The representation here is a bit more messy than necessary. In doing so,
clean up the variable names and smooth away two rough edges:
- X509_ALGOR_get0 would leave *out_param_value uninitialized if
*out_param_type is V_ASN1_UNDEF. Instead, set it to NULL, so callers
do not accidentally use an uninitialized pointer.
- X509_PUBKEY_set0_param, if key is NULL, would leave the key alone. No
one calls this function externally and none of the (since removed)
callers in OpenSSL rely on this behavior. A NULL check here adds a
discontinuity at the empty string that seems unnecessary here:
changing the algorithm without changing the key isn't useful.
(Note the API doesn't support changing the key without the algorithm.)
Note for reviewing: the representation of ASN1_TYPE is specified
somewhat indirectly. ASN1_TYPE uses the ASN1_ANY ASN1_ITEM, which has
utype V_ASN1_ANY. Then you look at asn1_d2i_ex_primitive and asn1_ex_c2i
which peel off the ASN1_TYPE layer and parse directly into the value
field, with a fixup for NULL. Hopefully we can rework this someday...
Change-Id: I628c4e20f8ea2fd036132242337f4dcac5ba5015
Reviewed-on: https://boringssl-review.googlesource.com/c/boringssl/+/46165
Commit-Queue: David Benjamin <davidben@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Adam Langley <agl@google.com>
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