| commit | 72b006f4bfd30b7c5037c163efaf279ab65bea9c | [log] [tgz] |
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| author | Hans Jerry Illikainen <hji@dyntopia.com> | Wed Nov 27 17:48:21 2019 +0000 |
| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | Sat Nov 30 13:52:35 2019 -0800 |
| tree | 50fdf5a566469f65c1b496efaaee77961775322e | |
| parent | 67a6ea63008bcee32a239934ad29eb5c5a554509 [diff] |
gpg-interface: prefer check_signature() for GPG verification This commit refactors the use of verify_signed_buffer() outside of gpg-interface.c to use check_signature() instead. It also turns verify_signed_buffer() into a file-local function since it's now only invoked internally by check_signature(). There were previously two globally scoped functions used in different parts of Git to perform GPG signature verification: verify_signed_buffer() and check_signature(). Now only check_signature() is used. The verify_signed_buffer() function doesn't guard against duplicate signatures as described by Michał Górny [1]. Instead it only ensures a non-erroneous exit code from GPG and the presence of at least one GOODSIG status field. This stands in contrast with check_signature() that returns an error if more than one signature is encountered. The lower degree of verification makes the use of verify_signed_buffer() problematic if callers don't parse and validate the various parts of the GPG status message themselves. And processing these messages seems like a task that should be reserved to gpg-interface.c with the function check_signature(). Furthermore, the use of verify_signed_buffer() makes it difficult to introduce new functionality that relies on the content of the GPG status lines. Now all operations that does signature verification share a single entry point to gpg-interface.c. This makes it easier to propagate changed or additional functionality in GPG signature verification to all parts of Git, without having odd edge-cases that don't perform the same degree of verification. [1] https://dev.gentoo.org/~mgorny/articles/attack-on-git-signature-verification.html Signed-off-by: Hans Jerry Illikainen <hji@dyntopia.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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