{-| The memory subsystem associated with raaz. __Warning:__ This module is pretty low level and should not be needed in typical use cases. Only developers of protocols and primitives might have a reason to look into this module. -} {-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies #-} {-# LANGUAGE GADTs #-} {-# LANGUAGE RankNTypes #-} {-# LANGUAGE MultiParamTypeClasses #-} {-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances #-} module Raaz.Core.Memory ( -- * The Memory subsystem. -- $memorysubsystem$ -- ** Initialisation and Extraction. -- $init-extract$ Memory(..), VoidMemory, copyMemory , Initialisable(..), Extractable(..) , InitialisableFromBuffer(..), ExtractableToBuffer(..) -- *** A basic memory cell. , MemoryCell, withCellPointer, getCellPointer -- *** Actions on memory elements. , MT, execute, getMemory, onSubMemory, liftSubMT, modify -- **** Some low level `MT` actions. , liftPointerAction -- ** Generic memory monads. , MonadMemory(..) , MemoryM, runMT -- ** Memory allocation , Alloc, pointerAlloc ) where import Control.Applicative import Control.Monad.IO.Class import Foreign.Storable ( Storable ) import Foreign.Ptr ( castPtr, Ptr ) import Raaz.Core.MonoidalAction import Raaz.Core.Transfer import Raaz.Core.Types -- $memorysubsystem$ -- -- Cryptographic operations often need to keep sensitive information -- in its memory space. If this memory is swapped out to the disk, -- this can be dangerous. The primary purpose of the memory subsystem -- is to provide a way to allocate and manage /secure memory/, -- i.e. memory that will not be swapped out during the execution of -- the process and will be wiped clean after use. There are there -- important parts to the memory subsystem: -- -- [The `Memory` type class:] A memory element is some type that holds -- an internal buffer inside it. -- -- [The `Alloc` type:] Memory elements need to be allocated and this -- is involves a lot of low lever pointer arithmetic. The `Alloc` -- types gives a high level interface for memory allocation. For a -- memory type `mem`, the type `Alloc mem` can be seen as the -- _allocation strategy_ for mem. For example, one of the things that -- it keeps track of the space required to create an memory element of -- type `mem`. There is a natural applicative instance for `Alloc` -- which helps build the allocation strategy for a compound memory -- type from its components in a modular fashion _without_ explicit -- size calculation or offset computation. -- -- [The `MonadMemory` class:] Instances of these classes are actions -- that use some kind of memory elements, i.e. instances of the class -- `Memory`, inside it. Any such monad can either be run using the -- combinator `securely` or the combinator `insecurely`. If one use -- the combinator `securely`, then all allocations done during the run -- is from a locked memory pool which is wiped clean before -- de-allocation. The types `MT` and `MemoryM` are two instances that -- we expose from this library. -- -- $init-extract$ -- -- Memory elements often needs to be initialised. Similarly data needs -- to be extracted out of memory. An instance declaration -- @`Initialisable` mem a@ for the memory type @mem@ indicates that it -- can be initialised with the pure value @a@. Similary, if values of -- type @b@ can be extracted out of a memory element @mem@, we can -- indicate it with an instance of @`Extractable` mem a@. -- -- There is an inherent danger in initialising and extracting pure -- values out of memory. Pure values are stored on the Haskell stack -- and hence can be swapped out. Consider a memory element @mem@ that -- stores some sensitive information, say for example the unencrypted -- private key. Now suppose that we need to extracting out the key as -- a pure value before its encryption and storage into the key file, -- it is likely that the key is swapped out to the disk as part of the -- haskell heap. -- -- The `InitialiseFromBuffer` (`ExtractableToBuffer`) class gives an -- interface for reading from (writing to) buffers directly minimising -- the chances of inadvertent exposure of sensitive information from -- the Haskell heap due to swapping. -- | A class that captures monads that use an internal memory element. -- -- Any instance of `MonadMemory` can be executed `securely` in which -- case all allocations are performed from a locked pool of -- memory. which at the end of the operation is also wiped clean -- before deallocation. -- -- Systems often put tight restriction on the amount of memory a -- process can lock. Therefore, secure memory is often to be used -- judiciously. Instances of this class /should/ also implement the -- the combinator `insecurely` which allocates all memory from an -- unlocked memory pool. -- -- This library exposes two instances of `MonadMemory` -- -- 1. /Memory threads/ captured by the type `MT`, which are a sequence -- of actions that use the same memory element and -- -- 2. /Memory actions/ captured by the type `MemoryM`. -- -- /WARNING:/ Be careful with `liftIO`. -- -- The rule of thumb to follow is that the action being lifted should -- itself never unlock any memory. In particular, the following code -- is bad because the `securely` action unlocks some portion of the -- memory after @foo@ is executed. -- -- > -- > liftIO $ securely $ foo -- > -- -- On the other hand the following code is fine -- -- > -- > liftIO $ insecurely $ someMemoryAction -- > -- -- Whether an @IO@ action unlocks memory is difficult to keep track -- of; for all you know, it might be a FFI call that does an -- @memunlock@. -- -- As to why this is dangerous, it has got to do with the fact that -- @mlock@ and @munlock@ do not nest correctly. A single @munlock@ can -- unlock multiple calls of @mlock@ on the same page. -- class (Monad m, MonadIO m) => MonadMemory m where -- | Perform the memory action where all memory elements are allocated -- locked memory. All memory allocated will be locked and hence will -- never be swapped out by the operating system. It will also be wiped -- clean before releasing. -- -- Memory locking is an expensive operation and usually there would be -- a limit to how much locked memory can be allocated. Nonetheless, -- actions that work with sensitive information like passwords should -- use this to run an memory action. securely :: m a -> IO a -- | Perform the memory action where all memory elements are -- allocated unlocked memory. Use this function when you work with -- data that is not sensitive to security considerations (for example, -- when you want to verify checksums of files). insecurely :: m a -> IO a -- | An action of type @`MT` mem a@ is an action that uses internally -- a a single memory object of type @mem@ and returns a result of type -- @a@. All the actions are performed on a single memory element and -- hence the side effects persist. It is analogues to the @ST@ -- monad. newtype MT mem a = MT { unMT :: mem -> IO a } ------------- Lifting pointer actions ----------------------------- -- | A pointer action inside a monad @m@ is some function that takes a -- pointer action of type @Pointer -> m a@ and supplies it with an -- appropriate pointer. In particular, memory allocators are pointer -- actions. type PointerAction m a b = (Pointer -> m a) -> m b -- | An IO allocator can be lifted to the memory thread level as follows. liftPointerAction :: PointerAction IO a b -> PointerAction (MT mem) a b liftPointerAction allocator mtAction = execute $ \ mem -> allocator (\ ptr -> unMT (mtAction ptr) mem) -- TODO: This is a very general pattern needs more exploration. -- | Run a given memory action in the memory thread. execute :: (mem -> IO a) -> MT mem a {-# INLINE execute #-} execute = MT getMemory :: MT mem mem getMemory = execute return -- | The combinator @onSubMemory@ allows us to run a memory action on a -- sub-memory element. Given a memory element of type @mem@ and a -- sub-element of type @submem@ which can be obtained from the -- compound memory element of type @mem@ using the projection @proj@, -- then @onSubMemory proj@ lifts the a memory thread of the sub -- element to the compound element. -- onSubMemory :: (mem -> submem) -- ^ Projection from the compound element -- to sub memory element. -> MT submem a -- ^ Memory thread of the sub-element. -> MT mem a onSubMemory proj mt' = execute $ unMT mt' . proj {-# DEPRECATED liftSubMT "use onSubMemory instead" #-} -- | Alternate name for onSubMemory. liftSubMT :: (mem -> submem) -> MT submem a -> MT mem a liftSubMT = onSubMemory instance Functor (MT mem) where fmap f mst = MT $ \ m -> f <$> unMT mst m instance Applicative (MT mem) where pure = MT . const . pure mf <*> ma = MT $ \ m -> unMT mf m <*> unMT ma m instance Monad (MT mem) where return = MT . const . return ma >>= f = MT runIt where runIt mem = unMT ma mem >>= \ a -> unMT (f a) mem instance MonadIO (MT mem) where liftIO = MT . const instance Memory mem => MonadMemory (MT mem) where securely = withSecureMemory . unMT insecurely = withMemory . unMT -- | A runner of a memory state thread. type Runner mem b = MT mem b -> IO b -- | A memory action that uses some sort of memory element -- internally. newtype MemoryM a = MemoryM { unMemoryM :: (forall mem b. Memory mem => Runner mem b) -> IO a } instance Functor MemoryM where fmap f mem = MemoryM $ \ runner -> f <$> unMemoryM mem runner instance Applicative MemoryM where pure x = MemoryM $ \ _ -> return x -- Beware: do not follow the hlint suggestion. The ugly definition -- is to avoid usage of impredicative polymorphism. memF <*> memA = MemoryM $ \ runner -> unMemoryM memF runner <*> unMemoryM memA runner instance Monad MemoryM where return = pure memA >>= f = MemoryM $ \ runner -> do a <- unMemoryM memA runner unMemoryM (f a) runner instance MonadIO MemoryM where liftIO io = MemoryM $ \ _ -> io -- Beware: do not follow the hlint suggestion. The ugly definition -- is to avoid usage of impredicative polymorphism. instance MonadMemory MemoryM where securely mem = unMemoryM mem securely insecurely mem = unMemoryM mem insecurely -- | Run the memory thread to obtain a memory action. runMT :: Memory mem => MT mem a -> MemoryM a runMT mem = MemoryM $ \ runner -> runner mem ------------------------ A memory allocator ----------------------- type AllocField = Field Pointer -- | A memory allocator for the memory type @mem@. The `Applicative` -- instance of @Alloc@ can be used to build allocations for -- complicated memory elements from simpler ones. type Alloc mem = TwistRF AllocField (BYTES Int) mem -- | Make an allocator for a given memory type. makeAlloc :: LengthUnit l => l -> (Pointer -> mem) -> Alloc mem makeAlloc l memCreate = TwistRF (WrapArrow memCreate) $ atLeast l -- | Allocates a buffer of size @l@ and returns the pointer to it pointer. pointerAlloc :: LengthUnit l => l -> Alloc Pointer pointerAlloc l = makeAlloc l id --------------------------------------------------------------------- -- | Any cryptographic primitives use memory to store stuff. This -- class abstracts all types that hold some memory. Cryptographic -- application often requires securing the memory from being swapped -- out (think of memory used to store private keys or passwords). This -- abstraction supports memory securing. If your platform supports -- memory locking, then securing a memory will prevent the memory from -- being swapped to the disk. Once secured the memory location is -- overwritten by nonsense before being freed. -- -- While some basic memory elements like `MemoryCell` are exposed from -- the library, often we require compound memory objects built out of -- simpler ones. The `Applicative` instance of the `Alloc` can be made -- use of in such situation to simplify such instance declaration as -- illustrated in the instance declaration for a pair of memory -- elements. -- -- > instance (Memory ma, Memory mb) => Memory (ma, mb) where -- > -- > memoryAlloc = (,) <$> memoryAlloc <*> memoryAlloc -- > -- > unsafeToPointer (ma, _) = unsafeToPointer ma -- class Memory m where -- | Returns an allocator for this memory. memoryAlloc :: Alloc m -- | Returns the pointer to the underlying buffer. unsafeToPointer :: m -> Pointer -- | A memory element that holds nothing. data VoidMemory = VoidMemory { unVoidMemory :: Pointer } instance Memory VoidMemory where memoryAlloc = makeAlloc (0 :: BYTES Int) $ VoidMemory unsafeToPointer = unVoidMemory instance ( Memory ma, Memory mb ) => Memory (ma, mb) where memoryAlloc = (,) <$> memoryAlloc <*> memoryAlloc unsafeToPointer (ma, _) = unsafeToPointer ma instance ( Memory ma , Memory mb , Memory mc ) => Memory (ma, mb, mc) where memoryAlloc = (,,) <$> memoryAlloc <*> memoryAlloc <*> memoryAlloc unsafeToPointer (ma,_,_) = unsafeToPointer ma instance ( Memory ma , Memory mb , Memory mc , Memory md ) => Memory (ma, mb, mc, md) where memoryAlloc = (,,,) <$> memoryAlloc <*> memoryAlloc <*> memoryAlloc <*> memoryAlloc unsafeToPointer (ma,_,_,_) = unsafeToPointer ma -- | Copy data from a given memory location to the other. The first -- argument is destionation and the second argument is source to match -- with the convention followed in memcpy. copyMemory :: Memory m => Dest m -- ^ Destination -> Src m -- ^ Source -> IO () copyMemory dmem smem = memcpy (unsafeToPointer <$> dmem) (unsafeToPointer <$> smem) sz where sz = twistMonoidValue $ getAlloc smem getAlloc :: Memory m => Src m -> Alloc m getAlloc _ = memoryAlloc -- | Perform an action which makes use of this memory. The memory -- allocated will automatically be freed when the action finishes -- either gracefully or with some exception. Besides being safer, -- this method might be more efficient as the memory might be -- allocated from the stack directly and will have very little GC -- overhead. withMemory :: Memory m => (m -> IO a) -> IO a withMemory = withM memoryAlloc where withM :: Alloc m -> (m -> IO a) -> IO a withM alctr action = allocaBuffer sz actualAction where sz = twistMonoidValue alctr getM = computeField $ twistFunctorValue alctr wipeIt cptr = memset cptr 0 sz actualAction cptr = action (getM cptr) <* wipeIt cptr -- | Similar to `withMemory` but allocates a secure memory for the -- action. Secure memories are never swapped on to disk and will be -- wiped clean of sensitive data after use. However, be careful when -- using this function in a child thread. Due to the daemonic nature -- of Haskell threads, if the main thread exists before the child -- thread is done with its job, sensitive data can leak. This is -- essentially a limitation of the bracket which is used internally. withSecureMemory :: Memory m => (m -> IO a) -> IO a withSecureMemory = withSM memoryAlloc where -- withSM :: Memory m => Alloc m -> (m -> IO a) -> IO a withSM alctr action = allocaSecure sz $ action . getM where sz = twistMonoidValue alctr getM = computeField $ twistFunctorValue alctr ----------------------- Initialising and Extracting stuff ---------------------- -- | Memories that can be initialised with a pure value. The pure -- value resides in the Haskell heap and hence can potentially be -- swapped. Therefore, this class should be avoided if compromising -- the initialisation value can be dangerous. Consider using -- `InitialiseableFromBuffer` -- class Memory m => Initialisable m v where initialise :: v -> MT m () -- | Memories from which pure values can be extracted. Once a pure value is -- extracted, class Memory m => Extractable m v where extract :: MT m v -- | Apply the given function to the value in the cell. For a function @f :: b -> a@, -- the action @modify f@ first extracts a value of type @b@ from the -- memory element, applies @f@ to it and puts the result back into the -- memory. -- -- > modify f = do b <- extract -- > initialise $ f b -- modify :: (Initialisable m a, Extractable m b) => (b -> a) -> MT m () modify f = extract >>= initialise . f -- | A memory type that can be initialised from a pointer buffer. The initialisation performs -- a direct copy from the input buffer and hence the chances of the -- initialisation value ending up in the swap is minimised. class Memory m => InitialisableFromBuffer m where initialiser :: m -> ReadM (MT m) -- | A memory type that can extract bytes into a buffer. The extraction will perform -- a direct copy and hence the chances of the extracted value ending -- up in the swap space is minimised. class Memory m => ExtractableToBuffer m where extractor :: m -> WriteM (MT m) --------------------- Some instances of Memory -------------------- -- | A memory location to store a value of type having `Storable` -- instance. newtype MemoryCell a = MemoryCell { unMemoryCell :: Ptr a } instance Storable a => Memory (MemoryCell a) where memoryAlloc = allocator undefined where allocator :: Storable b => b -> Alloc (MemoryCell b) allocator b = makeAlloc (alignedSizeOf b) $ MemoryCell . castPtr unsafeToPointer = castPtr . unMemoryCell -- | The location where the actual storing of element happens. This -- pointer is guaranteed to be aligned to the alignment restriction of @a@ actualCellPtr :: Storable a => MemoryCell a -> Ptr a actualCellPtr = nextAlignedPtr . unMemoryCell -- | Work with the underlying pointer of the memory cell. Useful while -- working with ffi functions. withCellPointer :: Storable a => (Ptr a -> IO b) -> MT (MemoryCell a) b {-# INLINE withCellPointer #-} withCellPointer action = execute $ action . actualCellPtr -- | Get the pointer associated with the given memory cell. getCellPointer :: Storable a => MT (MemoryCell a) (Ptr a) {-# INLINE getCellPointer #-} getCellPointer = actualCellPtr <$> getMemory instance Storable a => Initialisable (MemoryCell a) a where initialise a = execute $ flip pokeAligned a . unMemoryCell {-# INLINE initialise #-} instance Storable a => Extractable (MemoryCell a) a where extract = execute $ peekAligned . unMemoryCell {-# INLINE extract #-} instance EndianStore a => InitialisableFromBuffer (MemoryCell a) where initialiser = readInto 1 . destination . actualCellPtr instance EndianStore a => ExtractableToBuffer (MemoryCell a) where extractor = writeFrom 1 . source . actualCellPtr