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[PATCH v4 7/7] ssh signing: verify ssh-keygen in test prereq

From
Fabian Stelzer <fs@gigacodes.de>
Date
Nov 30, 2021, 14:11 UTC
Message-ID
<20211130141112.78193-8-fs@gigacodes.de>
In-Reply-To
<20211130141112.78193-1-fs@gigacodes.de>

Do a full ssh signing, find-principals and verify operation in the test prereq's to make sure ssh-keygen works as expected. Only generating the keys and verifying its presence is not sufficient in some situations. One example was ssh-keygen creating unusable ssh keys in cygwin because of unsafe default permissions for the key files. The other a broken openssh 8.7 that segfaulted on any find-principals operation. This extended prereq check avoids future test breakages in case ssh-keygen or any environment behaviour changes.

Signed-off-by: Fabian Stelzer <fs@gigacodes.de>
---
 t/lib-gpg.sh | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/t/lib-gpg.sh b/t/lib-gpg.sh
index fc03c8f89b..3fadfcb306 100644
--- a/t/lib-gpg.sh
+++ b/t/lib-gpg.sh
@@ -109,34 +109,61 @@ test_lazy_prereq GPGSSH '
 	echo $ssh_version | grep -q "find-principals:missing signature file"
 	test $? = 0 || exit 1;
 
-	# some broken versions of ssh-keygen segfault on find-principals;
-	# avoid testing with them.
-	ssh-keygen -Y find-principals -f /dev/null -s /dev/null
-	test $? = 139 && exit 1
-
+	# Setup some keys and an allowed signers file
 	mkdir -p "${GNUPGHOME}" &&
 	chmod 0700 "${GNUPGHOME}" &&
 	(setfacl -k "${GNUPGHOME}" 2>/dev/null || true) &&
 	ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -N "" -C "git ed25519 key" -f "${GPGSSH_KEY_PRIMARY}" >/dev/null &&
-	echo "\"principal with number 1\" $(cat "${GPGSSH_KEY_PRIMARY}.pub")" >> "${GPGSSH_ALLOWED_SIGNERS}" &&
 	ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 2048 -N "" -C "git rsa2048 key" -f "${GPGSSH_KEY_SECONDARY}" >/dev/null &&
-	echo "\"principal with number 2\" $(cat "${GPGSSH_KEY_SECONDARY}.pub")" >> "${GPGSSH_ALLOWED_SIGNERS}" &&
 	ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -N "${GPGSSH_KEY_PASSPHRASE}" -C "git ed25519 encrypted key" -f "${GPGSSH_KEY_WITH_PASSPHRASE}" >/dev/null &&
-	echo "\"principal with number 3\" $(cat "${GPGSSH_KEY_WITH_PASSPHRASE}.pub")" >> "${GPGSSH_ALLOWED_SIGNERS}" &&
-	ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -N "" -C "git ed25519 key" -f "${GPGSSH_KEY_UNTRUSTED}" >/dev/null
+	ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -N "" -C "git ed25519 key" -f "${GPGSSH_KEY_UNTRUSTED}" >/dev/null &&
+
+	cat >"${GPGSSH_ALLOWED_SIGNERS}" <<-EOF &&
+	"principal with number 1" $(cat "${GPGSSH_KEY_PRIMARY}.pub")"
+	"principal with number 2" $(cat "${GPGSSH_KEY_SECONDARY}.pub")"
+	"principal with number 3" $(cat "${GPGSSH_KEY_WITH_PASSPHRASE}.pub")"
+	EOF
+
+	# Verify if at least one key and ssh-keygen works as expected
+	echo "testpayload" |
+	ssh-keygen -Y sign -n "git" -f "${GPGSSH_KEY_PRIMARY}" >gpgssh_prereq.sig &&
+	ssh-keygen -Y find-principals -f "${GPGSSH_ALLOWED_SIGNERS}" -s gpgssh_prereq.sig &&
+	echo "testpayload" |
+	ssh-keygen -Y verify -n "git" -f "${GPGSSH_ALLOWED_SIGNERS}" -I "principal with number 1" -s gpgssh_prereq.sig
 '
 
 test_lazy_prereq GPGSSH_VERIFYTIME '
 	# Check if ssh-keygen has a verify-time option by passing an invalid date to it
 	ssh-keygen -Overify-time=INVALID -Y check-novalidate -s doesnotmatter 2>&1 | grep -q -F "Invalid \"verify-time\"" &&
+
+	# Set up keys with key lifetimes
 	ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -N "" -C "timeboxed valid key" -f "${GPGSSH_KEY_TIMEBOXEDVALID}" >/dev/null &&
-	echo "\"timeboxed valid key\" valid-after=\"20050407000000\",valid-before=\"200504100000\" $(cat "${GPGSSH_KEY_TIMEBOXEDVALID}.pub")" >> "${GPGSSH_ALLOWED_SIGNERS}" &&
+	key_valid=$(cat "${GPGSSH_KEY_TIMEBOXEDVALID}.pub") &&
 	ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -N "" -C "timeboxed invalid key" -f "${GPGSSH_KEY_TIMEBOXEDINVALID}" >/dev/null &&
-	echo "\"timeboxed invalid key\" valid-after=\"20050401000000\",valid-before=\"20050402000000\" $(cat "${GPGSSH_KEY_TIMEBOXEDINVALID}.pub")" >> "${GPGSSH_ALLOWED_SIGNERS}" &&
+	key_invalid=$(cat "${GPGSSH_KEY_TIMEBOXEDINVALID}.pub") &&
 	ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -N "" -C "expired key" -f "${GPGSSH_KEY_EXPIRED}" >/dev/null &&
-	echo "\"principal with expired key\" valid-before=\"20000101000000\" $(cat "${GPGSSH_KEY_EXPIRED}.pub")" >> "${GPGSSH_ALLOWED_SIGNERS}" &&
+	key_expired=$(cat "${GPGSSH_KEY_EXPIRED}.pub") &&
 	ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -N "" -C "not yet valid key" -f "${GPGSSH_KEY_NOTYETVALID}" >/dev/null &&
-	echo "\"principal with not yet valid key\" valid-after=\"29990101000000\" $(cat "${GPGSSH_KEY_NOTYETVALID}.pub")" >> "${GPGSSH_ALLOWED_SIGNERS}"
+	key_notyetvalid=$(cat "${GPGSSH_KEY_NOTYETVALID}.pub") &&
+
+	# Timestamps outside of test_tick span
+	ts2005a=20050401000000 ts2005b=200504020000 &&
+	# Timestamps within test_tick span
+	ts2005c=20050407000000 ts2005d=200504100000 &&
+	# Definitely not yet valid / expired timestamps
+	ts2000=20000101000000 ts2999=29990101000000 &&
+
+	cat >>"${GPGSSH_ALLOWED_SIGNERS}" <<-EOF &&
+	"timeboxed valid key" valid-after="$ts2005c",valid-before="$ts2005d" $key_valid"
+	"timeboxed invalid key" valid-after="$ts2005a",valid-before="$ts2005b" $key_invalid"
+	"principal with expired key" valid-before="$ts2000" $key_expired"
+	"principal with not yet valid key" valid-after="$ts2999" $key_notyetvalid"
+	EOF
+
+	# and verify ssh-keygen verifies the key lifetime
+	echo "testpayload" |
+	ssh-keygen -Y sign -n "git" -f "${GPGSSH_KEY_EXPIRED}" >gpgssh_verifytime_prereq.sig &&
+	! (ssh-keygen -Y verify -n "git" -f "${GPGSSH_ALLOWED_SIGNERS}" -I "principal with expired key" -s gpgssh_verifytime_prereq.sig)
 '
 
 sanitize_pgp() {
-- 
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  3. 2/6 ssh signing: add key lifetime test prereqsFabian Stelzer, Oct 27, 2021
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