Don't return 0 from ssl2_read when a packet with empty payload is received.

[openssl.git] / ssl / s2_pkt.c

diff --git a/ssl/s2_pkt.c b/ssl/s2_pkt.c
index 89fe9dabb17f3490cf7dd5d5730ea8335b86762e..61b20305c1dff4d39b7515676571130c4c8c8f7f 100644 (file)
--- a/ssl/s2_pkt.c
+++ b/ssl/s2_pkt.c
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ int ssl2_read(SSL *s, char *buf, int len)
        int i;
        unsigned int mac_size=0;
 
+ssl2_read_again:
        if (SSL_in_init(s) && !s->in_handshake)
                {
                n=s->handshake_func(s);
@@ -231,6 +232,25 @@ int ssl2_read(SSL *s, char *buf, int len)
                INC32(s->s2->read_sequence); /* expect next number */
                /* s->s2->ract_data is now available for processing */
 
+#if 1
+               /* How should we react when a packet containing 0
+                * bytes is received?  (Note that SSLeay/OpenSSL itself
+                * never sends such packets; see ssl2_write.)
+                * Returning 0 would be interpreted by the caller as
+                * indicating EOF, so it's not a good idea.
+                * Instead, we just continue reading.  Note that using
+                * select() for blocking sockets *never* guarantees
+                * that the next SSL_read will not block -- the available
+                * data may contain incomplete packets, and except for SSL 2
+                * renegotiation can confuse things even more. */
+
+               goto ssl2_read_again; /* This should really be
+                                      * "return ssl2_read(s,buf,len)",
+                                      * but that would allow for
+                                      * denial-of-service attacks if a
+                                      * C compiler is used that does not
+                                      * recognize end-recursion. */
+#else
                /* If a 0 byte packet was sent, return 0, otherwise
                 * we play havoc with people using select with
                 * blocking sockets.  Let them handle a packet at a time,
@@ -238,6 +258,7 @@ int ssl2_read(SSL *s, char *buf, int len)
                if (s->s2->ract_data_length == 0)
                        return(0);
                return(ssl2_read(s,buf,len));
+#endif
                }
        else
                {