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      1 /*	$NetBSD: sshbuf.h,v 1.24 2026/09/21 21:31:00 christos Exp $	*/
      2 /*	$OpenBSD: sshbuf.h,v 1.36 2026/04/07 07:40:40 djm Exp $	*/
      3 
      4 /*
      5  * Copyright (c) 2011 Damien Miller
      6  *
      7  * Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
      8  * purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
      9  * copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
     10  *
     11  * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
     12  * WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
     13  * MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
     14  * ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
     15  * WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
     16  * ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
     17  * OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
     18  */
     19 
     20 #ifndef _SSHBUF_H
     21 #define _SSHBUF_H
     22 
     23 #include <sys/types.h>
     24 #include <stdarg.h>
     25 #include <stdio.h>
     26 #include <stdint.h>
     27 
     28 #ifdef WITH_OPENSSL
     29 #include <openssl/bn.h>
     30 #include <openssl/ec.h>
     31 #include <openssl/ecdsa.h>
     32 #include <openssl/evp.h>
     33 #else /* OPENSSL */
     34 #define BIGNUM		void
     35 #define EC_KEY		void
     36 #define EC_GROUP	void
     37 #define EC_POINT	void
     38 #define EVP_PKEY	void
     39 #endif /* WITH_OPENSSL */
     40 
     41 #define SSHBUF_SIZE_MAX		0x10000000	/* Hard maximum size 256MB */
     42 #define SSHBUF_REFS_MAX		0x100000	/* Max child buffers */
     43 #define SSHBUF_MAX_BIGNUM	(16384 / 8)	/* Max bignum *bytes* */
     44 #define SSHBUF_MAX_ECPOINT	((528 * 2 / 8) + 1) /* Max EC point *bytes* */
     45 
     46 struct sshbuf;
     47 
     48 /*
     49  * Create a new sshbuf buffer.
     50  * Returns pointer to buffer on success, or NULL on allocation failure.
     51  */
     52 struct sshbuf *sshbuf_new(void);
     53 
     54 /*
     55  * Create a new, read-only sshbuf buffer from existing data.
     56  * Returns pointer to buffer on success, or NULL on allocation failure.
     57  */
     58 struct sshbuf *sshbuf_from(const void *blob, size_t len);
     59 
     60 /*
     61  * Create a new, read-only sshbuf buffer from the contents of an existing
     62  * buffer. The contents of "buf" must not change in the lifetime of the
     63  * resultant buffer.
     64  * Returns pointer to buffer on success, or NULL on allocation failure.
     65  */
     66 struct sshbuf *sshbuf_fromb(struct sshbuf *buf);
     67 
     68 /*
     69  * Create a new, read-only sshbuf buffer from the contents of a string in
     70  * an existing buffer (the string is consumed in the process).
     71  * The contents of "buf" must not change in the lifetime of the resultant
     72  * buffer.
     73  * On success, a pointer to the newly allocated buffer is placed in *bufp.
     74  * Returns 0 on success, or a negative SSH_ERR_* error code on failure.
     75  */
     76 int	sshbuf_froms(struct sshbuf *buf, struct sshbuf **bufp);
     77 
     78 /*
     79  * Clear and free buf
     80  */
     81 void	sshbuf_free(struct sshbuf *buf);
     82 
     83 /*
     84  * Reset buf, clearing its contents. NB. max_size is preserved.
     85  */
     86 void	sshbuf_reset(struct sshbuf *buf);
     87 
     88 /*
     89  * Return the maximum size of buf
     90  */
     91 size_t	sshbuf_max_size(const struct sshbuf *buf);
     92 
     93 /*
     94  * Set the maximum size of buf
     95  * Returns 0 on success, or a negative SSH_ERR_* error code on failure.
     96  */
     97 int	sshbuf_set_max_size(struct sshbuf *buf, size_t max_size);
     98 
     99 /*
    100  * Returns the length of data in buf
    101  */
    102 size_t	sshbuf_len(const struct sshbuf *buf);
    103 
    104 /*
    105  * Returns number of bytes left in buffer before hitting max_size.
    106  */
    107 size_t	sshbuf_avail(const struct sshbuf *buf);
    108 
    109 /*
    110  * Returns a read-only pointer to the start of the data in buf
    111  */
    112 const u_char *sshbuf_ptr(const struct sshbuf *buf);
    113 
    114 /*
    115  * Returns a mutable pointer to the start of the data in buf, or
    116  * NULL if the buffer is read-only.
    117  */
    118 u_char *sshbuf_mutable_ptr(const struct sshbuf *buf);
    119 
    120 /*
    121  * Check whether a reservation of size len will succeed in buf
    122  * Safer to use than direct comparisons again sshbuf_avail as it copes
    123  * with unsigned overflows correctly.
    124  * Returns 0 on success, or a negative SSH_ERR_* error code on failure.
    125  */
    126 int	sshbuf_check_reserve(const struct sshbuf *buf, size_t len);
    127 
    128 /*
    129  * Preallocates len additional bytes in buf.
    130  * Useful for cases where the caller knows how many bytes will ultimately be
    131  * required to avoid realloc in the buffer code.
    132  * Returns 0 on success, or a negative SSH_ERR_* error code on failure.
    133  */
    134 int	sshbuf_allocate(struct sshbuf *buf, size_t len);
    135 
    136 /*
    137  * Reserve len bytes in buf.
    138  * Returns 0 on success and a pointer to the first reserved byte via the
    139  * optional dpp parameter or a negative SSH_ERR_* error code on failure.
    140  */
    141 int	sshbuf_reserve(struct sshbuf *buf, size_t len, u_char **dpp);
    142 
    143 /*
    144  * Consume len bytes from the start of buf
    145  * Returns 0 on success, or a negative SSH_ERR_* error code on failure.
    146  */
    147 int	sshbuf_consume(struct sshbuf *buf, size_t len);
    148 
    149 /*
    150  * Consume len bytes from the end of buf
    151  * Returns 0 on success, or a negative SSH_ERR_* error code on failure.
    152  */
    153 int	sshbuf_consume_end(struct sshbuf *buf, size_t len);
    154 
    155 /*
    156  * Consume data from a parent buffer up to that of a child buffer (i.e.
    157  * one created by sshbuf_fromb()).
    158  *
    159  * Intended to be used in a pattern like:
    160  *
    161  *     b = sshbuf_fromb(parent);
    162  *     sshbuf_get_string(b, &foo, &foostr);
    163  *     sshbuf_get_u32(b, &bar);
    164  *     sshbuf_consume_upto_child(parent, b);
    165  *
    166  * After which, both "b" and "parent" will point to the same data.
    167  *
    168  * "child" must be a direct child of "buf" (i.e. neither an unrelated buffer
    169  * nor a grandchild) which has consumed data past that of "buf".
    170  */
    171 int	sshbuf_consume_upto_child(struct sshbuf *buf, const struct sshbuf *child);
    172 
    173 /* Extract or deposit some bytes */
    174 int	sshbuf_get(struct sshbuf *buf, void *v, size_t len);
    175 int	sshbuf_put(struct sshbuf *buf, const void *v, size_t len);
    176 int	sshbuf_putb(struct sshbuf *buf, const struct sshbuf *v);
    177 
    178 /* Append using a printf(3) format */
    179 int	sshbuf_putf(struct sshbuf *buf, const char *fmt, ...)
    180 	    __attribute__((format(printf, 2, 3)));
    181 int	sshbuf_putfv(struct sshbuf *buf, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
    182 	    __printflike(2, 0);
    183 
    184 /* Functions to extract or store big-endian words of various sizes */
    185 int	sshbuf_get_u64(struct sshbuf *buf, uint64_t *valp);
    186 int	sshbuf_get_u32(struct sshbuf *buf, uint32_t *valp);
    187 int	sshbuf_get_u16(struct sshbuf *buf, uint16_t *valp);
    188 int	sshbuf_get_u8(struct sshbuf *buf, u_char *valp);
    189 int	sshbuf_put_u64(struct sshbuf *buf, uint64_t val);
    190 int	sshbuf_put_u32(struct sshbuf *buf, uint32_t val);
    191 int	sshbuf_put_u16(struct sshbuf *buf, uint16_t val);
    192 int	sshbuf_put_u8(struct sshbuf *buf, u_char val);
    193 
    194 /* Functions to peek at the contents of a buffer without modifying it. */
    195 int	sshbuf_peek_u64(const struct sshbuf *buf, size_t offset,
    196     uint64_t *valp);
    197 int	sshbuf_peek_u32(const struct sshbuf *buf, size_t offset,
    198     uint32_t *valp);
    199 int	sshbuf_peek_u16(const struct sshbuf *buf, size_t offset,
    200     uint16_t *valp);
    201 int	sshbuf_peek_u8(const struct sshbuf *buf, size_t offset,
    202     u_char *valp);
    203 
    204 /*
    205  * Functions to poke values into an existing buffer (e.g. a length header
    206  * to a packet). The destination bytes must already exist in the buffer.
    207  */
    208 int sshbuf_poke_u64(struct sshbuf *buf, size_t offset, uint64_t val);
    209 int sshbuf_poke_u32(struct sshbuf *buf, size_t offset, uint32_t val);
    210 int sshbuf_poke_u16(struct sshbuf *buf, size_t offset, uint16_t val);
    211 int sshbuf_poke_u8(struct sshbuf *buf, size_t offset, u_char val);
    212 int sshbuf_poke(struct sshbuf *buf, size_t offset, void *v, size_t len);
    213 
    214 /*
    215  * Functions to extract or store SSH wire encoded strings (u32 len || data)
    216  * The "cstring" variants admit no \0 characters in the string contents.
    217  * Caller must free *valp.
    218  */
    219 int	sshbuf_get_string(struct sshbuf *buf, u_char **valp, size_t *lenp);
    220 int	sshbuf_get_cstring(struct sshbuf *buf, char **valp, size_t *lenp);
    221 int	sshbuf_get_stringb(struct sshbuf *buf, struct sshbuf *v);
    222 int	sshbuf_put_string(struct sshbuf *buf, const void *v, size_t len);
    223 int	sshbuf_put_cstring(struct sshbuf *buf, const char *v);
    224 int	sshbuf_put_stringb(struct sshbuf *buf, const struct sshbuf *v);
    225 
    226 /*
    227  * "Direct" variant of sshbuf_get_string, returns pointer into the sshbuf to
    228  * avoid an malloc+memcpy. The pointer is guaranteed to be valid until the
    229  * next sshbuf-modifying function call. Caller does not free.
    230  */
    231 int	sshbuf_get_string_direct(struct sshbuf *buf, const u_char **valp,
    232 	    size_t *lenp);
    233 
    234 /* Skip past a string */
    235 #define sshbuf_skip_string(buf) sshbuf_get_string_direct(buf, NULL, NULL)
    236 
    237 /* Another variant: "peeks" into the buffer without modifying it */
    238 int	sshbuf_peek_string_direct(const struct sshbuf *buf, const u_char **valp,
    239 	    size_t *lenp);
    240 
    241 /*
    242  * Functions to extract or store SSH wire encoded bignums and elliptic
    243  * curve points.
    244  */
    245 int	sshbuf_get_bignum2(struct sshbuf *buf, BIGNUM **valp);
    246 int	sshbuf_get_bignum2_bytes_direct(struct sshbuf *buf,
    247 	    const u_char **valp, size_t *lenp);
    248 int	sshbuf_put_bignum2(struct sshbuf *buf, const BIGNUM *v);
    249 int	sshbuf_put_bignum2_bytes(struct sshbuf *buf, const void *v, size_t len);
    250 int	sshbuf_get_ec(struct sshbuf *buf, EC_POINT *v, const EC_GROUP *g);
    251 int	sshbuf_get_eckey(struct sshbuf *buf, EC_KEY *v);
    252 int	sshbuf_put_ec(struct sshbuf *buf, const EC_POINT *v, const EC_GROUP *g);
    253 int	sshbuf_put_eckey(struct sshbuf *buf, const EC_KEY *v);
    254 int	sshbuf_put_ec_pkey(struct sshbuf *buf, EVP_PKEY *pkey);
    255 
    256 /* Functions to extract or store various non-SSH wire encoded values */
    257 int	sshbuf_get_nulterminated_string(struct sshbuf *buf, size_t maxlen,
    258 	    char **valp, size_t *lenp);
    259 
    260 /* Dump the contents of the buffer in a human-readable format */
    261 void	sshbuf_dump(const struct sshbuf *buf, FILE *f);
    262 
    263 /* Dump specified memory in a human-readable format */
    264 void	sshbuf_dump_data(const void *s, size_t len, FILE *f);
    265 
    266 /* Return the hexadecimal representation of the contents of the buffer */
    267 char	*sshbuf_dtob16(const struct sshbuf *buf);
    268 /* Make a sshbuf from a hex string */
    269 struct sshbuf *sshbuf_b16tod(const char *b16);
    270 
    271 /* Encode the contents of the buffer as base64 */
    272 char	*sshbuf_dtob64_string(const struct sshbuf *buf, int wrap);
    273 int	sshbuf_dtob64(const struct sshbuf *d, struct sshbuf *b64, int wrap);
    274 /* RFC4648 "base64url" encoding variant */
    275 int	sshbuf_dtourlb64(const struct sshbuf *d, struct sshbuf *b64, int wrap);
    276 
    277 /* Decode base64 data and append it to the buffer */
    278 int	sshbuf_b64tod(struct sshbuf *buf, const char *b64);
    279 
    280 /*
    281  * Tests whether the buffer contains the specified byte sequence at the
    282  * specified offset. Returns 0 on successful match, or a ssherr.h code
    283  * otherwise. SSH_ERR_INVALID_FORMAT indicates sufficient bytes were
    284  * present but the buffer contents did not match those supplied. Zero-
    285  * length comparisons are not allowed.
    286  *
    287  * If sufficient data is present to make a comparison, then it is
    288  * performed with timing independent of the value of the data. If
    289  * insufficient data is present then the comparison is not attempted at
    290  * all.
    291  */
    292 int	sshbuf_cmp(const struct sshbuf *b, size_t offset,
    293     const void *s, size_t len);
    294 
    295 /*
    296  * Test whether two buffers have identical contents.
    297  * SSH_ERR_MESSAGE_INCOMPLETE indicates the buffers had differing size.
    298  * SSH_ERR_INVALID_FORMAT indicates the buffers were the same size but
    299  * had differing contents.
    300  * Returns 0 on successful compare (comparing two empty buffers returns 0).
    301  */
    302 int sshbuf_equals(const struct sshbuf *a, const struct sshbuf *b);
    303 
    304 /*
    305  * Searches the buffer for the specified string. Returns 0 on success
    306  * and updates *offsetp with the offset of the first match, relative to
    307  * the start of the buffer. Otherwise sshbuf_find will return a ssherr.h
    308  * error code. SSH_ERR_INVALID_FORMAT indicates sufficient bytes were
    309  * present in the buffer for a match to be possible but none was found.
    310  * Searches for zero-length data are not allowed.
    311  */
    312 int
    313 sshbuf_find(const struct sshbuf *b, size_t start_offset,
    314     const void *s, size_t len, size_t *offsetp);
    315 
    316 /*
    317  * Duplicate the contents of a buffer to a string (caller to free).
    318  * Returns NULL on buffer error, or if the buffer contains a premature
    319  * nul character.
    320  */
    321 char *sshbuf_dup_string(struct sshbuf *buf);
    322 
    323 /*
    324  * Fill a buffer from a file descriptor or filename. Both allocate the
    325  * buffer for the caller.
    326  */
    327 int sshbuf_load_fd(int, struct sshbuf **)
    328     __attribute__((__nonnull__ (2)));
    329 int sshbuf_load_file(const char *, struct sshbuf **)
    330     __attribute__((__nonnull__ (2)));
    331 
    332 /*
    333  * Write a buffer to a path, creating/truncating as needed (mode 0644,
    334  * subject to umask). The buffer contents are not modified.
    335  */
    336 int sshbuf_write_file(const char *path, struct sshbuf *buf)
    337     __attribute__((__nonnull__ (2)));
    338 
    339 /* Read up to maxlen bytes from a fd directly to a buffer */
    340 int sshbuf_read(int, struct sshbuf *, size_t, size_t *)
    341     __attribute__((__nonnull__ (2)));
    342 
    343 /* Macros for decoding/encoding integers */
    344 #define PEEK_U64(p) \
    345 	(((uint64_t)(((const u_char *)(p))[0]) << 56) | \
    346 	 ((uint64_t)(((const u_char *)(p))[1]) << 48) | \
    347 	 ((uint64_t)(((const u_char *)(p))[2]) << 40) | \
    348 	 ((uint64_t)(((const u_char *)(p))[3]) << 32) | \
    349 	 ((uint64_t)(((const u_char *)(p))[4]) << 24) | \
    350 	 ((uint64_t)(((const u_char *)(p))[5]) << 16) | \
    351 	 ((uint64_t)(((const u_char *)(p))[6]) << 8) | \
    352 	  (uint64_t)(((const u_char *)(p))[7]))
    353 #define PEEK_U32(p) \
    354 	(((uint32_t)(((const u_char *)(p))[0]) << 24) | \
    355 	 ((uint32_t)(((const u_char *)(p))[1]) << 16) | \
    356 	 ((uint32_t)(((const u_char *)(p))[2]) << 8) | \
    357 	  (uint32_t)(((const u_char *)(p))[3]))
    358 #define PEEK_U16(p) \
    359 	(((uint16_t)(((const u_char *)(p))[0]) << 8) | \
    360 	  (uint16_t)(((const u_char *)(p))[1]))
    361 
    362 #define POKE_U64(p, v) \
    363 	do { \
    364 		const uint64_t __v = (v); \
    365 		((u_char *)(p))[0] = (__v >> 56) & 0xff; \
    366 		((u_char *)(p))[1] = (__v >> 48) & 0xff; \
    367 		((u_char *)(p))[2] = (__v >> 40) & 0xff; \
    368 		((u_char *)(p))[3] = (__v >> 32) & 0xff; \
    369 		((u_char *)(p))[4] = (__v >> 24) & 0xff; \
    370 		((u_char *)(p))[5] = (__v >> 16) & 0xff; \
    371 		((u_char *)(p))[6] = (__v >> 8) & 0xff; \
    372 		((u_char *)(p))[7] = __v & 0xff; \
    373 	} while (0)
    374 #define POKE_U32(p, v) \
    375 	do { \
    376 		const uint32_t __v = (v); \
    377 		((u_char *)(p))[0] = (__v >> 24) & 0xff; \
    378 		((u_char *)(p))[1] = (__v >> 16) & 0xff; \
    379 		((u_char *)(p))[2] = (__v >> 8) & 0xff; \
    380 		((u_char *)(p))[3] = __v & 0xff; \
    381 	} while (0)
    382 #define POKE_U16(p, v) \
    383 	do { \
    384 		const uint16_t __v = (v); \
    385 		((u_char *)(p))[0] = (__v >> 8) & 0xff; \
    386 		((u_char *)(p))[1] = __v & 0xff; \
    387 	} while (0)
    388 
    389 /* Internal definitions follow. Exposed for regress tests */
    390 #ifdef SSHBUF_INTERNAL
    391 
    392 /*
    393  * Return the allocation size of buf
    394  */
    395 size_t	sshbuf_alloc(const struct sshbuf *buf);
    396 
    397 /*
    398  * Increment the reference count of buf.
    399  */
    400 int	sshbuf_set_parent(struct sshbuf *child, struct sshbuf *parent);
    401 
    402 /*
    403  * Return the parent buffer of buf, or NULL if it has no parent.
    404  */
    405 const struct sshbuf *sshbuf_parent(const struct sshbuf *buf);
    406 
    407 /*
    408  * Return the reference count of buf
    409  */
    410 u_int	sshbuf_refcount(const struct sshbuf *buf);
    411 
    412 # define SSHBUF_SIZE_INIT	256		/* Initial allocation */
    413 # define SSHBUF_SIZE_INC	256		/* Preferred increment length */
    414 # define SSHBUF_PACK_MIN	8192		/* Minimum packable offset */
    415 
    416 /* # define SSHBUF_ABORT abort */
    417 /* # define SSHBUF_DEBUG */
    418 
    419 # ifndef SSHBUF_ABORT
    420 #  define SSHBUF_ABORT()
    421 # endif
    422 
    423 # ifdef SSHBUF_DEBUG
    424 #  define SSHBUF_DBG(x) do { \
    425 		printf("%s:%d %s: ", __FILE__, __LINE__, __func__); \
    426 		printf x; \
    427 		printf("\n"); \
    428 		fflush(stdout); \
    429 	} while (0)
    430 # else
    431 #  define SSHBUF_DBG(x)
    432 # endif
    433 #endif /* SSHBUF_INTERNAL */
    434 
    435 #endif /* _SSHBUF_H */
    436