gpg-interface: check good signature in a reliable way

Currently, verify_signed_buffer() only checks the return code of gpg,
and some callers implement additional unreliable checks for "Good
signature" in the gpg output meant for the user.

Use the status output instead and parse for a line beinning with
"[GNUPG:] GOODSIG ". This is the only reliable way of checking for a
good gpg signature.

If needed we can change this easily to "[GNUPG:] VALIDSIG " if we want
to take into account the trust model.

Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

diff --git a/gpg-interface.c b/gpg-interface.c
index 5f142f619855ccd664a84be366bf6877a48e6da4..f700b4c30d2163291f7ef37daf9e9261099d1462 100644 (file)
--- a/gpg-interface.c
+++ b/gpg-interface.c
@@ -96,15 +96,17 @@ int sign_buffer(struct strbuf *buffer, struct strbuf *signature, const char *sig
 /*
  * Run "gpg" to see if the payload matches the detached signature.
  * gpg_output, when set, receives the diagnostic output from GPG.
+ * gpg_status, when set, receives the status output from GPG.
  */
 int verify_signed_buffer(const char *payload, size_t payload_size,
                         const char *signature, size_t signature_size,
                         struct strbuf *gpg_output)
 {
        struct child_process gpg;
-       const char *args_gpg[] = {NULL, "--verify", "FILE", "-", NULL};
+       const char *args_gpg[] = {NULL, "--status-fd=1", "--verify", "FILE", "-", NULL};
        char path[PATH_MAX];
        int fd, ret;
+       struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
 
        args_gpg[0] = gpg_program;
        fd = git_mkstemp(path, PATH_MAX, ".git_vtag_tmpXXXXXX");
@@ -119,9 +121,10 @@ int verify_signed_buffer(const char *payload, size_t payload_size,
        memset(&gpg, 0, sizeof(gpg));
        gpg.argv = args_gpg;
        gpg.in = -1;
+       gpg.out = -1;
        if (gpg_output)
                gpg.err = -1;
-       args_gpg[2] = path;
+       args_gpg[3] = path;
        if (start_command(&gpg)) {
                unlink(path);
                return error("could not run gpg.");
@@ -134,9 +137,15 @@ int verify_signed_buffer(const char *payload, size_t payload_size,
                strbuf_read(gpg_output, gpg.err, 0);
                close(gpg.err);
        }
+       strbuf_read(&buf, gpg.out, 0);
+       close(gpg.out);
+
        ret = finish_command(&gpg);
 
        unlink_or_warn(path);
 
+       ret |= !strstr(buf.buf, "\n[GNUPG:] GOODSIG ");
+       strbuf_release(&buf);
+
        return ret;
 }