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Bug 2207793

Summary: ssh smart card login fails with error in libcrypto
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Reporter: Scott Poore <spoore>
Component: opensshAssignee: Dmitry Belyavskiy <dbelyavs>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Marek Havrila <mhavrila>
Severity: medium Docs Contact:
Priority: high    
Version: 9.3CC: atikhono, dbelyavs, jjelen, mhavrila
Target Milestone: rcKeywords: Regression, Triaged
Target Release: ---Flags: pm-rhel: mirror+
Hardware: Unspecified   
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Fixed In Version: openssh-8.7p1-32.el9 Doc Type: No Doc Update
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Last Closed: 2023-11-07 08:52:54 UTC Type: Bug
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Description Scott Poore 2023-05-16 22:17:53 UTC
Description of problem:

With an IPA client configured for Smart Card authentication, we are seeing issues with SSH:

# ssh -I /usr/lib64/opensc-pkcs11.so -l ipauser1 localhost whoami
sign_and_send_pubkey: signing failed for RSA "pkcs11:?module-path=/usr/lib64/opensc-pkcs11.so": error in libcrypto


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
openssh-server-8.7p1-30.el9.x86_64

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Configure IPA environment for smart card authentication
2. ssh -I /usr/lib64/opensc-pkcs11.so -l ipauser1 localhost

Actual results:
fails to prompt for PIN and returns error seen above.

Expected results:
Prompts for PIN and logs user into remote system.

Additional info:

Comment 3 Scott Poore 2023-05-16 22:23:54 UTC
Forgot to mention the version that worked:

openssh-server-8.7p1-28.el9.x86_64

Comment 4 Jakub Jelen 2023-05-17 07:35:36 UTC
Thanks for the logs. From the pkcs11 spy, it is visible only that the keys are listed correctly, but after that, OpenSSH does not continue to the `C_Login()` for some reason.

So we will need some more debugging inside of OpenSSH to figure out why it fails to sign using pkcs11-provided key as it never reaches the OpenSC.

Comment 19 errata-xmlrpc 2023-11-07 08:52:54 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-2023:6622