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SubjectRe: [PATCH] X.509: if signature is unsupported skip validation
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On 16.08.23 23:54, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> On Tue Aug 15, 2023 at 2:29 PM EEST, Thore Sommer wrote:
>> When the hash algorithm for the signature is not available the digest size
>> is 0 and the signature in the certificate is marked as unsupported.
>>
>> When validating a self-signed certificate, this needs to be checked,
>> because otherwise trying to validate the signature will fail with an
>> warning:
>>
>> Loading compiled-in X.509 certificates
>> WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1 at crypto/rsa-pkcs1pad.c:537 \
>> pkcs1pad_verify+0x46/0x12c
>> ...
>> Problem loading in-kernel X.509 certificate (-22)
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Thore Sommer <public@thson.de>
>> ---
>> crypto/asymmetric_keys/x509_public_key.c | 5 +++++
>> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/crypto/asymmetric_keys/x509_public_key.c b/crypto/asymmetric_keys/x509_public_key.c
>> index 6fdfc82e23a8..7c71db3ac23d 100644
>> --- a/crypto/asymmetric_keys/x509_public_key.c
>> +++ b/crypto/asymmetric_keys/x509_public_key.c
>> @@ -130,6 +130,11 @@ int x509_check_for_self_signed(struct x509_certificate *cert)
>> goto out;
>> }
>>
>> + if (cert->unsupported_sig) {
>> + ret = 0;
>> + goto out;
>> + }
>> +
>> ret = public_key_verify_signature(cert->pub, cert->sig);
>> if (ret < 0) {
>> if (ret == -ENOPKG) {
>> --
>> 2.41.0
>
> Should have:
>
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v4.7+
> Fixes: 6c2dc5ae4ab7 ("X.509: Extract signature digest and make self-signed cert checks earlier")
>
> BR, Jarkko

Hi Jarkko,

should I resend it with the stable mailing list in CC or will it be
added when a maintainer includes the change?

Best regards,
Thore

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