If index.txt exists but has some problems (like for example a single \n character in it) openssl will just exit without any error message.
Bug at least expirienced twice: https://superuser.com/questions/
1327848/openssl-ca-fails-after-password-without-error-message
Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <pauli@openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <tomas@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/15360)
goto end;
db = load_index(dbfile, &db_attr);
- if (db == NULL)
+ if (db == NULL) {
+ BIO_printf(bio_err, "Problem with index file: %s (could not load/parse file)\n", dbfile);
goto end;
+ }
if (index_index(db) <= 0)
goto end;
goto end;
db = load_index(dbfile, &db_attr);
- if (db == NULL)
+ if (db == NULL) {
+ BIO_printf(bio_err, "Problem with index file: %s (could not load/parse file)\n", dbfile);
goto end;
+ }
/* Lets check some fields */
for (i = 0; i < sk_OPENSSL_PSTRING_num(db->db->data); i++) {