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From: Thomas Ellmenreich <t.ellmenreich@proxmox.com>
To: pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com
Cc: Thomas Ellmenreich <t.ellmenreich@proxmox.com>
Subject: [PATCH common 1/2] fix #5978: pem parser: relax parsing of chain entries:
Date: Tue,  9 Jun 2026 15:15:07 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260609131549.104216-2-t.ellmenreich@proxmox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260609131549.104216-1-t.ellmenreich@proxmox.com>

Relaxes the parser to allow for text and whitespaces inbetween certchain
entries, thus also refactored the extraction to only extract chain entries
from the string.

Added testsuite to cover a bunch of parsing edge cases.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Ellmenreich <t.ellmenreich@proxmox.com>
---
 src/PVE/Certificate.pm |  23 ++--
 test/Makefile          |   1 +
 test/check_pem_test.pl | 264 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 276 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
 create mode 100755 test/check_pem_test.pl

diff --git a/src/PVE/Certificate.pm b/src/PVE/Certificate.pm
index b8415e2..fc45b63 100644
--- a/src/PVE/Certificate.pm
+++ b/src/PVE/Certificate.pm
@@ -136,24 +136,23 @@ sub strip_leading_text {
 
 sub split_pem {
     my ($content, %opts) = @_;
-    my $label = $opts{label} // 'CERTIFICATE';
+    
+    my $re = $pem_re->($opts{label} // 'CERTIFICATE');
 
-    my $header = $header_re->($label);
-    return split(/(?=$header)/, $content);
+    if (!$content =~ /^$re$/)  {
+        return undef if $opts{noerr};
+        die "not a valid PEM-formatted string.\n";
+    }
+
+    my @pem_chain = $content =~ /($re)/sg;
+    return @pem_chain;
 }
 
 sub check_pem {
     my ($content, %opts) = @_;
 
-    $content = strip_leading_text($content);
-
-    my $re = $pem_re->($opts{label} // 'CERTIFICATE');
-    $re = qr/($re\n+)*$re/ if $opts{multiple};
-
-    return $content if $content =~ /^$re$/; # OK
-
-    return undef if $opts{noerr};
-    die "not a valid PEM-formatted string.\n";
+    my @result = split_pem($content, %opts);
+    return join("", @result);
 }
 
 sub pem_to_der {
diff --git a/test/Makefile b/test/Makefile
index 9b9f81b..de6ae60 100644
--- a/test/Makefile
+++ b/test/Makefile
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ TESTS = lock_file.test			\
 	is_deeply_test.test		\
 	section_config_property_isolation_test.pl \
 	file-test.pl \
+	check_pem_test.pl \
 
 all:
 
diff --git a/test/check_pem_test.pl b/test/check_pem_test.pl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..dc5fd7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/check_pem_test.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,264 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+# Tests the PVE::Certificate::check_pem and the 
+# PVE::Certificate::split_pem function for 
+# correctness and coverage of edgecases.
+
+use lib '../src';
+
+use Test::More;
+
+use PVE::Certificate;
+
+# Arrange
+my $setup = [
+    {
+        successful => 1,
+        name => "full pem",
+        pem => <<'EOF',
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
+EOF
+    },
+    {
+        successful => 1,
+        name => "other label pem",
+        label => "SOME LABEL",
+        pem => <<'EOF',
+-----BEGIN SOME LABEL-----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+-----END SOME LABEL-----
+EOF
+    },
+    {
+        successful => 1,
+        name => "simple pem",
+        pem => <<'EOF',
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
+test
+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
+EOF
+    },
+    {
+        successful => 1,
+        name => "spaced out pem",
+        pem => <<'EOF',
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
+
+test
+
+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
+EOF
+    },
+    {
+        successful => 1,
+        name => "only newline pem",
+        pem => <<'EOF',
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
+EOF
+    },
+    {
+        successful => 1,
+        name => "many newlines pem",
+        pem => <<'EOF',
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
+
+
+
+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
+EOF
+    },
+    {
+        successful => 0,
+        name => "no content pem",
+        pem => <<'EOF',
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----------END CERTIFICATE-----
+EOF
+    },
+    {
+        successful => 1,
+        name => "preceding content pem",
+        pem => <<'EOF',
+some extended content
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
+test
+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
+EOF
+,
+        expected_result => << 'EOF',
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
+test
+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
+EOF
+    },
+    {
+        successful => 1,
+        name => "following content pem",
+        pem => <<'EOF',
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
+test
+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
+some extended content
+EOF
+,
+        expected_result => << 'EOF',
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
+test
+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
+EOF
+    },
+    {
+        successful => 0,
+        name => "empty pem",
+        pem => <<'EOF',
+
+EOF
+    },
+    {
+        successful => 0,
+        name => "upsidedown pem",
+        pem => <<'EOF',
+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
+test
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
+EOF
+    },
+    {
+        successful => 1,
+        name => "multi pem",
+        multiple => 1,
+        pem => <<'EOF',
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
+12JlZ2tseTxzZWl2IGF3ZWlidm4=
+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
+22JlZ2tseTxzZWl2IGF3ZWlidm4=
+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
+32JlZ2tseTxzZWl2IGF3ZWlidm4=
+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
+42JlZ2tseTxzZWl2IGF3ZWlidm4=
+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
+EOF
+    },
+    {
+        successful => 1,
+        name => "big pem",
+        multiple => 1,
+        pem => <<'EOF',
+Subject: CN=some.test.content
+Issuer: CN=Org Issuing CA 3
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
+1WtzZGhmbGtqYXNoZ2RmaXVwYWJ2aXV1YXdlYmxmamlraGFzZGtmYWlzdXBkdW5i
+dmFpdXdlYmdmw7ZrYWpkc2JoZmdpYXNkbmJpZnVhYmdzaWprZmdyYXNkaHJmaW9h
+dXNkbmF1c2JmZ3ZramFzZGJma2phc2RibmZpanVhIHNkb3ZuYmF3b3VlYmZnb2F3
+c2JlZ2tseTxzZWl2IGF3ZWlidm4=
+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
+Subject: CN=Org Issuing CA 3
+Issuer: CN=Org Root CA
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
+2WtzZGhmbGtqYXNoZ2RmaXVwYWJ2aXV1YXdlYmxmamlraGFzZGtmYWlzdXBkdW5i
+dmFpdXdlYmdmw7ZrYWpkc2JoZmdpYXNkbmJpZnVhYmdzaWprZmdyYXNkaHJmaW9h
+dXNkbmF1c2JmZ3ZramFzZGJma2phc2RibmZpanVhIHNkb3ZuYmF3b3VlYmZnb2F3
+c2JlZ2tseTxzZWl2IGF3ZWlidm4=
+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
+Subject: CN=Org Root CA
+Issuer: CN=Org Root CA
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
+3WtzZGhmbGtqYXNoZ2RmaXVwYWJ2aXV1YXdlYmxmamlraGFzZGtmYWlzdXBkdW5i
+dmFpdXdlYmdmw7ZrYWpkc2JoZmdpYXNkbmJpZnVhYmdzaWprZmdyYXNkaHJmaW9h
+dXNkbmF1c2JmZ3ZramFzZGJma2phc2RibmZpanVhIHNkb3ZuYmF3b3VlYmZnb2F3
+c2JlZ2tseTxzZWl2IGF3ZWlidm4=
+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
+EOF
+,
+        expected_result => << 'EOF',
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
+1WtzZGhmbGtqYXNoZ2RmaXVwYWJ2aXV1YXdlYmxmamlraGFzZGtmYWlzdXBkdW5i
+dmFpdXdlYmdmw7ZrYWpkc2JoZmdpYXNkbmJpZnVhYmdzaWprZmdyYXNkaHJmaW9h
+dXNkbmF1c2JmZ3ZramFzZGJma2phc2RibmZpanVhIHNkb3ZuYmF3b3VlYmZnb2F3
+c2JlZ2tseTxzZWl2IGF3ZWlidm4=
+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
+2WtzZGhmbGtqYXNoZ2RmaXVwYWJ2aXV1YXdlYmxmamlraGFzZGtmYWlzdXBkdW5i
+dmFpdXdlYmdmw7ZrYWpkc2JoZmdpYXNkbmJpZnVhYmdzaWprZmdyYXNkaHJmaW9h
+dXNkbmF1c2JmZ3ZramFzZGJma2phc2RibmZpanVhIHNkb3ZuYmF3b3VlYmZnb2F3
+c2JlZ2tseTxzZWl2IGF3ZWlidm4=
+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
+3WtzZGhmbGtqYXNoZ2RmaXVwYWJ2aXV1YXdlYmxmamlraGFzZGtmYWlzdXBkdW5i
+dmFpdXdlYmdmw7ZrYWpkc2JoZmdpYXNkbmJpZnVhYmdzaWprZmdyYXNkaHJmaW9h
+dXNkbmF1c2JmZ3ZramFzZGJma2phc2RibmZpanVhIHNkb3ZuYmF3b3VlYmZnb2F3
+c2JlZ2tseTxzZWl2IGF3ZWlidm4=
+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
+EOF
+    },
+    {
+        successful => 1,
+        name => "other real pem",
+        pem => <<'EOF',
+Subject: CN=Some subject with 2 Points,O=A Organization,L=Some Lation,C=TT
+Issuer: CN=The Orgs Name RootCA 2015,O=The Orgs name Institutions Cert. Authority,L=Location,C=TT
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
+1WtzZGhmbGtqYXNoZ2RmaXVwYWJ2aXV1YXdlYmxmamlraGFzZGtmYWlzdXBkdW5i
+dmFpdXdlYmdmw7ZrYWpkc2JoZmdpYXNkbmJpZnVhYmdzaWprZmdyYXNkaHJmaW9h
+dXNkbmF1c2JmZ3ZramFzZGJma2phc2RibmZpanVhIHNkb3ZuYmF3b3VlYmZnb2F3
+c2JlZ2tseTxzZWl2IGF3ZWlidm4=
+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
+EOF
+,
+        expected_result => << 'EOF',
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
+1WtzZGhmbGtqYXNoZ2RmaXVwYWJ2aXV1YXdlYmxmamlraGFzZGtmYWlzdXBkdW5i
+dmFpdXdlYmdmw7ZrYWpkc2JoZmdpYXNkbmJpZnVhYmdzaWprZmdyYXNkaHJmaW9h
+dXNkbmF1c2JmZ3ZramFzZGJma2phc2RibmZpanVhIHNkb3ZuYmF3b3VlYmZnb2F3
+c2JlZ2tseTxzZWl2IGF3ZWlidm4=
+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
+EOF
+    }
+];
+
+for my $data ($setup->@*) {
+    # Act
+    my $check_result = PVE::Certificate::check_pem(
+        $data->{pem}, 
+        noerr => 1, 
+        multiple => $data->{multiple},
+        label => $data->{label},
+    );
+
+    # Assert
+    if($data->{successful}) {
+        ok($check_result, $data->{name} . " accepted");       
+    } else {
+        ok(!$check_result, $data->{name} . " correctly rejected");       
+    }
+
+    my $expected_result = $data->{expected_result} 
+        ? $data->{expected_result} 
+        : $data->{pem};
+
+    if ($data->{successful}) {
+        ok($check_result eq $expected_result,  $data->{name} . " has correct check output");
+    }
+}
+
+done_testing();
-- 
2.47.3





  reply	other threads:[~2026-06-09 13:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-09 13:15 [PATCH common/proxmox-acme 0/2] fix #5978: pem parser: relax parsing of chain entries Thomas Ellmenreich
2026-06-09 13:15 ` Thomas Ellmenreich [this message]
2026-06-09 13:15 ` [PATCH proxmox-acme 2/2] fix #5978: pem parser: relax parsing of chain entries: Thomas Ellmenreich

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