fix(pki): reject a restored pre-2.8 low-entropy key at set time, explain the swap - #11686
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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to Restoring a known low-entropy identity now replaces it with a secure keypair and warns the client that the node number changed. Failed derivation clears the identity rather than retaining an invalid key state; no current merge-blocking risk remains. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant AdminModule
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AdminModule->>NodeDB: restore private and public keys
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NodeDB->>CryptoEngine: generate checked replacement keypair
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NodeDB->>AdminModule: return restore status
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4449-4453: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winKeep the new C++ rationale comments within two lines.
Both changed sites add five-line explanatory comments. Reduce each rationale to one or two lines and move detailed history to the commit message.
src/mesh/NodeDB.cpp#L4449-L4453: shorten the low-entropy derived-key explanation.src/modules/AdminModule.cpp#L1201-L1205: shorten the restore-warning explanation.As per coding guidelines, C++ comments must be minimal and limited to one or two lines.
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In `@src/modules/AdminModule.cpp`:
- Line 1206: In the key-generation flow around generateCryptoKeyPair(), capture
its boolean return value and gate LOW_ENTROPY_RESTORE_WARNING on both successful
generation and nodeDB->keyIsLowEntropy, requiring generated &&
nodeDB->keyIsLowEntropy before emitting the warning.
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In `@src/mesh/NodeDB.cpp`:
- Around line 4449-4453: Shorten the rationale comments at src/mesh/NodeDB.cpp
lines 4449-4453 and src/modules/AdminModule.cpp lines 1201-1205 to one or two
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derived-key check and restore warning; leave the code behavior unchanged.
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A restore-key failure path can leave config.security mutated into an invalid key state that can be persisted, and the new security-warning behavior lacks regression test coverage.
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Pull request overview
This PR improves the PKI key-restore flow by detecting and rejecting known pre-2.8 low-entropy keys at set time (instead of only on the next boot) and surfacing a clear client warning when the restore is replaced with a freshly generated secure keypair.
Changes:
- Re-check the derived public key (from a restored private key) against
LOW_ENTROPY_HASHES, and rotate to a new keypair immediately when it matches. - Emit a set-time client warning (
LOW_ENTROPY_RESTORE_WARNING) when a restored low-entropy key was rejected and swapped. - Add a new warning string describing why the key did not persist and that the node identity (NodeNum) changed.
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| File | Description |
|---|---|
| src/modules/AdminModule.cpp | Sends a client warning immediately after a low-entropy restored key is swapped out. |
| src/mesh/NodeDB.h | Adds a dedicated restore-time warning string for low-entropy key restore attempts. |
| src/mesh/NodeDB.cpp | Re-checks the derived public key during restore and regenerates the keypair if it’s blacklisted. |
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In `@src/mesh/NodeDB.cpp`:
- Around line 4451-4454: Update NodeDB::generateCryptoKeyPair() and the
AdminModule key-loading path so a supplied private key always has its public key
validated or derived, even when config.security.public_key.size is 32; ensure
checkLowEntropyPublicKey() rejects or replaces legacy low-entropy identities
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The new tests mutate the global crypto pointer and currently restore it only at the end of the test body, which is not robust to Unity’s longjmp-on-assert behavior and can contaminate subsequent tests.
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- Same issue as the previous test:
cryptois restored and the stub is deleted only at the end of the function. If an assertion fails, the longjmp skips cleanup and can leave later tests running against the wrongcryptoinstance. Restore/delete right afterhandleSetConfig()before assertions.
savedCrypto = crypto;
restoreCrypto = new RestoreDerivingCryptoEngine();
restoreCrypto->regenerateSucceeds = false;
crypto = restoreCrypto;
const meshtastic_Config c = makeBareKeyRestoreConfig();
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The new restore-time warning is currently gated on keyIsLowEntropy, which can be set due to the incoming public key being blacklisted even when no new keypair is generated, making the specific warning text potentially inaccurate.
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The new low-entropy-restore rotation path generates a replacement keypair without verifying the replacement isn’t also blacklisted, which can undermine the “reject at set time” guarantee under poor-entropy conditions.
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| if (checkLowEntropyPublicKey(config.security.public_key)) { | ||
| keyIsLowEntropy = true; | ||
| LOG_WARN("Provided private key derives a known low-entropy public key; generating a new keypair"); | ||
| crypto->generateKeyPair(config.security.public_key.bytes, config.security.private_key.bytes); | ||
| } |
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1215-1217: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winReduce these comment blocks to two lines.
src/modules/AdminModule.cpp#L1215-L1217: keep only the reason that the warning requires a replacement key.test/test_admin_radio/test_main.cpp#L1712-L1714: keep only the reason for the crypto stub and real hash implementation.As per coding guidelines: “Keep code comments minimal - one or two lines, max.”
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In `@src/modules/AdminModule.cpp`:
- Line 1220: Update the generateCryptoKeyPair call in AdminModule to pass the
existing priorPrivateKey copy instead of config.security.private_key.bytes,
avoiding aliasing the destination while preserving the current key-generation
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In `@src/modules/AdminModule.cpp`:
- Around line 1215-1217: Shorten the comment at src/modules/AdminModule.cpp
lines 1215-1217 to two lines, retaining only that the warning is required when a
replacement key was actually installed. Also shorten the comment at
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…ain the swap Restoring/setting a private key is a private-key change: the public key is *generated* from it. The low-entropy blacklist check in generateCryptoKeyPair runs against the stored public_key at entry, which is empty on a bare key restore — so a known pre-2.8 weak key derived from the provided private key was never caught at set time. It was only detected on the next boot (once the weak public key had been persisted and re-checked), which looks to the user like their saved key silently "did not stick", and their node number (== crc32(public_key)) had quietly changed too. - NodeDB::generateCryptoKeyPair: in the provided-private-key branch, re-check the *derived* public key against LOW_ENTROPY_HASHES. If it matches, replace it with a fresh secure keypair and set keyIsLowEntropy so the reason is surfaced. - AdminModule set-config(security): when the restore path regenerated a rejected low-entropy key, send a client warning at set time explaining the key can't be restored and the node number changed. Scoped to that branch so a stale flag from a boot-time regeneration can't fire on unrelated security sets. No protobuf changes; reuses the existing ClientNotification warning path. Signed-off-by: Garth Vander Houwen <garthvh@yahoo.com>
generateCryptoKeyPair returns false on an unset LoRa region before resetting keyIsLowEntropy, so the set-time warning could fire on a stale flag. Capture the return value and require both. Shorten the rationale comments to two lines each.
The provided-private-key branch sets private_key.size and public_key.size to 32 before regeneratePublicKey() runs. On failure it returned false with both sizes still set, and AdminModule persisted that pair; every later keygen then re-derived from the same dead key. Clear both on the failure path so the next keygen mints a fresh identity. Add test_admin_radio coverage for the set-time restore path: a derived low-entropy key warns and rotates, a stale keyIsLowEntropy flag with keygen blocked does not warn, and a failed derivation clears both sizes.
A restore supplying both private_key and public_key reached neither keygen branch, so a whole pre-2.8 low-entropy pair was accepted and persisted at set time and only caught on the next boot. Re-derive when the supplied public key is blacklisted, which routes it through the same rejection and warning as the bare-private-key restore. A non-blacklisted keypair import is unaffected. Install the test crypto stub through a helper and drop it in restoreAdminRadioGlobals(), so a failed assertion's longjmp cannot leak a freed engine into later tests.
keyIsLowEntropy is set from the stored public key at function entry, so a restore whose supplied public key is blacklisted set it even when keygen merely re-derived the public key from a private key that was kept. The warning then claimed a new key had been generated and the node number changed, which was only half true. Gate it on the private key actually being replaced.
Both mint sites called crypto->generateKeyPair() once and trusted the result, so an entropy source still producing known-weak keys could persist another blacklisted identity. Route both through a helper that re-checks and retries a bounded number of times, then logs if it cannot do better. Pass the caller's own copy of the private key to generateCryptoKeyPair() instead of config.security.private_key.bytes, which aliased the memcpy destination inside it.
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In `@src/mesh/NodeDB.cpp`:
- Around line 4423-4432: Change NodeDB::generateBlacklistCheckedKeyPair() to
return a success flag, clearing both public and private key sizes when all three
generated keypairs remain blacklisted; retain success for the first
non-blacklisted result. Update both callers to check the flag and abort
key-generation setup on failure, and add an exhaustion test that supplies the
compromised key on every attempt.
In `@src/mesh/NodeDB.h`:
- Around line 594-595: Align the preprocessor guard around
generateBlacklistCheckedKeyPair in NodeDB.h with the guard around its definition
in NodeDB.cpp, ensuring the declaration remains available when
MESHTASTIC_EXCLUDE_PKI is defined as 0 and is excluded only when PKI is actually
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- Line 1870: Update the test around lowEntropyMints and its call-count assertion
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generateBlacklistCheckedKeyPair() logged an error after exhausting its retries but left the compromised keypair in place and its callers marked the keygen successful, persisting exactly the identity the check exists to reject. Return a flag, clear both key sizes on exhaustion, and abort both callers so the next keygen starts clean. Match the declaration guard to the definition's, and derive the expected mint count in the retry test from the configured one.
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4485-4489: 🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winWeak Cryptography (CWE-331)
Check the derived public key in the existing-private-key path.
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regeneratePublicKey()succeeds, callcheckLowEntropyPublicKey(config.security.public_key)before accepting the identity. The current pre-check only examines the stored public key, so an empty or mismatched stored key can allow a blacklisted derived key.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@src/mesh/NodeDB.cpp`:
- Around line 4485-4489: In the existing-private-key branch of NodeDB, update
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Retrying cannot help: an entropy source that lands on one of the twelve blacklisted keys is broken, and a second call to it produces the same result. With real entropy the odds are ~2^-250, so the loop never runs twice in practice either. Check once and fail, which is the same guarantee in a third of the code.
factory_reset_config keeps the private key and clears the public one, so the entry check sees no stored key, reports "not low entropy" and takes the regenerate branch, which adopted whatever it derived. A preserved pre-2.8 key was therefore accepted for a whole boot cycle before the next boot caught it - the same silent revert this PR exists to remove. Hoist the post-derive blacklist check into a helper and use it on both derive paths.
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In `@src/mesh/NodeDB.cpp`:
- Around line 4492-4493: Update the failure branch around
replaceDerivedKeyPairIfBlacklisted() to clear both stored key sizes before
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The stored-private-key path set public_key.size to 32 up front and left it there when regeneratePublicKey() failed, so config claimed a pair the node never got - the same defect already fixed on the provided-key path. Both paths now derive through one helper that clears on failure and vets the derived key, replacing the separate blacklist-replace helper.
Separate one-time SoftDevice and service setup from runtime advertising. Restore TX power and pairing security, including NO_PIN MITM state, on enable; disable restart-on-disconnect before stopping links. Keep PowerFSM subject to the saved user preference. Adapt the BLE security and nonblocking pairing fixes from upstream master b7e0dc3 (meshtastic#10859). Initial audit: local base 8515144 (firmware identical to validated cc704b8); upstream develop 5920d05, master 6d41e27. Preserve prior selective fixes meshtastic#11651, meshtastic#11659, meshtastic#11671, meshtastic#11676, meshtastic#11678, meshtastic#11686, meshtastic#11688, meshtastic#11697 and meshtastic#11709. No broad merge or dependency updates.
When a user restores/sets an old private key, that is a private-key change — the public key is generated from it (
regeneratePublicKey→Curve25519::eval), and the node number iscrc32(public_key).The low-entropy blacklist (
checkLowEntropyPublicKey/LOW_ENTROPY_HASHES) is checked ingenerateCryptoKeyPairagainst the storedconfig.security.public_keyat function entry. On a bare key restore that field is empty, so a known pre-2.8 weak key derived from the provided private key is never caught at set time. It is only detected on the next boot, once the weak public key has been persisted and re-checked.To the user that looks like their saved key silently "did not stick" — and their node number changed with it — for no visible reason.
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NodeDB::generateCryptoKeyPair— in the provided-private-key branch, re-check the derived public key againstLOW_ENTROPY_HASHES. If it matches, replace it with a fresh secure keypair and setkeyIsLowEntropyso the reason can be surfaced. (The existing boot-time and existing-private-key paths are unchanged.)AdminModuleset-config(security) — when the restore path regenerated a rejected low-entropy key, send a client warning at set time explaining the key cannot be restored and the node number changed. Scoped to that branch so a stalekeyIsLowEntropyfrom a boot-time regeneration cannot fire on unrelated security sets.LOW_ENTROPY_RESTORE_WARNINGstring. No protobuf changes — reuses the existingClientNotificationwarning path.Net effect: a restored pre-2.8 low-entropy key is now rejected + rotated at save time with a clear explanation, instead of a silent revert discovered after the next reboot.
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Suggested manual test: from a client, set
security.private_keyto one of the known pre-2.8 low-entropy keys with an empty public key → expect theLOW_ENTROPY_RESTORE_WARNINGclient notification, a fresh non-blacklisted key, and a changed node number. A companion hardware-free harness (replay device presenting a blacklisted key + the notification) is being added tomeshtastic-mcpto drive the app-side UX.🤖 Generated with Claude Code
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