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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:54:44 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:54:44 -0400 |
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diff --git a/static/openbsd/man3/ober_read_elements.3 b/static/openbsd/man3/ober_read_elements.3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..7e1127f7 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man3/ober_read_elements.3 @@ -0,0 +1,244 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: ober_read_elements.3,v 1.5 2025/06/13 18:34:00 schwarze Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2007, 2012 Reyk Floeter <reyk@openbsd.org> +.\" +.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any +.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above +.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. +.\" +.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES +.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF +.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR +.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES +.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN +.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF +.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: June 13 2025 $ +.Dt OBER_READ_ELEMENTS 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm ober_set_readbuf , +.Nm ober_set_application , +.Nm ober_read_elements , +.Nm ober_get_writebuf , +.Nm ober_write_elements , +.Nm ober_free +.Nd encode and decode ASN.1 with Basic Encoding Rules +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Lb libutil +.In sys/types.h +.In ber.h +.Ft void +.Fn "ober_set_readbuf" "struct ber *ber" "void *buf" "size_t len" +.Ft void +.Fo "ober_set_application" +.Fa "struct ber *ber" +.Fa "unsigned int (*cb)(struct ber_element *)" +.Fc +.Ft struct ber_element * +.Fn "ober_read_elements" "struct ber *ber" "struct ber_element *root" +.Ft ssize_t +.Fn "ober_get_writebuf" "struct ber *ber" "void **buf" +.Ft ssize_t +.Fn "ober_write_elements" "struct ber *ber" "struct ber_element *root" +.Ft void +.Fn "ober_free" "struct ber *ber" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The BER API provides a mechanism to read and write ASN.1 using the +Basic Encoding Rules. +.Pp +Encoded BER is stored in the following structure: +.Bd -literal +struct ber { + off_t br_offs; + u_char *br_wbuf; + u_char *br_wptr; + u_char *br_wend; + u_char *br_rbuf; + u_char *br_rptr; + u_char *br_rend; + + unsigned int (*br_application)(struct ber_element *); +}; +.Ed +.Pp +.Fa br_rbuf +and +.Fa br_wbuf +are the read and write buffers for a BER byte stream. +These buffers are used when reading an existing byte stream (e.g. received from +a TLS connection), or when writing a new byte stream in preparation for +subsequent operations performed by the calling application (e.g. network +transmission or export to a file). +.Pp +Intermediary storage of BER elements during encoding and decoding uses the +following structure: +.Bd -literal +struct ber_element { + struct ber_element *be_next; + unsigned int be_type; + unsigned int be_encoding; + size_t be_len; + off_t be_offs; + int be_free; + u_int8_t be_class; + void (*be_cb)(void *, size_t); + void *be_cbarg; + union { + struct ber_element *bv_sub; + void *bv_val; + long long bv_numeric; + } be_union; +#define be_sub be_union.bv_sub +#define be_val be_union.bv_val +#define be_numeric be_union.bv_numeric +}; +.Ed +.Pp +.Fn ober_set_readbuf +sets +.Fa br_rbuf +to point an input buffer of BER encoded bytes in preparation for decoding. +It is assumed that +.Fa br_rbuf +is already populated and available to the +application, commonly obtained by +.Xr read 2 , +.Xr recv 2 , +or +.Xr tls_read 3 . +.Pp +.Fn ober_read_elements +may then be called to parse, validate, and store the +.Fa ber +data stream into its +constituent +.Vt ber_element +parts for subsequent processing. +The calling application must have explicit knowledge of the expected data +types in order for correct decoding. +.Pp +.Fn ober_get_writebuf +sets +.Fa br_wbuf +to point to an output buffer for writing a BER byte stream. +.Pp +.Fn ober_write_elements +encodes +.Fa root +into a compliant BER byte stream which is written to +.Fa ber +for subsequent use by the calling +functions such as +.Xr send 2 , +.Xr write 2 , +or +.Xr tls_write 3 . +.Pp +.Fn ober_free +frees any dynamically allocated storage associated with +.Fa ber . +.Sh RETURN VALUES +.Fn ober_read_elements +returns a pointer to a fully populated list of one or more +.Vt ber_element +structures. +Otherwise \-1 is returned and the global variable +.Va errno +is set to indicate the error. +.Pp +.Fn ober_get_writebuf +returns the number of bytes contained within the buffer +.Fa buf +or \-1 on failure. +.Pp +.Fn ober_write_elements +returns the number of bytes written. +Otherwise \-1 is returned and the global variable +.Va errno +is set to +.Er ENOMEM . +.Sh ERRORS +.Fn ober_read_elements +will fail if: +.Bl -tag -width Er +.It Bq Er ENOMEM +No memory was available to create the full +.Vt ber_element +structure list. +.It Bq Er ENOBUFS +.Fn ober_read_elements +was called before calling +.Fn ober_set_readbuf . +.It Bq Er ECANCELED +.Fa buf +does not contain enough data to complete the unpacking. +.It Bq Er EINVAL +.Fa buf +does not contain a valid BER data structure. +.It Bq Er ERANGE +One of the values in the structure is larger than the library can unpack. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr read 2 , +.Xr recv 2 , +.Xr send 2 , +.Xr write 2 , +.Xr ober_add_string 3 , +.Xr ober_get_string 3 , +.Xr ober_oid_cmp 3 , +.Xr ober_set_header 3 , +.Xr tls_read 3 +.Sh STANDARDS +ITU-T Recommendation X.690, also known as ISO/IEC 8825-1: +Information technology - ASN.1 encoding rules. +.Sh HISTORY +These functions first appeared as internal functions in +.Xr snmpd 8 +in +.Ox 4.2 +and were moved to libutil in +.Ox 6.6 . +.Sh AUTHORS +.An -nosplit +The BER library was written by +.An Claudio Jeker Aq Mt claudio@openbsd.org , +.An Marc Balmer Aq Mt marc@openbsd.org +and +.An Reyk Floeter Aq Mt reyk@openbsd.org . +.Sh CAVEATS +The BER +API is subject to the following restrictions which are common to the +Distinguished Encoding Rules as defined by X.690: +.Pp +.Bl -enum -compact +.It +Only the definite form of length encoding shall be used, encoded in the +minimum number of octets. +.It +For bitstring, octetstring and restricted character string types, the +constructed form of encoding shall not be used. +.It +If a boolean encoding represents the boolean value TRUE, its single contents +octet shall have all eight bits set to one. +.It +Each unused bit in the final octet of the encoding of a bit string value shall +be set to zero. +.It +If a bitstring value has no 1 bits, then an encoder shall encode the value with +a length of 1 and an initial octet set to 0. +.El +.Pp +In addition, set and sequence values are limited to a maximum of 65535 elements. +No alternative encodings are permitted. +.Pp +.Do +Whereas the basic encoding rules give the sender of an encoding various choices +as to how data values may be encoded, the canonical and distinguished encoding +rules select just one encoding from those allowed by the basic encoding rules. +.Dc +.Bq X.690 +.Pp +The restrictions placed on this API avoid the ambiguity inherent in +BER encoded ASN.1 thereby acting as a security mitigation. |
