* struct pam_ssh_key containing the key and its comment.
*/
static struct pam_ssh_key *
-pam_ssh_load_key(const char *dir, const char *kfn, const char *passphrase)
+pam_ssh_load_key(const char *dir, const char *kfn, const char *passphrase,
+ int nullok)
{
struct pam_ssh_key *psk;
char fn[PATH_MAX];
if (snprintf(fn, sizeof(fn), "%s/%s", dir, kfn) > (int)sizeof(fn))
return (NULL);
comment = NULL;
- key = key_load_private(fn, passphrase, &comment);
+ /*
+ * If the key is unencrypted, OpenSSL ignores the passphrase, so
+ * it will seem like the user typed in the right one. This allows
+ * a user to circumvent nullok by providing a dummy passphrase.
+ * Verify that the key really *is* encrypted by trying to load it
+ * with an empty passphrase, and if the key is not encrypted,
+ * accept only an empty passphrase.
+ */
+ key = key_load_private(fn, NULL, &comment);
+ if (key != NULL && !(*passphrase == '\0' && nullok)) {
+ key_free(key);
+ return (NULL);
+ }
+ if (key == NULL)
+ key = key_load_private(fn, passphrase, &comment);
if (key == NULL) {
openpam_log(PAM_LOG_DEBUG, "failed to load key from %s\n", fn);
return (NULL);
if (pam_err != PAM_SUCCESS)
return (pam_err);
- if (*passphrase == '\0' && !nullok)
- goto skip_keys;
-
/* switch to user credentials */
pam_err = openpam_borrow_cred(pamh, pwd);
if (pam_err != PAM_SUCCESS)
/* try to load keys from all keyfiles we know of */
for (kfn = pam_ssh_keyfiles; *kfn != NULL; ++kfn) {
- psk = pam_ssh_load_key(pwd->pw_dir, *kfn, passphrase);
+ psk = pam_ssh_load_key(pwd->pw_dir, *kfn, passphrase, nullok);
if (psk != NULL) {
pam_set_data(pamh, *kfn, psk, pam_ssh_free_key);
++nkeys;
/* switch back to arbitrator credentials */
openpam_restore_cred(pamh);
- skip_keys:
/*
* If we tried an old token and didn't get anything, and
* try_first_pass was specified, try again after prompting the