Merge pull request #10443 from davidhorstmann-arm/verify-result-default-failure-3.6

[Backport 3.6] Hardening: Make `mbedtls_ssl_get_verify_result()` default to failure
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Bence Szépkúti
2026-03-17 12:14:48 +00:00
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6 changed files with 65 additions and 0 deletions

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@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
Changes
* Harden mbedtls_ssl_get_verify_result() against misuse.
If the handshake has not yet been attempted, return -1u to indicate
that the result is not available. Previously the result of verification
was zero-initialized so the function would return 0 (indicating success).

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@@ -1056,6 +1056,8 @@ void mbedtls_ssl_transform_init(mbedtls_ssl_transform *transform)
void mbedtls_ssl_session_init(mbedtls_ssl_session *session)
{
memset(session, 0, sizeof(mbedtls_ssl_session));
/* Set verify_result to -1u to indicate 'result not available'. */
session->verify_result = 0xFFFFFFFF;
}
MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_CRITICAL
@@ -5004,6 +5006,9 @@ void mbedtls_ssl_session_free(mbedtls_ssl_session *session)
#endif
mbedtls_platform_zeroize(session, sizeof(mbedtls_ssl_session));
/* Set verify_result to -1u to indicate 'result not available'. */
session->verify_result = 0xFFFFFFFF;
}
#if defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_CONTEXT_SERIALIZATION)
@@ -7930,6 +7935,7 @@ static int ssl_parse_certificate_coordinate(mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl,
ssl->handshake->ciphersuite_info;
if (!mbedtls_ssl_ciphersuite_uses_srv_cert(ciphersuite_info)) {
ssl->session_negotiate->verify_result = 0;
return SSL_CERTIFICATE_SKIP;
}
@@ -9874,6 +9880,7 @@ int mbedtls_ssl_verify_certificate(mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl,
void *rs_ctx)
{
if (authmode == MBEDTLS_SSL_VERIFY_NONE) {
ssl->session_negotiate->verify_result = 0;
return 0;
}

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@@ -2270,6 +2270,9 @@ static int ssl_tls13_process_encrypted_extensions(mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl)
#if defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_TLS1_3_KEY_EXCHANGE_MODE_EPHEMERAL_ENABLED)
if (mbedtls_ssl_tls13_key_exchange_mode_with_psk(ssl)) {
mbedtls_ssl_handshake_set_state(ssl, MBEDTLS_SSL_SERVER_FINISHED);
/* Since we're not using a certificate, set verify_result to success */
ssl->session_negotiate->verify_result = 0;
} else {
mbedtls_ssl_handshake_set_state(ssl, MBEDTLS_SSL_CERTIFICATE_REQUEST);
}

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@@ -2637,6 +2637,9 @@ static int ssl_tls13_write_encrypted_extensions(mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl)
#if defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_TLS1_3_KEY_EXCHANGE_MODE_EPHEMERAL_ENABLED)
if (mbedtls_ssl_tls13_key_exchange_mode_with_psk(ssl)) {
mbedtls_ssl_handshake_set_state(ssl, MBEDTLS_SSL_SERVER_FINISHED);
/* Since we're not using a certificate, set verify_result to success */
ssl->session_negotiate->verify_result = 0;
} else {
mbedtls_ssl_handshake_set_state(ssl, MBEDTLS_SSL_CERTIFICATE_REQUEST);
}

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@@ -3524,3 +3524,6 @@ ssl_tls_exporter_rejects_bad_parameters:MBEDTLS_SSL_VERSION_TLS1_3:24:250:10
TLS 1.3 Keying Material Exporter: Handshake not done
depends_on:MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_TLS1_3:MBEDTLS_TEST_AT_LEAST_ONE_TLS1_3_CIPHERSUITE:MBEDTLS_SSL_TLS1_3_KEY_EXCHANGE_MODE_EPHEMERAL_ENABLED:PSA_WANT_ALG_RSA_PKCS1V15_SIGN:MBEDTLS_X509_RSASSA_PSS_SUPPORT
ssl_tls_exporter_too_early:MBEDTLS_SSL_VERSION_TLS1_3:1:MBEDTLS_SSL_SERVER_CERTIFICATE
Default verify_result before doing a handshake
verify_result_without_handshake

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@@ -5999,3 +5999,47 @@ exit:
MD_OR_USE_PSA_DONE();
}
/* END_CASE */
/* BEGIN_CASE depends_on:MBEDTLS_SSL_HANDSHAKE_WITH_CERT_ENABLED */
void verify_result_without_handshake(void)
{
/* Test the result of verification before we perform a handshake. */
mbedtls_ssl_context ssl;
mbedtls_ssl_config conf;
PSA_INIT();
mbedtls_ssl_init(&ssl);
mbedtls_ssl_config_init(&conf);
TEST_EQUAL(mbedtls_ssl_config_defaults(&conf,
MBEDTLS_SSL_IS_CLIENT,
MBEDTLS_SSL_TRANSPORT_STREAM,
MBEDTLS_SSL_PRESET_DEFAULT), 0);
mbedtls_ssl_conf_authmode(&conf, MBEDTLS_SSL_VERIFY_OPTIONAL);
mbedtls_ssl_conf_ca_chain(&conf, NULL, NULL);
mbedtls_ssl_conf_rng(&conf, mbedtls_test_random, NULL);
TEST_EQUAL(mbedtls_ssl_setup(&ssl, &conf), 0);
uint32_t verify_result = mbedtls_ssl_get_verify_result(&ssl);
TEST_EQUAL(verify_result, 0xFFFFFFFF);
/* Set the verify result manually and check that session_free resets it. */
/* Set the verify result to 0. */
ssl.session_negotiate->verify_result = 0;
mbedtls_ssl_session_free(ssl.session_negotiate);
verify_result = mbedtls_ssl_get_verify_result(&ssl);
TEST_EQUAL(verify_result, 0xFFFFFFFF);
exit:
mbedtls_ssl_config_free(&conf);
mbedtls_ssl_free(&ssl);
PSA_DONE();
}
/* END_CASE */