cgit

diff --git a/filters/gentoo-ldap-authentication.lua b/filters/gentoo-ldap-authentication.lua
index 3b6564b42983fc6996583495667ca2d8d93a99a0..b4d98c29285e20c0c605ee8a532bc46acfa90ddf 100644
--- a/filters/gentoo-ldap-authentication.lua
+++ b/filters/gentoo-ldap-authentication.lua
@@ -5,7 +5,13 @@ -- 	luacrypto >= 0.3
 -- 	<http://mkottman.github.io/luacrypto/>
 -- 	lualdap >= 1.2
 -- 	<https://git.zx2c4.com/lualdap/about/>
+-- 	luaposix
+-- 	<https://github.com/luaposix/luaposix>
 --
+local sysstat = require("posix.sys.stat")
+local unistd = require("posix.unistd")
+local crypto = require("crypto")
+local lualdap = require("lualdap")
 
 
 --
@@ -21,11 +27,9 @@ 	glouglou = "infra",
 	portage = "dev"
 }
 
-
--- All cookies will be authenticated based on this secret. Make it something
--- totally random and impossible to guess. It should be large.
-local secret = "BE SURE TO CUSTOMIZE THIS STRING TO SOMETHING BIG AND RANDOM"
-
+-- Set this to a path this script can write to for storing a persistent
+-- cookie secret, which should be guarded.
+local secret_filename = "/var/cache/cgit/auth-secret"
 
 
 --
@@ -101,8 +105,6 @@ --
 -- Gentoo LDAP support.
 --
 --
-
-local lualdap = require("lualdap")
 
 function gentoo_ldap_user_groups(username, password)
 	-- Ensure the user is alphanumeric
@@ -231,7 +233,38 @@ -- Cookie construction and validation helpers.
 --
 --
 
-local crypto = require("crypto")
+local secret = nil
+
+-- Loads a secret from a file, creates a secret, or returns one from memory.
+function get_secret()
+	if secret ~= nil then
+		return secret
+	end
+	local secret_file = io.open(secret_filename, "r")
+	if secret_file == nil then
+		local old_umask = sysstat.umask(63)
+		local temporary_filename = secret_filename .. ".tmp." .. crypto.hex(crypto.rand.bytes(16))
+		local temporary_file = io.open(temporary_filename, "w")
+		if temporary_file == nil then
+			os.exit(177)
+		end
+		temporary_file:write(crypto.hex(crypto.rand.bytes(32)))
+		temporary_file:close()
+		unistd.link(temporary_filename, secret_filename) -- Intentionally fails in the case that another process is doing the same.
+		unistd.unlink(temporary_filename)
+		sysstat.umask(old_umask)
+		secret_file = io.open(secret_filename, "r")
+	end
+	if secret_file == nil then
+		os.exit(177)
+	end
+	secret = secret_file:read()
+	secret_file:close()
+	if secret:len() ~= 64 then
+		os.exit(177)
+	end
+	return secret
+end
 
 -- Returns value of cookie if cookie is valid. Otherwise returns nil.
 function validate_value(expected_field, cookie)
@@ -271,7 +304,7 @@ 		return nil
 	end
 
 	-- Lua hashes strings, so these comparisons are time invariant.
-	if hmac ~= crypto.hmac.digest("sha256", field .. "|" .. value .. "|" .. tostring(expiration) .. "|" .. salt, secret) then
+	if hmac ~= crypto.hmac.digest("sha256", field .. "|" .. value .. "|" .. tostring(expiration) .. "|" .. salt, get_secret()) then
 		return nil
 	end
 
@@ -296,7 +329,7 @@ 	local salt = crypto.hex(crypto.rand.bytes(16))
 	value = url_encode(value)
 	field = url_encode(field)
 	authstr = field .. "|" .. value .. "|" .. tostring(expiration) .. "|" .. salt
-	authstr = authstr .. "|" .. crypto.hmac.digest("sha256", authstr, secret)
+	authstr = authstr .. "|" .. crypto.hmac.digest("sha256", authstr, get_secret())
 	return authstr
 end
 




diff --git a/filters/simple-authentication.lua b/filters/simple-authentication.lua
index 596c04184841eef803de918c7aab8b8e43769b87..bf356324e2b00865d727cb3e9065b094286c0a73 100644
--- a/filters/simple-authentication.lua
+++ b/filters/simple-authentication.lua
@@ -3,7 +3,12 @@ --
 -- Requirements:
 -- 	luacrypto >= 0.3
 -- 	<http://mkottman.github.io/luacrypto/>
+-- 	luaposix
+-- 	<https://github.com/luaposix/luaposix>
 --
+local sysstat = require("posix.sys.stat")
+local unistd = require("posix.unistd")
+local crypto = require("crypto")
 
 
 --
@@ -31,11 +36,9 @@ 	laurent		= "s3cr3t",
 	bob		= "ilikelua"
 }
 
--- All cookies will be authenticated based on this secret. Make it something
--- totally random and impossible to guess. It should be large.
-local secret = "BE SURE TO CUSTOMIZE THIS STRING TO SOMETHING BIG AND RANDOM"
-
-
+-- Set this to a path this script can write to for storing a persistent
+-- cookie secret, which should be guarded.
+local secret_filename = "/var/cache/cgit/auth-secret"
 
 --
 --
@@ -191,7 +194,38 @@ -- Cookie construction and validation helpers.
 --
 --
 
-local crypto = require("crypto")
+local secret = nil
+
+-- Loads a secret from a file, creates a secret, or returns one from memory.
+function get_secret()
+	if secret ~= nil then
+		return secret
+	end
+	local secret_file = io.open(secret_filename, "r")
+	if secret_file == nil then
+		local old_umask = sysstat.umask(63)
+		local temporary_filename = secret_filename .. ".tmp." .. crypto.hex(crypto.rand.bytes(16))
+		local temporary_file = io.open(temporary_filename, "w")
+		if temporary_file == nil then
+			os.exit(177)
+		end
+		temporary_file:write(crypto.hex(crypto.rand.bytes(32)))
+		temporary_file:close()
+		unistd.link(temporary_filename, secret_filename) -- Intentionally fails in the case that another process is doing the same.
+		unistd.unlink(temporary_filename)
+		sysstat.umask(old_umask)
+		secret_file = io.open(secret_filename, "r")
+	end
+	if secret_file == nil then
+		os.exit(177)
+	end
+	secret = secret_file:read()
+	secret_file:close()
+	if secret:len() ~= 64 then
+		os.exit(177)
+	end
+	return secret
+end
 
 -- Returns value of cookie if cookie is valid. Otherwise returns nil.
 function validate_value(expected_field, cookie)
@@ -231,7 +265,7 @@ 		return nil
 	end
 
 	-- Lua hashes strings, so these comparisons are time invariant.
-	if hmac ~= crypto.hmac.digest("sha256", field .. "|" .. value .. "|" .. tostring(expiration) .. "|" .. salt, secret) then
+	if hmac ~= crypto.hmac.digest("sha256", field .. "|" .. value .. "|" .. tostring(expiration) .. "|" .. salt, get_secret()) then
 		return nil
 	end
 
@@ -256,7 +290,7 @@ 	local salt = crypto.hex(crypto.rand.bytes(16))
 	value = url_encode(value)
 	field = url_encode(field)
 	authstr = field .. "|" .. value .. "|" .. tostring(expiration) .. "|" .. salt
-	authstr = authstr .. "|" .. crypto.hmac.digest("sha256", authstr, secret)
+	authstr = authstr .. "|" .. crypto.hmac.digest("sha256", authstr, get_secret())
 	return authstr
 end