crypto: handle OpenSSL error queue in CipherBase #21288

tniessen · 2018-06-12T14:30:19Z

This handles all errors produced by OpenSSL within the CipherBase class. API functions clear the error queue on return, utility functions such as InitAuthenticated() ensure that they do not add any new errors to the queue. Previously ignored return values are now being CHECK'd.

::Final does not clear the error queue as there is a custom error handler in place.

Note that #21287 is required for this to work, otherwise the CHECK in line 2597 will fail.

Fixes: #21281

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This handles all errors produced by OpenSSL within the CipherBase class. API functions clear the error queue on return, utility functions such as InitAuthenticated() ensure that they do not add any new errors to the queue. Previously ignored return values are now being CHECK'd. Fixes: nodejs#21281 Refs: nodejs#21287

nodejs-github-bot · 2018-06-12T14:30:21Z

@tniessen sadly an error occured when I tried to trigger a build :(

tniessen · 2018-06-12T19:39:58Z

cc @nodejs/crypto

addaleax · 2018-06-14T11:41:47Z

src/node_crypto.cc

@@ -2749,6 +2753,7 @@ static bool IsValidGCMTagLength(unsigned int tag_len) {
 bool CipherBase::InitAuthenticated(const char* cipher_type, int iv_len,
                                   unsigned int auth_tag_len) {
  CHECK(IsAuthenticatedMode());
+  MarkPopErrorOnReturn mark_pop_error_on_return;


For my own understanding: MarkPopErrorOnReturn basically means that OpenSSL errors inside this scope are swallowed/ignored?

Exactly, all errors that occur in this scope are dropped once the destructor is called (unless they have been handled specifically).

And now that we're handling the errors manually, Node will be throwing an error instead of just crashing, I suppose?

And because we're manually handling the errors now, it's better because we'll throw an error that you could catch and what not instead of just crashing, right?

It won't throw more errors than before (except for ::Init), it will just make sure that if it throws, it also clears the internal error queue of OpenSSL.

addaleax · 2018-06-14T11:46:04Z

Travis CI failure looks related:


not ok 346 parallel/test-crypto-binary-default
  ---
  duration_ms: 0.418
  severity: crashed
  exitcode: -6
  stack: |-
    out/Release/node[60848]: ../src/node_crypto.cc:2598:void node::crypto::CipherBase::Init(const char *, const char *, int, unsigned int): Assertion `EVP_CipherInit_ex(ctx_.get(), cipher, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, encrypt)' failed.
     1: node::Abort() [out/Release/node]
     2: 0x815a7d [out/Release/node]
     3: node::crypto::CipherBase::Init(char const*, char const*, int, unsigned int) [out/Release/node]
     4: node::crypto::CipherBase::Init(v8::FunctionCallbackInfo<v8::Value> const&) [out/Release/node]
     5: v8::internal::FunctionCallbackArguments::Call(v8::internal::CallHandlerInfo*) [out/Release/node]
     6: 0xa39f4f [out/Release/node]
     7: 0xa39616 [out/Release/node]
     8: 0x2be3fc7041bd
  ...

tniessen · 2018-06-14T11:52:49Z

@addaleax Yes, see above:

Note that #21287 is required for this to work, otherwise the CHECK in line 2597 will fail.

As far as I can tell, #15037 should have set the flag before calling EVP_CipherInit_Ex, otherwise, the call will fail in some modes. We never noticed because we didn't perform proper error-checking and OpenSSL left the context in a partially initialized state which was enough for the rest of the API to work. This PR adds a CHECK to ensure that the initialization actually succeeds from OpenSSL's perspective.

bnoordhuis · 2018-06-14T12:43:02Z

src/node_crypto.cc


  ctx_.reset(EVP_CIPHER_CTX_new());
  const bool encrypt = (kind_ == kCipher);
-  EVP_CipherInit_ex(ctx_.get(), cipher, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, encrypt);
+  CHECK(EVP_CipherInit_ex(ctx_.get(), cipher, nullptr,


EVP_CipherInit_ex() can fail for legitimate reasons (e.g. an engine that fails to load) so a CHECK is not appropriate.

I assume the old behavior (= no error checking) isn't appropriate either?

Indeed, errors should be reported.

That would make this semver-major I guess, so I'll probably just leave the CHECKs out for now.

Mwah, I don't think better error checking constitutes semver-major. The kind of bugs it'd flush out are programmer bugs and environmental issues.

bnoordhuis · 2018-06-14T12:44:37Z

src/node_crypto.cc

@@ -2893,6 +2898,7 @@ void CipherBase::SetAuthTag(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
 bool CipherBase::SetAAD(const char* data, unsigned int len, int plaintext_len) {
  if (!ctx_ || !IsAuthenticatedMode())
    return false;
+  ClearErrorOnReturn clear_error_on_return;


This should ideally be MarkPopErrorOnReturn. ClearErrorOnReturn is a blunt hammer and might swallow genuine errors.

Point taken, I can change it. In practice, the error stack should be empty when the JS layer calls into the C++ layer though, right?

Yes, except for the following:

It can mess up C++ -> C++ calls when the caller also manipulates the error stack.

I know of at least one add-on that leaves openssl errors on the stack for some time.

Instead of clearing all errors, mark and pop only errors that were added within the current scope.

tniessen · 2018-07-01T11:36:07Z

@bnoordhuis Please take another look.

ryzokuken

Unrelated, but node_crypto.cc seems to have become rather long, don't you think? Do you believe we should try break it into smaller parts (and even namespaces) at this point?

ryzokuken · 2018-07-01T18:20:09Z

src/node_crypto.cc


  ctx_.reset(EVP_CIPHER_CTX_new());
  const bool encrypt = (kind_ == kCipher);
-  EVP_CipherInit_ex(ctx_.get(), cipher, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, encrypt);
+  if (1 != EVP_CipherInit_ex(ctx_.get(), cipher, nullptr,


Style nit, but shouldn't this be done the other way around? Eg: EVP_CipherInit_ex(...) != 1? Would love to hear why you chose this over the former.

Didn't know we had a preference. I usually do the opposite, but I think having != 1 at the end of a multi-line expression looks weird.

Fun fact, this style was commonly used to prevent accidental assignment of variables / pointers in boolean expressions.

Because people would accidentally type = instead of == all the times? Sounds more likely in the era of butterfly keyboards, heh. If it makes sense for you to keep this, feel free to do so. I agree wholeheartedly that != 1 looks weird when in a multiline statement, just wanted to make sure we're not going against the style guide here.

Yes, even though I personally still prefer var == constant, the only reason here is that it looks weird. If no one has a strong opinion against this, I'd prefer to keep it this way.

ryzokuken · 2018-07-01T18:20:38Z

src/node_crypto.cc

-                    reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(key),
-                    reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(iv),
-                    encrypt);
+  if (1 != EVP_CipherInit_ex(ctx_.get(),


Same as above.

ryzokuken · 2018-07-01T18:20:54Z

src/node_crypto.cc

@@ -2686,7 +2696,11 @@ void CipherBase::InitIv(const char* cipher_type,
    EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_flags(ctx_.get(), EVP_CIPHER_CTX_FLAG_WRAP_ALLOW);

  const bool encrypt = (kind_ == kCipher);
-  EVP_CipherInit_ex(ctx_.get(), cipher, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, encrypt);
+  if (1 != EVP_CipherInit_ex(ctx_.get(), cipher, nullptr,


ryzokuken · 2018-07-01T18:21:16Z

src/node_crypto.cc

-                    reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char*>(key),
-                    reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char*>(iv),
-                    encrypt);
+  if (1 != EVP_CipherInit_ex(ctx_.get(),


This is getting boring, isn't it? 😛

ryzokuken · 2018-07-01T18:21:58Z

src/node_crypto.cc

@@ -2749,6 +2753,7 @@ static bool IsValidGCMTagLength(unsigned int tag_len) {
 bool CipherBase::InitAuthenticated(const char* cipher_type, int iv_len,
                                   unsigned int auth_tag_len) {
  CHECK(IsAuthenticatedMode());
+  MarkPopErrorOnReturn mark_pop_error_on_return;


And now that we're handling the errors manually, Node will be throwing an error instead of just crashing, I suppose?

ryzokuken · 2018-07-01T18:27:15Z

src/node_crypto.cc

-                    reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(key),
-                    reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(iv),
-                    encrypt);
+  if (1 != EVP_CipherInit_ex(ctx_.get(),


Same as above.

ryzokuken · 2018-07-01T18:27:27Z

src/node_crypto.cc

@@ -2686,7 +2696,11 @@ void CipherBase::InitIv(const char* cipher_type,
    EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_flags(ctx_.get(), EVP_CIPHER_CTX_FLAG_WRAP_ALLOW);

  const bool encrypt = (kind_ == kCipher);
-  EVP_CipherInit_ex(ctx_.get(), cipher, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, encrypt);
+  if (1 != EVP_CipherInit_ex(ctx_.get(), cipher, nullptr,


Same as above.

ryzokuken · 2018-07-01T18:27:44Z

src/node_crypto.cc

-                    reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char*>(key),
-                    reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char*>(iv),
-                    encrypt);
+  if (1 != EVP_CipherInit_ex(ctx_.get(),


God, isn't this repetitive 😅

ryzokuken · 2018-07-01T18:28:30Z

src/node_crypto.cc

@@ -2749,6 +2753,7 @@ static bool IsValidGCMTagLength(unsigned int tag_len) {
 bool CipherBase::InitAuthenticated(const char* cipher_type, int iv_len,
                                   unsigned int auth_tag_len) {
  CHECK(IsAuthenticatedMode());
+  MarkPopErrorOnReturn mark_pop_error_on_return;


And because we're manually handling the errors now, it's better because we'll throw an error that you could catch and what not instead of just crashing, right?

ryzokuken · 2018-07-01T18:32:10Z

src/node_crypto.cc

-                        EVP_CTRL_GCM_SET_TAG,
-                        auth_tag_len_,
-                        reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(auth_tag_));
+    CHECK(EVP_CIPHER_CTX_ctrl(ctx_.get(),


I'm a bit intrigued.

https://www.openssl.org/docs/man1.0.2/crypto/EVP_EncryptInit.html doesn't show EVP_CIPHER_CTX_ctrl returning anything. If it's actually returning void (I hope not), the would this work?

If it doesn't return void, shouldn't we use an if statement here as well and throw something nice instead of crashing the process?

The only reasons I can think of right now are a bug (e.g. because we permitted the call in an invalid state) or a memory allocation failure, and those are generally not handled within our APIs.

ryzokuken

LGTM

tniessen · 2018-07-07T13:41:27Z

CI: https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-pull-request/15753/

Pinging @nodejs/crypto one last time.

tniessen · 2018-07-12T14:02:44Z

Landed in 85b0f16.

This handles all errors produced by OpenSSL within the CipherBase class. API functions ensure that they do not add any new errors to the error queue. Also adds a couple of CHECKs and throws under certain conditions. PR-URL: #21288 Fixes: #21281 Refs: #21287 Reviewed-By: Ujjwal Sharma <usharma1998@gmail.com>

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Calling crypto.createCipheriv with a key of invalid length can cause errors in other consumers of the OpenSSL error queue #21281

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Don't clear all errors in return

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Instead of clearing all errors, mark and pop only errors that were added within the current scope.

Add error checking for EVP_CipherInit_ex

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Proposal: Splitting up node_crypto.cc #16524

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v10.7.0 proposal #21851

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