openldap/openldap-nss-disable-nofork.patch

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fix: OpenLDAP can't use TLS after a fork()
Mozilla NSS - disable pkcs11 fork checking for the software token
Resolves: #636956
Upstream ITS: #6811, follows #6802
Author: Rich Megginson <rmeggins@redhat.com>
diff -uNPrp openldap-2.4.23.old/libraries/libldap/tls_m.c openldap-2.4.23.new/libraries/libldap/tls_m.c
--- openldap-2.4.23.old/libraries/libldap/tls_m.c 2011-02-02 12:21:27.576280756 +0100
+++ openldap-2.4.23.new/libraries/libldap/tls_m.c 2011-02-02 12:38:24.785682347 +0100
@@ -2884,10 +2884,27 @@ static const PRIOMethods tlsm_PR_methods
static int
tlsm_init( void )
{
+ char *nofork = PR_GetEnv( "NSS_STRICT_NOFORK" );
+
PR_Init(0, 0, 0);
tlsm_layer_id = PR_GetUniqueIdentity( "OpenLDAP" );
+ /*
+ * There are some applications that acquire a crypto context in the parent process
+ * and expect that crypto context to work after a fork(). This does not work
+ * with NSS using strict PKCS11 compliance mode. We set this environment
+ * variable here to tell the software encryption module/token to allow crypto
+ * contexts to persist across a fork(). However, if you are using some other
+ * module or encryption device that supports and expects full PKCS11 semantics,
+ * the only recourse is to rewrite the application with atfork() handlers to save
+ * the crypto context in the parent and restore (and SECMOD_RestartModules) the
+ * context in the child.
+ */
+ if ( !nofork ) {
+ PR_SetEnv( "NSS_STRICT_NOFORK=DISABLED" );
+ }
+
return 0;
}