[PATCH 2/4] public keys: make key_name_hint optional

Sascha Hauer s.hauer at pengutronix.de
Wed May 27 03:54:42 PDT 2026


The key_name_hint is merely a hint which key might fit and as such
it should be optional for a key. In keytoc.c only set it when it has
meaningful content and test for non NULL in barebox before dereferencing
it.

Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer at pengutronix.de>
---
 commands/keys.c      |  3 ++-
 crypto/public-keys.c |  2 ++
 scripts/keytoc.c     | 10 ++++------
 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/commands/keys.c b/commands/keys.c
index 83c3ed533d..12cb6ea2e3 100644
--- a/commands/keys.c
+++ b/commands/keys.c
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ static int do_keys(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	for_each_public_key(key, id) {
 		printf("KEY: %*phN\tTYPE: %s\tKEYRING: %s\tHINT: %s\n", key->hashlen,
-		       key->hash, public_key_type_string(key->type), key->keyring, key->key_name_hint);
+		       key->hash, public_key_type_string(key->type), key->keyring,
+		       key->key_name_hint ?: "");
 	}
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/crypto/public-keys.c b/crypto/public-keys.c
index ecf255bbb4..2b4bac55b7 100644
--- a/crypto/public-keys.c
+++ b/crypto/public-keys.c
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ const struct public_key *public_key_get(const char *name, const char *keyring)
 	int id;
 
 	for_each_public_key_keyring(key, id, keyring) {
+		if (!key->key_name_hint)
+			continue;
 		if (!strcmp(key->key_name_hint, name))
 			return key;
 	}
diff --git a/scripts/keytoc.c b/scripts/keytoc.c
index c4491fbe81..40601827b7 100644
--- a/scripts/keytoc.c
+++ b/scripts/keytoc.c
@@ -566,7 +566,8 @@ static int gen_key_ecdsa(EVP_PKEY *key, struct keyinfo *info)
 		if (!standalone) {
 			fprintf(outfilep, "\nstatic struct public_key %s_public_key = {\n", info->name_c);
 			fprintf(outfilep, "\t.type = PUBLIC_KEY_TYPE_ECDSA,\n");
-			fprintf(outfilep, "\t.key_name_hint = \"%s\",\n", info->name_hint);
+			if (info->name_hint)
+				fprintf(outfilep, "\t.key_name_hint = \"%s\",\n", info->name_hint);
 			fprintf(outfilep, "\t.keyring = \"%s\",\n", info->keyring);
 			fprintf(outfilep, "\t.hash = %s_hash,\n", info->name_c);
 			fprintf(outfilep, "\t.hashlen = %u,\n", SHA256_DIGEST_LENGTH);
@@ -673,7 +674,8 @@ static int gen_key_rsa(EVP_PKEY *key, struct keyinfo *info)
 		if (!standalone) {
 			fprintf(outfilep, "\nstatic struct public_key %s_public_key = {\n", info->name_c);
 			fprintf(outfilep, "\t.type = PUBLIC_KEY_TYPE_RSA,\n");
-			fprintf(outfilep, "\t.key_name_hint = \"%s\",\n", info->name_hint);
+			if (info->name_hint)
+				fprintf(outfilep, "\t.key_name_hint = \"%s\",\n", info->name_hint);
 			fprintf(outfilep, "\t.keyring = \"%s\",\n", info->keyring);
 			fprintf(outfilep, "\t.hash = %s_hash,\n", info->name_c);
 			fprintf(outfilep, "\t.hashlen = %u,\n", SHA256_DIGEST_LENGTH);
@@ -920,10 +922,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		if (asprintf(&info->name_c, "key_%i", keys_idx + 1) < 0)
 			enomem_exit("asprintf");
 
-		/* unfortunately, the fit name hint is mandatory in the barebox codebase */
-		if (!info->name_hint)
-			info->name_hint = info->name_c;
-
 		if (!info->keyring) {
 			info->keyring = strdup("fit");
 			fprintf(stderr, "Warning: No keyring provided in keyspec, defaulting to keyring=fit for %s\n", info->path);

-- 
2.47.3




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