[Bug 28863] New: SecuROM 8.xx: games require activation on each start

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28863

Bug #: 28863
           Summary: SecuROM 8.xx: games require activation on each start
           Product: Wine
           Version: 1.3.31
          Platform: x86
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Keywords: obfuscation
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]
    Classification: Unclassified

Created attachment 37073
  --> http://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=37073
7zipped +relay,+tid,+file,+reg log (uncompressed 118 MB)

Two of my games obtained via Gamersgate digital distribution service are damned
with Securom 8.03.xxxx protection (online activation). The games are
Tomb Raider: Legend
GTA San Andreas

After installation the Securom activation dialog kicked in, requesting the
serial number. Activation was successful and the games started fine.
Much to my surprise, next time I launched these games, Securom required a new
activation. This happens on each game start (I didn't alter the wineprefix
where the games are installed in any way).

I installed one of the games in Win XP SP3 (running under Vbox): Securom works
there, requiring activation only on the first launch.

Here I'm attaching a +relay,+tid,+file,+reg debug log, hopefully someone will
find some clues in it. The log was created by getting through the activation
process (the game wasn't started at the end of activation).

I'm totally dumb at reading such logs but here's what I found:
1. Securom tries to open certain files under 'C:\users<username>\Application
Data\DSS\Product Activation\ User Data<very long sequence'
The files named dss_v8_01.dat and dss_v8_01.bak. These files as well as the
whole directory structure are missing in both Wine and Windows so this can't be
the problem.

2. The corresponding Securom registry entry is located under HKCU/Software/DSS.
This contains several subkeys, most of them contain binary data, but one of
them (Meta Data\Information) contains strange things. Although this subkey can
be exported via Wine regedit, it cannot be re-imported correctly.
Here is an excerpt what this sub key contains (obtained via Process Monitor
under Windows):

Type: REG_SZ, Length: 2,600, Data: <?xml version="1.0"?>
<UserData>
<ExeResource>
<Path>C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\GTA San Andreas\gta_sa.exe</Path>
</ExeResource>
<CPA>e358d8ee7c711c17f463b620e750df01e896d4e1bdfc0e37d2357859698229f6e896d4e1bdfc0e37cdb6c31028aa1089</CPA>
<OfflineInformation>
<LASTACCESSDATE>000fb756</LASTACCESSDATE>
<INSTALLDATE>000fb756</INSTALLDATE>
<COUNTER>00000000</COUNTER>
<FIRSTTIME>00000001</FIRSTTIME>
<PERIODIC>00000000</PERIODIC>
<PERIODICDAYS>00000000</PERIODICDAYS>
</OfflineInformation>
<ProductActivation>
...

Maybe something goes wrong when creating/reading this key under Wine thus
Securom considers it invalid?

Fedora 15 x86
gcc version 4.6.1 20110908 (Red Hat 4.6.1-9) (GCC)

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--- Comment #1 from GyB  2011-10-23 02:01:01 CDT ---
Here is what Protection Id 6.4.0 tells us about the protection scheme in these
games.

Tomb Raider: Legend

Scanning -> C:\Program Files\Tomb Raider - Legend\paul.dll
File Type : 32-Bit Dll (Subsystem : Win GUI / 2), Size : 253952 (03E000h)
Byte(s)
[File Heuristics] -> Flag : 00000000000000000000000000000000 (0x00000000)
[!] SecuROM PA Detected - Version 1.0.1.7
[!] Possible CD/DVD-Key or Serial Check -> unlock code
[CompilerDetect] -> Visual C++ 7.1 (Visual Studio 2003)
- Scan Took : 0.260 Second(s)

Scanning -> C:\Program Files\Tomb Raider - Legend\trl.exe
File Type : 32-Bit Exe (Subsystem : Win GUI / 2), Size : 23232512 (01628000h)
Byte(s)
[File Heuristics] -> Flag : 00000000000000000000000000000001 (0x00000001)
[!] SecuROM Detected - Version 08.03.0012
[!] Possible CD/DVD-Key or Serial Check -> SerialNumber
[CompilerDetect] -> Visual C++ 7.1 (Visual Studio 2003)
- Scan Took : 2.193 Second(s)

GTA San Andreas

Scanning -> C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\GTA San Andreas\gta_sa.exe
File Type : 32-Bit Exe (Subsystem : Win GUI / 2), Size : 15368192 (0EA8000h)
Byte(s)
[File Heuristics] -> Flag : 00000000000000000000000000000001 (0x00000001)
[!] SecuROM Detected - Version 08.03.0009
[!] DONGLE - HASP Hardware Lock references detected !
[!] Possible CD/DVD-Key or Serial Check -> SerialNumber
[CompilerDetect] -> Visual C++ 8.0 (Visual Studio 2005)
- Scan Took : 1.776 Second(s)

Scanning -> C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\GTA San Andreas\paul.dll
File Type : 32-Bit Dll (Subsystem : Win GUI / 2), Size : 253952 (03E000h)
Byte(s)
[File Heuristics] -> Flag : 00000000000000000000000000000000 (0x00000000)
[!] SecuROM PA Detected - Version 1.0.1.7
[!] Possible CD/DVD-Key or Serial Check -> unlock code
[CompilerDetect] -> Visual C++ 7.1 (Visual Studio 2003)
- Scan Took : 0.536 Second(s)

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--- Comment #2 from jhgf  2011-11-09 04:16:19 CST ---
Could you attach the user.reg file from ~/.wine (or whatever your prefix is)?

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--- Comment #3 from GyB  2011-11-09 12:38:28 CST ---
Created attachment 37404
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user.reg

This is the user.reg file after a successful activation.

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--- Comment #4 from Dmitry Timoshkov  2012-02-19 00:07:32 CST ---
*** Bug 29935 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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--- Comment #5 from Paul The Tall  2012-03-28 05:02:56 CDT ---
Glad this bug is created i confirm this bug with some more games of Gamersgate:

- Jolly Rover
- Bully Scholarship
- Teasure Hunters
- Way of the Cossack
- The Dead Mountaineer's Hotel

If a game is need i can sent you guys a serial with the zipped game of Treasure
Hunter. It has i think 1 or two activate posibilities left.

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--- Comment #6 from Paul The Tall  2012-03-28 05:12:15 CDT ---
Good thing was, first the game crashes at startup, but from 1.3.2x somewhere
the game starts to show the activation screen. Thats a good thing, but
unfortunatly the activation screen returns everytime on restart...

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--- Comment #7 from Maurizio Oliveri  2012-07-25 11:24:30 CDT ---
I'm glad to see this is actually happening to other people... I confirm this is
happening on Batman: Arkham Asylum/ City as well ( I'm not sure which version
of SecuROM is in use though ).
I've actually tried to get my activations limit increased, and they replied
writing
"Please note that SecuROM does not work correctly under Linux. The problem is
that the created activation files won´t be saved as foreseen."
I've asked them if they could provide the path of these files ( or the registry
key names ), but still no answer...

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--- Comment #8 from Jiang Yike  2012-08-15 04:15:29 CDT ---
The SecuROM of "Sudden Strike 2 and Total Victory" and "Sudden Strike The Last
Stand" from GamersGate also have the problem.

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--- Comment #9 from [e-mail] 2012-08-15 18:10:34 CDT ---
this also happens on the latest release of final fantasy 7

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--- Comment #10 from Grzegorz Krzystek  2012-08-18 08:08:12 CDT ---
(In reply to comment #9)
> this also happens on the latest release of final fantasy 7

Found workaround to prevent activation limit reach.

1)launch final fantasy
2) activate game
3) start playing game
4) on second terminal exec:

WINEPREFIX="/your/wineprefix/" wine /yourprefix/drive_c/Program\ Files\
(x86)/Square\ Enix/FINAL\ FANTASY\ VII/FF7_Launcher.exe /revoke

proceed online license revoke.

this procedure will not fix that you need activate each time you need to run
your game, but it prevents activation limit reach. :)
FF VII have limit 3 activations from same hardware :S

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--- Comment #11 from Per Johansson  2012-09-17 06:41:01 CDT ---
I actually asked SecuROM for help, but as expected they just replied with "Wine
is not supported". Still, doesn't hurt to let them know that perhaps it should
be supported...

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--- Comment #12 from Per Johansson  2012-10-11 15:52:05 CDT ---
Created attachment 42076
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GetProcAddress return value 0

Not sure if it is related, but attached is a grep of GetProcAddress returning 0
while launching FF7_Launcher.exe. I'm a bit curious about FT_Thunk in there, I
thought it was added specifically for SecuROM?

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--- Comment #13 from Per Johansson  2012-10-11 16:00:16 CDT ---
Created attachment 42077
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Version with wgl stripped out

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--- Comment #14 from Per Johansson  2013-01-02 14:34:40 CST ---
As far as files go, in the attached log I can't see it trying to create any
files... the "creation 3" to CreateFileW is OPEN_EXISTING, which means it won't
actually try to create a file. Might of course be other ways to create files,
but I don't know windows very well so can't tell.

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--- Comment #15 from Per Johansson  2013-01-02 15:51:47 CST ---
The most strange thing I've found is that they consistently seem to use 0xE as
value for TitleIndex in the NTSetValueKey call. TitleIndex is reserved and
supposed to be 0, and wine ignores it... Also, in the attached log it's called
with data length 1881 but in user.reg it's 1977 bytes long, but that might just
be due to different calls. It's actually 1977 bytes long in my ff7 user.reg as
well though (don't have a log to compare)

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--- Comment #16 from Mr Nobody  2013-08-23 19:54:07 CDT ---
Also affected by this, is DiRT2 (application_id=11277) ; having a sniff with
protect_id returns pretty much same results as per comment #1 ; I have the
version available on gamefly (nee direct2drive), and the PA portion appears to
work, but the DSS stanza fails, typically popping a 'DSS Launcher' failure
window.

(oh the irony to see the dss registry key comment extended to comply with
required notification of the fact they're using openssl ... ;-)

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--- Comment #17 from Mr Nobody  ---
..just an update ; problem still apparent wrt wine-1.7.32 -- now the whole
direct2drive to gamefly back to direct2drive shuffle seems over, many
direct2drive titles are hit by this (not just dirt2)..I found another game,
'Flock!' [appid 9485] is borked by this bug ; looking at the game exe with
protectid yields - [!] SecuROM Detected - Version 08.03.0012 ; so it's the same
issue...(and I know of at least 5 other direct2drive titles so affected)..

...'Flock!' has an unlimited license, so I can activate it as many times as I
like, so if anyone wants specific logs of the "successful" online activation
sequence (that leaves the installation in a non-activated state), just let me
know what debugflags you wish to see..

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--- Comment #18 from Béla Gyebrószki  ---
Still present in 1.7.43 (tested with Fable III on Steam).

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--- Comment #19 from Michael Müller  ---
Is this still a bug in current wine? I was unable to reproduce the issue with
Flock. The activation stayed active no matter whether I killed the wineserver
or enforced an update using wineboot -u.

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--- Comment #20 from Mr Nobody  ---
(In reply to Michael Müller from comment #19)
> Is this still a bug in current wine? I was unable to reproduce the issue
> with Flock. The activation stayed active no matter whether I killed the
> wineserver or enforced an update using wineboot -u.

...hmm..okay, I'll get a clean build of wine-1.6.2 into the picture and
recheck... will post result...

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--- Comment #21 from Sebastian Lackner  ---
(In reply to Mr Nobody from comment #20)
> ...hmm..okay, I'll get a clean build of wine-1.6.2 into the picture and
> recheck... will post result...

Wine 1.6.2 is over a year old, and there were tons of improvements in the
meantime. I fear test reports with such an old version are no longer useful.
Please try to install 1.7.46 instead.

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--- Comment #22 from Per Johansson  ---
I was unable to test 1.7.46 on FF7 due to not having any activations left.
Sorry.

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--- Comment #23 from Per Johansson  ---
Ok, got my activations reset by Square Enix. 1.7.46 is still affected. As far
as I can tell it stays activated as long as wine server is running, then
deactivates.

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--- Comment #24 from Per Johansson  ---
Extract from SecuROM FAQ (https://support.securom.com/faq_pa.html):

"
2.4 What happens if I change my hardware (e.g. I bought a new graphics card)?

...

There is flexibility (set by the publisher, but defaults to 60%) of allowed
hardware changes before a new activation is required.

A re-activation is necessary, after re-formatting a HDD and new Windows setup,
as well as after creating a new Windows User account. For software changes, the
SecuROM™ User Data are stored on two positions (Windows registry and the user
APPDATA folder).

Note: The Product Activation servers differentiate between activations on same
and different PCs.
"

I'm a bit unsure if I get the "same PC" case or not, because Square told be I
got one (1) more activation, but I've managed to activate twice now... Anyway
I'll probably be revoking before shutdown from now on, don't want to risk
another lock-out right now.

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--- Comment #25 from joaopa  ---
Does the bug still occur with wine-7.0-rc5?

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--- Comment #26 from joaopa  ---
Does the bug still occur wine wine-9.0?