The patch below does not apply to the 3.12-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <[email protected]>.
thanks, greg k-h ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------ >From 124df926090b32a998483f6e43ebeccdbe5b5302 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Howells <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:40:44 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] X.509: Remove certificate date checks Remove the certificate date checks that are performed when a certificate is parsed. There are two checks: a valid from and a valid to. The first check is causing a lot of problems with system clocks that don't keep good time and the second places an implicit expiry date upon the kernel when used for module signing, so do we really need them? Signed-off-by: David Howells <[email protected]> cc: David Woodhouse <[email protected]> cc: Rusty Russell <[email protected]> cc: Josh Boyer <[email protected]> cc: Alexander Holler <[email protected]> cc: [email protected] diff --git a/crypto/asymmetric_keys/x509_public_key.c b/crypto/asymmetric_keys/x509_public_key.c index 0f55e3b027a0..c1540e8f454a 100644 --- a/crypto/asymmetric_keys/x509_public_key.c +++ b/crypto/asymmetric_keys/x509_public_key.c @@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(x509_check_signature); static int x509_key_preparse(struct key_preparsed_payload *prep) { struct x509_certificate *cert; - struct tm now; size_t srlen, sulen; char *desc = NULL; int ret; @@ -150,43 +149,6 @@ static int x509_key_preparse(struct key_preparsed_payload *prep) goto error_free_cert; } - time_to_tm(CURRENT_TIME.tv_sec, 0, &now); - pr_devel("Now: %04ld-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d:%02d\n", - now.tm_year + 1900, now.tm_mon + 1, now.tm_mday, - now.tm_hour, now.tm_min, now.tm_sec); - if (now.tm_year < cert->valid_from.tm_year || - (now.tm_year == cert->valid_from.tm_year && - (now.tm_mon < cert->valid_from.tm_mon || - (now.tm_mon == cert->valid_from.tm_mon && - (now.tm_mday < cert->valid_from.tm_mday || - (now.tm_mday == cert->valid_from.tm_mday && - (now.tm_hour < cert->valid_from.tm_hour || - (now.tm_hour == cert->valid_from.tm_hour && - (now.tm_min < cert->valid_from.tm_min || - (now.tm_min == cert->valid_from.tm_min && - (now.tm_sec < cert->valid_from.tm_sec - ))))))))))) { - pr_warn("Cert %s is not yet valid\n", cert->fingerprint); - ret = -EKEYREJECTED; - goto error_free_cert; - } - if (now.tm_year > cert->valid_to.tm_year || - (now.tm_year == cert->valid_to.tm_year && - (now.tm_mon > cert->valid_to.tm_mon || - (now.tm_mon == cert->valid_to.tm_mon && - (now.tm_mday > cert->valid_to.tm_mday || - (now.tm_mday == cert->valid_to.tm_mday && - (now.tm_hour > cert->valid_to.tm_hour || - (now.tm_hour == cert->valid_to.tm_hour && - (now.tm_min > cert->valid_to.tm_min || - (now.tm_min == cert->valid_to.tm_min && - (now.tm_sec > cert->valid_to.tm_sec - ))))))))))) { - pr_warn("Cert %s has expired\n", cert->fingerprint); - ret = -EKEYEXPIRED; - goto error_free_cert; - } - cert->pub->algo = pkey_algo[cert->pub->pkey_algo]; cert->pub->id_type = PKEY_ID_X509; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
