Integrated: 8336499: Failure when creating non-CRT RSA private keys in SunPKCS11

Martin Balao mbalao at openjdk.org
Wed Jul 24 02:42:42 UTC 2024


On Tue, 16 Jul 2024 23:22:45 GMT, Martin Balao <mbalao at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'd like to make a proposal to fix [JDK-8336499](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8336499).
> 
> With the proposed change, a non-sensitive RSA private key is first interpreted as a CRT key. If that fails (e.g. one of the attributes is not available), a second attempt is made to interpret the key as a non-CRT key. In this second attempt, only the required attributes (`CKA_MODULUS` and `CKA_PRIVATE_EXPONENT`) are queried. If this still fails, the key is handled as an opaque key. Most non-sensitive key cases will require a single query, retaining the performance improvement made in [8271566](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8271566). No changes were made to sensitive keys: they are still handled as opaque keys.
> 
> No regressions observed in `jdk/sun/security/pkcs11`.
> 
> As explained in a [JBS comment](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8336499?focusedId=14690278&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-14690278), a regression test for this fix is not easy because the NSS Software Token cannot create non-CRT RSA private keys without a `CKA_PUBLIC_EXPONENT` (as required by the PKCS 11 standard v2.40 and above). A call to `P11RSAKeyFactory::generatePrivate` would fail and the key is never wrapped in a `P11Key` object. A PKCS 11 library implementing a standard previous to 2.40 would be required. With that said, I manually exercised the `asNonCRT` path in the proposed change by using a CRT key and forcing `asCRT` to fail with the debugger.
> 
> Thanks,
> Martin.-

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: 3251eea1
Author:    Martin Balao <mbalao at openjdk.org>
URL:       https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/commit/3251eea1f4289a0505052be204407c02ca38b0ad
Stats:     81 lines in 1 file changed: 44 ins; 18 del; 19 mod

8336499: Failure when creating non-CRT RSA private keys in SunPKCS11

Co-authored-by: Francisco Ferrari Bihurriet <fferrari at openjdk.org>
Co-authored-by: Martin Balao <mbalao at openjdk.org>
Reviewed-by: fferrari, valeriep

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/20204



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