[PATCH v2] OpenSSL: add build option to select default ciphers

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Add a build option to select different default ciphers for OpenSSL
instead of the hardcoded default "DEFAULT:!EXP:!LOW".

This new option is useful on distributions where the security level
should be consistent for all applications, as in Fedora [1]. In such
cases the new configuration option would be set to "" or
"PROFILE=SYSTEM" to select the global crypto policy by default.

[1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/CryptoPolicy

Signed-off-by: Beniamino Galvani <bgalvani@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 hostapd/Makefile                   | 4 ++++
 hostapd/defconfig                  | 4 ++++
 hostapd/hostapd.conf               | 3 ++-
 src/crypto/tls_openssl.c           | 2 +-
 wpa_supplicant/Makefile            | 4 ++++
 wpa_supplicant/defconfig           | 4 ++++
 wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf | 4 ++--
 7 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/hostapd/Makefile b/hostapd/Makefile
index 91e1fda..fb926fb 100644
--- a/hostapd/Makefile
+++ b/hostapd/Makefile
@@ -668,6 +668,10 @@ ifdef CONFIG_TLS_ADD_DL
 LIBS += -ldl
 LIBS_h += -ldl
 endif
+ifndef CONFIG_TLS_DEFAULT_CIPHERS
+CONFIG_TLS_DEFAULT_CIPHERS = "DEFAULT:!EXP:!LOW"
+endif
+CFLAGS += -DTLS_DEFAULT_CIPHERS=\"$(CONFIG_TLS_DEFAULT_CIPHERS)\"
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_TLS), gnutls)
diff --git a/hostapd/defconfig b/hostapd/defconfig
index 521d877..26be9f8 100644
--- a/hostapd/defconfig
+++ b/hostapd/defconfig
@@ -278,6 +278,10 @@ CONFIG_IPV6=y
 # can be enabled to enable use of stronger crypto algorithms.
 #CONFIG_TLSV12=y
 
+# Select which ciphers to use by default with OpenSSL if the user does not
+# specify them.
+#CONFIG_TLS_DEFAULT_CIPHERS="DEFAULT:!EXP:!LOW"
+
 # If CONFIG_TLS=internal is used, additional library and include paths are
 # needed for LibTomMath. Alternatively, an integrated, minimal version of
 # LibTomMath can be used. See beginning of libtommath.c for details on benefits
diff --git a/hostapd/hostapd.conf b/hostapd/hostapd.conf
index 980c138..998dad7 100644
--- a/hostapd/hostapd.conf
+++ b/hostapd/hostapd.conf
@@ -931,7 +931,8 @@ eap_server=0
 # OpenSSL cipher string
 #
 # This is an OpenSSL specific configuration option for configuring the default
-# ciphers. If not set, "DEFAULT:!EXP:!LOW" is used as the default.
+# ciphers. If not set, the value configured at build time ("DEFAULT:!EXP:!LOW"
+# by default) is used.
 # See https://www.openssl.org/docs/apps/ciphers.html for OpenSSL documentation
 # on cipher suite configuration. This is applicable only if hostapd is built to
 # use OpenSSL.
diff --git a/src/crypto/tls_openssl.c b/src/crypto/tls_openssl.c
index 07c6119..fd94eaf 100644
--- a/src/crypto/tls_openssl.c
+++ b/src/crypto/tls_openssl.c
@@ -1025,7 +1025,7 @@ void * tls_init(const struct tls_config *conf)
 	if (conf && conf->openssl_ciphers)
 		ciphers = conf->openssl_ciphers;
 	else
-		ciphers = "DEFAULT:!EXP:!LOW";
+		ciphers = TLS_DEFAULT_CIPHERS;
 	if (SSL_CTX_set_cipher_list(ssl, ciphers) != 1) {
 		wpa_printf(MSG_ERROR,
 			   "OpenSSL: Failed to set cipher string '%s'",
diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/Makefile b/wpa_supplicant/Makefile
index 6787a8d..948385b 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/Makefile
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/Makefile
@@ -1075,6 +1075,10 @@ ifdef CONFIG_TLS_ADD_DL
 LIBS += -ldl
 LIBS_p += -ldl
 endif
+ifndef CONFIG_TLS_DEFAULT_CIPHERS
+CONFIG_TLS_DEFAULT_CIPHERS = "DEFAULT:!EXP:!LOW"
+endif
+CFLAGS += -DTLS_DEFAULT_CIPHERS=\"$(CONFIG_TLS_DEFAULT_CIPHERS)\"
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_TLS), gnutls)
diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/defconfig b/wpa_supplicant/defconfig
index 307f82d..1797ad3 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/defconfig
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/defconfig
@@ -317,6 +317,10 @@ CONFIG_PEERKEY=y
 # will be used)
 #CONFIG_TLSV12=y
 
+# Select which ciphers to use by default with OpenSSL if the user does not
+# specify them.
+#CONFIG_TLS_DEFAULT_CIPHERS="DEFAULT:!EXP:!LOW"
+
 # If CONFIG_TLS=internal is used, additional library and include paths are
 # needed for LibTomMath. Alternatively, an integrated, minimal version of
 # LibTomMath can be used. See beginning of libtommath.c for details on benefits
diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf b/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
index c07badb..1d5704c 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
@@ -183,13 +183,13 @@ fast_reauth=1
 # OpenSSL cipher string
 #
 # This is an OpenSSL specific configuration option for configuring the default
-# ciphers. If not set, "DEFAULT:!EXP:!LOW" is used as the default.
+# ciphers. If not set, the value configured at build time ("DEFAULT:!EXP:!LOW"
+# by default) is used.
 # See https://www.openssl.org/docs/apps/ciphers.html for OpenSSL documentation
 # on cipher suite configuration. This is applicable only if wpa_supplicant is
 # built to use OpenSSL.
 #openssl_ciphers=DEFAULT:!EXP:!LOW
 
-
 # Dynamic EAP methods
 # If EAP methods were built dynamically as shared object files, they need to be
 # loaded here before being used in the network blocks. By default, EAP methods
-- 
2.9.3


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