Make Wi-Fi peer rebinding atomic

app/src/main/java/com/bitchat/android/wifi-aware/WifiAwareConnectionTracker.kt

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ class WifiAwareConnectionTracker(
     // Active resources per peer
     val peerSockets = ConcurrentHashMap<String, SyncedSocket>()
     private val socketAliases = ConcurrentHashMap<String, String>()
+    private val socketBindingLock = Any()
     val serverSockets = ConcurrentHashMap<String, ServerSocket>()
     val networkCallbacks = ConcurrentHashMap<String, ConnectivityManager.NetworkCallback>()
 
@@ -32,24 +33,26 @@ class WifiAwareConnectionTracker(
     }
 
     override fun disconnect(id: String) {
-        Log.d(TAG, "Disconnecting peer $id")
+        synchronized(socketBindingLock) {
-        val canonicalId = resolveCanonicalPeerId(id)
+            Log.d(TAG, "Disconnecting peer $id")
-        
+            val canonicalId = resolveCanonicalPeerId(id)
-        // 1. Close client socket
-        peerSockets.remove(canonicalId)?.let {
-            try { it.close() } catch (e: Exception) { Log.w(TAG, "Error closing socket for $id: ${e.message}") }
-        }
-        socketAliases.entries.removeIf { it.key == id || it.key == canonicalId || it.value == canonicalId }
 
-        // 2. Close server socket
+            // 1. Close client socket
-        serverSockets.remove(canonicalId)?.let {
+            peerSockets.remove(canonicalId)?.let {
-            try { it.close() } catch (e: Exception) { Log.w(TAG, "Error closing server socket for $id: ${e.message}") }
+                try { it.close() } catch (e: Exception) { Log.w(TAG, "Error closing socket for $id: ${e.message}") }
-        }
+            }
+            socketAliases.entries.removeIf { it.key == id || it.key == canonicalId || it.value == canonicalId }
 
-        // Ensure any pending/active network request is explicitly released
+            // 2. Close server socket
-        releaseNetworkRequest(canonicalId)
+            serverSockets.remove(canonicalId)?.let {
-        removePendingConnection(id)
+                try { it.close() } catch (e: Exception) { Log.w(TAG, "Error closing server socket for $id: ${e.message}") }
-        removePendingConnection(canonicalId)
+            }
+
+            // Ensure any pending/active network request is explicitly released
+            releaseNetworkRequest(canonicalId)
+            removePendingConnection(id)
+            removePendingConnection(canonicalId)
+        }
     }
 
     fun releaseNetworkRequest(id: String) {
@@ -71,12 +74,16 @@ class WifiAwareConnectionTracker(
      * Successfully established a client connection
      */
     fun onClientConnected(peerId: String, socket: SyncedSocket) {
-        // Close previous socket if one exists to prevent zombie readers
+        synchronized(socketBindingLock) {
-        peerSockets[peerId]?.let { 
+            val canonicalPeerId = resolveCanonicalPeerId(peerId)
-            try { it.close() } catch (_: Exception) {}
+            // Close previous socket if one exists to prevent zombie readers
+            peerSockets[canonicalPeerId]?.let {
+                try { it.close() } catch (_: Exception) {}
+            }
+            peerSockets[canonicalPeerId] = socket
+            removePendingConnection(peerId) // Clear retry state on success
+            if (canonicalPeerId != peerId) removePendingConnection(canonicalPeerId)
         }
-        peerSockets[peerId] = socket
-        removePendingConnection(peerId) // Clear retry state on success
     }
 
     fun getSocketForPeer(peerId: String): SyncedSocket? {
@@ -87,6 +94,37 @@ class WifiAwareConnectionTracker(
     fun canonicalPeerId(peerId: String): String = resolveCanonicalPeerId(peerId)
 
     fun rebindPeerId(previousPeerId: String, resolvedPeerId: String, socket: SyncedSocket): String {
+        return synchronized(socketBindingLock) {
+            rebindPeerIdLocked(previousPeerId, resolvedPeerId, socket)
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Atomically require that [expectedSocket] is still the active provisional transport and, only
+     * then, promote it. This closes the gap where a replacement socket could land after validation
+     * but before mutation and the stale authenticated socket would become canonical.
+     */
+    fun rebindPeerIdIfCurrent(
+        previousPeerId: String,
+        resolvedPeerId: String,
+        expectedSocket: SyncedSocket
+    ): Boolean = synchronized(socketBindingLock) {
+        val previousCanonical = resolveCanonicalPeerId(previousPeerId)
+        if (peerSockets[previousCanonical] !== expectedSocket) return@synchronized false
+        val resolvedCanonical = resolveCanonicalPeerId(resolvedPeerId)
+        val existingResolvedSocket = peerSockets[resolvedCanonical]
+        if (existingResolvedSocket != null && existingResolvedSocket !== expectedSocket) {
+            return@synchronized false
+        }
+        rebindPeerIdLocked(previousPeerId, resolvedPeerId, expectedSocket)
+        true
+    }
+
+    private fun rebindPeerIdLocked(
+        previousPeerId: String,
+        resolvedPeerId: String,
+        socket: SyncedSocket
+    ): String {
         if (previousPeerId == resolvedPeerId) {
             peerSockets[resolvedPeerId] = socket
             return resolvedPeerId

app/src/main/java/com/bitchat/android/wifi-aware/WifiAwareMeshService.kt

@@ -1291,7 +1291,13 @@ class WifiAwareMeshService(private val context: Context) : MeshService, Transpor
             return
         }
 
-        connectionTracker.rebindPeerId(provisionalPeerId, canonicalPeerId, link.transport)
+        if (!connectionTracker.rebindPeerIdIfCurrent(provisionalPeerId, canonicalPeerId, link.transport)) {
+            Log.w(
+                TAG,
+                "Ignoring Noise link promotion for ${canonicalPeerId.take(8)}: provisional socket changed before rebind"
+            )
+            return
+        }
         handleToPeerId.forEach { (handle, peerId) ->
             if (peerId == provisionalPeerId) handleToPeerId[handle] = canonicalPeerId
         }

app/src/test/kotlin/com/bitchat/android/wifi-aware/WifiAwareConnectionTrackerTest.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+package com.bitchat.android.wifiaware
+
+import android.net.ConnectivityManager
+import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope
+import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
+import kotlinx.coroutines.SupervisorJob
+import org.junit.Assert.assertFalse
+import org.junit.Assert.assertNull
+import org.junit.Assert.assertSame
+import org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
+import org.junit.Test
+import org.mockito.kotlin.doReturn
+import org.mockito.kotlin.mock
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream
+import java.net.Socket
+
+class WifiAwareConnectionTrackerTest {
+    @Test
+    fun `compare and rebind rejects stale authenticated socket after replacement`() {
+        val tracker = WifiAwareConnectionTracker(
+            CoroutineScope(SupervisorJob() + Dispatchers.Unconfined),
+            mock<ConnectivityManager>()
+        )
+        val authenticatedSocket = syncedSocket()
+        val replacementSocket = syncedSocket()
+        tracker.onClientConnected("provisional", authenticatedSocket)
+        tracker.onClientConnected("provisional", replacementSocket)
+
+        assertFalse(
+            tracker.rebindPeerIdIfCurrent(
+                previousPeerId = "provisional",
+                resolvedPeerId = "canonical",
+                expectedSocket = authenticatedSocket
+            )
+        )
+        assertSame(replacementSocket, tracker.getSocketForPeer("provisional"))
+        assertNull(tracker.getSocketForPeer("canonical"))
+
+        assertTrue(
+            tracker.rebindPeerIdIfCurrent(
+                previousPeerId = "provisional",
+                resolvedPeerId = "canonical",
+                expectedSocket = replacementSocket
+            )
+        )
+        assertSame(replacementSocket, tracker.getSocketForPeer("canonical"))
+        assertSame(replacementSocket, tracker.getSocketForPeer("provisional"))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `authenticated provisional socket cannot displace existing canonical socket`() {
+        val tracker = WifiAwareConnectionTracker(
+            CoroutineScope(SupervisorJob() + Dispatchers.Unconfined),
+            mock<ConnectivityManager>()
+        )
+        val provisionalSocket = syncedSocket()
+        val canonicalSocket = syncedSocket()
+        tracker.onClientConnected("provisional", provisionalSocket)
+        tracker.onClientConnected("canonical", canonicalSocket)
+
+        assertFalse(
+            tracker.rebindPeerIdIfCurrent(
+                previousPeerId = "provisional",
+                resolvedPeerId = "canonical",
+                expectedSocket = provisionalSocket
+            )
+        )
+        assertSame(provisionalSocket, tracker.getSocketForPeer("provisional"))
+        assertSame(canonicalSocket, tracker.getSocketForPeer("canonical"))
+        assertTrue("Rejected promotion must not alias the provisional ID", tracker.canonicalPeerId("provisional") == "provisional")
+    }
+
+    private fun syncedSocket(): SyncedSocket {
+        val raw = mock<Socket> {
+            on { getInputStream() } doReturn ByteArrayInputStream(byteArrayOf())
+            on { getOutputStream() } doReturn ByteArrayOutputStream()
+        }
+        return SyncedSocket(raw)
+    }
+}

docs/NOISE_PEER_ID_BINDING.md

@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ validation succeeds. A Wi-Fi discovery identity is not destructively rebound
 from a self-signed announce. A direct announce may start the canonical
 handshake, but the alias is promoted only when the exact, still-active socket
 delivers the Noise frame that completes bound authentication. A peer-ID-only
-or stale-socket callback cannot authorize that rebind.
+or stale-socket callback cannot authorize that rebind; the final
+expected-socket comparison and alias mutation are atomic with socket replacement.
+Promotion also refuses to displace a different live socket already authenticated
+under the canonical peer ID.
 
 Leave packets use the existing signed wire format and are accepted only when
 the signature matches the key learned from a verified announcement. Invalid or