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

["Mickaël Salaün" <mic@digikod.net>]

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@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.