ssh: return clearer error when signature algorithm is used as key format

ParsePublicKey now returns a more specific error when a signature
algorithm like rsa-sha2-256 is mistakenly provided as a key format

Change-Id: Ic08286a5b2b326e99dd3e61594919203f0c36791
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/crypto/+/695075
Reviewed-by: Filippo Valsorda <filippo@golang.org>
LUCI-TryBot-Result: Go LUCI <golang-scoped@luci-project-accounts.iam.gserviceaccount.com>
Reviewed-by: Mark Freeman <markfreeman@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Michael Knyszek <mknyszek@google.com>
This commit is contained in:
Nicola Murino
2025-09-15 23:32:56 -07:00
parent 96dc232fbd
commit f4d47b0db5
4 changed files with 76 additions and 2 deletions
+16 -2
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@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@ func parsePubKey(in []byte, algo string) (pubKey PublicKey, rest []byte, err err
}
return cert, nil, nil
}
if keyFormat := keyFormatForAlgorithm(algo); keyFormat != "" {
return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("ssh: signature algorithm %q isn't a key format; key is malformed and should be re-encoded with type %q",
algo, keyFormat)
}
return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("ssh: unknown key algorithm: %v", algo)
}
@@ -191,9 +196,10 @@ func ParseKnownHosts(in []byte) (marker string, hosts []string, pubKey PublicKey
return "", nil, nil, "", nil, io.EOF
}
// ParseAuthorizedKey parses a public key from an authorized_keys
// file used in OpenSSH according to the sshd(8) manual page.
// ParseAuthorizedKey parses a public key from an authorized_keys file used in
// OpenSSH according to the sshd(8) manual page. Invalid lines are ignored.
func ParseAuthorizedKey(in []byte) (out PublicKey, comment string, options []string, rest []byte, err error) {
var lastErr error
for len(in) > 0 {
end := bytes.IndexByte(in, '\n')
if end != -1 {
@@ -222,6 +228,8 @@ func ParseAuthorizedKey(in []byte) (out PublicKey, comment string, options []str
if out, comment, err = parseAuthorizedKey(in[i:]); err == nil {
return out, comment, options, rest, nil
} else {
lastErr = err
}
// No key type recognised. Maybe there's an options field at
@@ -264,12 +272,18 @@ func ParseAuthorizedKey(in []byte) (out PublicKey, comment string, options []str
if out, comment, err = parseAuthorizedKey(in[i:]); err == nil {
options = candidateOptions
return out, comment, options, rest, nil
} else {
lastErr = err
}
in = rest
continue
}
if lastErr != nil {
return nil, "", nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("ssh: no key found; last parsing error for ignored line: %w", lastErr)
}
return nil, "", nil, nil, errors.New("ssh: no key found")
}