1=pod 2 3=head1 NAME 4 5X509_STORE_CTX_new_ex, X509_STORE_CTX_new, X509_STORE_CTX_cleanup, 6X509_STORE_CTX_free, X509_STORE_CTX_init, X509_STORE_CTX_set0_trusted_stack, 7X509_STORE_CTX_set_cert, X509_STORE_CTX_set0_crls, 8X509_STORE_CTX_get0_param, X509_STORE_CTX_set0_param, 9X509_STORE_CTX_get0_untrusted, X509_STORE_CTX_set0_untrusted, 10X509_STORE_CTX_get_num_untrusted, 11X509_STORE_CTX_get0_chain, X509_STORE_CTX_set0_verified_chain, 12X509_STORE_CTX_set_default, 13X509_STORE_CTX_set_verify, 14X509_STORE_CTX_verify_fn, 15X509_STORE_CTX_set_purpose, 16X509_STORE_CTX_set_trust, 17X509_STORE_CTX_purpose_inherit 18- X509_STORE_CTX initialisation 19 20=head1 SYNOPSIS 21 22 #include <openssl/x509_vfy.h> 23 24 X509_STORE_CTX *X509_STORE_CTX_new_ex(OSSL_LIB_CTX *libctx, const char *propq); 25 X509_STORE_CTX *X509_STORE_CTX_new(void); 26 void X509_STORE_CTX_cleanup(X509_STORE_CTX *ctx); 27 void X509_STORE_CTX_free(X509_STORE_CTX *ctx); 28 29 int X509_STORE_CTX_init(X509_STORE_CTX *ctx, X509_STORE *trust_store, 30 X509 *target, STACK_OF(X509) *untrusted); 31 32 void X509_STORE_CTX_set0_trusted_stack(X509_STORE_CTX *ctx, STACK_OF(X509) *sk); 33 34 void X509_STORE_CTX_set_cert(X509_STORE_CTX *ctx, X509 *target); 35 void X509_STORE_CTX_set0_crls(X509_STORE_CTX *ctx, STACK_OF(X509_CRL) *sk); 36 37 X509_VERIFY_PARAM *X509_STORE_CTX_get0_param(const X509_STORE_CTX *ctx); 38 void X509_STORE_CTX_set0_param(X509_STORE_CTX *ctx, X509_VERIFY_PARAM *param); 39 40 STACK_OF(X509)* X509_STORE_CTX_get0_untrusted(const X509_STORE_CTX *ctx); 41 void X509_STORE_CTX_set0_untrusted(X509_STORE_CTX *ctx, STACK_OF(X509) *sk); 42 43 int X509_STORE_CTX_get_num_untrusted(const X509_STORE_CTX *ctx); 44 STACK_OF(X509) *X509_STORE_CTX_get0_chain(const X509_STORE_CTX *ctx); 45 void X509_STORE_CTX_set0_verified_chain(X509_STORE_CTX *ctx, STACK_OF(X509) *chain); 46 47 int X509_STORE_CTX_set_default(X509_STORE_CTX *ctx, const char *name); 48 typedef int (*X509_STORE_CTX_verify_fn)(X509_STORE_CTX *); 49 void X509_STORE_CTX_set_verify(X509_STORE_CTX *ctx, X509_STORE_CTX_verify_fn verify); 50 51 int X509_STORE_CTX_set_purpose(X509_STORE_CTX *ctx, int purpose); 52 int X509_STORE_CTX_set_trust(X509_STORE_CTX *ctx, int trust); 53 int X509_STORE_CTX_purpose_inherit(X509_STORE_CTX *ctx, int def_purpose, 54 int purpose, int trust); 55 56=head1 DESCRIPTION 57 58These functions initialise an B<X509_STORE_CTX> structure for subsequent use 59by L<X509_verify_cert(3)> or L<X509_STORE_CTX_verify(3)>. 60 61X509_STORE_CTX_new_ex() returns a newly initialised B<X509_STORE_CTX> 62structure associated with the specified library context I<libctx> and property 63query string I<propq>. Any cryptographic algorithms fetched while performing 64processing with the X509_STORE_CTX will use that library context and property 65query string. 66 67X509_STORE_CTX_new() is the same as X509_STORE_CTX_new_ex() except that 68the default library context and a NULL property query string are used. 69 70X509_STORE_CTX_cleanup() internally cleans up an B<X509_STORE_CTX> structure. 71It is used by X509_STORE_CTX_init() and X509_STORE_CTX_free(). 72 73X509_STORE_CTX_free() completely frees up I<ctx>. After this call I<ctx> 74is no longer valid. 75If I<ctx> is NULL nothing is done. 76 77It must be called before each call to L<X509_verify_cert(3)> or 78L<X509_STORE_CTX_verify(3)>, i.e., a context is only good for one verification. 79If you want to verify a further certificate or chain with the same I<ctx> 80then you must call X509_STORE_CTX_init() again. 81The trusted certificate store is set to I<trust_store> of type B<X509_STORE>. 82This may be NULL because there are no trusted certificates or because 83they are provided simply as a list using X509_STORE_CTX_set0_trusted_stack(). 84The certificate to be verified is set to I<target>, 85and a list of additional certificates may be provided in I<untrusted>, 86which will be untrusted but may be used to build the chain. 87Each of the I<trust_store>, I<target> and I<untrusted> parameters can be NULL. 88Yet note that L<X509_verify_cert(3)> and L<X509_STORE_CTX_verify(3)> 89will need a verification target. 90This can also be set using X509_STORE_CTX_set_cert(). 91For L<X509_STORE_CTX_verify(3)>, which takes by default the first element of the 92list of untrusted certificates as its verification target, 93this can be also set indirectly using X509_STORE_CTX_set0_untrusted(). 94 95X509_STORE_CTX_set0_trusted_stack() sets the set of trusted certificates of 96I<ctx> to I<sk>. This is an alternative way of specifying trusted certificates 97instead of using an B<X509_STORE> where its complexity is not needed 98or to make sure that only the given set I<sk> of certificates are trusted. 99 100X509_STORE_CTX_set_cert() sets the target certificate to be verified in I<ctx> 101to I<target>. 102 103X509_STORE_CTX_set0_verified_chain() sets the validated chain to I<chain>. 104Ownership of the chain is transferred to I<ctx>, 105and so it should not be free'd by the caller. 106 107X509_STORE_CTX_get0_chain() returns the internal pointer used by the 108I<ctx> that contains the constructed (output) chain. 109 110X509_STORE_CTX_set0_crls() sets a set of CRLs to use to aid certificate 111verification to I<sk>. These CRLs will only be used if CRL verification is 112enabled in the associated B<X509_VERIFY_PARAM> structure. This might be 113used where additional "useful" CRLs are supplied as part of a protocol, 114for example in a PKCS#7 structure. 115 116X509_STORE_CTX_get0_param() retrieves an internal pointer 117to the verification parameters associated with I<ctx>. 118 119X509_STORE_CTX_set0_param() sets the internal verification parameter pointer 120to I<param>. After this call B<param> should not be used. 121 122X509_STORE_CTX_get0_untrusted() retrieves an internal pointer to the 123stack of untrusted certificates associated with I<ctx>. 124 125X509_STORE_CTX_set0_untrusted() sets the internal pointer to the stack 126of untrusted certificates associated with I<ctx> to I<sk>. 127X509_STORE_CTX_verify() will take the first element, if any, 128as its default target if the target certificate is not set explicitly. 129 130X509_STORE_CTX_get_num_untrusted() returns the number of untrusted certificates 131that were used in building the chain. 132This is can be used after calling L<X509_verify_cert(3)> and similar functions. 133With L<X509_STORE_CTX_verify(3)>, this does not count the first chain element. 134 135X509_STORE_CTX_get0_chain() returns the internal pointer used by the 136I<ctx> that contains the validated chain. 137 138Details of the chain building and checking process are described in 139L<openssl-verification-options(1)/Certification Path Building> and 140L<openssl-verification-options(1)/Certification Path Validation>. 141 142X509_STORE_CTX_set0_verified_chain() sets the validated chain used 143by I<ctx> to be I<chain>. 144Ownership of the chain is transferred to I<ctx>, 145and so it should not be free'd by the caller. 146 147X509_STORE_CTX_set_default() looks up and sets the default verification 148method to I<name>. This uses the function X509_VERIFY_PARAM_lookup() to 149find an appropriate set of parameters from the purpose identifier I<name>. 150Currently defined purposes are C<sslclient>, C<sslserver>, C<nssslserver>, 151C<smimesign>, C<smimeencrypt>, C<crlsign>, C<ocsphelper>, C<timestampsign>, 152and C<any>. 153 154X509_STORE_CTX_set_verify() provides the capability for overriding the default 155verify function. This function is responsible for verifying chain signatures and 156expiration times. 157 158A verify function is defined as an X509_STORE_CTX_verify type which has the 159following signature: 160 161 int (*verify)(X509_STORE_CTX *); 162 163This function should receive the current X509_STORE_CTX as a parameter and 164return 1 on success or 0 on failure. 165 166X509 certificates may contain information about what purposes keys contained 167within them can be used for. For example "TLS WWW Server Authentication" or 168"Email Protection". This "key usage" information is held internally to the 169certificate itself. In addition the trust store containing trusted certificates 170can declare what purposes we trust different certificates for. This "trust" 171information is not held within the certificate itself but is "meta" information 172held alongside it. This "meta" information is associated with the certificate 173after it is issued and could be determined by a system administrator. For 174example a certificate might declare that it is suitable for use for both 175"TLS WWW Server Authentication" and "TLS Client Authentication", but a system 176administrator might only trust it for the former. An X.509 certificate extension 177exists that can record extended key usage information to supplement the purpose 178information described above. This extended mechanism is arbitrarily extensible 179and not well suited for a generic library API; applications that need to 180validate extended key usage information in certificates will need to define a 181custom "purpose" (see below) or supply a nondefault verification callback 182(L<X509_STORE_set_verify_cb_func(3)>). 183 184X509_STORE_CTX_set_purpose() sets the purpose for the target certificate being 185verified in the I<ctx>. Built-in available values for the I<purpose> argument 186are B<X509_PURPOSE_SSL_CLIENT>, B<X509_PURPOSE_SSL_SERVER>, 187B<X509_PURPOSE_NS_SSL_SERVER>, B<X509_PURPOSE_SMIME_SIGN>, 188B<X509_PURPOSE_SMIME_ENCRYPT>, B<X509_PURPOSE_CRL_SIGN>, B<X509_PURPOSE_ANY>, 189B<X509_PURPOSE_OCSP_HELPER> and B<X509_PURPOSE_TIMESTAMP_SIGN>. It is also 190possible to create a custom purpose value. Setting a purpose will ensure that 191the key usage declared within certificates in the chain being verified is 192consistent with that purpose as well as, potentially, other checks. Every 193purpose also has an associated default trust value which will also be set at the 194same time. During verification this trust setting will be verified to check it 195is consistent with the trust set by the system administrator for certificates in 196the chain. 197 198X509_STORE_CTX_set_trust() sets the trust value for the target certificate 199being verified in the I<ctx>. Built-in available values for the I<trust> 200argument are B<X509_TRUST_COMPAT>, B<X509_TRUST_SSL_CLIENT>, 201B<X509_TRUST_SSL_SERVER>, B<X509_TRUST_EMAIL>, B<X509_TRUST_OBJECT_SIGN>, 202B<X509_TRUST_OCSP_SIGN>, B<X509_TRUST_OCSP_REQUEST> and B<X509_TRUST_TSA>. It is 203also possible to create a custom trust value. Since X509_STORE_CTX_set_purpose() 204also sets the trust value it is normally sufficient to only call that function. 205If both are called then X509_STORE_CTX_set_trust() should be called after 206X509_STORE_CTX_set_purpose() since the trust setting of the last call will be 207used. 208 209It should not normally be necessary for end user applications to call 210X509_STORE_CTX_purpose_inherit() directly. Typically applications should call 211X509_STORE_CTX_set_purpose() or X509_STORE_CTX_set_trust() instead. Using this 212function it is possible to set the purpose and trust values for the I<ctx> at 213the same time. 214Both I<ctx> and its internal verification parameter pointer must not be NULL. 215The I<def_purpose> and I<purpose> arguments can have the same 216purpose values as described for X509_STORE_CTX_set_purpose() above. The I<trust> 217argument can have the same trust values as described in 218X509_STORE_CTX_set_trust() above. Any of the I<def_purpose>, I<purpose> or 219I<trust> values may also have the value 0 to indicate that the supplied 220parameter should be ignored. After calling this function the purpose to be used 221for verification is set from the I<purpose> argument unless the purpose was 222already set in I<ctx> before, and the trust is set from the I<trust> argument 223unless the trust was already set in I<ctx> before. 224If I<trust> is 0 then the trust value will be set from 225the default trust value for I<purpose>. If the default trust value for the 226purpose is I<X509_TRUST_DEFAULT> and I<trust> is 0 then the default trust value 227associated with the I<def_purpose> value is used for the trust setting instead. 228 229=head1 NOTES 230 231The certificates and CRLs in a store are used internally and should B<not> 232be freed up until after the associated B<X509_STORE_CTX> is freed. 233 234=head1 BUGS 235 236The certificates and CRLs in a context are used internally and should B<not> 237be freed up until after the associated B<X509_STORE_CTX> is freed. Copies 238should be made or reference counts increased instead. 239 240=head1 RETURN VALUES 241 242X509_STORE_CTX_new() returns a newly allocated context or NULL if an 243error occurred. 244 245X509_STORE_CTX_init() returns 1 for success or 0 if an error occurred. 246 247X509_STORE_CTX_get0_param() returns a pointer to an B<X509_VERIFY_PARAM> 248structure or NULL if an error occurred. 249 250X509_STORE_CTX_cleanup(), X509_STORE_CTX_free(), 251X509_STORE_CTX_set0_trusted_stack(), 252X509_STORE_CTX_set_cert(), 253X509_STORE_CTX_set0_crls() and X509_STORE_CTX_set0_param() do not return 254values. 255 256X509_STORE_CTX_set_default() returns 1 for success or 0 if an error occurred. 257 258X509_STORE_CTX_get_num_untrusted() returns the number of untrusted certificates 259used. 260 261=head1 SEE ALSO 262 263L<X509_verify_cert(3)>, L<X509_STORE_CTX_verify(3)>, 264L<X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set_flags(3)> 265 266=head1 HISTORY 267 268The X509_STORE_CTX_set0_crls() function was added in OpenSSL 1.0.0. 269The X509_STORE_CTX_get_num_untrusted() function was added in OpenSSL 1.1.0. 270The X509_STORE_CTX_new_ex() function was added in OpenSSL 3.0. 271 272There is no need to call X509_STORE_CTX_cleanup() explicitly since OpenSSL 3.0. 273 274=head1 COPYRIGHT 275 276Copyright 2009-2023 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved. 277 278Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use 279this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy 280in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at 281L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>. 282 283=cut 284