linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 14/16] X.509: Add an ASN.1 decoder

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Date:	Fri, 14 Sep 2012 10:39:30 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:	herbert@...dor.hengli.com.au, rusty@...tcorp.com.au,
	linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, zohar@...ibm.com,
	dmitry.kasatkin@...el.com, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 14/16] X.509: Add an ASN.1 decoder

On Fri, 14 Sep 2012 00:50:05 +0100
David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com> wrote:

> Add an ASN.1 BER/DER/CER decoder.  This uses the bytecode from the ASN.1
> compiler in the previous patch to inform it as to what to expect to find in the
> encoded byte stream.  The output from the compiler also tells it what functions
> to call on what tags, thus allowing the caller to retrieve information.

Why do this in the kernel.That appears to be completely insane. Can you
prove it runs in a short bounded time for all inputs, has it been fuzz
tested extensively ?

This kind of crap belongs in user space. Parse it in userspace, pass same
structures and objects to the kernel.

Alan
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