src,deps,build,test: add OpenSSL config appname

This commit adds the setting of an appname (configuration section
name), 'nodejs_conf', to be used when reading OpenSSL configuration
files.

The motivation for this is that currently the default OpenSSL
configuration, 'openssl_conf', element will be used which may be
undesirable as it might configure OpenSSL in unwanted ways. With this
commit it is still possible to use a default openssl.cnf file but the
only section that Node.js will read from is a section named
'nodejs_conf'.

PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/43124
Refs: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/40366
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Rafael Gonzaga <rafael.nunu@hotmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Beth Griggs <bgriggs@redhat.com>

BUILDING.md

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ file a new issue.
   * [Build with a specific ICU](#build-with-a-specific-icu)
     * [Unix/macOS](#unixmacos-3)
     * [Windows](#windows-4)
+* [Configuring OpenSSL config appname](#configure-openssl-appname)
 * [Building Node.js with FIPS-compliant OpenSSL](#building-nodejs-with-fips-compliant-openssl)
 * [Building Node.js with external core modules](#building-nodejs-with-external-core-modules)
   * [Unix/macOS](#unixmacos-4)
@@ -768,6 +769,19 @@ as `deps/icu` (You'll have: `deps/icu/source/...`)
 > .\vcbuild full-icu
 ```
 
+### Configure OpenSSL appname
+
+Node.js can use an OpenSSL configuration file by specifying the environment
+variable `OPENSSL_CONF`, or using the command line option `--openssl-conf`, and
+if none of those are specified will default to reading the default OpenSSL
+configuration file `openssl.cnf`. Node.js will only read a section that is by
+default named `nodejs_conf`, but this name can be overridden using the following
+configure option:
+
+```console
+$ ./configure --openssl-conf-name=<some_conf_name>
+```
+
 ## Building Node.js with FIPS-compliant OpenSSL
 
 The current version of Node.js supports FIPS when statically and
@@ -819,6 +833,9 @@ $ ls out/Release/obj.target/deps/openssl/lib/openssl-modules/
 fips.so
 ```
 
+Running `configure` without `--openssl-is-fips` flag and rebuilding will reset
+the FIPS configuration.
+
 ### FIPS support when dynamically linking OpenSSL
 
 For quictls/openssl 3.0 it is possible to enable FIPS when dynamically linking.

configure.py

@@ -181,6 +181,12 @@ parser.add_argument("--link-module",
          "e.g. /root/x/y.js will be referenced via require('root/x/y'). "
          "Can be used multiple times")
 
+parser.add_argument("--openssl-conf-name",
+    action="store",
+    dest="openssl_conf_name",
+    default='nodejs_conf',
+    help="The OpenSSL config appname (config section name) used by Node.js")
+
 parser.add_argument('--openssl-default-cipher-list',
     action='store',
     dest='openssl_default_cipher_list',
@@ -1488,6 +1494,8 @@ def configure_openssl(o):
   if options.openssl_no_asm:
     variables['openssl_no_asm'] = 1
 
+  o['defines'] += ['NODE_OPENSSL_CONF_NAME=' + options.openssl_conf_name]
+
   if options.without_ssl:
     def without_ssl_error(option):
       error('--without-ssl is incompatible with %s' % option)

deps/openssl/nodejs-openssl.cnf

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+ # Use this in order to automatically load providers.
+nodejs_conf = openssl_init
+
+# Optionally include a file that is generated by the OpenSSL fipsinstall
+# application. This file contains configuration data required by the OpenSSL
+# fips provider. It contains a named section e.g. [fips_sect] which is
+# referenced from the [provider_sect] below.
+# Refer to the OpenSSL security policy for more information.
+# .include fipsmodule.cnf
+
+[openssl_init]
+providers = provider_sect
+
+# List of providers to load
+[provider_sect]
+default = default_sect
+# The fips section name should match the section name inside the
+# included fipsmodule.cnf.
+# fips = fips_sect
+
+# If no providers are activated explicitly, the default one is activated implicitly.
+# See man 7 OSSL_PROVIDER-default for more details.
+#
+# If you add a section explicitly activating any other provider(s), you most
+# probably need to explicitly activate the default provider, otherwise it
+# becomes unavailable in openssl.  As a consequence applications depending on
+# OpenSSL may not work correctly which could lead to significant system
+# problems including inability to remotely access the system.
+[default_sect]
+# activate = 1

node.gyp

@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@
           'variables': {
             'openssl-cli': '<(PRODUCT_DIR)/<(EXECUTABLE_PREFIX)openssl-cli<(EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX)',
             'provider_name': 'libopenssl-fipsmodule',
-            'opensslconfig': './deps/openssl/openssl/apps/openssl.cnf',
+            'opensslconfig': './deps/openssl/nodejs-openssl.cnf',
             'conditions': [
               ['GENERATOR == "ninja"', {
 	        'fipsmodule_internal': '<(PRODUCT_DIR)/lib/<(provider_name).so',
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@
              }, {
 	        'fipsmodule_internal': '<(PRODUCT_DIR)/obj.target/deps/openssl/<(provider_name).so',
                 'fipsmodule': '<(PRODUCT_DIR)/obj.target/deps/openssl/lib/openssl-modules/fips.so',
-                'fipsconfig': '<(PRODUCT_DIR)/obj/deps/openssl/fipsmodule.cnf',
+                'fipsconfig': '<(PRODUCT_DIR)/obj.target/deps/openssl/fipsmodule.cnf',
                 'opensslconfig_internal': '<(PRODUCT_DIR)/obj.target/deps/openssl/openssl.cnf',
              }],
             ],
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@
          }, {
            'variables': {
               'opensslconfig_internal': '<(obj_dir)/deps/openssl/openssl.cnf',
-              'opensslconfig': './deps/openssl/openssl/apps/openssl.cnf',
+              'opensslconfig': './deps/openssl/nodejs-openssl.cnf',
            },
            'actions': [
              {
@@ -435,8 +435,8 @@
                'outputs': [ '<(opensslconfig_internal)', ],
                'action': [
                  'python', 'tools/copyfile.py',
-                 './deps/openssl/openssl/apps/openssl.cnf',
-                 '<(obj_dir)/deps/openssl/openssl.cnf',
+                 '<(opensslconfig)',
+                 '<(opensslconfig_internal)',
                ],
              },
            ],

src/node.cc

@@ -162,6 +162,9 @@ PVOID old_vectored_exception_handler;
 struct V8Platform v8_platform;
 }  // namespace per_process
 
+// The section in the OpenSSL configuration file to be loaded.
+const char* conf_section_name = STRINGIFY(NODE_OPENSSL_CONF_NAME);
+
 #ifdef __POSIX__
 void SignalExit(int signo, siginfo_t* info, void* ucontext) {
   ResetStdio();
@@ -1084,27 +1087,39 @@ InitializationResult InitializeOncePerProcess(
     // CheckEntropy. CheckEntropy will call RAND_status which will now always
     // return 0, leading to an endless loop and the node process will appear to
     // hang/freeze.
+
+    // Passing NULL as the config file will allow the default openssl.cnf file
+    // to be loaded, but the default section in that file will not be used,
+    // instead only the section that matches the value of conf_section_name
+    // will be read from the default configuration file.
+    //  fprintf(stderr, "appanme: %s\n", conf_section_name);
+    const char* conf_file = nullptr;
+    // Use OPENSSL_CONF environment variable is set.
     std::string env_openssl_conf;
     credentials::SafeGetenv("OPENSSL_CONF", &env_openssl_conf);
+    if (!env_openssl_conf.empty()) {
+      conf_file = env_openssl_conf.c_str();
+    }
+    // Use --openssl-conf command line option if specified.
+    if (!per_process::cli_options->openssl_config.empty()) {
+      conf_file = per_process::cli_options->openssl_config.c_str();
+    }
 
-    bool has_cli_conf = !per_process::cli_options->openssl_config.empty();
-    if (has_cli_conf || !env_openssl_conf.empty()) {
-      OPENSSL_INIT_SETTINGS* settings = OPENSSL_INIT_new();
-      OPENSSL_INIT_set_config_file_flags(settings, CONF_MFLAGS_DEFAULT_SECTION);
-      if (has_cli_conf) {
-        const char* conf = per_process::cli_options->openssl_config.c_str();
-        OPENSSL_INIT_set_config_filename(settings, conf);
-      }
-      OPENSSL_init_crypto(OPENSSL_INIT_LOAD_CONFIG, settings);
-      OPENSSL_INIT_free(settings);
+    OPENSSL_INIT_SETTINGS* settings = OPENSSL_INIT_new();
+    OPENSSL_INIT_set_config_filename(settings, conf_file);
+    OPENSSL_INIT_set_config_appname(settings, conf_section_name);
+    OPENSSL_INIT_set_config_file_flags(settings,
+                                       CONF_MFLAGS_IGNORE_MISSING_FILE);
 
-      if (ERR_peek_error() != 0) {
-        result.exit_code = ERR_GET_REASON(ERR_peek_error());
-        result.early_return = true;
-        fprintf(stderr, "OpenSSL configuration error:\n");
-        ERR_print_errors_fp(stderr);
-        return result;
-      }
+    OPENSSL_init_crypto(OPENSSL_INIT_LOAD_CONFIG, settings);
+    OPENSSL_INIT_free(settings);
+
+    if (ERR_peek_error() != 0) {
+      result.exit_code = ERR_GET_REASON(ERR_peek_error());
+      result.early_return = true;
+      fprintf(stderr, "OpenSSL configuration error:\n");
+      ERR_print_errors_fp(stderr);
+      return result;
     }
 #else  // OPENSSL_VERSION_MAJOR < 3
     if (FIPS_mode()) {

test/fixtures/openssl_fips_disabled.cnf

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Skeleton openssl.cnf for testing with FIPS
 
-openssl_conf = openssl_conf_section
+nodejs_conf = openssl_conf_section
 authorityKeyIdentifier=keyid:always,issuer:always
 
 [openssl_conf_section]

test/fixtures/openssl_fips_enabled.cnf

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Skeleton openssl.cnf for testing with FIPS
 
-openssl_conf = openssl_conf_section
+nodejs_conf = openssl_conf_section
 authorityKeyIdentifier=keyid:always,issuer:always
 
 [openssl_conf_section]

test/parallel/test-crypto-fips.js

@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ testHelper(
   [],
   FIPS_DISABLED,
   'require("crypto").getFips()',
-  { ...process.env, 'OPENSSL_CONF': '' });
+  { ...process.env, 'OPENSSL_CONF': ' ' });
 
 // This should succeed for both FIPS and non-FIPS builds in combination with
 // OpenSSL 1.1.1 or OpenSSL 3.0