From: "Daniel P. Berrangé" <berrange@redhat.com>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Cc: "Daniel P. Berrangé" <berrange@redhat.com>,
"Eric Blake" <eblake@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 4/7] crypto: fix error reporting in cert chain checks
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2025 15:12:34 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251020141237.2621796-5-berrange@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251020141237.2621796-1-berrange@redhat.com>
The loop that checks the CA certificate chain can fail to report
an error message if one of the certs in the chain has an issuer
that is not present in the chain. In this case, the outer loop
'while (checking_issuer)' will terminate after failing to find
the issuer, and no error message will be reported.
Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
---
crypto/tlscredsx509.c | 33 ++++++++++++++++++---------
tests/unit/test-crypto-tlscredsx509.c | 12 ++++++++++
2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/crypto/tlscredsx509.c b/crypto/tlscredsx509.c
index 4169ad9a75..e1f82f1cdc 100644
--- a/crypto/tlscredsx509.c
+++ b/crypto/tlscredsx509.c
@@ -326,11 +326,11 @@ qcrypto_tls_creds_check_authority_chain(QCryptoTLSCredsX509 *creds,
Error **errp)
{
gnutls_x509_crt_t cert_to_check = cert;
- bool checking_issuer = true;
int retval = 0;
+ gnutls_datum_t dn = {};
- while (checking_issuer) {
- checking_issuer = false;
+ for (;;) {
+ gnutls_x509_crt_t cert_issuer = NULL;
if (gnutls_x509_crt_check_issuer(cert_to_check,
cert_to_check)) {
@@ -345,19 +345,30 @@ qcrypto_tls_creds_check_authority_chain(QCryptoTLSCredsX509 *creds,
for (int i = 0; i < ncacerts; i++) {
if (gnutls_x509_crt_check_issuer(cert_to_check,
cacerts[i])) {
- retval = qcrypto_tls_creds_check_cert(
- creds, cacerts[i], cacertFile,
- isServer, isCA, errp);
- if (retval < 0) {
- return retval;
- }
- cert_to_check = cacerts[i];
- checking_issuer = true;
+ cert_issuer = cacerts[i];
break;
}
}
+ if (!cert_issuer) {
+ break;
+ }
+
+ if (qcrypto_tls_creds_check_cert(creds, cert_issuer, cacertFile,
+ isServer, isCA, errp) < 0) {
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ cert_to_check = cert_issuer;
}
+ retval = gnutls_x509_crt_get_dn2(cert_to_check, &dn);
+ if (retval < 0) {
+ error_setg(errp, "Unable to fetch cert DN: %s",
+ gnutls_strerror(retval));
+ return -1;
+ }
+ error_setg(errp, "Cert '%s' has no issuer in CA chain", dn.data);
+ gnutls_free(dn.data);
return -1;
}
diff --git a/tests/unit/test-crypto-tlscredsx509.c b/tests/unit/test-crypto-tlscredsx509.c
index 85f51aee1b..5f78fe7d6f 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test-crypto-tlscredsx509.c
+++ b/tests/unit/test-crypto-tlscredsx509.c
@@ -643,6 +643,15 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
certchain_with_invalid,
G_N_ELEMENTS(certchain_with_invalid));
+ gnutls_x509_crt_t certchain_incomplete[] = {
+ cacertrootreq.crt,
+ cacertlevel2areq.crt,
+ };
+
+ test_tls_write_cert_chain(WORKDIR "cacertchain-incomplete-ctx.pem",
+ certchain_incomplete,
+ G_N_ELEMENTS(certchain_incomplete));
+
TLS_TEST_REG(chain1, true,
WORKDIR "cacertchain-ctx.pem",
servercertlevel3areq.filename, false);
@@ -652,6 +661,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
TLS_TEST_REG(certchainwithexpiredcert, false,
WORKDIR "cacertchain-with-invalid-ctx.pem",
clientcertlevel2breq.filename, false);
+ TLS_TEST_REG(chainincomlpete, true,
+ WORKDIR "cacertchain-incomplete-ctx.pem",
+ servercertlevel3areq.filename, true);
/* Some missing certs - first two are fatal, the last
* is ok
--
2.50.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-10-20 14:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-10-20 14:12 [PATCH v3 0/7] crypto: misc fixes and improvements to cert handling Daniel P. Berrangé
2025-10-20 14:12 ` [PATCH v3 1/7] crypto: only verify CA certs in chain of trust Daniel P. Berrangé
2025-10-20 14:12 ` [PATCH v3 2/7] crypto: remove extraneous pointer usage in gnutls certs Daniel P. Berrangé
2025-10-20 14:12 ` [PATCH v3 3/7] crypto: validate an error is reported in test expected fails Daniel P. Berrangé
2025-10-20 19:40 ` Eric Blake
2025-10-20 20:14 ` Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2025-10-20 14:12 ` Daniel P. Berrangé [this message]
2025-10-20 19:50 ` [PATCH v3 4/7] crypto: fix error reporting in cert chain checks Eric Blake
2025-10-20 14:12 ` [PATCH v3 5/7] crypto: allow client/server cert chains Daniel P. Berrangé
2025-10-20 14:12 ` [PATCH v3 6/7] crypto: stop requiring "key encipherment" usage in x509 certs Daniel P. Berrangé
2025-10-20 14:12 ` [PATCH v3 7/7] crypto: switch to newer gnutls API for distinguished name Daniel P. Berrangé
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