feat: stop using plaintext passwords in the code

src/persistence/profile.cpp

@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ QVector<QString> Profile::profiles;
 
 Profile::Profile(QString name, const QString& password, bool isNewProfile, const QByteArray& toxsave)
     : name{name}
-    , password{password}
     , newProfile{isNewProfile}
     , isRemoved{false}
 {
@@ -62,7 +61,9 @@ Profile::Profile(QString name, const QString& password, bool isNewProfile, const
     coreThread = new QThread();
     coreThread->setObjectName("qTox Core");
     core = new Core(coreThread, *this);
-    QObject::connect(core, &Core::idSet, this, &Profile::loadDatabase, Qt::QueuedConnection);
+    QObject::connect(core, &Core::idSet, this,
+                     [this, password](const ToxId& id) { loadDatabase(id, password); },
+                     Qt::QueuedConnection);
     core->moveToThread(coreThread);
     QObject::connect(coreThread, &QThread::started, core, [=]() { core->start(toxsave); });
 }
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ Profile* Profile::loadProfile(QString name, const QString& password)
         return nullptr;
     }
 
-    std::unique_ptr<ToxEncrypt> tmpKey;
+    std::unique_ptr<ToxEncrypt> tmpKey = nullptr;
     QByteArray data = QByteArray();
     Profile* p = nullptr;
     qint64 fileSize = 0;
@@ -140,6 +141,9 @@ Profile* Profile::loadProfile(QString name, const QString& password)
     saveFile.close();
     p = new Profile(name, password, false, data);
     p->passkey = std::move(tmpKey);
+    if (tmpKey) {
+        p->encrypted = true;
+    }
 
     return p;
 
@@ -188,6 +192,9 @@ Profile* Profile::createProfile(QString name, QString password)
     Settings::getInstance().createPersonal(name);
     Profile* p = new Profile(name, password, true, QByteArray());
     p->passkey = std::move(tmpKey);
+    if (tmpKey) {
+        p->encrypted = true;
+    }
 
     return p;
 }
@@ -308,7 +315,7 @@ void Profile::saveToxSave(QByteArray data)
         return;
     }
 
-    if (!password.isEmpty()) {
+    if (encrypted) {
         data = passkey->encrypt(data);
         if (data.isEmpty()) {
             qCritical() << "Failed to encrypt, can't save!";
@@ -339,7 +346,7 @@ void Profile::saveToxSave(QByteArray data)
  */
 QString Profile::avatarPath(const QString& ownerId, bool forceUnencrypted)
 {
-    if (password.isEmpty() || forceUnencrypted)
+    if (!encrypted || forceUnencrypted)
         return Settings::getInstance().getSettingsDirPath() + "avatars/" + ownerId + ".png";
 
     QByteArray idData = ownerId.toUtf8();
@@ -379,28 +386,16 @@ QPixmap Profile::loadAvatar(const QString& ownerId)
 }
 
 /**
- * @brief Get a contact's avatar from cache
+ * @brief Get a contact's avatar from cache.
  * @param ownerId Friend ID to load avatar.
  * @return Avatar as QByteArray.
  */
 QByteArray Profile::loadAvatarData(const QString& ownerId)
-{
-    return loadAvatarData(ownerId, password);
-}
-
-/**
- * @brief Get a contact's avatar from cache, with a specified profile password.
- * @param ownerId Friend ID to load avatar.
- * @param password Profile password to decrypt data.
- * @return Avatar as QByteArray.
- */
-QByteArray Profile::loadAvatarData(const QString& ownerId, const QString& password)
 {
     QString path = avatarPath(ownerId);
-    bool encrypted = !password.isEmpty();
 
     // If the encrypted avatar isn't found, try loading the unencrypted one for the same ID
-    if (!password.isEmpty() && !QFile::exists(path)) {
+    if (encrypted && !QFile::exists(path)) {
         encrypted = false;
         path = avatarPath(ownerId, true);
     }
@@ -412,14 +407,13 @@ QByteArray Profile::loadAvatarData(const QString& ownerId, const QString& passwo
 
     QByteArray pic = file.readAll();
     if (encrypted && !pic.isEmpty()) {
-        // TODO: check if we can use passkey-decrypt(pic) here
+        pic = passkey->decrypt(pic);
-        pic = ToxEncrypt::decryptPass(password, pic);
     }
 
     return pic;
 }
 
-void Profile::loadDatabase(const ToxId& id)
+void Profile::loadDatabase(const ToxId& id, QString password)
 {
     if (isRemoved) {
         qDebug() << "Can't load database of removed profile";
@@ -452,7 +446,7 @@ void Profile::loadDatabase(const ToxId& id)
  */
 void Profile::saveAvatar(QByteArray pic, const QString& ownerId)
 {
-    if (!password.isEmpty() && !pic.isEmpty()) {
+    if (encrypted && !pic.isEmpty()) {
         pic = passkey->encrypt(pic);
     }
 
@@ -534,7 +528,7 @@ bool Profile::exists(QString name)
  */
 bool Profile::isEncrypted() const
 {
-    return !password.isEmpty();
+    return encrypted;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -640,14 +634,9 @@ bool Profile::rename(QString newName)
     return true;
 }
 
-QString Profile::getPassword() const
+const ToxEncrypt* Profile::getPasskey() const
 {
-    return password;
+    return passkey.get();
-}
-
-const ToxEncrypt& Profile::getPasskey() const
-{
-    return *passkey;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -665,37 +654,57 @@ void Profile::restartCore()
 
 /**
  * @brief Changes the encryption password and re-saves everything with it
- * @param newPassword Password for encryption.
+ * @param newPassword Password for encryption, if empty profile will be decrypted.
+ * @param oldPassword Supply previous password if already encrypted or empty QString if not yet
+ * encrypted.
+ * @return Empty QString on success or error message on failure.
  */
-void Profile::setPassword(const QString& newPassword)
+QString Profile::setPassword(const QString& newPassword)
 {
-    QByteArray avatar = loadAvatarData(core->getSelfId().getPublicKey().toString());
+    if (newPassword.isEmpty()) {
-    QString oldPassword = password;
+        // remove password
-    std::unique_ptr<ToxEncrypt> oldpasskey = std::move(passkey);
+        encrypted = false;
-    password = newPassword;
+    } else {
-    passkey = ToxEncrypt::makeToxEncrypt(password);
+        std::unique_ptr<ToxEncrypt> newpasskey = ToxEncrypt::makeToxEncrypt(newPassword);
-    if (!passkey) {
+        if (!newpasskey) {
-        qCritical() << "Failed to derive key from password, the profile won't use the new password";
+            qCritical()
-        password = oldPassword;
+                << "Failed to derive key from password, the profile won't use the new password";
-        passkey = std::move(oldpasskey);
+            return tr(
-        return;
+                "Failed to derive key from password, the profile won't use the new password.");
+        }
+        // apply change
+        passkey = std::move(newpasskey);
+        encrypted = true;
     }
+
+    // apply new encryption
     saveToxSave();
 
+    bool dbSuccess = false;
+
     // TODO: ensure the database and the tox save file use the same password
     if (database) {
-        database->setPassword(newPassword);
+        dbSuccess = database->setPassword(newPassword);
+    }
+
+    QString error{};
+    if (!dbSuccess) {
+        error = tr("Couldn't change password on the database, it might be corrupted or use the old "
+                   "password.");
     }
 
     Nexus::getDesktopGUI()->reloadHistory();
+
+    QByteArray avatar = loadAvatarData(core->getSelfId().getPublicKey().toString());
     saveAvatar(avatar, core->getSelfId().getPublicKey().toString());
 
     QVector<uint32_t> friendList = core->getFriendList();
     QVectorIterator<uint32_t> i(friendList);
     while (i.hasNext()) {
         QString friendPublicKey = core->getFriendPublicKey(i.next()).toString();
-        saveAvatar(loadAvatarData(friendPublicKey, oldPassword), friendPublicKey);
+        saveAvatar(loadAvatarData(friendPublicKey), friendPublicKey);
     }
+    return error;
 }
 
 /**

src/persistence/profile.h

@@ -52,9 +52,8 @@ public:
     void restartCore();
     bool isNewProfile();
     bool isEncrypted() const;
-    QString getPassword() const;
+    QString setPassword(const QString& newPassword);
-    void setPassword(const QString& newPassword);
+    const ToxEncrypt* getPasskey() const;
-    const ToxEncrypt& getPasskey() const;
 
     void saveToxSave();
     void saveToxSave(QByteArray data);
@@ -62,7 +61,6 @@ public:
     QPixmap loadAvatar();
     QPixmap loadAvatar(const QString& ownerId);
     QByteArray loadAvatarData(const QString& ownerId);
-    QByteArray loadAvatarData(const QString& ownerId, const QString& password);
     void saveAvatar(QByteArray pic, const QString& ownerId);
     QByteArray getAvatarHash(const QString& ownerId);
     void removeAvatar(const QString& ownerId);
@@ -83,7 +81,7 @@ public:
     static QString getDbPath(const QString& profileName);
 
 private slots:
-    void loadDatabase(const ToxId& id);
+    void loadDatabase(const ToxId& id, QString password);
 
 private:
     Profile(QString name, const QString& password, bool newProfile, const QByteArray& toxsave);
@@ -93,12 +91,13 @@ private:
 private:
     Core* core;
     QThread* coreThread;
-    QString name, password;
+    QString name;
-    std::unique_ptr<ToxEncrypt> passkey;
+    std::unique_ptr<ToxEncrypt> passkey = nullptr;
     std::shared_ptr<RawDatabase> database;
     std::unique_ptr<History> history;
     bool newProfile;
     bool isRemoved;
+    bool encrypted = false;
     static QVector<QString> profiles;
 };
 

src/persistence/settings.cpp

@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ void Settings::loadPersonal(Profile* profile)
 
     qDebug() << "Loading personal settings from" << filePath;
 
-    SettingsSerializer ps(filePath, profile->getPassword());
+    SettingsSerializer ps(filePath, profile->getPasskey());
     ps.load();
     friendLst.clear();
 
@@ -618,15 +618,14 @@ void Settings::savePersonal(Profile* profile)
         qDebug() << "Could not save personal settings because there is no active profile";
         return;
     }
-    savePersonal(profile->getName(), profile->getPassword());
-}
-
-void Settings::savePersonal(QString profileName, const QString& password)
-{
     if (QThread::currentThread() != settingsThread)
         return (void)QMetaObject::invokeMethod(&getInstance(), "savePersonal",
-                                               Q_ARG(QString, profileName), Q_ARG(QString, password));
+                                               Q_ARG(Profile*, profile));
+    savePersonal(profile->getName(), profile->getPasskey());
+}
 
+void Settings::savePersonal(QString profileName, const ToxEncrypt* passkey)
+{
     QMutexLocker locker{&bigLock};
     if (!loaded)
         return;
@@ -635,7 +634,7 @@ void Settings::savePersonal(QString profileName, const QString& password)
 
     qDebug() << "Saving personal settings at " << path;
 
-    SettingsSerializer ps(path, password);
+    SettingsSerializer ps(path, passkey);
     ps.beginGroup("Friends");
     {
         ps.beginWriteArray("Friend", friendLst.size());

src/persistence/settings.h

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #define SETTINGS_HPP
 
 #include "src/core/corestructs.h"
+#include "src/core/toxencrypt.h"
 #include <QDate>
 #include <QFlags>
 #include <QFont>
@@ -140,7 +141,6 @@ public:
     void createPersonal(QString basename);
 
     void savePersonal();
-    void savePersonal(Profile* profile);
 
     void loadGlobal();
     void loadPersonal();
@@ -523,9 +523,10 @@ private:
     ~Settings();
     Settings(Settings& settings) = delete;
     Settings& operator=(const Settings&) = delete;
+    void savePersonal(QString profileName, const ToxEncrypt* passkey);
 
-private slots:
+public slots:
-    void savePersonal(QString profileName, const QString& password);
+    void savePersonal(Profile* profile);
 
 private:
     bool loaded;

src/persistence/settingsserializer.cpp

@@ -99,9 +99,9 @@ QDataStream& readStream(QDataStream& dataStream, QByteArray& data)
     return dataStream;
 }
 
-SettingsSerializer::SettingsSerializer(QString filePath, const QString& password)
+SettingsSerializer::SettingsSerializer(QString filePath, const ToxEncrypt* passKey)
     : path{filePath}
-    , password{password}
+    , passKey{passKey}
     , group{-1}
     , array{-1}
     , arrayIndex{-1}
@@ -300,9 +300,8 @@ void SettingsSerializer::save()
     }
 
     // Encrypt
-    if (!password.isEmpty()) {
+    if (passKey) {
-        // TODO: use passkey
+        data = passKey->encrypt(data);
-        data = ToxEncrypt::encryptPass(password, data);
     }
 
     f.write(data);
@@ -327,19 +326,19 @@ void SettingsSerializer::readSerialized()
     f.close();
 
     // Decrypt
-    if (tox_is_data_encrypted(reinterpret_cast<uint8_t*>(data.data()))) {
+    if (ToxEncrypt::isEncrypted(data)) {
-        if (password.isEmpty()) {
+        if (!passKey) {
-            qCritical() << "The settings file is encrypted, but we don't have a password!";
+            qCritical() << "The settings file is encrypted, but we don't have a passkey!";
             return;
         }
 
-        data = ToxEncrypt::decryptPass(password, data);
+        data = passKey->decrypt(data);
         if (data.isEmpty()) {
             qCritical() << "Failed to decrypt the settings file";
             return;
         }
     } else {
-        if (!password.isEmpty())
+        if (passKey)
             qWarning() << "We have a password, but the settings file is not encrypted";
     }
 

src/persistence/settingsserializer.h

@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 #ifndef SETTINGSSERIALIZER_H
 #define SETTINGSSERIALIZER_H
 
+#include "src/core/toxencrypt.h"
+
 #include <QDataStream>
 #include <QSettings>
 #include <QString>
@@ -28,7 +30,7 @@
 class SettingsSerializer
 {
 public:
-    SettingsSerializer(QString filePath, const QString& password = QString());
+    SettingsSerializer(QString filePath, const ToxEncrypt* passKey = nullptr);
 
     static bool isSerializedFormat(QString filePath);
 
@@ -102,7 +104,7 @@ private:
 
 private:
     QString path;
-    QString password;
+    const ToxEncrypt* passKey;
     int group, array, arrayIndex;
     QVector<QString> groups;
     QVector<Array> arrays;

src/widget/form/profileform.cpp

@@ -433,11 +433,15 @@ void ProfileForm::onDeletePassClicked()
                              "deletion confirmation text")))
         return;
 
-    Nexus::getProfile()->setPassword(QString());
+    QString errorMsg = pro->setPassword(QString());
+    if (!errorMsg.isEmpty()) {
+        GUI::showInfo(tr("Couldn't change password"), errorMsg);
+    }
 }
 
 void ProfileForm::onChangePassClicked()
 {
+    Profile* p = Nexus::getProfile();
     SetPasswordDialog* dialog =
         new SetPasswordDialog(tr("Please enter a new password."), QString(), 0);
     int r = dialog->exec();
@@ -445,7 +449,10 @@ void ProfileForm::onChangePassClicked()
         return;
 
     QString newPass = dialog->getPassword();
-    Nexus::getProfile()->setPassword(newPass);
+    QString errorMsg = p->setPassword(newPass);
+    if (!errorMsg.isEmpty()) {
+        GUI::showInfo(tr("Couldn't change password"), errorMsg);
+    }
 }
 
 void ProfileForm::retranslateUi()