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This commit adds a new command line option named
'--openssl-shared-config' intended to allow reverting to the old OpenSSL
configuration behavior where Node.js would use the configuration section
name (called appname in OpenSSL) 'openssl_conf' which could potentially
be used my other applications..

PR-URL: #43124
Backport-PR-URL: #43892
Refs: #40366
Refs: nodejs/nodejs.org#4713
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Rafael Gonzaga <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Beth Griggs <[email protected]>
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danbev authored and targos committed Jul 31, 2022
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16 changes: 16 additions & 0 deletions doc/api/cli.md
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Expand Up @@ -749,6 +749,21 @@ Load an OpenSSL configuration file on startup. Among other uses, this can be
used to enable FIPS-compliant crypto if Node.js is built
against FIPS-enabled OpenSSL.

### `--openssl-shared-config`

<!-- YAML
added: REPLACEME
-->

Enable OpenSSL default configuration section, `openssl_conf` to be read from
the OpenSSL configuration file. The default configuration file is named
`openssl.cnf` but this can be changed using the environment variable
`OPENSSL_CONF`, or by using the command line option `--openssl-config`.
The location of the default OpenSSL configuration file depends on how OpenSSL
is being linked to Node.js. Sharing the OpenSSL configuration may have unwanted
implications and it is recommended to use a configuration section specific to
Node.js which is `nodejs_conf` and is default when this option is not used.

### `--openssl-legacy-provider`

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* `--node-memory-debug`
* `--openssl-config`
* `--openssl-legacy-provider`
* `--openssl-shared-config`
* `--pending-deprecation`
* `--policy-integrity`
* `--preserve-symlinks-main`
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6 changes: 6 additions & 0 deletions src/node.cc
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Expand Up @@ -1096,6 +1096,12 @@ InitializationResult InitializeOncePerProcess(
// 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;
// To allow for using the previous default where the 'openssl_conf' appname
// was used, the command line option 'openssl-shared-config' can be used to
// force the old behavior.
if (per_process::cli_options->openssl_shared_config) {
conf_section_name = "openssl_conf";
}
// Use OPENSSL_CONF environment variable is set.
std::string env_openssl_conf;
credentials::SafeGetenv("OPENSSL_CONF", &env_openssl_conf);
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5 changes: 4 additions & 1 deletion src/node_options.cc
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Expand Up @@ -824,13 +824,16 @@ PerProcessOptionsParser::PerProcessOptionsParser(
"minimum allocation size from the OpenSSL secure heap",
&PerProcessOptions::secure_heap_min,
kAllowedInEnvironment);
AddOption("--openssl-shared-config",
"enable OpenSSL shared configuration",
&PerProcessOptions::openssl_shared_config,
kAllowedInEnvironment);
#endif // HAVE_OPENSSL
#if OPENSSL_VERSION_MAJOR >= 3
AddOption("--openssl-legacy-provider",
"enable OpenSSL 3.0 legacy provider",
&PerProcessOptions::openssl_legacy_provider,
kAllowedInEnvironment);

#endif // OPENSSL_VERSION_MAJOR
AddOption("--use-largepages",
"Map the Node.js static code to large pages. Options are "
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions src/node_options.h
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Expand Up @@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ class PerProcessOptions : public Options {
std::string tls_cipher_list = DEFAULT_CIPHER_LIST_CORE;
int64_t secure_heap = 0;
int64_t secure_heap_min = 2;
bool openssl_shared_config = false;
#ifdef NODE_OPENSSL_CERT_STORE
bool ssl_openssl_cert_store = true;
#else
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return [
'--openssl-config',
common.hasOpenSSL3 ? '--openssl-legacy-provider' : '',
'--openssl-shared-config',
'--tls-cipher-list',
'--use-bundled-ca',
'--use-openssl-ca',
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