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      1 /*	$NetBSD: sshbuf.h,v 1.23 2026/04/08 18:58:41 christos Exp $	*/
      2 /*	$OpenBSD: sshbuf.h,v 1.35 2026/03/03 09:57:25 dtucker 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 
     27 #ifdef WITH_OPENSSL
     28 #include <openssl/bn.h>
     29 #include <openssl/ec.h>
     30 #include <openssl/ecdsa.h>
     31 #include <openssl/evp.h>
     32 #else /* OPENSSL */
     33 #define BIGNUM		void
     34 #define EC_KEY		void
     35 #define EC_GROUP	void
     36 #define EC_POINT	void
     37 #define EVP_PKEY	void
     38 #endif /* WITH_OPENSSL */
     39 
     40 #define SSHBUF_SIZE_MAX		0x10000000	/* Hard maximum size 256MB */
     41 #define SSHBUF_REFS_MAX		0x100000	/* Max child buffers */
     42 #define SSHBUF_MAX_BIGNUM	(16384 / 8)	/* Max bignum *bytes* */
     43 #define SSHBUF_MAX_ECPOINT	((528 * 2 / 8) + 1) /* Max EC point *bytes* */
     44 
     45 struct sshbuf;
     46 
     47 /*
     48  * Create a new sshbuf buffer.
     49  * Returns pointer to buffer on success, or NULL on allocation failure.
     50  */
     51 struct sshbuf *sshbuf_new(void);
     52 
     53 /*
     54  * Create a new, read-only sshbuf buffer from existing data.
     55  * Returns pointer to buffer on success, or NULL on allocation failure.
     56  */
     57 struct sshbuf *sshbuf_from(const void *blob, size_t len);
     58 
     59 /*
     60  * Create a new, read-only sshbuf buffer from the contents of an existing
     61  * buffer. The contents of "buf" must not change in the lifetime of the
     62  * resultant buffer.
     63  * Returns pointer to buffer on success, or NULL on allocation failure.
     64  */
     65 struct sshbuf *sshbuf_fromb(struct sshbuf *buf);
     66 
     67 /*
     68  * Create a new, read-only sshbuf buffer from the contents of a string in
     69  * an existing buffer (the string is consumed in the process).
     70  * The contents of "buf" must not change in the lifetime of the resultant
     71  * buffer.
     72  * On success, a pointer to the newly allocated buffer is placed in *bufp.
     73  * Returns 0 on success, or a negative SSH_ERR_* error code on failure.
     74  */
     75 int	sshbuf_froms(struct sshbuf *buf, struct sshbuf **bufp);
     76 
     77 /*
     78  * Clear and free buf
     79  */
     80 void	sshbuf_free(struct sshbuf *buf);
     81 
     82 /*
     83  * Reset buf, clearing its contents. NB. max_size is preserved.
     84  */
     85 void	sshbuf_reset(struct sshbuf *buf);
     86 
     87 /*
     88  * Return the maximum size of buf
     89  */
     90 size_t	sshbuf_max_size(const struct sshbuf *buf);
     91 
     92 /*
     93  * Set the maximum size of buf
     94  * Returns 0 on success, or a negative SSH_ERR_* error code on failure.
     95  */
     96 int	sshbuf_set_max_size(struct sshbuf *buf, size_t max_size);
     97 
     98 /*
     99  * Returns the length of data in buf
    100  */
    101 size_t	sshbuf_len(const struct sshbuf *buf);
    102 
    103 /*
    104  * Returns number of bytes left in buffer before hitting max_size.
    105  */
    106 size_t	sshbuf_avail(const struct sshbuf *buf);
    107 
    108 /*
    109  * Returns a read-only pointer to the start of the data in buf
    110  */
    111 const u_char *sshbuf_ptr(const struct sshbuf *buf);
    112 
    113 /*
    114  * Returns a mutable pointer to the start of the data in buf, or
    115  * NULL if the buffer is read-only.
    116  */
    117 u_char *sshbuf_mutable_ptr(const struct sshbuf *buf);
    118 
    119 /*
    120  * Check whether a reservation of size len will succeed in buf
    121  * Safer to use than direct comparisons again sshbuf_avail as it copes
    122  * with unsigned overflows correctly.
    123  * Returns 0 on success, or a negative SSH_ERR_* error code on failure.
    124  */
    125 int	sshbuf_check_reserve(const struct sshbuf *buf, size_t len);
    126 
    127 /*
    128  * Preallocates len additional bytes in buf.
    129  * Useful for cases where the caller knows how many bytes will ultimately be
    130  * required to avoid realloc in the buffer code.
    131  * Returns 0 on success, or a negative SSH_ERR_* error code on failure.
    132  */
    133 int	sshbuf_allocate(struct sshbuf *buf, size_t len);
    134 
    135 /*
    136  * Reserve len bytes in buf.
    137  * Returns 0 on success and a pointer to the first reserved byte via the
    138  * optional dpp parameter or a negative SSH_ERR_* error code on failure.
    139  */
    140 int	sshbuf_reserve(struct sshbuf *buf, size_t len, u_char **dpp);
    141 
    142 /*
    143  * Consume len bytes from the start of buf
    144  * Returns 0 on success, or a negative SSH_ERR_* error code on failure.
    145  */
    146 int	sshbuf_consume(struct sshbuf *buf, size_t len);
    147 
    148 /*
    149  * Consume len bytes from the end of buf
    150  * Returns 0 on success, or a negative SSH_ERR_* error code on failure.
    151  */
    152 int	sshbuf_consume_end(struct sshbuf *buf, size_t len);
    153 
    154 /*
    155  * Consume data from a parent buffer up to that of a child buffer (i.e.
    156  * one created by sshbuf_fromb()).
    157  *
    158  * Intended to be used in a pattern like:
    159  *
    160  *     b = sshbuf_fromb(parent);
    161  *     sshbuf_get_string(b, &foo, &foostr);
    162  *     sshbuf_get_u32(b, &bar);
    163  *     sshbuf_consume_upto_child(parent, b);
    164  *
    165  * After which, both "b" and "parent" will point to the same data.
    166  *
    167  * "child" must be a direct child of "buf" (i.e. neither an unrelated buffer
    168  * nor a grandchild) which has consumed data past that of "buf".
    169  */
    170 int	sshbuf_consume_upto_child(struct sshbuf *buf, const struct sshbuf *child);
    171 
    172 /* Extract or deposit some bytes */
    173 int	sshbuf_get(struct sshbuf *buf, void *v, size_t len);
    174 int	sshbuf_put(struct sshbuf *buf, const void *v, size_t len);
    175 int	sshbuf_putb(struct sshbuf *buf, const struct sshbuf *v);
    176 
    177 /* Append using a printf(3) format */
    178 int	sshbuf_putf(struct sshbuf *buf, const char *fmt, ...)
    179 	    __attribute__((format(printf, 2, 3)));
    180 int	sshbuf_putfv(struct sshbuf *buf, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
    181 	    __printflike(2, 0);
    182 
    183 /* Functions to extract or store big-endian words of various sizes */
    184 int	sshbuf_get_u64(struct sshbuf *buf, uint64_t *valp);
    185 int	sshbuf_get_u32(struct sshbuf *buf, uint32_t *valp);
    186 int	sshbuf_get_u16(struct sshbuf *buf, uint16_t *valp);
    187 int	sshbuf_get_u8(struct sshbuf *buf, u_char *valp);
    188 int	sshbuf_put_u64(struct sshbuf *buf, uint64_t val);
    189 int	sshbuf_put_u32(struct sshbuf *buf, uint32_t val);
    190 int	sshbuf_put_u16(struct sshbuf *buf, uint16_t val);
    191 int	sshbuf_put_u8(struct sshbuf *buf, u_char val);
    192 
    193 /* Functions to peek at the contents of a buffer without modifying it. */
    194 int	sshbuf_peek_u64(const struct sshbuf *buf, size_t offset,
    195     uint64_t *valp);
    196 int	sshbuf_peek_u32(const struct sshbuf *buf, size_t offset,
    197     uint32_t *valp);
    198 int	sshbuf_peek_u16(const struct sshbuf *buf, size_t offset,
    199     uint16_t *valp);
    200 int	sshbuf_peek_u8(const struct sshbuf *buf, size_t offset,
    201     u_char *valp);
    202 
    203 /*
    204  * Functions to poke values into an existing buffer (e.g. a length header
    205  * to a packet). The destination bytes must already exist in the buffer.
    206  */
    207 int sshbuf_poke_u64(struct sshbuf *buf, size_t offset, uint64_t val);
    208 int sshbuf_poke_u32(struct sshbuf *buf, size_t offset, uint32_t val);
    209 int sshbuf_poke_u16(struct sshbuf *buf, size_t offset, uint16_t val);
    210 int sshbuf_poke_u8(struct sshbuf *buf, size_t offset, u_char val);
    211 int sshbuf_poke(struct sshbuf *buf, size_t offset, void *v, size_t len);
    212 
    213 /*
    214  * Functions to extract or store SSH wire encoded strings (u32 len || data)
    215  * The "cstring" variants admit no \0 characters in the string contents.
    216  * Caller must free *valp.
    217  */
    218 int	sshbuf_get_string(struct sshbuf *buf, u_char **valp, size_t *lenp);
    219 int	sshbuf_get_cstring(struct sshbuf *buf, char **valp, size_t *lenp);
    220 int	sshbuf_get_stringb(struct sshbuf *buf, struct sshbuf *v);
    221 int	sshbuf_put_string(struct sshbuf *buf, const void *v, size_t len);
    222 int	sshbuf_put_cstring(struct sshbuf *buf, const char *v);
    223 int	sshbuf_put_stringb(struct sshbuf *buf, const struct sshbuf *v);
    224 
    225 /*
    226  * "Direct" variant of sshbuf_get_string, returns pointer into the sshbuf to
    227  * avoid an malloc+memcpy. The pointer is guaranteed to be valid until the
    228  * next sshbuf-modifying function call. Caller does not free.
    229  */
    230 int	sshbuf_get_string_direct(struct sshbuf *buf, const u_char **valp,
    231 	    size_t *lenp);
    232 
    233 /* Skip past a string */
    234 #define sshbuf_skip_string(buf) sshbuf_get_string_direct(buf, NULL, NULL)
    235 
    236 /* Another variant: "peeks" into the buffer without modifying it */
    237 int	sshbuf_peek_string_direct(const struct sshbuf *buf, const u_char **valp,
    238 	    size_t *lenp);
    239 
    240 /*
    241  * Functions to extract or store SSH wire encoded bignums and elliptic
    242  * curve points.
    243  */
    244 int	sshbuf_get_bignum2(struct sshbuf *buf, BIGNUM **valp);
    245 int	sshbuf_get_bignum2_bytes_direct(struct sshbuf *buf,
    246 	    const u_char **valp, size_t *lenp);
    247 int	sshbuf_put_bignum2(struct sshbuf *buf, const BIGNUM *v);
    248 int	sshbuf_put_bignum2_bytes(struct sshbuf *buf, const void *v, size_t len);
    249 int	sshbuf_get_ec(struct sshbuf *buf, EC_POINT *v, const EC_GROUP *g);
    250 int	sshbuf_get_eckey(struct sshbuf *buf, EC_KEY *v);
    251 int	sshbuf_put_ec(struct sshbuf *buf, const EC_POINT *v, const EC_GROUP *g);
    252 int	sshbuf_put_eckey(struct sshbuf *buf, const EC_KEY *v);
    253 int	sshbuf_put_ec_pkey(struct sshbuf *buf, EVP_PKEY *pkey);
    254 
    255 /* Functions to extract or store various non-SSH wire encoded values */
    256 int	sshbuf_get_nulterminated_string(struct sshbuf *buf, size_t maxlen,
    257 	    char **valp, size_t *lenp);
    258 
    259 /* Dump the contents of the buffer in a human-readable format */
    260 void	sshbuf_dump(const struct sshbuf *buf, FILE *f);
    261 
    262 /* Dump specified memory in a human-readable format */
    263 void	sshbuf_dump_data(const void *s, size_t len, FILE *f);
    264 
    265 /* Return the hexadecimal representation of the contents of the buffer */
    266 char	*sshbuf_dtob16(const struct sshbuf *buf);
    267 /* Make a sshbuf from a hex string */
    268 struct sshbuf *sshbuf_b16tod(const char *b16);
    269 
    270 /* Encode the contents of the buffer as base64 */
    271 char	*sshbuf_dtob64_string(const struct sshbuf *buf, int wrap);
    272 int	sshbuf_dtob64(const struct sshbuf *d, struct sshbuf *b64, int wrap);
    273 /* RFC4648 "base64url" encoding variant */
    274 int	sshbuf_dtourlb64(const struct sshbuf *d, struct sshbuf *b64, int wrap);
    275 
    276 /* Decode base64 data and append it to the buffer */
    277 int	sshbuf_b64tod(struct sshbuf *buf, const char *b64);
    278 
    279 /*
    280  * Tests whether the buffer contains the specified byte sequence at the
    281  * specified offset. Returns 0 on successful match, or a ssherr.h code
    282  * otherwise. SSH_ERR_INVALID_FORMAT indicates sufficient bytes were
    283  * present but the buffer contents did not match those supplied. Zero-
    284  * length comparisons are not allowed.
    285  *
    286  * If sufficient data is present to make a comparison, then it is
    287  * performed with timing independent of the value of the data. If
    288  * insufficient data is present then the comparison is not attempted at
    289  * all.
    290  */
    291 int	sshbuf_cmp(const struct sshbuf *b, size_t offset,
    292     const void *s, size_t len);
    293 
    294 /*
    295  * Test whether two buffers have identical contents.
    296  * SSH_ERR_MESSAGE_INCOMPLETE indicates the buffers had differing size.
    297  * SSH_ERR_INVALID_FORMAT indicates the buffers were the same size but
    298  * had differing contents.
    299  * Returns 0 on successful compare (comparing two empty buffers returns 0).
    300  */
    301 int sshbuf_equals(const struct sshbuf *a, const struct sshbuf *b);
    302 
    303 /*
    304  * Searches the buffer for the specified string. Returns 0 on success
    305  * and updates *offsetp with the offset of the first match, relative to
    306  * the start of the buffer. Otherwise sshbuf_find will return a ssherr.h
    307  * error code. SSH_ERR_INVALID_FORMAT indicates sufficient bytes were
    308  * present in the buffer for a match to be possible but none was found.
    309  * Searches for zero-length data are not allowed.
    310  */
    311 int
    312 sshbuf_find(const struct sshbuf *b, size_t start_offset,
    313     const void *s, size_t len, size_t *offsetp);
    314 
    315 /*
    316  * Duplicate the contents of a buffer to a string (caller to free).
    317  * Returns NULL on buffer error, or if the buffer contains a premature
    318  * nul character.
    319  */
    320 char *sshbuf_dup_string(struct sshbuf *buf);
    321 
    322 /*
    323  * Fill a buffer from a file descriptor or filename. Both allocate the
    324  * buffer for the caller.
    325  */
    326 int sshbuf_load_fd(int, struct sshbuf **)
    327     __attribute__((__nonnull__ (2)));
    328 int sshbuf_load_file(const char *, struct sshbuf **)
    329     __attribute__((__nonnull__ (2)));
    330 
    331 /*
    332  * Write a buffer to a path, creating/truncating as needed (mode 0644,
    333  * subject to umask). The buffer contents are not modified.
    334  */
    335 int sshbuf_write_file(const char *path, struct sshbuf *buf)
    336     __attribute__((__nonnull__ (2)));
    337 
    338 /* Read up to maxlen bytes from a fd directly to a buffer */
    339 int sshbuf_read(int, struct sshbuf *, size_t, size_t *)
    340     __attribute__((__nonnull__ (2)));
    341 
    342 /* Macros for decoding/encoding integers */
    343 #define PEEK_U64(p) \
    344 	(((uint64_t)(((const u_char *)(p))[0]) << 56) | \
    345 	 ((uint64_t)(((const u_char *)(p))[1]) << 48) | \
    346 	 ((uint64_t)(((const u_char *)(p))[2]) << 40) | \
    347 	 ((uint64_t)(((const u_char *)(p))[3]) << 32) | \
    348 	 ((uint64_t)(((const u_char *)(p))[4]) << 24) | \
    349 	 ((uint64_t)(((const u_char *)(p))[5]) << 16) | \
    350 	 ((uint64_t)(((const u_char *)(p))[6]) << 8) | \
    351 	  (uint64_t)(((const u_char *)(p))[7]))
    352 #define PEEK_U32(p) \
    353 	(((uint32_t)(((const u_char *)(p))[0]) << 24) | \
    354 	 ((uint32_t)(((const u_char *)(p))[1]) << 16) | \
    355 	 ((uint32_t)(((const u_char *)(p))[2]) << 8) | \
    356 	  (uint32_t)(((const u_char *)(p))[3]))
    357 #define PEEK_U16(p) \
    358 	(((uint16_t)(((const u_char *)(p))[0]) << 8) | \
    359 	  (uint16_t)(((const u_char *)(p))[1]))
    360 
    361 #define POKE_U64(p, v) \
    362 	do { \
    363 		const uint64_t __v = (v); \
    364 		((u_char *)(p))[0] = (__v >> 56) & 0xff; \
    365 		((u_char *)(p))[1] = (__v >> 48) & 0xff; \
    366 		((u_char *)(p))[2] = (__v >> 40) & 0xff; \
    367 		((u_char *)(p))[3] = (__v >> 32) & 0xff; \
    368 		((u_char *)(p))[4] = (__v >> 24) & 0xff; \
    369 		((u_char *)(p))[5] = (__v >> 16) & 0xff; \
    370 		((u_char *)(p))[6] = (__v >> 8) & 0xff; \
    371 		((u_char *)(p))[7] = __v & 0xff; \
    372 	} while (0)
    373 #define POKE_U32(p, v) \
    374 	do { \
    375 		const uint32_t __v = (v); \
    376 		((u_char *)(p))[0] = (__v >> 24) & 0xff; \
    377 		((u_char *)(p))[1] = (__v >> 16) & 0xff; \
    378 		((u_char *)(p))[2] = (__v >> 8) & 0xff; \
    379 		((u_char *)(p))[3] = __v & 0xff; \
    380 	} while (0)
    381 #define POKE_U16(p, v) \
    382 	do { \
    383 		const uint16_t __v = (v); \
    384 		((u_char *)(p))[0] = (__v >> 8) & 0xff; \
    385 		((u_char *)(p))[1] = __v & 0xff; \
    386 	} while (0)
    387 
    388 /* Internal definitions follow. Exposed for regress tests */
    389 #ifdef SSHBUF_INTERNAL
    390 
    391 /*
    392  * Return the allocation size of buf
    393  */
    394 size_t	sshbuf_alloc(const struct sshbuf *buf);
    395 
    396 /*
    397  * Increment the reference count of buf.
    398  */
    399 int	sshbuf_set_parent(struct sshbuf *child, struct sshbuf *parent);
    400 
    401 /*
    402  * Return the parent buffer of buf, or NULL if it has no parent.
    403  */
    404 const struct sshbuf *sshbuf_parent(const struct sshbuf *buf);
    405 
    406 /*
    407  * Return the reference count of buf
    408  */
    409 u_int	sshbuf_refcount(const struct sshbuf *buf);
    410 
    411 # define SSHBUF_SIZE_INIT	256		/* Initial allocation */
    412 # define SSHBUF_SIZE_INC	256		/* Preferred increment length */
    413 # define SSHBUF_PACK_MIN	8192		/* Minimum packable offset */
    414 
    415 /* # define SSHBUF_ABORT abort */
    416 /* # define SSHBUF_DEBUG */
    417 
    418 # ifndef SSHBUF_ABORT
    419 #  define SSHBUF_ABORT()
    420 # endif
    421 
    422 # ifdef SSHBUF_DEBUG
    423 #  define SSHBUF_DBG(x) do { \
    424 		printf("%s:%d %s: ", __FILE__, __LINE__, __func__); \
    425 		printf x; \
    426 		printf("\n"); \
    427 		fflush(stdout); \
    428 	} while (0)
    429 # else
    430 #  define SSHBUF_DBG(x)
    431 # endif
    432 #endif /* SSHBUF_INTERNAL */
    433 
    434 #endif /* _SSHBUF_H */
    435