On Mon, 28 Dec 2020 16:24:43 GMT, Martin Balao <[email protected]> wrote:

> When a multi-part cipher operation fails in SunPKCS11 (i.e. because of an 
> invalid block size), we now cancel the operation before returning the 
> underlying Session to the Session Manager. This allows to use the returned 
> Session for a different purpose. Otherwise, an CKR_OPERATION_ACTIVE error 
> would be raised from the PKCS#11 library.
> 
> The jdk/sun/security/pkcs11/Cipher/CancelMultipart.java regression test is 
> introduced as part of this PR.
> 
> No regressions found in jdk/sun/security/pkcs11.

Thanks for finding this! There have been intermittent CKR_OPERATION_ACTIVE 
errors which is likely the result of this bug...

Existing SunPKCS11 code is based on the PKCS#11 spec, e.g. a call to 
C_EncryptUpdate which results in an error other than CKR_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL 
terminates the current encryption operation, and thus avoid the canceling 
operation for such scenarios. Ideally, NSS should have properly terminated the 
operation as the spec described. Knowing the NSS behavior, this 
defensive-cancellation fix is good.

There are additional SunPKCS11 impl classes which follow the same model as 
P11Cipher class and may have to be updated with this defensive-cancellation fix 
as well. How about P11AEADCipher.java, P11RSACipher.java, P11Signature.java, 
P11PSSSignature.java, P11Mac.java?

Thanks,
Valerie

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/1901

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