On Mon, 27 Jan 2025 12:39:45 GMT, Konanki Sreenath <d...@openjdk.org> wrote:

> Earlier code will trigger NPE if the certificate does not contain the 
> extensions or if the requested extensions does not exist. The better approach 
> for hardening **getExtensionValue** here is to to check for NULL explicitly 
> before calling **getExtensionValue()** and avoding try-catch block which 
> ensures the readability and maintainability.
> 
> After scanning in multiple places where invokng getExtensions on the 
> X509CertInfo reference, the check for NULL is added in the **getKeyUsage()** 
> as well while calling before **getExtensionValue()**
> 
> The associated tests are written and added in test class 
> **CertificateExtensions**. Which will ensure to validate the 
> **getExtensionValue()** and **getKeyUsage()** methods in **X509CertImpl** 
> class.

Please don't integrate until someone from the Security Group reviews this PR. 
Thanks.

@jnimeh Can you please review this PR?

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/23315#issuecomment-2639896749
PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/23315#issuecomment-2639898463

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