id) = peer.transport_id() else {
return;
};
let Some(our_index) = peer.our_index() else {
return;
};
let cache_key = (transport_id, our_index.as_u32());
let Some(state) = self.build_owned_session_state(node_addr) else {
return;
};
(cache_key, state)
};
// **Only mark as registered if the worker actually accepted
// the registration message.** When the per-worker channel is
// full (sustained ingress + registration burst on the same
// shard), `try_send` returns `Full` and the cipher + replay
// state are dropped on the floor. If we still inserted into
// `decrypt_registered_sessions`, every subsequent packet for
// this session would be `dispatch_job`'d to the worker,
// miss the unregistered HashMap entry, and silently drop —
// permanent black hole until the session rotates. Gating
// the local "is registered" set on the dispatch result
// means we keep using the legacy in-line decrypt path
// until a later `register_decrypt_worker_session` succeeds
// (the FSP-established / rekey callers retry naturally).
if workers.register_session(cache_key, state) {
self.decrypt_registered_sessions.insert(cache_key);
}
}
/// Build the **owned FMP recv state** handed off to the decrypt
/// shard worker. Returns `None` if the peer is gone or the FMP
/// session isn't ready. After registration the worker is the
/// sole FMP replay-window writer for this session.
///
/// Note: only FMP state is captured. The worker bounces all
/// link-layer messages back to rx_loop for FSP dispatch, so the
/// FSP cipher / replay window don't need to live worker-side.
/// This lets us register at FMP establishment (i.e. as soon as
/// the Noise handshake completes), eliminating the legacy
/// in-line decrypt path that used to handle the FMP-established-
/// but-FSP-not-yet window.
fn build_owned_session_state(
&self,
node_addr: &crate::NodeAddr,
) -> Option<crate::node::decrypt_worker::OwnedSessionState> {
let peer = self.peers.get(node_addr)?;
let fmp_session = peer.noise_session()?;
let fmp_cipher = fmp_session.recv_cipher_clone()?;
let fmp_replay = fmp_session.recv_replay_snapshot_owned();
let source_npub = self.npub_for_node_addr(node_addr);
Some(crate::node::decrypt_worker::OwnedSessionState {
fmp_cipher,
fmp_replay,
source_npub,
})
}
/// Log a decryption failure with replay suppression.
fn log_decrypt_failure(
&mut self,
node_addr: &crate::NodeAddr,
header: &EncryptedHeader,
error: &NoiseError,
) {
if matches!(error, NoiseError::ReplayDetected(_)) {
if let Some(peer) = self.peers.get_mut(node_addr) {
let count = peer.increment_replay_suppressed();
if count <= 3 {
debug!(
peer = %self.peer_display_name(node_addr),
counter = header.counter,
error = %error,
"Decryption failed"
);
} else if count == 4 {
debug!(
peer = %self.peer_display_name(node_addr),
"Suppressing further replay detection messages"
);
}
} else {
debug!(
peer = %self.peer_display_name(node_addr),
counter = header.counter,
error = %error,
"Decryption failed"
);
}
} else {
debug!(
peer = %self.peer_display_name(node_addr),
counter = header.counter,
error = %error,
"Decryption failed"
);
}
}
/// Increment decrypt failure counter and recover stale FMP sessions.
///
/// Stale encrypted packets can arrive after sleep/wake, network roaming,
/// rekey races, or peer restart. Removing the peer immediately causes a
/// visible traffic drop even when the existing link is healthy enough to
/// carry a replacement handshake. Prefer an in-place rekey and keep the
/// old session alive while that recovery handshake completes; only evict
/// when recovery cannot be started.
pub(in crate::node) async fn handle_decrypt_failure(&mut self, node_addr: &crate::NodeAddr) {
let rekey_enabled = self.config.node.rekey.enabled;
let action = {
let Some(peer) = self.peers.get_mut(node_addr) else {
return;
};
let count = peer.increment_decrypt_failures();
if count < DECRYPT_FAILURE_THRESHOLD {
DecryptFailureAction::None
} else if rekey_enabled && peer.has_session() {
if !peer.rekey_in_progress() && peer.pending_new_session().is_none() {
DecryptFailureAction::StartRecoveryRekey {
consecutive_failures: count,
}
} else {
DecryptFailureAction::AwaitRecovery {
consecutive_failures: count,
}
}
} else {
DecryptFailureAction::RemovePeer {
consecutive_failures: count,
}
}
};
match action {
DecryptFailureAction::None => {}
DecryptFailureAction::StartRecoveryRekey {
consecutive_failures,
} => {
warn!(
peer = %self.peer_display_name(node_addr),
consecutive_failures,
"FMP AEAD failures exceeded threshold; starting recovery rekey"
);
if self.initiate_rekey(node_addr).await {
if let Some(peer) = self.peers.get_mut(node_addr) {
peer.reset_decrypt_failures();
}
} else {
warn!(
peer = %self.peer_display_name(node_addr),
consecutive_failures,
"Failed to start FMP recovery rekey; removing peer"
);
let addr = *node_addr;
self.remove_active_peer(node_addr);
let now_ms = Self::now_ms();
self.schedule_reconnect(addr, now_ms);
}
}
DecryptFailureAction::AwaitRecovery {
consecutive_failures,
} => {
if consecutive_failures == DECRYPT_FAILURE_THRESHOLD
|| consecutive_failures.is_multiple_of(1000)
{
debug!(
peer = %self.peer_display_name(node_addr),
consecutive_failures,
"FMP AEAD failures continuing while recovery rekey is pending"
);
}
}
DecryptFailureAction::RemovePeer {
consecutive_failures,
} => {
warn!(
peer = %self.peer_display_name(node_addr),
consecutive_failures,
"FMP AEAD failures exceeded threshold and recovery is unavailable; removing peer"
);
let addr = *node_addr;
self.remove_active_peer(node_addr);
let now_ms = Self::now_ms();
self.schedule_reconnect(addr, now_ms);
}
}
}
/// Handle an AEAD failure reported by the worker-owned FMP decrypt path.
///
/// The worker owns the replay window for production traffic, so it can tell
/// us whether the current session has authenticated anything yet. That lets
/// us ignore a bounded startup drain of stale ciphertext after peer restart
/// or rekey while keeping the normal recovery path for established sessions.
pub(in crate::node) async fn handle_decrypt_failure_report(
&mut self,
report: &DecryptFailureReport,
) {
let Some(peer) = self.peers.get(&report.source_node_addr) else {
return;
};
let session_age = peer.session_established_at().elapsed();
if report.fmp_replay_highest == 0
&& session_age.as_secs() < DECRYPT_FAILURE_FRESH_SESSION_GRACE_SECS
{
trace!(
peer = %self.peer_display_name(&report.source_node_addr),
counter = report.fmp_counter,
session_age_ms = session_age.as_millis(),
"Ignoring likely stale FMP AEAD failure during fresh-session drain window"
);
return;
}
self.handle_decrypt_failure(&report.source_node_addr).await;
}
}