Bug 1744220

Summary: ssh prints 'no slots' when PKCS11Provider is specified, but no slot is found nor used
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Reporter: Ivan Nikolchev <inikolch>
Component: opensshAssignee: Jakub Jelen <jjelen>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Ondrej Moriš <omoris>
Severity: low Docs Contact:
Priority: low    
Version: 8.1CC: omoris, tmraz
Target Milestone: rcKeywords: Regression, Triaged
Target Release: 8.0Flags: jjelen: mirror+
Hardware: Unspecified   
OS: Unspecified   
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Fixed In Version: openssh-8.0p1-5.el8 Doc Type: No Doc Update
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Last Closed: 2020-11-04 01:31:59 UTC Type: Bug
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Description Ivan Nikolchev 2019-08-21 14:47:23 UTC
Description of problem:
Specifying a PKCS11Provider in the configuration and using the ssh without a card inserted results in the error 'no slots'

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
openssh-8.0p1-3.el8.x86_64

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Put 'PKCS11Provider /usr/lib/pkcs11/opensc-pkcs11.so' in ssh config
2.Try to login
3.

Actual results:
'no slots' printed

Expected results:
No error message

Additional info:
This is a regression that happened after rebase to openssh-8.0p1, it is working correctly in openssh-7.8p1-4
Original RFE - bz1372661
Upstream bug linked.

Comment 1 Jakub Jelen 2019-08-23 09:21:00 UTC
I filled a new upstream bug to address this issue.

Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2020-11-04 01:31:59 UTC
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (openssh bug fix and enhancement update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2020:4439