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1=pod
2
3=head1 NAME
4
5provider-base
6- The basic OpenSSL library E<lt>-E<gt> provider functions
7
8=head1 SYNOPSIS
9
10 #include <openssl/core_dispatch.h>
11
12 /*
13  * None of these are actual functions, but are displayed like this for
14  * the function signatures for functions that are offered as function
15  * pointers in OSSL_DISPATCH arrays.
16  */
17
18 /* Functions offered by libcrypto to the providers */
19 const OSSL_ITEM *core_gettable_params(const OSSL_CORE_HANDLE *handle);
20 int core_get_params(const OSSL_CORE_HANDLE *handle, OSSL_PARAM params[]);
21
22 typedef void (*OSSL_thread_stop_handler_fn)(void *arg);
23 int core_thread_start(const OSSL_CORE_HANDLE *handle,
24                       OSSL_thread_stop_handler_fn handfn,
25                       void *arg);
26
27 OPENSSL_CORE_CTX *core_get_libctx(const OSSL_CORE_HANDLE *handle);
28 void core_new_error(const OSSL_CORE_HANDLE *handle);
29 void core_set_error_debug(const OSSL_CORE_HANDLE *handle,
30                           const char *file, int line, const char *func);
31 void core_vset_error(const OSSL_CORE_HANDLE *handle,
32                      uint32_t reason, const char *fmt, va_list args);
33
34 int core_obj_add_sigid(const OSSL_CORE_HANDLE *prov, const char  *sign_name,
35                        const char *digest_name, const char *pkey_name);
36 int core_obj_create(const OSSL_CORE_HANDLE *handle, const char *oid,
37                     const char *sn, const char *ln);
38
39 /*
40  * Some OpenSSL functionality is directly offered to providers via
41  * dispatch
42  */
43 void *CRYPTO_malloc(size_t num, const char *file, int line);
44 void *CRYPTO_zalloc(size_t num, const char *file, int line);
45 void CRYPTO_free(void *ptr, const char *file, int line);
46 void CRYPTO_clear_free(void *ptr, size_t num,
47                        const char *file, int line);
48 void *CRYPTO_realloc(void *addr, size_t num,
49                      const char *file, int line);
50 void *CRYPTO_clear_realloc(void *addr, size_t old_num, size_t num,
51                            const char *file, int line);
52 void *CRYPTO_secure_malloc(size_t num, const char *file, int line);
53 void *CRYPTO_secure_zalloc(size_t num, const char *file, int line);
54 void CRYPTO_secure_free(void *ptr, const char *file, int line);
55 void CRYPTO_secure_clear_free(void *ptr, size_t num,
56                               const char *file, int line);
57 int CRYPTO_secure_allocated(const void *ptr);
58 void OPENSSL_cleanse(void *ptr, size_t len);
59
60 unsigned char *OPENSSL_hexstr2buf(const char *str, long *buflen);
61
62 OSSL_CORE_BIO *BIO_new_file(const char *filename, const char *mode);
63 OSSL_CORE_BIO *BIO_new_membuf(const void *buf, int len);
64 int BIO_read_ex(OSSL_CORE_BIO *bio, void *data, size_t data_len,
65                 size_t *bytes_read);
66 int BIO_write_ex(OSSL_CORE_BIO *bio, const void *data, size_t data_len,
67                  size_t *written);
68 int BIO_up_ref(OSSL_CORE_BIO *bio);
69 int BIO_free(OSSL_CORE_BIO *bio);
70 int BIO_vprintf(OSSL_CORE_BIO *bio, const char *format, va_list args);
71 int BIO_vsnprintf(char *buf, size_t n, const char *fmt, va_list args);
72
73 void OSSL_SELF_TEST_set_callback(OSSL_LIB_CTX *libctx, OSSL_CALLBACK *cb,
74                                  void *cbarg);
75
76 size_t get_entropy(const OSSL_CORE_HANDLE *handle,
77                    unsigned char **pout, int entropy,
78                    size_t min_len, size_t max_len);
79 void cleanup_entropy(const OSSL_CORE_HANDLE *handle,
80                      unsigned char *buf, size_t len);
81 size_t get_nonce(const OSSL_CORE_HANDLE *handle,
82                  unsigned char **pout, size_t min_len, size_t max_len,
83                  const void *salt, size_t salt_len);
84 void cleanup_nonce(const OSSL_CORE_HANDLE *handle,
85                    unsigned char *buf, size_t len);
86
87 /* Functions for querying the providers in the application library context */
88 int provider_register_child_cb(const OSSL_CORE_HANDLE *handle,
89                     int (*create_cb)(const OSSL_CORE_HANDLE *provider,
90                                      void *cbdata),
91                     int (*remove_cb)(const OSSL_CORE_HANDLE *provider,
92                                      void *cbdata),
93                     int (*global_props_cb)(const char *props, void *cbdata),
94                     void *cbdata);
95 void provider_deregister_child_cb(const OSSL_CORE_HANDLE *handle);
96 const char *provider_name(const OSSL_CORE_HANDLE *prov);
97 void *provider_get0_provider_ctx(const OSSL_CORE_HANDLE *prov);
98 const OSSL_DISPATCH *provider_get0_dispatch(const OSSL_CORE_HANDLE *prov);
99 int provider_up_ref(const OSSL_CORE_HANDLE *prov, int activate);
100 int provider_free(const OSSL_CORE_HANDLE *prov, int deactivate);
101
102 /* Functions offered by the provider to libcrypto */
103 void provider_teardown(void *provctx);
104 const OSSL_ITEM *provider_gettable_params(void *provctx);
105 int provider_get_params(void *provctx, OSSL_PARAM params[]);
106 const OSSL_ALGORITHM *provider_query_operation(void *provctx,
107                                                int operation_id,
108                                                const int *no_store);
109 void provider_unquery_operation(void *provctx, int operation_id,
110                                 const OSSL_ALGORITHM *algs);
111 const OSSL_ITEM *provider_get_reason_strings(void *provctx);
112 int provider_get_capabilities(void *provctx, const char *capability,
113                               OSSL_CALLBACK *cb, void *arg);
114 int provider_self_test(void *provctx);
115
116=head1 DESCRIPTION
117
118All "functions" mentioned here are passed as function pointers between
119F<libcrypto> and the provider in L<OSSL_DISPATCH(3)> arrays, in the call
120of the provider initialization function.  See L<provider(7)/Provider>
121for a description of the initialization function. They are known as "upcalls".
122
123All these "functions" have a corresponding function type definition
124named B<OSSL_FUNC_{name}_fn>, and a helper function to retrieve the
125function pointer from a L<OSSL_DISPATCH(3)> element named
126B<OSSL_FUNC_{name}>.
127For example, the "function" core_gettable_params() has these:
128
129 typedef OSSL_PARAM *
130     (OSSL_FUNC_core_gettable_params_fn)(const OSSL_CORE_HANDLE *handle);
131 static ossl_inline OSSL_NAME_core_gettable_params_fn
132     OSSL_FUNC_core_gettable_params(const OSSL_DISPATCH *opf);
133
134L<OSSL_DISPATCH(3)> arrays are indexed by numbers that are provided as
135macros in L<openssl-core_dispatch.h(7)>, as follows:
136
137For I<in> (the L<OSSL_DISPATCH(3)> array passed from F<libcrypto> to the
138provider):
139
140 core_gettable_params           OSSL_FUNC_CORE_GETTABLE_PARAMS
141 core_get_params                OSSL_FUNC_CORE_GET_PARAMS
142 core_thread_start              OSSL_FUNC_CORE_THREAD_START
143 core_get_libctx                OSSL_FUNC_CORE_GET_LIBCTX
144 core_new_error                 OSSL_FUNC_CORE_NEW_ERROR
145 core_set_error_debug           OSSL_FUNC_CORE_SET_ERROR_DEBUG
146 core_vset_error                OSSL_FUNC_CORE_VSET_ERROR
147 core_obj_add_sigid             OSSL_FUNC_CORE_OBJ_ADD_SIGID
148 core_obj_create                OSSL_FUNC_CORE_OBJ_CREATE
149 CRYPTO_malloc                  OSSL_FUNC_CRYPTO_MALLOC
150 CRYPTO_zalloc                  OSSL_FUNC_CRYPTO_ZALLOC
151 CRYPTO_free                    OSSL_FUNC_CRYPTO_FREE
152 CRYPTO_clear_free              OSSL_FUNC_CRYPTO_CLEAR_FREE
153 CRYPTO_realloc                 OSSL_FUNC_CRYPTO_REALLOC
154 CRYPTO_clear_realloc           OSSL_FUNC_CRYPTO_CLEAR_REALLOC
155 CRYPTO_secure_malloc           OSSL_FUNC_CRYPTO_SECURE_MALLOC
156 CRYPTO_secure_zalloc           OSSL_FUNC_CRYPTO_SECURE_ZALLOC
157 CRYPTO_secure_free             OSSL_FUNC_CRYPTO_SECURE_FREE
158 CRYPTO_secure_clear_free       OSSL_FUNC_CRYPTO_SECURE_CLEAR_FREE
159 CRYPTO_secure_allocated        OSSL_FUNC_CRYPTO_SECURE_ALLOCATED
160 BIO_new_file                   OSSL_FUNC_BIO_NEW_FILE
161 BIO_new_mem_buf                OSSL_FUNC_BIO_NEW_MEMBUF
162 BIO_read_ex                    OSSL_FUNC_BIO_READ_EX
163 BIO_write_ex                   OSSL_FUNC_BIO_WRITE_EX
164 BIO_up_ref                     OSSL_FUNC_BIO_UP_REF
165 BIO_free                       OSSL_FUNC_BIO_FREE
166 BIO_vprintf                    OSSL_FUNC_BIO_VPRINTF
167 BIO_vsnprintf                  OSSL_FUNC_BIO_VSNPRINTF
168 BIO_puts                       OSSL_FUNC_BIO_PUTS
169 BIO_gets                       OSSL_FUNC_BIO_GETS
170 BIO_ctrl                       OSSL_FUNC_BIO_CTRL
171 OPENSSL_cleanse                OSSL_FUNC_OPENSSL_CLEANSE
172 OSSL_SELF_TEST_set_callback    OSSL_FUNC_SELF_TEST_CB
173 ossl_rand_get_entropy          OSSL_FUNC_GET_ENTROPY
174 ossl_rand_cleanup_entropy      OSSL_FUNC_CLEANUP_ENTROPY
175 ossl_rand_get_nonce            OSSL_FUNC_GET_NONCE
176 ossl_rand_cleanup_nonce        OSSL_FUNC_CLEANUP_NONCE
177 provider_register_child_cb     OSSL_FUNC_PROVIDER_REGISTER_CHILD_CB
178 provider_deregister_child_cb   OSSL_FUNC_PROVIDER_DEREGISTER_CHILD_CB
179 provider_name                  OSSL_FUNC_PROVIDER_NAME
180 provider_get0_provider_ctx     OSSL_FUNC_PROVIDER_GET0_PROVIDER_CTX
181 provider_get0_dispatch         OSSL_FUNC_PROVIDER_GET0_DISPATCH
182 provider_up_ref                OSSL_FUNC_PROVIDER_UP_REF
183 provider_free                  OSSL_FUNC_PROVIDER_FREE
184
185For I<*out> (the L<OSSL_DISPATCH(3)> array passed from the provider to
186F<libcrypto>):
187
188 provider_teardown              OSSL_FUNC_PROVIDER_TEARDOWN
189 provider_gettable_params       OSSL_FUNC_PROVIDER_GETTABLE_PARAMS
190 provider_get_params            OSSL_FUNC_PROVIDER_GET_PARAMS
191 provider_query_operation       OSSL_FUNC_PROVIDER_QUERY_OPERATION
192 provider_unquery_operation     OSSL_FUNC_PROVIDER_UNQUERY_OPERATION
193 provider_get_reason_strings    OSSL_FUNC_PROVIDER_GET_REASON_STRINGS
194 provider_get_capabilities      OSSL_FUNC_PROVIDER_GET_CAPABILITIES
195 provider_self_test             OSSL_FUNC_PROVIDER_SELF_TEST
196
197=head2 Core functions
198
199core_gettable_params() returns a constant array of descriptor
200L<OSSL_PARAM(3)>, for parameters that core_get_params() can handle.
201
202core_get_params() retrieves parameters from the core for the given I<handle>.
203See L</Core parameters> below for a description of currently known
204parameters.
205
206The core_thread_start() function informs the core that the provider has stated
207an interest in the current thread. The core will inform the provider when the
208thread eventually stops. It must be passed the I<handle> for this provider, as
209well as a callback I<handfn> which will be called when the thread stops. The
210callback will subsequently be called, with the supplied argument I<arg>, from
211the thread that is stopping and gets passed the provider context as an
212argument. This may be useful to perform thread specific clean up such as
213freeing thread local variables.
214
215core_get_libctx() retrieves the core context in which the library
216object for the current provider is stored, accessible through the I<handle>.
217This function is useful only for built-in providers such as the default
218provider. Never cast this to OSSL_LIB_CTX in a provider that is not
219built-in as the OSSL_LIB_CTX of the library loading the provider might be
220a completely different structure than the OSSL_LIB_CTX of the library the
221provider is linked to. Use  L<OSSL_LIB_CTX_new_child(3)> instead to obtain
222a proper library context that is linked to the application library context.
223
224core_new_error(), core_set_error_debug() and core_vset_error() are
225building blocks for reporting an error back to the core, with
226reference to the I<handle>.
227
228=over 4
229
230=item core_new_error()
231
232allocates a new thread specific error record.
233
234This corresponds to the OpenSSL function L<ERR_new(3)>.
235
236=item core_set_error_debug()
237
238sets debugging information in the current thread specific error
239record.
240The debugging information includes the name of the file I<file>, the
241line I<line> and the function name I<func> where the error occurred.
242
243This corresponds to the OpenSSL function L<ERR_set_debug(3)>.
244
245=item core_vset_error()
246
247sets the I<reason> for the error, along with any addition data.
248The I<reason> is a number defined by the provider and used to index
249the reason strings table that's returned by
250provider_get_reason_strings().
251The additional data is given as a format string I<fmt> and a set of
252arguments I<args>, which are treated in the same manner as with
253BIO_vsnprintf().
254I<file> and I<line> may also be passed to indicate exactly where the
255error occurred or was reported.
256
257This corresponds to the OpenSSL function L<ERR_vset_error(3)>.
258
259=back
260
261The core_obj_create() function registers a new OID and associated short name
262I<sn> and long name I<ln> for the given I<handle>. It is similar to the OpenSSL
263function L<OBJ_create(3)> except that it returns 1 on success or 0 on failure.
264It will treat as success the case where the OID already exists (even if the
265short name I<sn> or long name I<ln> provided as arguments differ from those
266associated with the existing OID, in which case the new names are not
267associated).
268This function is not thread safe.
269
270The core_obj_add_sigid() function registers a new composite signature algorithm
271(I<sign_name>) consisting of an underlying signature algorithm (I<pkey_name>)
272and digest algorithm (I<digest_name>) for the given I<handle>. It assumes that
273the OIDs for the composite signature algorithm as well as for the underlying
274signature and digest algorithms are either already known to OpenSSL or have been
275registered via a call to core_obj_create(). It corresponds to the OpenSSL
276function L<OBJ_add_sigid(3)>, except that the objects are identified by name
277rather than a numeric NID. Any name (OID, short name or long name) can be used
278to identify the object. It will treat as success the case where the composite
279signature algorithm already exists (even if registered against a different
280underlying signature or digest algorithm). For I<digest_name>, NULL or an
281empty string is permissible for signature algorithms that do not need a digest
282to operate correctly. The function returns 1 on success or 0 on failure.
283This function is not thread safe.
284
285CRYPTO_malloc(), CRYPTO_zalloc(), CRYPTO_free(), CRYPTO_clear_free(),
286CRYPTO_realloc(), CRYPTO_clear_realloc(), CRYPTO_secure_malloc(),
287CRYPTO_secure_zalloc(), CRYPTO_secure_free(),
288CRYPTO_secure_clear_free(), CRYPTO_secure_allocated(),
289BIO_new_file(), BIO_new_mem_buf(), BIO_read_ex(), BIO_write_ex(), BIO_up_ref(),
290BIO_free(), BIO_vprintf(), BIO_vsnprintf(), BIO_gets(), BIO_puts(),
291BIO_ctrl(), OPENSSL_cleanse() and
292OPENSSL_hexstr2buf() correspond exactly to the public functions with
293the same name.  As a matter of fact, the pointers in the L<OSSL_DISPATCH(3)>
294array are typically direct pointers to those public functions. Note that the BIO
295functions take an B<OSSL_CORE_BIO> type rather than the standard B<BIO>
296type. This is to ensure that a provider does not mix BIOs from the core
297with BIOs used on the provider side (the two are not compatible).
298OSSL_SELF_TEST_set_callback() is used to set an optional callback that can be
299passed into a provider. This may be ignored by a provider.
300
301get_entropy() retrieves seeding material from the operating system.
302The seeding material will have at least I<entropy> bytes of randomness and the
303output will have at least I<min_len> and at most I<max_len> bytes.
304The buffer address is stored in I<*pout> and the buffer length is
305returned to the caller.  On error, zero is returned.
306
307cleanup_entropy() is used to clean up and free the buffer returned by
308get_entropy().  The entropy pointer returned by get_entropy() is passed in
309B<buf> and its length in B<len>.
310
311get_nonce() retrieves a nonce using the passed I<salt> parameter
312of length I<salt_len> and operating system specific information.
313The I<salt> should contain uniquely identifying information and this is
314included, in an unspecified manner, as part of the output.
315The output is stored in a buffer which contains at least I<min_len> and at
316most I<max_len> bytes.  The buffer address is stored in I<*pout> and the
317buffer length returned to the caller.  On error, zero is returned.
318
319cleanup_nonce() is used to clean up and free the buffer returned by
320get_nonce().  The nonce pointer returned by get_nonce() is passed in
321B<buf> and its length in B<len>.
322
323provider_register_child_cb() registers callbacks for being informed about the
324loading and unloading of providers in the application's library context.
325I<handle> is this provider's handle and I<cbdata> is this provider's data
326that will be passed back to the callbacks. It returns 1 on success or 0
327otherwise. These callbacks may be called while holding locks in libcrypto. In
328order to avoid deadlocks the callback implementation must not be long running
329and must not call other OpenSSL API functions or upcalls.
330
331I<create_cb> is a callback that will be called when a new provider is loaded
332into the application's library context. It is also called for any providers that
333are already loaded at the point that this callback is registered. The callback
334is passed the handle being used for the new provider being loadded and this
335provider's data in I<cbdata>. It should return 1 on success or 0 on failure.
336
337I<remove_cb> is a callback that will be called when a new provider is unloaded
338from the application's library context. It is passed the handle being used for
339the provider being unloaded and this provider's data in I<cbdata>. It should
340return 1 on success or 0 on failure.
341
342I<global_props_cb> is a callback that will be called when the global properties
343from the parent library context are changed. It should return 1 on success
344or 0 on failure.
345
346provider_deregister_child_cb() unregisters callbacks previously registered via
347provider_register_child_cb(). If provider_register_child_cb() has been called
348then provider_deregister_child_cb() should be called at or before the point that
349this provider's teardown function is called.
350
351provider_name() returns a string giving the name of the provider identified by
352I<handle>.
353
354provider_get0_provider_ctx() returns the provider context that is associated
355with the provider identified by I<prov>.
356
357provider_get0_dispatch() gets the dispatch table registered by the provider
358identified by I<prov> when it initialised.
359
360provider_up_ref() increments the reference count on the provider I<prov>. If
361I<activate> is nonzero then the provider is also loaded if it is not already
362loaded. It returns 1 on success or 0 on failure.
363
364provider_free() decrements the reference count on the provider I<prov>. If
365I<deactivate> is nonzero then the provider is also unloaded if it is not
366already loaded. It returns 1 on success or 0 on failure.
367
368=head2 Provider functions
369
370provider_teardown() is called when a provider is shut down and removed
371from the core's provider store.
372It must free the passed I<provctx>.
373
374provider_gettable_params() should return a constant array of
375descriptor L<OSSL_PARAM(3)>, for parameters that provider_get_params()
376can handle.
377
378provider_get_params() should process the L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> array
379I<params>, setting the values of the parameters it understands.
380
381provider_query_operation() should return a constant L<OSSL_ALGORITHM(3)>
382that corresponds to the given I<operation_id>.
383It should indicate if the core may store a reference to this array by
384setting I<*no_store> to 0 (core may store a reference) or 1 (core may
385not store a reference).
386
387provider_unquery_operation() informs the provider that the result of a
388provider_query_operation() is no longer directly required and that the function
389pointers have been copied.  The I<operation_id> should match that passed to
390provider_query_operation() and I<algs> should be its return value.
391
392provider_get_reason_strings() should return a constant L<OSSL_ITEM(3)>
393array that provides reason strings for reason codes the provider may
394use when reporting errors using core_put_error().
395
396The provider_get_capabilities() function should call the callback I<cb> passing
397it a set of L<OSSL_PARAM(3)>s and the caller supplied argument I<arg>. The
398L<OSSL_PARAM(3)>s should provide details about the capability with the name given
399in the I<capability> argument relevant for the provider context I<provctx>. If a
400provider supports multiple capabilities with the given name then it may call the
401callback multiple times (one for each capability). Capabilities can be useful for
402describing the services that a provider can offer. For further details see the
403L</CAPABILITIES> section below. It should return 1 on success or 0 on error.
404
405The provider_self_test() function should perform known answer tests on a subset
406of the algorithms that it uses, and may also verify the integrity of the
407provider module. It should return 1 on success or 0 on error. It will return 1
408if this function is not used.
409
410None of these functions are mandatory, but a provider is fairly
411useless without at least provider_query_operation(), and
412provider_gettable_params() is fairly useless if not accompanied by
413provider_get_params().
414
415=head2 Provider parameters
416
417provider_get_params() can return the following provider parameters to the core:
418
419=over 4
420
421=item "name" (B<OSSL_PROV_PARAM_NAME>) <UTF8 ptr>
422
423This points to a string that should give a unique name for the provider.
424
425=item "version" (B<OSSL_PROV_PARAM_VERSION>) <UTF8 ptr>
426
427This points to a string that is a version number associated with this provider.
428OpenSSL in-built providers use OPENSSL_VERSION_STR, but this may be different
429for any third party provider. This string is for informational purposes only.
430
431=item "buildinfo" (B<OSSL_PROV_PARAM_BUILDINFO>) <UTF8 ptr>
432
433This points to a string that is a build information associated with this provider.
434OpenSSL in-built providers use OPENSSL_FULL_VERSION_STR, but this may be
435different for any third party provider.
436
437=item "status" (B<OSSL_PROV_PARAM_STATUS>) <unsigned integer>
438
439This returns 0 if the provider has entered an error state, otherwise it returns
4401.
441
442=back
443
444provider_gettable_params() should return the above parameters.
445
446
447=head2 Core parameters
448
449core_get_params() can retrieve the following core parameters for each provider:
450
451=over 4
452
453=item "openssl-version" (B<OSSL_PROV_PARAM_CORE_VERSION>) <UTF8 string ptr>
454
455This points to the OpenSSL libraries' full version string, i.e. the string
456expanded from the macro B<OPENSSL_VERSION_STR>.
457
458=item "provider-name" (B<OSSL_PROV_PARAM_CORE_PROV_NAME>) <UTF8 string ptr>
459
460This points to the OpenSSL libraries' idea of what the calling provider is named.
461
462=item "module-filename" (B<OSSL_PROV_PARAM_CORE_MODULE_FILENAME>) <UTF8 string ptr>
463
464This points to a string containing the full filename of the providers
465module file.
466
467=back
468
469Additionally, provider specific configuration parameters from the
470config file are available, in dotted name form.
471The dotted name form is a concatenation of section names and final
472config command name separated by periods.
473
474For example, let's say we have the following config example:
475
476 config_diagnostics = 1
477 openssl_conf = openssl_init
478
479 [openssl_init]
480 providers = providers_sect
481
482 [providers_sect]
483 foo = foo_sect
484
485 [foo_sect]
486 activate = 1
487 data1 = 2
488 data2 = str
489 more = foo_more
490
491 [foo_more]
492 data3 = foo,bar
493
494The provider will have these additional parameters available:
495
496=over 4
497
498=item "activate"
499
500pointing at the string "1"
501
502=item "data1"
503
504pointing at the string "2"
505
506=item "data2"
507
508pointing at the string "str"
509
510=item "more.data3"
511
512pointing at the string "foo,bar"
513
514=back
515
516For more information on handling parameters, see L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> as
517L<OSSL_PARAM_int(3)>.
518
519=head1 CAPABILITIES
520
521Capabilities describe some of the services that a provider can offer.
522Applications can query the capabilities to discover those services.
523
524=head3 "TLS-GROUP" Capability
525
526The "TLS-GROUP" capability can be queried by libssl to discover the list of
527TLS groups that a provider can support. Each group supported can be used for
528I<key exchange> (KEX) or I<key encapsulation method> (KEM) during a TLS
529handshake.
530TLS clients can advertise the list of TLS groups they support in the
531supported_groups extension, and TLS servers can select a group from the offered
532list that they also support. In this way a provider can add to the list of
533groups that libssl already supports with additional ones.
534
535Each TLS group that a provider supports should be described via the callback
536passed in through the provider_get_capabilities function. Each group should have
537the following details supplied (all are mandatory, except
538B<OSSL_CAPABILITY_TLS_GROUP_IS_KEM>):
539
540=over 4
541
542=item "tls-group-name" (B<OSSL_CAPABILITY_TLS_GROUP_NAME>) <UTF8 string>
543
544The name of the group as given in the IANA TLS Supported Groups registry
545L<https://www.iana.org/assignments/tls-parameters/tls-parameters.xhtml#tls-parameters-8>.
546
547=item "tls-group-name-internal" (B<OSSL_CAPABILITY_TLS_GROUP_NAME_INTERNAL>) <UTF8 string>
548
549The name of the group as known by the provider. This could be the same as the
550"tls-group-name", but does not have to be.
551
552=item "tls-group-id" (B<OSSL_CAPABILITY_TLS_GROUP_ID>) <unsigned integer>
553
554The TLS group id value as given in the IANA TLS Supported Groups registry.
555
556=item "tls-group-alg" (B<OSSL_CAPABILITY_TLS_GROUP_ALG>) <UTF8 string>
557
558The name of a Key Management algorithm that the provider offers and that should
559be used with this group. Keys created should be able to support I<key exchange>
560or I<key encapsulation method> (KEM), as implied by the optional
561B<OSSL_CAPABILITY_TLS_GROUP_IS_KEM> flag.
562The algorithm must support key and parameter generation as well as the
563key/parameter generation parameter, B<OSSL_PKEY_PARAM_GROUP_NAME>. The group
564name given via "tls-group-name-internal" above will be passed via
565B<OSSL_PKEY_PARAM_GROUP_NAME> when libssl wishes to generate keys/parameters.
566
567=item "tls-group-sec-bits" (B<OSSL_CAPABILITY_TLS_GROUP_SECURITY_BITS>) <unsigned integer>
568
569The number of bits of security offered by keys in this group. The number of bits
570should be comparable with the ones given in table 2 and 3 of the NIST SP800-57
571document.
572
573=item "tls-group-is-kem" (B<OSSL_CAPABILITY_TLS_GROUP_IS_KEM>) <unsigned integer>
574
575Boolean flag to describe if the group should be used in I<key exchange> (KEX)
576mode (0, default) or in I<key encapsulation method> (KEM) mode (1).
577
578This parameter is optional: if not specified, KEX mode is assumed as the default
579mode for the group.
580
581In KEX mode, in a typical Diffie-Hellman fashion, both sides execute I<keygen>
582then I<derive> against the peer public key. To operate in KEX mode, the group
583implementation must support the provider functions as described in
584L<provider-keyexch(7)>.
585
586In KEM mode, the client executes I<keygen> and sends its public key, the server
587executes I<encapsulate> using the client's public key and sends back the
588resulting I<ciphertext>, finally the client executes I<decapsulate> to retrieve
589the same I<shared secret> generated by the server's I<encapsulate>. To operate
590in KEM mode, the group implementation must support the provider functions as
591described in L<provider-kem(7)>.
592
593Both in KEX and KEM mode, the resulting I<shared secret> is then used according
594to the protocol specification.
595
596=item "tls-min-tls" (B<OSSL_CAPABILITY_TLS_GROUP_MIN_TLS>) <integer>
597
598=item "tls-max-tls" (B<OSSL_CAPABILITY_TLS_GROUP_MAX_TLS>) <integer>
599
600=item "tls-min-dtls" (B<OSSL_CAPABILITY_TLS_GROUP_MIN_DTLS>) <integer>
601
602=item "tls-max-dtls" (B<OSSL_CAPABILITY_TLS_GROUP_MAX_DTLS>) <integer>
603
604These parameters can be used to describe the minimum and maximum TLS and DTLS
605versions supported by the group. The values equate to the on-the-wire encoding
606of the various TLS versions. For example TLSv1.3 is 0x0304 (772 decimal), and
607TLSv1.2 is 0x0303 (771 decimal). A 0 indicates that there is no defined minimum
608or maximum. A -1 indicates that the group should not be used in that protocol.
609
610=back
611
612=head1 EXAMPLES
613
614This is an example of a simple provider made available as a
615dynamically loadable module.
616It implements the fictitious algorithm C<FOO> for the fictitious
617operation C<BAR>.
618
619 #include <malloc.h>
620 #include <openssl/core.h>
621 #include <openssl/core_dispatch.h>
622
623 /* Errors used in this provider */
624 #define E_MALLOC       1
625
626 static const OSSL_ITEM reasons[] = {
627     { E_MALLOC, "memory allocation failure" }.
628     { 0, NULL } /* Termination */
629 };
630
631 /*
632  * To ensure we get the function signature right, forward declare
633  * them using function types provided by openssl/core_dispatch.h
634  */
635 OSSL_FUNC_bar_newctx_fn foo_newctx;
636 OSSL_FUNC_bar_freectx_fn foo_freectx;
637 OSSL_FUNC_bar_init_fn foo_init;
638 OSSL_FUNC_bar_update_fn foo_update;
639 OSSL_FUNC_bar_final_fn foo_final;
640
641 OSSL_FUNC_provider_query_operation_fn p_query;
642 OSSL_FUNC_provider_get_reason_strings_fn p_reasons;
643 OSSL_FUNC_provider_teardown_fn p_teardown;
644
645 OSSL_provider_init_fn OSSL_provider_init;
646
647 OSSL_FUNC_core_put_error *c_put_error = NULL;
648
649 /* Provider context */
650 struct prov_ctx_st {
651     OSSL_CORE_HANDLE *handle;
652 }
653
654 /* operation context for the algorithm FOO */
655 struct foo_ctx_st {
656     struct prov_ctx_st *provctx;
657     int b;
658 };
659
660 static void *foo_newctx(void *provctx)
661 {
662     struct foo_ctx_st *fooctx = malloc(sizeof(*fooctx));
663
664     if (fooctx != NULL)
665         fooctx->provctx = provctx;
666     else
667         c_put_error(provctx->handle, E_MALLOC, __FILE__, __LINE__);
668     return fooctx;
669 }
670
671 static void foo_freectx(void *fooctx)
672 {
673     free(fooctx);
674 }
675
676 static int foo_init(void *vfooctx)
677 {
678     struct foo_ctx_st *fooctx = vfooctx;
679
680     fooctx->b = 0x33;
681 }
682
683 static int foo_update(void *vfooctx, unsigned char *in, size_t inl)
684 {
685     struct foo_ctx_st *fooctx = vfooctx;
686
687     /* did you expect something serious? */
688     if (inl == 0)
689         return 1;
690     for (; inl-- > 0; in++)
691         *in ^= fooctx->b;
692     return 1;
693 }
694
695 static int foo_final(void *vfooctx)
696 {
697     struct foo_ctx_st *fooctx = vfooctx;
698
699     fooctx->b = 0x66;
700 }
701
702 static const OSSL_DISPATCH foo_fns[] = {
703     { OSSL_FUNC_BAR_NEWCTX, (void (*)(void))foo_newctx },
704     { OSSL_FUNC_BAR_FREECTX, (void (*)(void))foo_freectx },
705     { OSSL_FUNC_BAR_INIT, (void (*)(void))foo_init },
706     { OSSL_FUNC_BAR_UPDATE, (void (*)(void))foo_update },
707     { OSSL_FUNC_BAR_FINAL, (void (*)(void))foo_final },
708     { 0, NULL }
709 };
710
711 static const OSSL_ALGORITHM bars[] = {
712     { "FOO", "provider=chumbawamba", foo_fns },
713     { NULL, NULL, NULL }
714 };
715
716 static const OSSL_ALGORITHM *p_query(void *provctx, int operation_id,
717                                      int *no_store)
718 {
719     switch (operation_id) {
720     case OSSL_OP_BAR:
721         return bars;
722     }
723     return NULL;
724 }
725
726 static const OSSL_ITEM *p_reasons(void *provctx)
727 {
728     return reasons;
729 }
730
731 static void p_teardown(void *provctx)
732 {
733     free(provctx);
734 }
735
736 static const OSSL_DISPATCH prov_fns[] = {
737     { OSSL_FUNC_PROVIDER_TEARDOWN, (void (*)(void))p_teardown },
738     { OSSL_FUNC_PROVIDER_QUERY_OPERATION, (void (*)(void))p_query },
739     { OSSL_FUNC_PROVIDER_GET_REASON_STRINGS, (void (*)(void))p_reasons },
740     { 0, NULL }
741 };
742
743 int OSSL_provider_init(const OSSL_CORE_HANDLE *handle,
744                        const OSSL_DISPATCH *in,
745                        const OSSL_DISPATCH **out,
746                        void **provctx)
747 {
748     struct prov_ctx_st *pctx = NULL;
749
750     for (; in->function_id != 0; in++)
751         switch (in->function_id) {
752         case OSSL_FUNC_CORE_PUT_ERROR:
753             c_put_error = OSSL_FUNC_core_put_error(in);
754             break;
755         }
756
757     *out = prov_fns;
758
759     if ((pctx = malloc(sizeof(*pctx))) == NULL) {
760         /*
761          * ALEA IACTA EST, if the core retrieves the reason table
762          * regardless, that string will be displayed, otherwise not.
763          */
764         c_put_error(handle, E_MALLOC, __FILE__, __LINE__);
765         return 0;
766     }
767     pctx->handle = handle;
768     return 1;
769 }
770
771This relies on a few things existing in F<openssl/core_dispatch.h>:
772
773 #define OSSL_OP_BAR            4711
774
775 #define OSSL_FUNC_BAR_NEWCTX      1
776 typedef void *(OSSL_FUNC_bar_newctx_fn)(void *provctx);
777 static ossl_inline OSSL_FUNC_bar_newctx(const OSSL_DISPATCH *opf)
778 { return (OSSL_FUNC_bar_newctx_fn *)opf->function; }
779
780 #define OSSL_FUNC_BAR_FREECTX     2
781 typedef void (OSSL_FUNC_bar_freectx_fn)(void *ctx);
782 static ossl_inline OSSL_FUNC_bar_freectx(const OSSL_DISPATCH *opf)
783 { return (OSSL_FUNC_bar_freectx_fn *)opf->function; }
784
785 #define OSSL_FUNC_BAR_INIT        3
786 typedef void *(OSSL_FUNC_bar_init_fn)(void *ctx);
787 static ossl_inline OSSL_FUNC_bar_init(const OSSL_DISPATCH *opf)
788 { return (OSSL_FUNC_bar_init_fn *)opf->function; }
789
790 #define OSSL_FUNC_BAR_UPDATE      4
791 typedef void *(OSSL_FUNC_bar_update_fn)(void *ctx,
792                                       unsigned char *in, size_t inl);
793 static ossl_inline OSSL_FUNC_bar_update(const OSSL_DISPATCH *opf)
794 { return (OSSL_FUNC_bar_update_fn *)opf->function; }
795
796 #define OSSL_FUNC_BAR_FINAL       5
797 typedef void *(OSSL_FUNC_bar_final_fn)(void *ctx);
798 static ossl_inline OSSL_FUNC_bar_final(const OSSL_DISPATCH *opf)
799 { return (OSSL_FUNC_bar_final_fn *)opf->function; }
800
801=head1 SEE ALSO
802
803L<provider(7)>
804
805=head1 HISTORY
806
807The concept of providers and everything surrounding them was
808introduced in OpenSSL 3.0.
809
810=head1 COPYRIGHT
811
812Copyright 2019-2023 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
813
814Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License").  You may not use
815this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
816in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
817L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
818
819=cut
820