Backport of Remove caseSensitivityKey invalidation into release/1.12.x

changelog/20965.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:bug
+identity: Remove caseSensitivityKey to prevent errors while loading groups which could result in missing groups in memDB when duplicates are found.
+```

vault/core.go

@@ -563,10 +563,6 @@ type Core struct {
 	// active, or give up active as soon as it gets it
 	neverBecomeActive *uint32
 
-	// loadCaseSensitiveIdentityStore enforces the loading of identity store
-	// artifacts in a case sensitive manner. To be used only in testing.
-	loadCaseSensitiveIdentityStore bool
-
 	// clusterListener starts up and manages connections on the cluster ports
 	clusterListener *atomic.Value
 

vault/identity_store.go

@@ -514,14 +514,31 @@ func (i *IdentityStore) initialize(ctx context.Context, req *logical.Initializat
 		return err
 	}
 
-	entry, err := logical.StorageEntryJSON(caseSensitivityKey, &casesensitivity{
-		DisableLowerCasedNames: i.disableLowerCasedNames,
-	})
+	// if the storage entry for caseSensitivityKey exists, remove it
+	storageEntry, err := i.view.Get(ctx, caseSensitivityKey)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		i.logger.Error("could not get storage entry for case sensitivity key", "error", err)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if storageEntry != nil {
+		var setting casesensitivity
+		err := storageEntry.DecodeJSON(&setting)
+		switch err {
+		case nil:
+			i.logger.Debug("removing storage entry for case sensitivity key", "value", setting.DisableLowerCasedNames)
+		default:
+			i.logger.Error("failed to decode case sensitivity key, removing its storage entry anyway", "error", err)
+		}
+
+		err = i.view.Delete(ctx, caseSensitivityKey)
+		if err != nil {
+			i.logger.Error("could not delete storage entry for case sensitivity key", "error", err)
+			return nil
+		}
 	}
 
-	return i.view.Put(ctx, entry)
+	return nil
 }
 
 // Invalidate is a callback wherein the backend is informed that the value at
@@ -535,45 +552,6 @@ func (i *IdentityStore) Invalidate(ctx context.Context, key string) {
 	defer i.lock.Unlock()
 
 	switch {
-	case key == caseSensitivityKey:
-		entry, err := i.view.Get(ctx, caseSensitivityKey)
-		if err != nil {
-			i.logger.Error("failed to read case sensitivity setting during invalidation", "error", err)
-			return
-		}
-		if entry == nil {
-			return
-		}
-
-		var setting casesensitivity
-		if err := entry.DecodeJSON(&setting); err != nil {
-			i.logger.Error("failed to decode case sensitivity setting during invalidation", "error", err)
-			return
-		}
-
-		// Fast return if the setting is the same
-		if i.disableLowerCasedNames == setting.DisableLowerCasedNames {
-			return
-		}
-
-		// If the setting is different, reset memdb and reload all the artifacts
-		i.disableLowerCasedNames = setting.DisableLowerCasedNames
-		if err := i.resetDB(ctx); err != nil {
-			i.logger.Error("failed to reset memdb during invalidation", "error", err)
-			return
-		}
-		if err := i.loadEntities(ctx); err != nil {
-			i.logger.Error("failed to load entities during invalidation", "error", err)
-			return
-		}
-		if err := i.loadGroups(ctx); err != nil {
-			i.logger.Error("failed to load groups during invalidation", "error", err)
-			return
-		}
-		if err := i.loadOIDCClients(ctx); err != nil {
-			i.logger.Error("failed to load OIDC clients during invalidation", "error", err)
-			return
-		}
 	// Check if the key is a storage entry key for an entity bucket
 	case strings.HasPrefix(key, storagepacker.StoragePackerBucketsPrefix):
 		// Create a MemDB transaction

vault/identity_store_test.go

@@ -854,3 +854,59 @@ func TestIdentityStore_UpdateAliasMetadataPerAccessor(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("wrong alias index changed. Expected 1, got %d", i)
 	}
 }
+
+// TestIdentityStore_DeleteCaseSensitivityKey tests that
+// casesensitivity key gets removed from storage if it exists upon
+// initializing identity store.
+func TestIdentityStore_DeleteCaseSensitivityKey(t *testing.T) {
+	c, unsealKey, root := TestCoreUnsealed(t)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	// add caseSensitivityKey to storage
+	entry, err := logical.StorageEntryJSON(caseSensitivityKey, &casesensitivity{
+		DisableLowerCasedNames: true,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	err = c.identityStore.view.Put(ctx, entry)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// check if the value is stored in storage
+	storageEntry, err := c.identityStore.view.Get(ctx, caseSensitivityKey)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if storageEntry == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("bad: expected a non-nil entry for casesensitivity key")
+	}
+
+	// Seal and unseal to trigger identityStore initialize
+	if err = c.Seal(root); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	var unsealed bool
+	for i := 0; i < len(unsealKey); i++ {
+		unsealed, err = c.Unseal(unsealKey[i])
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+	if !unsealed {
+		t.Fatal("still sealed")
+	}
+
+	// check if caseSensitivityKey exists after initialize
+	storageEntry, err = c.identityStore.view.Get(ctx, caseSensitivityKey)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if storageEntry != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("bad: expected no entry for casesensitivity key")
+	}
+}

vault/identity_store_util.go

@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@ var (
 	tmpSuffix                = ".tmp"
 )
 
-func (c *Core) SetLoadCaseSensitiveIdentityStore(caseSensitive bool) {
-	c.loadCaseSensitiveIdentityStore = caseSensitive
-}
-
 func (c *Core) loadIdentityStoreArtifacts(ctx context.Context) error {
 	if c.identityStore == nil {
 		c.logger.Warn("identity store is not setup, skipping loading")
@@ -55,16 +51,14 @@ func (c *Core) loadIdentityStoreArtifacts(ctx context.Context) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	if !c.loadCaseSensitiveIdentityStore {
-		// Load everything when memdb is set to operate on lower cased names
-		err := loadFunc(ctx)
-		switch {
-		case err == nil:
-			// If it succeeds, all is well
-			return nil
-		case !errwrap.Contains(err, errDuplicateIdentityName.Error()):
-			return err
-		}
+	// Load everything when memdb is set to operate on lower cased names
+	err := loadFunc(ctx)
+	switch {
+	case err == nil:
+		// If it succeeds, all is well
+		return nil
+	case !errwrap.Contains(err, errDuplicateIdentityName.Error()):
+		return err
 	}
 
 	c.identityStore.logger.Warn("enabling case sensitive identity names")