tasn_enc.c revision 299068
1/* tasn_enc.c */
2/*
3 * Written by Dr Stephen N Henson (steve@openssl.org) for the OpenSSL project
4 * 2000.
5 */
6/* ====================================================================
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54 * This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young
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58 */
59
60#include <stddef.h>
61#include <string.h>
62#include "cryptlib.h"
63#include <openssl/asn1.h>
64#include <openssl/asn1t.h>
65#include <openssl/objects.h>
66
67static int asn1_i2d_ex_primitive(ASN1_VALUE **pval, unsigned char **out,
68                                 const ASN1_ITEM *it, int tag, int aclass);
69static int asn1_set_seq_out(STACK_OF(ASN1_VALUE) *sk, unsigned char **out,
70                            int skcontlen, const ASN1_ITEM *item,
71                            int do_sort, int iclass);
72static int asn1_template_ex_i2d(ASN1_VALUE **pval, unsigned char **out,
73                                const ASN1_TEMPLATE *tt, int tag, int aclass);
74static int asn1_item_flags_i2d(ASN1_VALUE *val, unsigned char **out,
75                               const ASN1_ITEM *it, int flags);
76
77/*
78 * Top level i2d equivalents: the 'ndef' variant instructs the encoder to use
79 * indefinite length constructed encoding, where appropriate
80 */
81
82int ASN1_item_ndef_i2d(ASN1_VALUE *val, unsigned char **out,
83                       const ASN1_ITEM *it)
84{
85    return asn1_item_flags_i2d(val, out, it, ASN1_TFLG_NDEF);
86}
87
88int ASN1_item_i2d(ASN1_VALUE *val, unsigned char **out, const ASN1_ITEM *it)
89{
90    return asn1_item_flags_i2d(val, out, it, 0);
91}
92
93/*
94 * Encode an ASN1 item, this is use by the standard 'i2d' function. 'out'
95 * points to a buffer to output the data to. The new i2d has one additional
96 * feature. If the output buffer is NULL (i.e. *out == NULL) then a buffer is
97 * allocated and populated with the encoding.
98 */
99
100static int asn1_item_flags_i2d(ASN1_VALUE *val, unsigned char **out,
101                               const ASN1_ITEM *it, int flags)
102{
103    if (out && !*out) {
104        unsigned char *p, *buf;
105        int len;
106        len = ASN1_item_ex_i2d(&val, NULL, it, -1, flags);
107        if (len <= 0)
108            return len;
109        buf = OPENSSL_malloc(len);
110        if (!buf)
111            return -1;
112        p = buf;
113        ASN1_item_ex_i2d(&val, &p, it, -1, flags);
114        *out = buf;
115        return len;
116    }
117
118    return ASN1_item_ex_i2d(&val, out, it, -1, flags);
119}
120
121/*
122 * Encode an item, taking care of IMPLICIT tagging (if any). This function
123 * performs the normal item handling: it can be used in external types.
124 */
125
126int ASN1_item_ex_i2d(ASN1_VALUE **pval, unsigned char **out,
127                     const ASN1_ITEM *it, int tag, int aclass)
128{
129    const ASN1_TEMPLATE *tt = NULL;
130    unsigned char *p = NULL;
131    int i, seqcontlen, seqlen, ndef = 1;
132    const ASN1_COMPAT_FUNCS *cf;
133    const ASN1_EXTERN_FUNCS *ef;
134    const ASN1_AUX *aux = it->funcs;
135    ASN1_aux_cb *asn1_cb = 0;
136
137    if ((it->itype != ASN1_ITYPE_PRIMITIVE) && !*pval)
138        return 0;
139
140    if (aux && aux->asn1_cb)
141        asn1_cb = aux->asn1_cb;
142
143    switch (it->itype) {
144
145    case ASN1_ITYPE_PRIMITIVE:
146        if (it->templates)
147            return asn1_template_ex_i2d(pval, out, it->templates,
148                                        tag, aclass);
149        return asn1_i2d_ex_primitive(pval, out, it, tag, aclass);
150        break;
151
152    case ASN1_ITYPE_MSTRING:
153        return asn1_i2d_ex_primitive(pval, out, it, -1, aclass);
154
155    case ASN1_ITYPE_CHOICE:
156        if (asn1_cb && !asn1_cb(ASN1_OP_I2D_PRE, pval, it))
157            return 0;
158        i = asn1_get_choice_selector(pval, it);
159        if ((i >= 0) && (i < it->tcount)) {
160            ASN1_VALUE **pchval;
161            const ASN1_TEMPLATE *chtt;
162            chtt = it->templates + i;
163            pchval = asn1_get_field_ptr(pval, chtt);
164            return asn1_template_ex_i2d(pchval, out, chtt, -1, aclass);
165        }
166        /* Fixme: error condition if selector out of range */
167        if (asn1_cb && !asn1_cb(ASN1_OP_I2D_POST, pval, it))
168            return 0;
169        break;
170
171    case ASN1_ITYPE_EXTERN:
172        /* If new style i2d it does all the work */
173        ef = it->funcs;
174        return ef->asn1_ex_i2d(pval, out, it, tag, aclass);
175
176    case ASN1_ITYPE_COMPAT:
177        /* old style hackery... */
178        cf = it->funcs;
179        if (out)
180            p = *out;
181        i = cf->asn1_i2d(*pval, out);
182        /*
183         * Fixup for IMPLICIT tag: note this messes up for tags > 30, but so
184         * did the old code. Tags > 30 are very rare anyway.
185         */
186        if (out && (tag != -1))
187            *p = aclass | tag | (*p & V_ASN1_CONSTRUCTED);
188        return i;
189
190    case ASN1_ITYPE_NDEF_SEQUENCE:
191        /* Use indefinite length constructed if requested */
192        if (aclass & ASN1_TFLG_NDEF)
193            ndef = 2;
194        /* fall through */
195
196    case ASN1_ITYPE_SEQUENCE:
197        i = asn1_enc_restore(&seqcontlen, out, pval, it);
198        /* An error occurred */
199        if (i < 0)
200            return 0;
201        /* We have a valid cached encoding... */
202        if (i > 0)
203            return seqcontlen;
204        /* Otherwise carry on */
205        seqcontlen = 0;
206        /* If no IMPLICIT tagging set to SEQUENCE, UNIVERSAL */
207        if (tag == -1) {
208            tag = V_ASN1_SEQUENCE;
209            /* Retain any other flags in aclass */
210            aclass = (aclass & ~ASN1_TFLG_TAG_CLASS)
211                | V_ASN1_UNIVERSAL;
212        }
213        if (asn1_cb && !asn1_cb(ASN1_OP_I2D_PRE, pval, it))
214            return 0;
215        /* First work out sequence content length */
216        for (i = 0, tt = it->templates; i < it->tcount; tt++, i++) {
217            const ASN1_TEMPLATE *seqtt;
218            ASN1_VALUE **pseqval;
219            seqtt = asn1_do_adb(pval, tt, 1);
220            if (!seqtt)
221                return 0;
222            pseqval = asn1_get_field_ptr(pval, seqtt);
223            /* FIXME: check for errors in enhanced version */
224            seqcontlen += asn1_template_ex_i2d(pseqval, NULL, seqtt,
225                                               -1, aclass);
226        }
227
228        seqlen = ASN1_object_size(ndef, seqcontlen, tag);
229        if (!out)
230            return seqlen;
231        /* Output SEQUENCE header */
232        ASN1_put_object(out, ndef, seqcontlen, tag, aclass);
233        for (i = 0, tt = it->templates; i < it->tcount; tt++, i++) {
234            const ASN1_TEMPLATE *seqtt;
235            ASN1_VALUE **pseqval;
236            seqtt = asn1_do_adb(pval, tt, 1);
237            if (!seqtt)
238                return 0;
239            pseqval = asn1_get_field_ptr(pval, seqtt);
240            /* FIXME: check for errors in enhanced version */
241            asn1_template_ex_i2d(pseqval, out, seqtt, -1, aclass);
242        }
243        if (ndef == 2)
244            ASN1_put_eoc(out);
245        if (asn1_cb && !asn1_cb(ASN1_OP_I2D_POST, pval, it))
246            return 0;
247        return seqlen;
248
249    default:
250        return 0;
251
252    }
253    return 0;
254}
255
256int ASN1_template_i2d(ASN1_VALUE **pval, unsigned char **out,
257                      const ASN1_TEMPLATE *tt)
258{
259    return asn1_template_ex_i2d(pval, out, tt, -1, 0);
260}
261
262static int asn1_template_ex_i2d(ASN1_VALUE **pval, unsigned char **out,
263                                const ASN1_TEMPLATE *tt, int tag, int iclass)
264{
265    int i, ret, flags, ttag, tclass, ndef;
266    flags = tt->flags;
267    /*
268     * Work out tag and class to use: tagging may come either from the
269     * template or the arguments, not both because this would create
270     * ambiguity. Additionally the iclass argument may contain some
271     * additional flags which should be noted and passed down to other
272     * levels.
273     */
274    if (flags & ASN1_TFLG_TAG_MASK) {
275        /* Error if argument and template tagging */
276        if (tag != -1)
277            /* FIXME: error code here */
278            return -1;
279        /* Get tagging from template */
280        ttag = tt->tag;
281        tclass = flags & ASN1_TFLG_TAG_CLASS;
282    } else if (tag != -1) {
283        /* No template tagging, get from arguments */
284        ttag = tag;
285        tclass = iclass & ASN1_TFLG_TAG_CLASS;
286    } else {
287        ttag = -1;
288        tclass = 0;
289    }
290    /*
291     * Remove any class mask from iflag.
292     */
293    iclass &= ~ASN1_TFLG_TAG_CLASS;
294
295    /*
296     * At this point 'ttag' contains the outer tag to use, 'tclass' is the
297     * class and iclass is any flags passed to this function.
298     */
299
300    /* if template and arguments require ndef, use it */
301    if ((flags & ASN1_TFLG_NDEF) && (iclass & ASN1_TFLG_NDEF))
302        ndef = 2;
303    else
304        ndef = 1;
305
306    if (flags & ASN1_TFLG_SK_MASK) {
307        /* SET OF, SEQUENCE OF */
308        STACK_OF(ASN1_VALUE) *sk = (STACK_OF(ASN1_VALUE) *)*pval;
309        int isset, sktag, skaclass;
310        int skcontlen, sklen;
311        ASN1_VALUE *skitem;
312
313        if (!*pval)
314            return 0;
315
316        if (flags & ASN1_TFLG_SET_OF) {
317            isset = 1;
318            /* 2 means we reorder */
319            if (flags & ASN1_TFLG_SEQUENCE_OF)
320                isset = 2;
321        } else
322            isset = 0;
323
324        /*
325         * Work out inner tag value: if EXPLICIT or no tagging use underlying
326         * type.
327         */
328        if ((ttag != -1) && !(flags & ASN1_TFLG_EXPTAG)) {
329            sktag = ttag;
330            skaclass = tclass;
331        } else {
332            skaclass = V_ASN1_UNIVERSAL;
333            if (isset)
334                sktag = V_ASN1_SET;
335            else
336                sktag = V_ASN1_SEQUENCE;
337        }
338
339        /* Determine total length of items */
340        skcontlen = 0;
341        for (i = 0; i < sk_ASN1_VALUE_num(sk); i++) {
342            skitem = sk_ASN1_VALUE_value(sk, i);
343            skcontlen += ASN1_item_ex_i2d(&skitem, NULL,
344                                          ASN1_ITEM_ptr(tt->item),
345                                          -1, iclass);
346        }
347        sklen = ASN1_object_size(ndef, skcontlen, sktag);
348        /* If EXPLICIT need length of surrounding tag */
349        if (flags & ASN1_TFLG_EXPTAG)
350            ret = ASN1_object_size(ndef, sklen, ttag);
351        else
352            ret = sklen;
353
354        if (!out)
355            return ret;
356
357        /* Now encode this lot... */
358        /* EXPLICIT tag */
359        if (flags & ASN1_TFLG_EXPTAG)
360            ASN1_put_object(out, ndef, sklen, ttag, tclass);
361        /* SET or SEQUENCE and IMPLICIT tag */
362        ASN1_put_object(out, ndef, skcontlen, sktag, skaclass);
363        /* And the stuff itself */
364        asn1_set_seq_out(sk, out, skcontlen, ASN1_ITEM_ptr(tt->item),
365                         isset, iclass);
366        if (ndef == 2) {
367            ASN1_put_eoc(out);
368            if (flags & ASN1_TFLG_EXPTAG)
369                ASN1_put_eoc(out);
370        }
371
372        return ret;
373    }
374
375    if (flags & ASN1_TFLG_EXPTAG) {
376        /* EXPLICIT tagging */
377        /* Find length of tagged item */
378        i = ASN1_item_ex_i2d(pval, NULL, ASN1_ITEM_ptr(tt->item), -1, iclass);
379        if (!i)
380            return 0;
381        /* Find length of EXPLICIT tag */
382        ret = ASN1_object_size(ndef, i, ttag);
383        if (out) {
384            /* Output tag and item */
385            ASN1_put_object(out, ndef, i, ttag, tclass);
386            ASN1_item_ex_i2d(pval, out, ASN1_ITEM_ptr(tt->item), -1, iclass);
387            if (ndef == 2)
388                ASN1_put_eoc(out);
389        }
390        return ret;
391    }
392
393    /* Either normal or IMPLICIT tagging: combine class and flags */
394    return ASN1_item_ex_i2d(pval, out, ASN1_ITEM_ptr(tt->item),
395                            ttag, tclass | iclass);
396
397}
398
399/* Temporary structure used to hold DER encoding of items for SET OF */
400
401typedef struct {
402    unsigned char *data;
403    int length;
404    ASN1_VALUE *field;
405} DER_ENC;
406
407static int der_cmp(const void *a, const void *b)
408{
409    const DER_ENC *d1 = a, *d2 = b;
410    int cmplen, i;
411    cmplen = (d1->length < d2->length) ? d1->length : d2->length;
412    i = memcmp(d1->data, d2->data, cmplen);
413    if (i)
414        return i;
415    return d1->length - d2->length;
416}
417
418/* Output the content octets of SET OF or SEQUENCE OF */
419
420static int asn1_set_seq_out(STACK_OF(ASN1_VALUE) *sk, unsigned char **out,
421                            int skcontlen, const ASN1_ITEM *item,
422                            int do_sort, int iclass)
423{
424    int i;
425    ASN1_VALUE *skitem;
426    unsigned char *tmpdat = NULL, *p = NULL;
427    DER_ENC *derlst = NULL, *tder;
428    if (do_sort) {
429        /* Don't need to sort less than 2 items */
430        if (sk_ASN1_VALUE_num(sk) < 2)
431            do_sort = 0;
432        else {
433            derlst = OPENSSL_malloc(sk_ASN1_VALUE_num(sk)
434                                    * sizeof(*derlst));
435            if (!derlst)
436                return 0;
437            tmpdat = OPENSSL_malloc(skcontlen);
438            if (!tmpdat) {
439                OPENSSL_free(derlst);
440                return 0;
441            }
442        }
443    }
444    /* If not sorting just output each item */
445    if (!do_sort) {
446        for (i = 0; i < sk_ASN1_VALUE_num(sk); i++) {
447            skitem = sk_ASN1_VALUE_value(sk, i);
448            ASN1_item_ex_i2d(&skitem, out, item, -1, iclass);
449        }
450        return 1;
451    }
452    p = tmpdat;
453
454    /* Doing sort: build up a list of each member's DER encoding */
455    for (i = 0, tder = derlst; i < sk_ASN1_VALUE_num(sk); i++, tder++) {
456        skitem = sk_ASN1_VALUE_value(sk, i);
457        tder->data = p;
458        tder->length = ASN1_item_ex_i2d(&skitem, &p, item, -1, iclass);
459        tder->field = skitem;
460    }
461
462    /* Now sort them */
463    qsort(derlst, sk_ASN1_VALUE_num(sk), sizeof(*derlst), der_cmp);
464    /* Output sorted DER encoding */
465    p = *out;
466    for (i = 0, tder = derlst; i < sk_ASN1_VALUE_num(sk); i++, tder++) {
467        memcpy(p, tder->data, tder->length);
468        p += tder->length;
469    }
470    *out = p;
471    /* If do_sort is 2 then reorder the STACK */
472    if (do_sort == 2) {
473        for (i = 0, tder = derlst; i < sk_ASN1_VALUE_num(sk); i++, tder++)
474            (void)sk_ASN1_VALUE_set(sk, i, tder->field);
475    }
476    OPENSSL_free(derlst);
477    OPENSSL_free(tmpdat);
478    return 1;
479}
480
481static int asn1_i2d_ex_primitive(ASN1_VALUE **pval, unsigned char **out,
482                                 const ASN1_ITEM *it, int tag, int aclass)
483{
484    int len;
485    int utype;
486    int usetag;
487    int ndef = 0;
488
489    utype = it->utype;
490
491    /*
492     * Get length of content octets and maybe find out the underlying type.
493     */
494
495    len = asn1_ex_i2c(pval, NULL, &utype, it);
496
497    /*
498     * If SEQUENCE, SET or OTHER then header is included in pseudo content
499     * octets so don't include tag+length. We need to check here because the
500     * call to asn1_ex_i2c() could change utype.
501     */
502    if ((utype == V_ASN1_SEQUENCE) || (utype == V_ASN1_SET) ||
503        (utype == V_ASN1_OTHER))
504        usetag = 0;
505    else
506        usetag = 1;
507
508    /* -1 means omit type */
509
510    if (len == -1)
511        return 0;
512
513    /* -2 return is special meaning use ndef */
514    if (len == -2) {
515        ndef = 2;
516        len = 0;
517    }
518
519    /* If not implicitly tagged get tag from underlying type */
520    if (tag == -1)
521        tag = utype;
522
523    /* Output tag+length followed by content octets */
524    if (out) {
525        if (usetag)
526            ASN1_put_object(out, ndef, len, tag, aclass);
527        asn1_ex_i2c(pval, *out, &utype, it);
528        if (ndef)
529            ASN1_put_eoc(out);
530        else
531            *out += len;
532    }
533
534    if (usetag)
535        return ASN1_object_size(ndef, len, tag);
536    return len;
537}
538
539/* Produce content octets from a structure */
540
541int asn1_ex_i2c(ASN1_VALUE **pval, unsigned char *cout, int *putype,
542                const ASN1_ITEM *it)
543{
544    ASN1_BOOLEAN *tbool = NULL;
545    ASN1_STRING *strtmp;
546    ASN1_OBJECT *otmp;
547    int utype;
548    unsigned char *cont, c;
549    int len;
550    const ASN1_PRIMITIVE_FUNCS *pf;
551    pf = it->funcs;
552    if (pf && pf->prim_i2c)
553        return pf->prim_i2c(pval, cout, putype, it);
554
555    /* Should type be omitted? */
556    if ((it->itype != ASN1_ITYPE_PRIMITIVE)
557        || (it->utype != V_ASN1_BOOLEAN)) {
558        if (!*pval)
559            return -1;
560    }
561
562    if (it->itype == ASN1_ITYPE_MSTRING) {
563        /* If MSTRING type set the underlying type */
564        strtmp = (ASN1_STRING *)*pval;
565        utype = strtmp->type;
566        *putype = utype;
567    } else if (it->utype == V_ASN1_ANY) {
568        /* If ANY set type and pointer to value */
569        ASN1_TYPE *typ;
570        typ = (ASN1_TYPE *)*pval;
571        utype = typ->type;
572        *putype = utype;
573        pval = &typ->value.asn1_value;
574    } else
575        utype = *putype;
576
577    switch (utype) {
578    case V_ASN1_OBJECT:
579        otmp = (ASN1_OBJECT *)*pval;
580        cont = otmp->data;
581        len = otmp->length;
582        break;
583
584    case V_ASN1_NULL:
585        cont = NULL;
586        len = 0;
587        break;
588
589    case V_ASN1_BOOLEAN:
590        tbool = (ASN1_BOOLEAN *)pval;
591        if (*tbool == -1)
592            return -1;
593        if (it->utype != V_ASN1_ANY) {
594            /*
595             * Default handling if value == size field then omit
596             */
597            if (*tbool && (it->size > 0))
598                return -1;
599            if (!*tbool && !it->size)
600                return -1;
601        }
602        c = (unsigned char)*tbool;
603        cont = &c;
604        len = 1;
605        break;
606
607    case V_ASN1_BIT_STRING:
608        return i2c_ASN1_BIT_STRING((ASN1_BIT_STRING *)*pval,
609                                   cout ? &cout : NULL);
610        break;
611
612    case V_ASN1_INTEGER:
613    case V_ASN1_ENUMERATED:
614        /*
615         * These are all have the same content format as ASN1_INTEGER
616         */
617        return i2c_ASN1_INTEGER((ASN1_INTEGER *)*pval, cout ? &cout : NULL);
618        break;
619
620    case V_ASN1_OCTET_STRING:
621    case V_ASN1_NUMERICSTRING:
622    case V_ASN1_PRINTABLESTRING:
623    case V_ASN1_T61STRING:
624    case V_ASN1_VIDEOTEXSTRING:
625    case V_ASN1_IA5STRING:
626    case V_ASN1_UTCTIME:
627    case V_ASN1_GENERALIZEDTIME:
628    case V_ASN1_GRAPHICSTRING:
629    case V_ASN1_VISIBLESTRING:
630    case V_ASN1_GENERALSTRING:
631    case V_ASN1_UNIVERSALSTRING:
632    case V_ASN1_BMPSTRING:
633    case V_ASN1_UTF8STRING:
634    case V_ASN1_SEQUENCE:
635    case V_ASN1_SET:
636    default:
637        /* All based on ASN1_STRING and handled the same */
638        strtmp = (ASN1_STRING *)*pval;
639        /* Special handling for NDEF */
640        if ((it->size == ASN1_TFLG_NDEF)
641            && (strtmp->flags & ASN1_STRING_FLAG_NDEF)) {
642            if (cout) {
643                strtmp->data = cout;
644                strtmp->length = 0;
645            }
646            /* Special return code */
647            return -2;
648        }
649        cont = strtmp->data;
650        len = strtmp->length;
651
652        break;
653
654    }
655    if (cout && len)
656        memcpy(cout, cont, len);
657    return len;
658}
659