From 1ef6084b75798e53abe672cd1e80915669619f63 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Patrik Oldsberg <patrik.oldsberg@ericsson.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2016 17:51:33 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] handlers/room_member: fix guest access check when joining
 rooms

Signed-off-by: Patrik Oldsberg <patrik.oldsberg@ericsson.com>
---
 synapse/handlers/room_member.py | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/synapse/handlers/room_member.py b/synapse/handlers/room_member.py
index ba49075a20..2f8782e522 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/room_member.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/room_member.py
@@ -232,10 +232,12 @@ class RoomMemberHandler(BaseHandler):
         is_host_in_room = yield self._is_host_in_room(current_state_ids)
 
         if effective_membership_state == Membership.JOIN:
-            if requester.is_guest and not self._can_guest_join(current_state_ids):
-                # This should be an auth check, but guests are a local concept,
-                # so don't really fit into the general auth process.
-                raise AuthError(403, "Guest access not allowed")
+            if requester.is_guest:
+                guest_can_join = yield self._can_guest_join(current_state_ids)
+                if not guest_can_join:
+                    # This should be an auth check, but guests are a local concept,
+                    # so don't really fit into the general auth process.
+                    raise AuthError(403, "Guest access not allowed")
 
             if not is_host_in_room:
                 inviter = yield self.get_inviter(target.to_string(), room_id)

From b42a972b719c2f224fc8b83ced7625ff48ca5879 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Haines <mark.haines@matrix.org>
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2017 14:44:28 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Bump version and changelog

---
 CHANGES.rst         | 7 +++++++
 synapse/__init__.py | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index c1a8dd7613..28be0bb974 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+Changes in synapse v0.18.6 (2017-01-06)
+=======================================
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+* Fix bug when checking if a guest user is allowed to join a room (PR #1772)
+
 Changes in synapse v0.18.6-rc3 (2017-01-05)
 ===========================================
 
diff --git a/synapse/__init__.py b/synapse/__init__.py
index a1da92ef92..92690a48ac 100644
--- a/synapse/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/__init__.py
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
 """ This is a reference implementation of a Matrix home server.
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.18.6-rc3"
+__version__ = "0.18.6"