Enforce sorted fields for signed payloads

Cargo.lock

@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde-aux",
  "serde-constant",
  "serde_json",
+ "syn",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-stream",
  "tower-http",

Cargo.toml

@@ -28,5 +28,8 @@ tracing = "0.1.40"
 tracing-subscriber = "0.3.18"
 uuid = { version = "1.10.0", features = ["serde", "v4"] }
 
+[dev-dependencies]
+syn = { version = "2.0.76", features = ["full", "visit"] }
+
 [workspace]
 members = [ "./blahctl" ]

src/types.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
+//! NB. All structs here that are part of signee must be lexically sorted, as RFC8785.
+//! This is tested by `canonical_fields_sorted`.
+//! See: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8785
+//! FIXME: `typ` is still always the first field because of `serde`'s implementation.
 use std::fmt;
-// NB. All structs here that are part of signee must be lexically sorted, as RFC8785.
 use std::time::SystemTime;
 
 use anyhow::{ensure, Context};
@@ -29,7 +32,6 @@ impl fmt::Display for UserKey {
 #[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 #[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
 pub struct WithSig<T> {
-    // sorted
     #[serde(with = "hex::serde")]
     pub sig: [u8; SIGNATURE_LENGTH],
     pub signee: Signee<T>,
@@ -38,7 +40,6 @@ pub struct WithSig<T> {
 #[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 #[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
 pub struct Signee<T> {
-    // sorted
     pub nonce: u32,
     pub payload: T,
     pub timestamp: u64,
@@ -82,7 +83,6 @@ impl<T: Serialize> WithSig<T> {
 #[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 #[serde(tag = "typ", rename = "chat")]
 pub struct ChatPayload {
-    // sorted
     pub room: Uuid,
     pub text: String,
 }
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ pub type ChatItem = WithSig<ChatPayload>;
 #[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 #[serde(tag = "typ", rename = "create_room")]
 pub struct CreateRoomPayload {
-    pub title: String,
     pub attrs: RoomAttrs,
+    pub title: String,
 }
 
 /// Proof of room membership for read-access.
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ pub struct AuthPayload {}
 #[serde(deny_unknown_fields, tag = "typ", rename_all = "snake_case")]
 pub enum RoomAdminPayload {
     AddMember {
-        // sorted
         permission: RoomPermission,
         room: Uuid,
         user: UserKey,
@@ -187,3 +186,39 @@ mod sql_impl {
 
     impl_u64_flag!(ServerPermission, RoomPermission, RoomAttrs);
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use std::fmt::Write;
+
+    #[derive(Default)]
+    struct Visitor {
+        errors: String,
+    }
+
+    impl<'ast> syn::visit::Visit<'ast> for Visitor {
+        fn visit_fields_named(&mut self, i: &'ast syn::FieldsNamed) {
+            let fields = i
+                .named
+                .iter()
+                .flat_map(|f| f.ident.clone())
+                .map(|i| i.to_string())
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+            if !fields.windows(2).all(|w| w[0] < w[1]) {
+                writeln!(self.errors, "unsorted fields: {fields:?}").unwrap();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn canonical_fields_sorted() {
+        let src = std::fs::read_to_string(file!()).unwrap();
+        let file = syn::parse_file(&src).unwrap();
+
+        let mut v = Visitor::default();
+        syn::visit::visit_file(&mut v, &file);
+        if !v.errors.is_empty() {
+            panic!("{}", v.errors);
+        }
+    }
+}