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This PR adds an new Interface MasterkeyfileValidator.java to validate a masterkey file before running scrypt with the read parameters. Reason is, that with the masterkey file read unverified, hence any integer numbers can be specified as scrypt parameters, leading in the worst case to an OOM crash of the JVM.

Additionally, array allocation in scrypt is guarded in a try-catch block which returns illegalArgumentException, if during the array alloc OOMError is thrown.

Closes #133

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Walkthrough

Masterkey file access now applies default scrypt parameter limits and supports custom validators during loading. Validation occurs after parsing and structural checks, and before key derivation. Scrypt now estimates working-memory requirements and converts allocation failures into IllegalArgumentException. Tests cover parameter limits, validator behavior, memory calculations, and structural validity.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Suggested reviewers: overheadhunter

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 72f47

The change adds upper bounds on scrypt parameters when loading masterkey files, and default validation now covers the full working memory. No merge-blocking risk remains.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to eec6c

The new checks reduce excessive key-derivation work. One compatibility risk remains: path-based loading no longer invokes the original stream-loading overload, which could bypass checks implemented by downstream subclasses. No affected subclass or exploitable deployment was identified.

Retained concerns

• Low · security · inferred: Path-based loading previously dispatched through load(InputStream, CharSequence), but now calls the new validator-aware stream overload. A downstream subclass enforcing resource or acceptance controls only in the original stream overload would no longer intercept inherited path loads. No such subclass was identified in this repository; external consumer exposure is unresolved.

Security review details

Security Blast Radius

• inferred — An attacker able to influence a masterkey file subsequently loaded by an application can influence derivation parameters and in-process resource demand. The new bounds reduce this exposure; the evidence does not establish remote reachability, tenant-wide propagation, or downstream deployment scope.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

• observed — The validator is application-supplied code, not selected by the parsed file. It receives a mutable MasterkeyFile, and unlock rechecks global validity but does not repeat the caller-specific policy. A mutation-based policy bypass therefore requires callback mutation or reference sharing; attacker-controlled file contents alone do not establish it.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

• inferred — The new predicate bounds 128 × r × N, corresponding to V, rather than the documented V + B + XY total. Direct Scrypt calls with N=2 and r=2^22 still pass the guards while allocating approximately 2.5 GiB across those arrays. This case was accepted at the base and is excluded from masterkey loading by the new block-size maximum; it is residual exposure, not demonstrated PR-introduced worsening.

Hardening Proposals

• proposed — Use complete working-array accounting for the memory predicate and document that application-specific budgets must also consider heap capacity and simultaneous derivations.
• proposed — Define validator ownership and retention rules, or validate an immutable snapshot that is also used for derivation, so caller-specific policy remains tied to the consumed values.

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Linked Issues check	⚠️ Warning	[#133] requires an upper bound on Scrypt inputs and checks for those bounds during masterkey loading. MasterkeyFileAccess.load(Path, CharSequence) and the default stream overload call `MasterkeyFile…	Add an unconditional Scrypt upper bound that rejects excessive costParam and blockSize before allocation. Ensure every masterkey load applies the required bounds, even when a caller supplies an additional validator. Add or retain tests …
Out of Scope Changes check	⚠️ Warning	The new public MasterkeyFileValidator interface, its configurable constants, and the validator-based load overloads add caller-defined validation and allow the default safety bounds to be weakened…	Remove MasterkeyFileValidator, the validator-based load overloads, and their feature-specific tests. Keep the fixed Scrypt and masterkey-file bound implementation and its tests.
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 24.24% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 33 functions across 8 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (2 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the main change: adding a masterkey file validator to prevent out-of-memory crashes.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description explains the validator, the Scrypt allocation guard, the out-of-memory risk, and the linked issue. It is directly related to the changeset.

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Explanation

[#133] requires an upper bound on Scrypt inputs and checks for those bounds during masterkey loading. MasterkeyFileAccess.load(Path, CharSequence) and the default stream overload call MasterkeyFileValidator.DEFAULT before unlock, so the default load path checks N, r, and working memory. However, Scrypt.scrypt has no fixed upper bound. It only checks array-size arithmetic and catches OutOfMemoryError; valid parameters can still request allocations up to the Java array limit. The new validator overloads also replace DEFAULT, so callers can load files without the required bounds. The implementation therefore does not enforce the issue requirement for all Scrypt use and load paths.

Resolution

Add an unconditional Scrypt upper bound that rejects excessive costParam and blockSize before allocation. Ensure every masterkey load applies the required bounds, even when a caller supplies an additional validator. Add or retain tests for direct Scrypt rejection and for masterkey loading before key derivation.

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Explanation

The new public MasterkeyFileValidator interface, its configurable constants, and the validator-based load overloads add caller-defined validation and allow the default safety bounds to be weakened or removed. Issue #133 requests fixed Scrypt and masterkey-loading bounds. The related validator tests cover this additional API rather than a required issue objective.

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111-111: 🔒 Security & Privacy | 🛡️ Analyzed with Security Review | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Denial of Service

Reachability: External
Exploitability: Moderate
CWE: CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Check the complete working-set size.

Scrypt allocates V with 128 * r * N bytes, B with 128 * r * P bytes, and XY with 256 * r bytes. This predicate checks only r * N.

For costParam = 524288 and blockSize = 16, the predicate returns false, but the total allocation is 1 GiB + 6144 bytes. This exceeds MAX_WORKING_MEMORY_BYTES (1 GiB + 3072). A crafted masterkey can bypass the intended memory limit.

Include the B and XY terms. Update the boundary test in src/test/java/org/cryptomator/cryptolib/common/ScryptTest.java to reject this combination.

Proposed fix

-		return (long) blockSize * costParam > MAX_WORKING_MEMORY_BYTES / 128;
+		return (long) blockSize * (costParam + P + 2L) > MAX_WORKING_MEMORY_BYTES / 128;

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In `@src/main/java/org/cryptomator/cryptolib/common/Scrypt.java` at line 111,
Update the working-memory predicate in Scrypt to include the allocations for V,
B, and XY: account for the 128*r*N, 128*r*P, and 256*r terms when comparing
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In `@src/main/java/org/cryptomator/cryptolib/common/Scrypt.java`:
- Line 111: Update the working-memory predicate in Scrypt to include the
allocations for V, B, and XY: account for the 128*r*N, 128*r*P, and 256*r terms
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The memory calculation omits two allocated buffers, leaving a reproducible multi-gigabyte OOM path.

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• Memory bound omits B and XY allocations · New

What changed in this PR

Adds upper bounds for scrypt memory usage and validates masterkey parameters before derivation.

Changes:

• Enforces scrypt and default masterkey parameter limits.
• Adds customizable masterkey validation.
• Adds regression and boundary tests.

File	Description
Scrypt.java	Adds a working-memory limit.
MasterkeyFileValidator.java	Defines default masterkey limits.
MasterkeyFileAccess.java	Validates before key derivation.
ScryptTest.java	Tests memory boundaries.
MasterkeyFileValidatorTest.java	Tests default validation limits.
MasterkeyFileTest.java	Tests structural validation.
MasterkeyFileAccessTest.java	Tests validation during loading and passphrase changes.

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