Re: [PATCH] sshsig: check hashalg before selecting the RSA signature algorithm

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Thank you!

There is now two " XXX maybe make configurable " in the top of the file that is
probably no longer relevant. Do you want a followup patch for that?

Cheers,
Morten Linderud

On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 08:25:15AM +1100, Damien Miller wrote:
> Sorry, this now been committed and will be in openssh-10.0
> 
> On Sat, 23 Nov 2024, Morten Linderud wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I sent this patch back inn april and I still have a need for this. Would it be
> > possible to get any pointers how we can have `hashalg` selectable by `ssh-keygen -Y`?
> > 
> > -- 
> > Morten Linderud
> > PGP: 9C02FF419FECBE16
> > 
> > On Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 09:16:39PM +0200, Morten Linderud wrote:
> > > `ssh-keygen -Y sign` only selects the signing algorithm `rsa-sha2-512`
> > > and this prevents ssh-agent implementations that can't support sha512
> > > from signing messages.
> > > 
> > > An example of this is TPMs which mostly only really supports sha256
> > > widely.
> > > 
> > > This change enables `ssh-keygen -Y sign` to honor the `hashalg` option
> > > for the signing algorithm.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Morten Linderud <morten@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >  sshsig.c | 10 ++++++++--
> > >  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/sshsig.c b/sshsig.c
> > > index 470b286a3..033b43353 100644
> > > --- a/sshsig.c
> > > +++ b/sshsig.c
> > > @@ -190,8 +190,14 @@ sshsig_wrap_sign(struct sshkey *key, const char *hashalg,
> > >  	}
> > >  
> > >  	/* If using RSA keys then default to a good signature algorithm */
> > > -	if (sshkey_type_plain(key->type) == KEY_RSA)
> > > -		sign_alg = RSA_SIGN_ALG;
> > > +	if (sshkey_type_plain(key->type) == KEY_RSA){
> > > +		if (hashalg == NULL)
> > > +			sign_alg = RSA_SIGN_ALG;
> > > +		else if (strcmp(hashalg, "sha256") == 0)
> > > +			sign_alg = "rsa-sha2-256";
> > > +		else if (strcmp(hashalg, "sha512") == 0)
> > > +			sign_alg = "rsa-sha2-512";
> > > +	}
> > >  
> > >  	if (signer != NULL) {
> > >  		if ((r = signer(key, &sig, &slen,
> > > -- 
> > > 2.44.0
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