upstream: When adding certificates to an agent, set the expiry to

the certificate expiry time plus a short (5 min) grace period.

This will cause the agent to automtically remove certificates shortly
after they expire.

A new ssh-add -N option disables this behaviour.

Feedback/ok deraadt@

OpenBSD-Commit-ID: 92fed1bba1025069ad45deebb534be7530e181df
This commit is contained in:
djm@openbsd.org
2025-09-11 02:54:42 +00:00
committed by Damien Miller
parent e9dcccc354
commit 0c719c6aab
2 changed files with 60 additions and 24 deletions

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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-add.1,v 1.87 2024/06/17 08:30:29 djm Exp $
.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-add.1,v 1.88 2025/09/11 02:54:42 djm Exp $
.\"
.\" Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
.\" Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.Dd $Mdocdate: June 17 2024 $
.Dd $Mdocdate: September 11 2025 $
.Dt SSH-ADD 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
.Nd adds private key identities to the OpenSSH authentication agent
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm ssh-add
.Op Fl CcDdKkLlqvXx
.Op Fl CcDdKkLlNqvXx
.Op Fl E Ar fingerprint_hash
.Op Fl H Ar hostkey_file
.Op Fl h Ar destination_constraint
@@ -223,6 +223,13 @@ Lists public key parameters of all identities currently represented
by the agent.
.It Fl l
Lists fingerprints of all identities currently represented by the agent.
.It Fl N
When adding certificates, by default
.Nm
will request that the agent automatically delete the certificate shortly
after the certificate's expiry date.
This flag suppresses this behaviour and does not specify a lifetime for
certificates added to an agent.
.It Fl q
Be quiet after a successful operation.
.It Fl S Ar provider

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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
/* $OpenBSD: ssh-add.c,v 1.175 2025/08/29 03:50:38 djm Exp $ */
/* $OpenBSD: ssh-add.c,v 1.176 2025/09/11 02:54:42 djm Exp $ */
/*
* Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
* Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@
#include "sk-api.h"
#include "hostfile.h"
#define CERT_EXPIRY_GRACE (5*60)
/* argv0 */
extern char *__progname;
@@ -234,16 +236,36 @@ delete_all(int agent_fd, int qflag)
return ret;
}
static int
check_cert_lifetime(const struct sshkey *cert, int cert_lifetime)
{
time_t now;
uint64_t n;
if (cert == NULL || cert->cert == NULL || !sshkey_is_cert(cert) ||
cert->cert->valid_before == 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFULL)
return cert_lifetime;
if ((now = time(NULL)) <= 0)
fatal_f("system time is at/before epoch");
if ((uint64_t)now > (cert->cert->valid_before + CERT_EXPIRY_GRACE))
return -1; /* certificate already expired */
n = (CERT_EXPIRY_GRACE + cert->cert->valid_before) - (uint64_t)now;
n = MINIMUM(n, INT_MAX);
if (cert_lifetime <= 0)
return (int)n;
return MINIMUM(cert_lifetime, (int)n);
}
static int
add_file(int agent_fd, const char *filename, int key_only, int cert_only,
int qflag, const char *skprovider,
int qflag, int Nflag, const char *skprovider,
struct dest_constraint **dest_constraints,
size_t ndest_constraints)
{
struct sshkey *private, *cert;
struct sshkey *private = NULL, *cert = NULL;
char *comment = NULL;
char msg[1024], *certpath = NULL;
int r, fd, ret = -1;
int cert_lifetime, r, fd, ret = -1;
struct sshbuf *keyblob;
if (strcmp(filename, "-") == 0) {
@@ -340,8 +362,8 @@ add_file(int agent_fd, const char *filename, int key_only, int cert_only,
fprintf(stderr, "Identity added: %s (%s)\n",
filename, comment);
if (lifetime != 0) {
fprintf(stderr,
"Lifetime set to %d seconds\n", lifetime);
fprintf(stderr, "Lifetime set to %s\n",
fmt_timeframe((time_t)lifetime));
}
if (confirm != 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "The user must confirm "
@@ -369,25 +391,28 @@ add_file(int agent_fd, const char *filename, int key_only, int cert_only,
if (!sshkey_equal_public(cert, private)) {
error("Certificate %s does not match private key %s",
certpath, filename);
sshkey_free(cert);
goto out;
}
cert_lifetime = lifetime;
if (!Nflag &&
(cert_lifetime = check_cert_lifetime(cert, cert_lifetime)) == -1) {
logit("Certificate %s has already expired; ignored", certpath);
goto out;
}
/* Graft with private bits */
if ((r = sshkey_to_certified(private)) != 0) {
error_fr(r, "sshkey_to_certified");
sshkey_free(cert);
goto out;
}
if ((r = sshkey_cert_copy(cert, private)) != 0) {
error_fr(r, "sshkey_cert_copy");
sshkey_free(cert);
goto out;
}
sshkey_free(cert);
/* send to agent */
if ((r = ssh_add_identity_constrained(agent_fd, private, comment,
lifetime, confirm, skprovider,
cert_lifetime, confirm, skprovider,
dest_constraints, ndest_constraints)) != 0) {
error_r(r, "Certificate %s (%s) add failed", certpath,
private->cert->key_id);
@@ -397,9 +422,9 @@ add_file(int agent_fd, const char *filename, int key_only, int cert_only,
if (!qflag) {
fprintf(stderr, "Certificate added: %s (%s)\n", certpath,
private->cert->key_id);
if (lifetime != 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "Lifetime set to %d seconds\n",
lifetime);
if (cert_lifetime != 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "Lifetime set to %s\n",
fmt_timeframe((time_t)cert_lifetime));
}
if (confirm != 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "The user must confirm each use "
@@ -410,6 +435,7 @@ add_file(int agent_fd, const char *filename, int key_only, int cert_only,
out:
free(certpath);
free(comment);
sshkey_free(cert);
sshkey_free(private);
return ret;
@@ -606,7 +632,7 @@ load_resident_keys(int agent_fd, const char *skprovider, int qflag,
static int
do_file(int agent_fd, int deleting, int key_only, int cert_only,
char *file, int qflag, const char *skprovider,
char *file, int qflag, int Nflag, const char *skprovider,
struct dest_constraint **dest_constraints, size_t ndest_constraints)
{
if (deleting) {
@@ -614,7 +640,7 @@ do_file(int agent_fd, int deleting, int key_only, int cert_only,
cert_only, qflag) == -1)
return -1;
} else {
if (add_file(agent_fd, file, key_only, cert_only, qflag,
if (add_file(agent_fd, file, key_only, cert_only, qflag, Nflag,
skprovider, dest_constraints, ndest_constraints) == -1)
return -1;
}
@@ -762,7 +788,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
char **dest_constraint_strings = NULL, **hostkey_files = NULL;
int r, i, ch, deleting = 0, ret = 0, key_only = 0, cert_only = 0;
int do_download = 0, xflag = 0, lflag = 0, Dflag = 0;
int qflag = 0, Tflag = 0;
int qflag = 0, Tflag = 0, Nflag = 0;
SyslogFacility log_facility = SYSLOG_FACILITY_AUTH;
LogLevel log_level = SYSLOG_LEVEL_INFO;
struct sshkey *k, **certs = NULL;
@@ -794,7 +820,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
skprovider = getenv("SSH_SK_PROVIDER");
while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "vkKlLCcdDTxXE:e:h:H:M:m:qs:S:t:")) != -1) {
while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "vVkKlLCcdDTxXE:e:h:H:M:m:qs:S:t:")) != -1) {
switch (ch) {
case 'v':
if (log_level == SYSLOG_LEVEL_INFO)
@@ -802,6 +828,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
else if (log_level < SYSLOG_LEVEL_DEBUG3)
log_level++;
break;
case 'V':
Nflag = 1;
break;
case 'E':
fingerprint_hash = ssh_digest_alg_by_name(optarg);
if (fingerprint_hash == -1)
@@ -968,7 +997,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
if (stat(buf, &st) == -1)
continue;
if (do_file(agent_fd, deleting, key_only, cert_only,
buf, qflag, skprovider,
buf, qflag, Nflag, skprovider,
dest_constraints, ndest_constraints) == -1)
ret = 1;
else
@@ -979,7 +1008,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
} else {
for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
if (do_file(agent_fd, deleting, key_only, cert_only,
argv[i], qflag, skprovider,
argv[i], qflag, Nflag, skprovider,
dest_constraints, ndest_constraints) == -1)
ret = 1;
}