[exim-cvs] Bug 1400: Fix GnuTLS PKCS11 issues

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Subject: [exim-cvs] Bug 1400: Fix GnuTLS PKCS11 issues
Gitweb: http://git.exim.org/exim.git/commitdiff/2519e60d2f6124589a6a5b922dd9ae6bcb6f6588
Commit:     2519e60d2f6124589a6a5b922dd9ae6bcb6f6588
Parent:     b3e39dd7f0113be4aeeab16dbe18b9eef8c1caad
Author:     Todd Lyons <tlyons@???>
AuthorDate: Sat Oct 19 17:01:26 2013 -0700
Committer:  Todd Lyons <tlyons@???>
CommitDate: Tue Oct 22 04:54:30 2013 -0700


    Bug 1400: Fix GnuTLS PKCS11 issues


    Can disable PKCS11 in Makefile with AVOID_GNUTLS_PKCS11 build flag.
    Rename gnutls_enable_pkcs11 option to gnutls_allow_auto_pkcs11.
    Update Changelog
---
 doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt      |    4 ++--
 doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog          |    7 ++++++-
 doc/doc-txt/NewStuff           |    9 ++++++++-
 doc/doc-txt/OptionLists.txt    |    2 +-
 src/README.UPDATING            |    2 +-
 src/scripts/Configure-Makefile |    6 +++++-
 src/src/EDITME                 |    7 +++++++
 src/src/config.h.defaults      |    1 +
 src/src/globals.c              |    2 +-
 src/src/globals.h              |    2 +-
 src/src/readconf.c             |    2 +-
 src/src/tls-gnu.c              |   12 ++++++++++--
 12 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)


diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
index d839df8..ec01e16 100644
--- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
+++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
@@ -13039,7 +13039,7 @@ listed in more than one group.
 .section "TLS" "SECID108"
 .table2
 .row &%gnutls_compat_mode%&          "use GnuTLS compatibility mode"
-.row &%gnutls_enable_pkcs11%&        "allow GnuTLS to autoload PKCS11 modules"
+.row &%gnutls_allow_auto_pkcs11%&    "allow GnuTLS to autoload PKCS11 modules"
 .row &%openssl_options%&             "adjust OpenSSL compatibility options"
 .row &%tls_advertise_hosts%&         "advertise TLS to these hosts"
 .row &%tls_certificate%&             "location of server certificate"
@@ -14077,7 +14077,7 @@ implementations of TLS.



.new
-option gnutls_enable_pkcs11 main boolean unset
+option gnutls_allow_auto_pkcs11 main boolean unset
This option will let GnuTLS (2.12.0 or later) autoload PKCS11 modules with
the p11-kit configuration files in &_/etc/pkcs11/modules/_&.

diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog b/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog
index 1d848c9..928f377 100644
--- a/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog
@@ -60,7 +60,9 @@ NM/01 Bugzilla 1197 - Spec typo

JH/03 Add expansion operators ${listnamed:name} and ${listcount:string}

-PP/09 Add gnutls_enable_pkcs11 option.
+PP/09 Add gnutls_allow_auto_pkcs11 option (was originally called
+      gnutls_enable_pkcs11, but renamed to more accurately indicate its
+      function.


 PP/10 Let Linux makefile inherit CFLAGS/CFLAGS_DYNAMIC.
       Pulled from Debian 30_dontoverridecflags.dpatch by Andreas Metzler.
@@ -259,6 +261,9 @@ TL/18 Had previously added a -CONTINUE option to runtest in the test suite.
 TL/19 Bugzilla 1402 - Test 533 fails if any part of the path to the test suite
       contains upper case chars. Make router use caseful_local_part.


+TL/20 Bugzilla 1400 - Add AVOID_GNUTLS_PKCS11 build option. Allows GnuTLS
+      support when GnuTLS has been built with p11-kit.
+


 Exim version 4.80.1
 -------------------
diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff b/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff
index 7f54b8f..d308f04 100644
--- a/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff
+++ b/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ Version 4.82
  8. New expansion operators ${listnamed:name} to get the content of a named list
     and ${listcount:string} to count the items in a list.


- 9. New global option "gnutls_enable_pkcs11", defaults false.  The GnuTLS
+ 9. New global option "gnutls_allow_auto_pkcs11", defaults false.  The GnuTLS
     rewrite in 4.80 combines with GnuTLS 2.12.0 or later, to autoload PKCS11
     modules.  For some situations this is desirable, but we expect admin in
     those situations to know they want the feature.  More commonly, it means
@@ -97,6 +97,13 @@ Version 4.82
     through, thus breakage.  So we explicitly inhibit the PKCS11 initialisation
     unless this new option is set.


+    Some older OS's with earlier versions of GnuTLS might not have pkcs11 ability,
+    so have also added a build option which can be used to build Exim with GnuTLS
+    but without trying to use any kind of PKCS11 support.  Uncomment this in the
+    Local/Makefile:
+
+    AVOID_GNUTLS_PKCS11=yes
+
 10. The "acl = name" condition on an ACL now supports optional arguments.
     New expansion item "${acl {name}{arg}...}" and expansion condition
     "acl {{name}{arg}...}" are added.  In all cases up to nine arguments
diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/OptionLists.txt b/doc/doc-txt/OptionLists.txt
index 8787d48..9c909f2 100644
--- a/doc/doc-txt/OptionLists.txt
+++ b/doc/doc-txt/OptionLists.txt
@@ -248,8 +248,8 @@ from                                 string*         unset         autoreply
 gecos_name                           string*         unset         main
 gecos_pattern                        string          unset         main
 gethostbyname                        boolean         false         smtp
+gnutls_allow_auto_pkcs11             boolean         false         main              4.82
 gnutls_compat_mode                   boolean         unset         main              4.70
-gnutls_enable_pkcs11                 boolean         false         main              4.82
 gnutls_require_kx                    string*         unset         main              4.67 deprecated, warns
                                      string*         unset         smtp              4.67 deprecated, warns
 gnutls_require_mac                   string*         unset         main              4.67 deprecated, warns
diff --git a/src/README.UPDATING b/src/README.UPDATING
index 8b39848..62652e7 100644
--- a/src/README.UPDATING
+++ b/src/README.UPDATING
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ that might affect a running system.
 Exim version 4.82
 -----------------


- * New option gnutls_enable_pkcs11 defaults false; if you have GnuTLS 2.12.0
+ * New option gnutls_allow_auto_pkcs11 defaults false; if you have GnuTLS 2.12.0
    or later and do want PKCS11 modules to be autoloaded, then set this option.


  * A per-transport wait-<name> database is no longer updated if the transport
diff --git a/src/scripts/Configure-Makefile b/src/scripts/Configure-Makefile
index 58b2b57..5e8a726 100755
--- a/src/scripts/Configure-Makefile
+++ b/src/scripts/Configure-Makefile
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ done >> $mft || exit 1
 egrep "^[$st]*(AUTH|LOOKUP)_[A-Z0-9_]*[$st]*=[$st]*" $mft | \
   sed "s/[$st]*=/='/" | \
   sed "s/\$/'/" > $mftt
-egrep "^[$st]*((USE_(OPENSSL|GNUTLS)_PC)|SUPPORT_TLS|USE_GNUTLS|PCRE_CONFIG)[$st]*=[$st]*" $mft | \
+egrep "^[$st]*((USE_(OPENSSL|GNUTLS)_PC)|SUPPORT_TLS|USE_GNUTLS|PCRE_CONFIG|AVOID_GNUTLS_PKCS11)[$st]*=[$st]*" $mft | \
   sed "s/[$st]*=/='/" | \
   sed "s/\$/'/" >> $mftt
 if test -s $mftt
@@ -187,6 +187,10 @@ then
         esac
         ;;


+      AVOID_GNUTLS_PKCS11)
+        echo "$var=yes"
+        ;;
+
     esac
   done
   echo "# End of pkg-config fixups"
diff --git a/src/src/EDITME b/src/src/EDITME
index f44a1e3..3f818f3 100644
--- a/src/src/EDITME
+++ b/src/src/EDITME
@@ -728,6 +728,13 @@ HEADERS_CHARSET="ISO-8859-1"
 # USE_GNUTLS_PC=gnutls
 # TLS_LIBS=-lgnutls -ltasn1 -lgcrypt


+# The security fix we provide with the gnutls_allow_auto_pkcs11 option
+# (4.82 PP/09) introduces a compatibility regression. The symbol is
+# not available if GnuTLS is build without p11-kit (--without-p11-kit
+# configure option). In this case use AVOID_GNUTLS_PKCS11=yes when
+# building Exim.
+# AVOID_GNUTLS_PKCS11=yes
+
# If you are running Exim as a server, note that just building it with TLS
# support is not all you need to do. You also need to set up a suitable
# certificate, and tell Exim about it by means of the tls_certificate
diff --git a/src/src/config.h.defaults b/src/src/config.h.defaults
index 19bc1b1..8c1e799 100644
--- a/src/src/config.h.defaults
+++ b/src/src/config.h.defaults
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ it's a default value. */
#define USE_DB
#define USE_GDBM
#define USE_GNUTLS
+#define AVOID_GNUTLS_PKCS11
#define USE_READLINE
#define USE_TCP_WRAPPERS
#define USE_TDB
diff --git a/src/src/globals.c b/src/src/globals.c
index 5f32349..133a7bf 100644
--- a/src/src/globals.c
+++ b/src/src/globals.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ tls_support tls_out = {

 #ifdef SUPPORT_TLS
 BOOL    gnutls_compat_mode     = FALSE;
-BOOL    gnutls_enable_pkcs11   = FALSE;
+BOOL    gnutls_allow_auto_pkcs11 = FALSE;
 uschar *gnutls_require_mac     = NULL;
 uschar *gnutls_require_kx      = NULL;
 uschar *gnutls_require_proto   = NULL;
diff --git a/src/src/globals.h b/src/src/globals.h
index 4acc7f8..265f94e 100644
--- a/src/src/globals.h
+++ b/src/src/globals.h
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ extern tls_support tls_out;


 #ifdef SUPPORT_TLS
 extern BOOL    gnutls_compat_mode;     /* Less security, more compatibility */
-extern BOOL    gnutls_enable_pkcs11;   /* Let GnuTLS autoload PKCS11 modules */
+extern BOOL    gnutls_allow_auto_pkcs11; /* Let GnuTLS autoload PKCS11 modules */
 extern uschar *gnutls_require_mac;     /* So some can be avoided */
 extern uschar *gnutls_require_kx;      /* So some can be avoided */
 extern uschar *gnutls_require_proto;   /* So some can be avoided */
diff --git a/src/src/readconf.c b/src/src/readconf.c
index 6b0f3aa..77c7984 100644
--- a/src/src/readconf.c
+++ b/src/src/readconf.c
@@ -243,8 +243,8 @@ static optionlist optionlist_config[] = {
   { "gecos_name",               opt_stringptr,   &gecos_name },
   { "gecos_pattern",            opt_stringptr,   &gecos_pattern },
 #ifdef SUPPORT_TLS
+  { "gnutls_allow_auto_pkcs11", opt_bool,        &gnutls_allow_auto_pkcs11 },
   { "gnutls_compat_mode",       opt_bool,        &gnutls_compat_mode },
-  { "gnutls_enable_pkcs11",     opt_bool,        &gnutls_enable_pkcs11 },
   /* These three gnutls_require_* options stopped working in Exim 4.80 */
   { "gnutls_require_kx",        opt_stringptr,   &gnutls_require_kx },
   { "gnutls_require_mac",       opt_stringptr,   &gnutls_require_mac },
diff --git a/src/src/tls-gnu.c b/src/src/tls-gnu.c
index c90ae14..5a37fae 100644
--- a/src/src/tls-gnu.c
+++ b/src/src/tls-gnu.c
@@ -176,7 +176,15 @@ before, for now. */
 #define HAVE_GNUTLS_SESSION_CHANNEL_BINDING
 #define HAVE_GNUTLS_SEC_PARAM_CONSTANTS
 #define HAVE_GNUTLS_RND
+/* The security fix we provide with the gnutls_allow_auto_pkcs11 option
+ * (4.82 PP/09) introduces a compatibility regression. The symbol simply
+ * isn't available sometimes, so this needs to become a conditional
+ * compilation; the sanest way to deal with this being a problem on
+ * older OSes is to block it in the Local/Makefile with this compiler
+ * definition  */
+#ifndef AVOID_GNUTLS_PKCS11
 #define HAVE_GNUTLS_PKCS11
+#endif /* AVOID_GNUTLS_PKCS11 */
 #endif



@@ -922,7 +930,7 @@ if (!exim_gnutls_base_init_done)
   by some sysadmin, but also means in common configurations that GNOME keyring
   environment variables are used and so breaks for users calling mailq.
   To prevent this, we init PKCS11 first, which is the documented approach. */
-  if (!gnutls_enable_pkcs11)
+  if (!gnutls_allow_auto_pkcs11)
     {
     rc = gnutls_pkcs11_init(GNUTLS_PKCS11_FLAG_MANUAL, NULL);
     exim_gnutls_err_check(US"gnutls_pkcs11_init");
@@ -1967,7 +1975,7 @@ if (exim_gnutls_base_init_done)
       "already initialised GnuTLS, Exim developer bug");


#ifdef HAVE_GNUTLS_PKCS11
-if (!gnutls_enable_pkcs11)
+if (!gnutls_allow_auto_pkcs11)
{
rc = gnutls_pkcs11_init(GNUTLS_PKCS11_FLAG_MANUAL, NULL);
validate_check_rc(US"gnutls_pkcs11_init");