[PATCH v7 3/5] certs: Make blacklist_vet_description() more strict

[Jarkko Sakkinen]

On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 05:27:42PM +0200, Mickaël Salaün wrote:
> 
> On 21/04/2022 17:12, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 11:29:08AM +0100, David Howells wrote:
> > > Mickaël Salaün <mic at digikod.net> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > +	/* The following algorithm only works if prefix lengths match. */
> > > > +	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(tbs_prefix) != sizeof(bin_prefix));
> > > > +	prefix_len = sizeof(tbs_prefix) - 1;
> > > > +	for (i = 0; *desc; desc++, i++) {
> > > > +		if (*desc == ':') {
> > > > +			if (tbs_step == prefix_len)
> > > > +				goto found_colon;
> > > > +			if (bin_step == prefix_len)
> > > > +				goto found_colon;
> > > > +			return -EINVAL;
> > > > +		}
> > > > +		if (i >= prefix_len)
> > > > +			return -EINVAL;
> > > > +		if (*desc == tbs_prefix[i])
> > > > +			tbs_step++;
> > > > +		if (*desc == bin_prefix[i])
> > > > +			bin_step++;
> > > > +	}
> > > 
> > > I wonder if:
> > > 
> > > 	static const char tbs_prefix[] = "tbs:";
> > > 	static const char bin_prefix[] = "bin:";
> > > 
> > > 	if (strncmp(desc, tbs_prefix, sizeof(tbs_prefix) - 1) == 0 ||
> > > 	    strncmp(desc, bin_prefix, sizeof(bin_prefix) - 1) == 0)
> > > 		goto found_colon;
> > > 
> > > might be better.
> > > 
> > > David
> > 
> > I think it'd be.
> > 
> > BR, Jarkko
> 
> I'm confused. Didn't you plan to send this patch series before v5.18-rc2?
> It's been a while since I started working on this.

That was my original plan but due to some other things, I've sent
a PR for rc4. I CC'd you to the PR.

BR, Jarkko