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X.509: Remove certificate date checks

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Remove the certificate date checks that are performed when a certificate is
parsed.  There are two checks: a valid from and a valid to.  The first check is
causing a lot of problems with system clocks that don't keep good time and the
second places an implicit expiry date upon the kernel when used for module
signing, so do we really need them?

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
cc: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@redhat.com>
cc: Alexander Holler <holler@ahsoftware.de>
cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
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David Howells 2013-06-18 17:40:44 +01:00
parent 17334cabc8
commit 124df92609
1 changed files with 0 additions and 38 deletions
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crypto/asymmetric_keys/x509_public_key.c
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@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(x509_check_signature);
static int x509_key_preparse(struct key_preparsed_payload *prep)
{
struct x509_certificate *cert;
struct tm now;
size_t srlen, sulen;
char *desc = NULL;
int ret;
@ -150,43 +149,6 @@ static int x509_key_preparse(struct key_preparsed_payload *prep)
goto error_free_cert;
}
time_to_tm(CURRENT_TIME.tv_sec, 0, &now);
pr_devel("Now: %04ld-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d:%02d\n",
now.tm_year + 1900, now.tm_mon + 1, now.tm_mday,
now.tm_hour, now.tm_min, now.tm_sec);
if (now.tm_year < cert->valid_from.tm_year ||
(now.tm_year == cert->valid_from.tm_year &&
(now.tm_mon < cert->valid_from.tm_mon ||
(now.tm_mon == cert->valid_from.tm_mon &&
(now.tm_mday < cert->valid_from.tm_mday ||
(now.tm_mday == cert->valid_from.tm_mday &&
(now.tm_hour < cert->valid_from.tm_hour ||
(now.tm_hour == cert->valid_from.tm_hour &&
(now.tm_min < cert->valid_from.tm_min ||
(now.tm_min == cert->valid_from.tm_min &&
(now.tm_sec < cert->valid_from.tm_sec
))))))))))) {
pr_warn("Cert %s is not yet valid\n", cert->fingerprint);
ret = -EKEYREJECTED;
goto error_free_cert;
}
if (now.tm_year > cert->valid_to.tm_year ||
(now.tm_year == cert->valid_to.tm_year &&
(now.tm_mon > cert->valid_to.tm_mon ||
(now.tm_mon == cert->valid_to.tm_mon &&
(now.tm_mday > cert->valid_to.tm_mday ||
(now.tm_mday == cert->valid_to.tm_mday &&
(now.tm_hour > cert->valid_to.tm_hour ||
(now.tm_hour == cert->valid_to.tm_hour &&
(now.tm_min > cert->valid_to.tm_min ||
(now.tm_min == cert->valid_to.tm_min &&
(now.tm_sec > cert->valid_to.tm_sec
))))))))))) {
pr_warn("Cert %s has expired\n", cert->fingerprint);
ret = -EKEYEXPIRED;
goto error_free_cert;
}
cert->pub->algo = pkey_algo[cert->pub->pkey_algo];
cert->pub->id_type = PKEY_ID_X509;