.\" $OpenBSD: X509_LOOKUP_new.3,v 1.9 2021/11/12 14:05:28 schwarze Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2021 Ingo Schwarze .\" .\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any .\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above .\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. .\" .\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES .\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF .\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR .\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES .\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" .Dd $Mdocdate: November 12 2021 $ .Dt X509_LOOKUP_NEW 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm X509_LOOKUP_new , .Nm X509_LOOKUP_free , .Nm X509_LOOKUP_ctrl , .Nm X509_LOOKUP_add_dir , .Nm X509_LOOKUP_load_file , .Nm X509_LOOKUP_add_mem , .Nm X509_LOOKUP_by_subject , .Nm X509_LOOKUP_init , .Nm X509_LOOKUP_shutdown , .Nm X509_LOOKUP_by_issuer_serial , .Nm X509_LOOKUP_by_fingerprint , .Nm X509_LOOKUP_by_alias , .Nm X509_get_default_cert_dir , .Nm X509_get_default_cert_file , .Nm X509_get_default_cert_dir_env , .Nm X509_get_default_cert_file_env .\" X509_get_default_private_dir is intentionally undocumented .\" because it appears to be unused by any real-world software .\" and because it doesn't do much in the first place. .Nd certificate lookup object .Sh SYNOPSIS .In openssl/x509_vfy.h .Ft X509_LOOKUP * .Fn X509_LOOKUP_new "X509_LOOKUP_METHOD *method" .Ft void .Fn X509_LOOKUP_free "X509_LOOKUP *lookup" .Ft int .Fo X509_LOOKUP_ctrl .Fa "X509_LOOKUP *lookup" .Fa "int command" .Fa "const char *source" .Fa "long type" .Fa "char **ret" .Fc .Ft int .Fo X509_LOOKUP_add_dir .Fa "X509_LOOKUP *lookup" .Fa "const char *source" .Fa "long type" .Fc .Ft int .Fo X509_LOOKUP_load_file .Fa "X509_LOOKUP *lookup" .Fa "const char *source" .Fa "long type" .Fc .Ft int .Fo X509_LOOKUP_add_mem .Fa "X509_LOOKUP *lookup" .Fa "const struct iovec *source" .Fa "long type" .Fc .Ft int .Fo X509_LOOKUP_by_subject .Fa "X509_LOOKUP *lookup" .Fa "X509_LOOKUP_TYPE type" .Fa "X509_NAME *name" .Fa "X509_OBJECT *object" .Fc .Ft int .Fn X509_LOOKUP_init "X509_LOOKUP *lookup" .Ft int .Fn X509_LOOKUP_shutdown "X509_LOOKUP *lookup" .Ft int .Fo X509_LOOKUP_by_issuer_serial .Fa "X509_LOOKUP *lookup" .Fa "X509_LOOKUP_TYPE type" .Fa "X509_NAME *name" .Fa "ASN1_INTEGER *serial" .Fa "X509_OBJECT *object" .Fc .Ft int .Fo X509_LOOKUP_by_fingerprint .Fa "X509_LOOKUP *lookup" .Fa "X509_LOOKUP_TYPE type" .Fa "const unsigned char *bytes" .Fa "int length" .Fa "X509_OBJECT *object" .Fc .Ft int .Fo X509_LOOKUP_by_alias .Fa "X509_LOOKUP *lookup" .Fa "X509_LOOKUP_TYPE type" .Fa "const char *string" .Fa "int length" .Fa "X509_OBJECT *object" .Fc .In openssl/x509.h .Ft const char * .Fn X509_get_default_cert_dir void .Ft const char * .Fn X509_get_default_cert_file void .Ft const char * .Fn X509_get_default_cert_dir_env void .Ft const char * .Fn X509_get_default_cert_file_env void .Sh DESCRIPTION .Fn X509_LOOKUP_new allocates a new, empty .Vt X509_LOOKUP object and associates it with the .Fa method which is a static object returned from either .Xr X509_LOOKUP_hash_dir 3 or .Xr X509_LOOKUP_file 3 or .Xr X509_LOOKUP_mem 3 . .Pp .Fn X509_LOOKUP_free releases the memory used by .Fa lookup . If .Fa lookup is a .Dv NULL pointer, no action occurs. .Pp The operation of .Fn X509_LOOKUP_ctrl depends on the .Vt X509_LOOKUP_METHOD used by .Fa lookup : .Bl -tag -width 4n .It Xr X509_LOOKUP_hash_dir 3 The .Fa command is required to be .Dv X509_L_ADD_DIR and the .Fa source argument is interpreted as a colon-separated, NUL-terminated list of directory names. These directories are added to an internal list of directories to search for certificate files of the given .Fa type . .Pp If .Fa type is .Dv X509_FILETYPE_DEFAULT , the .Fa source argument is ignored and .Pa /etc/ssl/certs and a type of .Dv X509_FILETYPE_PEM are used instead. .Pp .Fn X509_LOOKUP_add_dir is a macro that calls .Fn X509_LOOKUP_ctrl with a .Fa command of .Dv X509_L_ADD_DIR and .Fa ret set to .Dv NULL . .Pp This lookup method is peculiar in so far as calling .Fn X509_LOOKUP_ctrl on a lookup object using it does not yet add any certificates to the associated .Vt X509_STORE object. They need to be added selectively using .Fn X509_LOOKUP_by_subject . .It Xr X509_LOOKUP_file 3 The .Fa command is required to be .Dv X509_L_FILE_LOAD and the .Fa source argument is interpreted as a NUL-terminated file name. If the .Fa type is .Dv X509_FILETYPE_PEM , the file is read with .Xr BIO_new_file 3 and .Xr PEM_X509_INFO_read_bio 3 and the certificates and revocation lists found are added to the .Vt X509_STORE object associated with .Fa lookup using .Xr X509_STORE_add_cert 3 and .Xr X509_STORE_add_crl 3 . If .Fa type is .Dv X509_FILETYPE_DEFAULT , the .Fa source argument is ignored and .Pa /etc/ssl/certs.pem and a type of .Dv X509_FILETYPE_PEM are used instead. If .Fa type is .Dv X509_FILETYPE_ASN1 , the file is read with .Xr d2i_X509_bio 3 and the single certificate is added to the .Vt X509_STORE object associated with .Fa lookup using .Xr X509_STORE_add_cert 3 . .Pp .Fn X509_LOOKUP_load_file is a macro calling .Fn X509_LOOKUP_ctrl with a .Fa command of .Dv X509_L_FILE_LOAD and .Fa ret set to .Dv NULL . .It Xr X509_LOOKUP_mem 3 The .Fa command and .Fa type are required to be .Dv X509_L_MEM and .Dv X509_FILETYPE_PEM , respectively. The .Fa source argument is interpreted as a pointer to an .Vt iovec structure defined in .In sys/uio.h . The memory area described by that structure is read with .Xr BIO_new_mem_buf 3 and .Xr PEM_X509_INFO_read_bio 3 and the certificates and revocation lists found are added to the .Vt X509_STORE object associated with .Fa lookup using .Xr X509_STORE_add_cert 3 and .Xr X509_STORE_add_crl 3 . .Pp .Fn X509_LOOKUP_add_mem is a macro calling .Fn X509_LOOKUP_ctrl with a command of .Dv X509_L_MEM and .Fa ret set to .Dv NULL . .El .Pp With LibreSSL, .Fn X509_LOOKUP_ctrl always ignores the .Fa ret argument. .Pp With LibreSSL, .Fn X509_LOOKUP_by_subject is only useful if .Fa lookup uses .Xr X509_LOOKUP_hash_dir 3 . It passes the .Fa name to .Xr X509_NAME_hash 3 and converts the resulting hash to an eight-digit lower-case hexadecimal number. .Pp If the .Fa type is .Dv X509_LU_X509 , it searches the configured directories for files having that name, with a file name extension that is a small, non-negative decimal integer starting at .Qq ".0" . These files are read with .Xr X509_load_cert_file 3 . In each directory, the search is ended once a file with the expected name and extension does not exists. .Pp If the .Fa type is .Dv X509_LU_CRL , the file name extensions are expected to have a prefix of .Qq "r" , i.e. they start with .Qq ".r0" , and the files are read with .Xr X509_load_crl_file 3 . .Pp In case of success, the first match is returned in the .Pf * Fa object provided by the caller, overwriting any previous content. .Pp With LibreSSL, .Fn X509_LOOKUP_init , .Fn X509_LOOKUP_shutdown , .Fn X509_LOOKUP_by_issuer_serial , .Fn X509_LOOKUP_by_fingerprint , and .Fn X509_LOOKUP_by_alias have no effect. .Sh RETURN VALUES .Fn X509_LOOKUP_new returns the new object or .Dv NULL if memory allocation fails. .Pp .Fn X509_LOOKUP_ctrl returns 1 for success or 0 for failure. With library implementations other than LibreSSL, it might also return \-1 for internal errors. .Pp .Fn X509_LOOKUP_by_subject returns 1 for success or 0 for failure. In particular, it fails if .Fa lookup uses .Xr X509_LOOKUP_file 3 or .Xr X509_LOOKUP_mem 3 , if .Fa name is .Dv NULL , if .Fa type is neither .Dv X509_LU_X509 nor .Dv X509_LU_CRL , if no match is found, or if memory allocation fails. With library implementations other than LibreSSL, it might also return negative values for internal errors. .Pp .Fn X509_LOOKUP_init and .Fn X509_LOOKUP_shutdown are supposed to return 1 for success and 0 for failure. With LibreSSL, they always return 1. .Pp With LibreSSL, .Fn X509_LOOKUP_by_issuer_serial , .Fn X509_LOOKUP_by_fingerprint , and .Fn X509_LOOKUP_by_alias always return 0. .Pp .Fn X509_get_default_cert_dir returns a pointer to the constant string .Qq /etc/ssl/certs , .Fn X509_get_default_cert_file to .Qq /etc/ssl/certs.pem , .Fn X509_get_default_cert_dir_env to .Qq SSL_CERT_DIR , and .Fn X509_get_default_cert_file_env to .Qq SSL_CERT_FILE . .Sh ENVIRONMENT For reasons of security and simplicity, LibreSSL ignores the environment variables .Ev SSL_CERT_DIR and .Ev SSL_CERT_FILE , but other library implementations may use their contents instead of the standard locations for trusted certificates, and a few third-party application programs also inspect these variables directly and may pass their values to .Fn X509_LOOKUP_add_dir and .Fn X509_LOOKUP_load_file . .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width /etc/ssl/certs.pem -compact .It Pa /etc/ssl/certs/ default directory for storing trusted certificates .It Pa /etc/ssl/certs.pem default file for storing trusted certificates .El .Sh ERRORS The following diagnostics can be retrieved with .Xr ERR_get_error 3 , .Xr ERR_GET_REASON 3 , and .Xr ERR_reason_error_string 3 : .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Dv ERR_R_ASN1_LIB Qq "ASN1 lib" .Xr d2i_X509_bio 3 failed in .Fn X509_LOOKUP_ctrl . .It Dv X509_R_BAD_X509_FILETYPE Qq "bad x509 filetype" .Fn X509_LOOKUP_ctrl was called with an invalid .Fa type . .It Dv ERR_R_BUF_LIB Qq "BUF lib" Memory allocation failed in .Fn X509_LOOKUP_by_subject . .It Dv X509_R_INVALID_DIRECTORY Qq "invalid directory" The .Fa source argument of .Fn X509_LOOKUP_ctrl with .Dv X509_L_ADD_DIR or .Fn X509_LOOKUP_add_dir was .Dv NULL or an empty string. .It Dv X509_R_LOADING_CERT_DIR Qq "loading cert dir" .Fn X509_LOOKUP_ctrl with .Dv X509_L_ADD_DIR or .Fn X509_LOOKUP_add_dir was called with .Dv X509_FILETYPE_DEFAULT and adding the default directories failed. This error is added after and in addition to a more specific diagnostic. .It Dv X509_R_LOADING_DEFAULTS Qq "loading defaults" .Fn X509_LOOKUP_ctrl with .Dv X509_L_FILE_LOAD or .Fn X509_LOOKUP_load_file was called with .Dv X509_FILETYPE_DEFAULT and adding the certificates and revocation lists failed. This error is added after and in addition to a more specific diagnostic. .It Dv ERR_R_MALLOC_FAILURE Qq "malloc failure" Memory allocation failed in .Fn X509_LOOKUP_ctrl or .Fn X509_LOOKUP_by_subject . .It Dv ERR_R_PEM_LIB Qq "PEM lib" .Xr PEM_X509_INFO_read_bio 3 , .Xr PEM_read_bio_X509_AUX 3 , or .Xr PEM_read_bio_X509_CRL 3 failed in .Fn X509_LOOKUP_ctrl . .It Dv ERR_R_SYS_LIB Qq "system lib" .Xr BIO_new 3 , .Xr BIO_new_file 3 , or .Xr BIO_read_filename 3 failed in .Fn X509_LOOKUP_ctrl . .It Dv X509_R_WRONG_LOOKUP_TYPE Qq "wrong lookup type" .Fn X509_LOOKUP_by_subject was called with an invalid .Fa type . .El .Pp Passing an invalid .Fa command to .Fn X509_LOOKUP_ctrl or calling .Fn X509_LOOKUP_by_subject with a .Dv NULL .Fa name or with arguments that yield no match causes failure but provides no diagnostics. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr d2i_X509_bio 3 , .Xr PEM_read_bio_X509_AUX 3 , .Xr PEM_X509_INFO_read_bio 3 , .Xr X509_load_cert_file 3 , .Xr X509_LOOKUP_hash_dir 3 , .Xr X509_NAME_hash 3 , .Xr X509_NAME_new 3 , .Xr X509_new 3 , .Xr X509_OBJECT_get_type 3 , .Xr X509_STORE_add_cert 3 , .Xr X509_STORE_get_by_subject 3 .Sh HISTORY .Fn X509_get_default_cert_dir , .Fn X509_get_default_cert_file , .Fn X509_get_default_cert_dir_env , and .Fn X509_get_default_cert_file_env first appeared in SSLeay 0.4.1 and have been available since .Ox 2.4 . .Pp .Fn X509_LOOKUP_add_mem first appeared in .Ox 5.7 . .Pp The other functions first appeared in SSLeay 0.8.0 and have been available since .Ox 2.4 . .Sh BUGS If the .Fa type is .Dv X509_FILETYPE_DEFAULT or .Dv X509_FILETYPE_PEM , .Fn X509_LOOKUP_ctrl with .Dv X509_L_FILE_LOAD and .Fn X509_LOOKUP_load_file silently ignore failure of .Xr X509_STORE_add_cert 3 and .Xr X509_STORE_add_crl 3 and indicate success anyway. .Pp Handling of a .Dv NULL .Fa source is inconsistent for .Fn X509_LOOKUP_ctrl with .Dv X509_L_FILE_LOAD and for .Fn X509_LOOKUP_load_file . With .Dv X509_FILETYPE_PEM , it causes failure, but with .Dv X509_FILETYPE_ASN1 , no action occurs and success is indicated. .Pp When called on a .Fa lookup object using .Xr X509_LOOKUP_mem 3 , .Fn X509_LOOKUP_ctrl raises .Dv ERR_R_PEM_LIB when called with an invalid .Fa command or .Fa type , when .Xr BIO_new_mem_buf 3 fails, when .Fa source contains zero objects, or when .Xr X509_STORE_add_cert 3 fails on the first object encountered, which is all inconsistent with the behaviour of the other lookup methods.