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149 changes: 82 additions & 67 deletions src/iocore/net/OCSPStapling.cc
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Expand Up @@ -21,6 +21,8 @@

#include "P_OCSPStapling.h"

#include <memory>

#include <openssl/ssl.h>
#include <openssl/x509v3.h>
#include <openssl/asn1.h>
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -279,17 +281,36 @@ namespace

// Cached info stored in SSL_CTX ex_info
struct certinfo {
unsigned char idx[20]; // Index in session cache SHA1 hash of certificate
TS_OCSP_CERTID *cid; // Certificate ID for OCSP requests or nullptr if ID cannot be determined
char *uri; // Responder details
char *certname;
char *user_agent;
unsigned char idx[20] = {}; // Index in session cache SHA1 hash of certificate
TS_OCSP_CERTID *cid = nullptr; // Certificate ID for OCSP requests
char *uri = nullptr; // Responder details
char *certname = nullptr;
char *user_agent = nullptr;
ink_mutex stapling_mutex;
unsigned char resp_der[MAX_STAPLING_DER];
unsigned int resp_derlen;
bool is_prefetched;
bool is_expire;
time_t expire_time;
unsigned char resp_der[MAX_STAPLING_DER] = {};
unsigned int resp_derlen = 0;
bool is_prefetched = false;
bool is_expire = true;
time_t expire_time = 0;

certinfo() { ink_mutex_init(&stapling_mutex); }
~certinfo()
{
if (cid) {
TS_OCSP_CERTID_free(cid);
}
if (uri) {
OPENSSL_free(uri);
}
ats_free(certname);
ats_free(user_agent);
ink_mutex_destroy(&stapling_mutex);
}

certinfo(const certinfo &) = delete;
certinfo &operator=(const certinfo &) = delete;
certinfo(certinfo &&) = delete;
certinfo &operator=(certinfo &&) = delete;
};

class HTTPRequest : public Continuation
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -724,7 +745,7 @@ TS_OCSP_resp_find_status(TS_OCSP_BASICRESP *bs, TS_OCSP_CERTID *id, int *status,
* In the case of multiple certificates associated with a SSL_CTX, we must store a map
* of cached responses
*/
using certinfo_map = std::map<X509 *, certinfo *>;
using certinfo_map = std::map<X509 *, std::unique_ptr<certinfo>>;

void
certinfo_map_free(void * /*parent*/, void *ptr, CRYPTO_EX_DATA * /*ad*/, int /*idx*/, long /*argl*/, void * /*argp*/)
Expand All @@ -735,18 +756,13 @@ certinfo_map_free(void * /*parent*/, void *ptr, CRYPTO_EX_DATA * /*ad*/, int /*i
return;
}

#ifdef OPENSSL_IS_BORINGSSL
// The map owns a reference on each X509 key under BoringSSL; the certinfo
// values are freed by their unique_ptr destructors when the map is deleted.
for (auto &iter : *map) {
certinfo *cinf = iter.second;
if (cinf->uri) {
OPENSSL_free(cinf->uri);
}

ats_free(cinf->certname);
ats_free(cinf->user_agent);

ink_mutex_destroy(&cinf->stapling_mutex);
OPENSSL_free(cinf);
X509_free(iter.first);
}
#endif
delete map;
}

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -860,28 +876,20 @@ ssl_stapling_init_cert(SSL_CTX *ctx, X509 *cert, const char *certname, const cha
return false;
}

bool map_is_new = false;
if (!map) {
map = new certinfo_map;
}
certinfo *cinf = static_cast<certinfo *>(OPENSSL_malloc(sizeof(certinfo)));
if (!cinf) {
Error("error allocating memory for %s", certname);
delete map;
return false;
map = new certinfo_map;
map_is_new = true;
}
auto cinf_ptr = std::make_unique<certinfo>();
certinfo *cinf = cinf_ptr.get();

// Initialize certinfo
cinf->cid = nullptr;
cinf->uri = nullptr;
cinf->certname = ats_strdup(certname);
if (SSLConfigParams::ssl_ocsp_user_agent != nullptr) {
cinf->user_agent = ats_strdup(SSLConfigParams::ssl_ocsp_user_agent);
}
cinf->resp_derlen = 0;
ink_mutex_init(&cinf->stapling_mutex);
cinf->is_prefetched = rsp_file ? true : false;
cinf->is_expire = true;
cinf->expire_time = 0;

if (cinf->is_prefetched) {
Dbg(dbg_ctl_ssl_ocsp, "using OCSP prefetched response file %s", rsp_file);
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -949,24 +957,17 @@ ssl_stapling_init_cert(SSL_CTX *ctx, X509 *cert, const char *certname, const cha
X509_up_ref(cert);
#endif

map->insert(std::make_pair(cert, cinf));
map->emplace(cert, std::move(cinf_ptr));
SSL_CTX_set_ex_data(ctx, ssl_stapling_index, map);

Note("successfully initialized stapling for %s into SSL_CTX: %p uri=%s", certname, ctx, cinf->uri);
return true;

err:
if (cinf->cid) {
TS_OCSP_CERTID_free(cinf->cid);
}

ats_free(cinf->certname);
ats_free(cinf->user_agent);

if (cinf) {
OPENSSL_free(cinf);
}
if (map) {
// cinf_ptr destructor handles certinfo cleanup.
// Only tear down the map if this call created it; an existing map is still
// owned by the SSL_CTX.
if (map_is_new) {
delete map;
}

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1327,7 +1328,7 @@ ocsp_update()
if (map) {
// Walk over all certs associated with this CTX
for (auto &iter : *map) {
cinf = iter.second;
cinf = iter.second.get();
ink_mutex_acquire(&cinf->stapling_mutex);
current_time = time(nullptr);
if (cinf->resp_derlen == 0 || cinf->is_expire || cinf->expire_time < current_time) {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1370,32 +1371,46 @@ ssl_callback_ocsp_stapling(SSL *ssl, void *)
return SSL_TLSEXT_ERR_NOACK;
}

// Fetch the specific certificate used in this negotiation
X509 *cert = SSL_get_certificate(ssl);
if (!cert) {
Error("ssl_callback_ocsp_stapling: failed to get certificate");
return SSL_TLSEXT_ERR_NOACK;
}

certinfo *cinf = nullptr;

#ifndef HAVE_NATIVE_DUAL_CERT_SUPPORT
// Fast path: without native dual-cert support each SSL_CTX holds exactly one
// certificate, so a single map entry must be the negotiated cert. This skips
// the SSL_get_certificate() lookup and the X509_cmp() DER re-parse below.
// Not safe under HAVE_NATIVE_DUAL_CERT_SUPPORT: a dual-cert CTX where only one
// cert has OCSP info also yields map->size()==1, but the negotiated cert may
// be the other one.
if (map->size() == 1) {
cinf = map->begin()->second.get();
} else
#endif
{
// Fetch the specific certificate used in this negotiation
X509 *cert = SSL_get_certificate(ssl);
if (!cert) {
Error("ssl_callback_ocsp_stapling: failed to get certificate");
return SSL_TLSEXT_ERR_NOACK;
}

#if HAVE_NATIVE_DUAL_CERT_SUPPORT
certinfo_map::iterator iter = map->find(cert);
if (iter != map->end()) {
cinf = iter->second;
}
#else
for (certinfo_map::iterator iter = map->begin(); iter != map->end(); ++iter) {
X509 *key = iter->first;
if (key == nullptr) {
continue;
certinfo_map::iterator iter = map->find(cert);
if (iter != map->end()) {
cinf = iter->second.get();
}
#else
for (certinfo_map::iterator iter = map->begin(); iter != map->end(); ++iter) {
X509 *key = iter->first;
if (key == nullptr) {
continue;
}

if (X509_cmp(key, cert) == 0) {
cinf = iter->second;
break;
if (X509_cmp(key, cert) == 0) {
cinf = iter->second.get();
break;
}
}
}
#endif
}

if (cinf == nullptr) {
Error("ssl_callback_ocsp_stapling: failed to get certificate information for ssl=%p", ssl);
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