firefox/rhbz-1400293-fix-mozilla-1324096.patch

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diff --git a/security/certverifier/CertVerifier.cpp b/security/certverifier/CertVerifier.cpp
--- a/security/certverifier/CertVerifier.cpp
+++ b/security/certverifier/CertVerifier.cpp
@@ -120,16 +120,20 @@ IsCertChainRootBuiltInRoot(const UniqueC
}
CERTCertificate* root = rootNode->cert;
if (!root) {
return Result::FATAL_ERROR_LIBRARY_FAILURE;
}
return IsCertBuiltInRoot(root, result);
}
+// The term "builtin root" traditionally refers to a root CA certificate that
+// has been added to the NSS trust store, because it has been approved
+// for inclusion according to the Mozilla CA policy, and might be accepted
+// by Mozilla applications as an issuer for certificates seen on the public web.
Result
IsCertBuiltInRoot(CERTCertificate* cert, bool& result)
{
result = false;
#ifdef DEBUG
nsCOMPtr<nsINSSComponent> component(do_GetService(PSM_COMPONENT_CONTRACTID));
if (!component) {
return Result::FATAL_ERROR_LIBRARY_FAILURE;
@@ -142,25 +146,38 @@ IsCertBuiltInRoot(CERTCertificate* cert,
return Success;
}
#endif // DEBUG
AutoSECMODListReadLock lock;
for (SECMODModuleList* list = SECMOD_GetDefaultModuleList(); list;
list = list->next) {
for (int i = 0; i < list->module->slotCount; i++) {
PK11SlotInfo* slot = list->module->slots[i];
- // PK11_HasRootCerts should return true if and only if the given slot has
- // an object with a CKA_CLASS of CKO_NETSCAPE_BUILTIN_ROOT_LIST, which
- // should be true only of the builtin root list.
- // If we can find a copy of the given certificate on the slot with the
- // builtin root list, that certificate must be a builtin.
- if (PK11_IsPresent(slot) && PK11_HasRootCerts(slot) &&
- PK11_FindCertInSlot(slot, cert, nullptr) != CK_INVALID_HANDLE) {
- result = true;
- return Success;
+ // We're searching for the "builtin root module", which is a module that
+ // contains an object with a CKA_CLASS of CKO_NETSCAPE_BUILTIN_ROOT_LIST.
+ // We use PK11_HasRootCerts() to identify a module with that property.
+ // In the past, we exclusively used the PKCS#11 module named nssckbi,
+ // which is provided by the NSS library.
+ // Nowadays, some distributions use a replacement module, which contains
+ // the builtin roots, but which also contains additional CA certificates,
+ // such as CAs trusted in a local deployment.
+ // We want to be able to distinguish between these two categories,
+ // because a CA, which may issue certificates for the public web,
+ // is expected to comply with additional requirements.
+ // If the certificate has attribute CKA_NSS_MOZILLA_CA_POLICY set to true,
+ // then we treat it as a "builtin root".
+ if (PK11_IsPresent(slot) && PK11_HasRootCerts(slot)) {
+ CK_OBJECT_HANDLE handle = PK11_FindCertInSlot(slot, cert, nullptr);
+ if (handle != CK_INVALID_HANDLE &&
+ PK11_HasAttributeSet(slot, handle, CKA_NSS_MOZILLA_CA_POLICY,
+ false)) {
+ // Attribute was found, and is set to true
+ result = true;
+ break;
+ }
}
}
}
return Success;
}
static Result
BuildCertChainForOneKeyUsage(NSSCertDBTrustDomain& trustDomain, Input certDER,