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: nodejs/node#43124
Backport-PR-URL: nodejs/node#43545
Refs: nodejs/node#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)
@@ -779,6 +780,19 @@ 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

configure.py

@@ -181,6 +181,12 @@
          "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',
@@ -1461,6 +1467,8 @@ 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)

src/node.cc

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 #if HAVE_OPENSSL
 #include "allocated_buffer-inl.h"  // Inlined functions needed by node_crypto.h
 #include "node_crypto.h"
+#include <openssl/conf.h>
 #endif
 
 #if defined(NODE_HAVE_I18N_SUPPORT)
@@ -162,6 +163,11 @@ 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);
+
+const char* fips_error_msg = "OpenSSL error when trying to enable FIPS:\n";
+
 #ifdef __POSIX__
 void SignalExit(int signo, siginfo_t* info, void* ucontext) {
   ResetStdio();
@@ -975,6 +981,18 @@ InitializationResult InitializeOncePerProcess(int argc, char** argv) {
   return InitializeOncePerProcess(argc, argv, kDefaultInitialization);
 }
 
+#if HAVE_OPENSSL
+InitializationResult handle_openssl_error(int exit_code,
+                                          const char* msg,
+                                          InitializationResult* result) {
+  result->exit_code = exit_code;
+  result->early_return = true;
+  fprintf(stderr, "%s", msg);
+  ERR_print_errors_fp(stderr);
+  return *result;
+}
+#endif
+
 InitializationResult InitializeOncePerProcess(
   int argc,
   char** argv,
@@ -1054,7 +1072,6 @@ InitializationResult InitializeOncePerProcess(
     }
     // In the case of FIPS builds we should make sure
     // the random source is properly initialized first.
-#if OPENSSL_VERSION_MAJOR >= 3
     // Call OPENSSL_init_crypto to initialize OPENSSL_INIT_LOAD_CONFIG to
     // avoid the default behavior where errors raised during the parsing of the
     // OpenSSL configuration file are not propagated and cannot be detected.
@@ -1069,46 +1086,69 @@ 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.
+    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);
-
-      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_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);
+
+    OPENSSL_init_crypto(OPENSSL_INIT_LOAD_CONFIG, settings);
+    OPENSSL_INIT_free(settings);
+
+#if OPENSSL_VERSION_MAJOR < 3
+    if (ERR_peek_error() != 0) {
+      int ossl_error_code = ERR_GET_REASON(ERR_peek_error());
+      if (ossl_error_code == EVP_R_FIPS_MODE_NOT_SUPPORTED) {
+        if (!crypto::ProcessFipsOptions()) {
+          return handle_openssl_error(ossl_error_code, fips_error_msg, &result);
+        }
+      } else {
+        return handle_openssl_error(ossl_error_code,
+                                    "OpenSSL configuration error:\n",
+                                    &result);
       }
     }
-#else  // OPENSSL_VERSION_MAJOR < 3
+#else
+    if (ERR_peek_error() != 0) {
+      return handle_openssl_error(ERR_GET_REASON(ERR_peek_error()),
+                                  "OpenSSL configuration error:\n",
+                                  &result);
+      }
+#endif
+
+#if OPENSSL_VERSION_MAJOR < 3
     if (FIPS_mode()) {
       OPENSSL_init();
     }
 #endif
-  if (!crypto::ProcessFipsOptions()) {
-      result.exit_code = ERR_GET_REASON(ERR_peek_error());
-      result.early_return = true;
-      fprintf(stderr, "OpenSSL error when trying to enable FIPS:\n");
-      ERR_print_errors_fp(stderr);
-      return result;
-  }
 
-  // V8 on Windows doesn't have a good source of entropy. Seed it from
-  // OpenSSL's pool.
-  V8::SetEntropySource(crypto::EntropySource);
+    // V8 on Windows doesn't have a good source of entropy. Seed it from
+    // OpenSSL's pool.
+    V8::SetEntropySource(crypto::EntropySource);
+    if (!crypto::ProcessFipsOptions()) {
+      return handle_openssl_error(ERR_GET_REASON(ERR_peek_error()),
+                                  fips_error_msg,
+                                  &result);
+    }
 #endif  // HAVE_OPENSSL && !defined(OPENSSL_IS_BORINGSSL)
-}
+  }
   per_process::v8_platform.Initialize(
       static_cast<int>(per_process::cli_options->v8_thread_pool_size));
   if (init_flags & kInitializeV8) {

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