lib/base64.c

   1 /* base64.c -- Encode binary data using printable characters.
   2    Copyright (C) 1999-2001, 2004-2006, 2009-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   3
   4    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
   5    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
   6    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
   7    any later version.
   8
   9    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  10    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  11    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  12    GNU General Public License for more details.
  13
  14    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  15    along with this program; if not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
  16
  17 /* Written by Simon Josefsson.  Partially adapted from GNU MailUtils
  18  * (mailbox/filter_trans.c, as of 2004-11-28).  Improved by review
  19  * from Paul Eggert, Bruno Haible, and Stepan Kasal.
  20  *
  21  * See also RFC 4648 <https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4648.txt>.
  22  *
  23  * Be careful with error checking.  Here is how you would typically
  24  * use these functions:
  25  *
  26  * bool ok = base64_decode_alloc (in, inlen, &out, &outlen);
  27  * if (!ok)
  28  *   FAIL: input was not valid base64
  29  * if (out == NULL)
  30  *   FAIL: memory allocation error
  31  * OK: data in OUT/OUTLEN
  32  *
  33  * size_t outlen = base64_encode_alloc (in, inlen, &out);
  34  * if (out == NULL && outlen == 0 && inlen != 0)
  35  *   FAIL: input too long
  36  * if (out == NULL)
  37  *   FAIL: memory allocation error
  38  * OK: data in OUT/OUTLEN.
  39  *
  40  */
  41
  42 #include <config.h>
  43
  44 /* Get prototype. */
  45 #include "base64.h"
  46
  47 /* Get malloc. */
  48 #include <stdlib.h>
  49
  50 /* Get UCHAR_MAX. */
  51 #include <limits.h>
  52
  53 #include <string.h>
  54
  55 /* C89 compliant way to cast 'char' to 'unsigned char'. */
  56 static unsigned char
  57 to_uchar (char ch)
  58 {
  59   return ch;
  60 }
  61
  62 static const char b64c[64] =
  63   "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/";
  64
  65 /* Base64 encode IN array of size INLEN into OUT array. OUT needs
  66    to be of length >= BASE64_LENGTH(INLEN), and INLEN needs to be
  67    a multiple of 3.  */
  68 static void
  69 base64_encode_fast (const char *restrict in, size_t inlen, char *restrict out)
  70 {
  71   while (inlen)
  72     {
  73       *out++ = b64c[to_uchar (in[0]) >> 2];
  74       *out++ = b64c[((to_uchar (in[0]) << 4) + (to_uchar (in[1]) >> 4)) & 0x3f];
  75       *out++ = b64c[((to_uchar (in[1]) << 2) + (to_uchar (in[2]) >> 6)) & 0x3f];
  76       *out++ = b64c[to_uchar (in[2]) & 0x3f];
  77
  78       inlen -= 3;
  79       in += 3;
  80     }
  81 }
  82
  83 /* Base64 encode IN array of size INLEN into OUT array of size OUTLEN.
  84    If OUTLEN is less than BASE64_LENGTH(INLEN), write as many bytes as
  85    possible.  If OUTLEN is larger than BASE64_LENGTH(INLEN), also zero
  86    terminate the output buffer. */
  87 void
  88 base64_encode (const char *restrict in, size_t inlen,
  89                char *restrict out, size_t outlen)
  90 {
  91   /* Note this outlen constraint can be enforced at compile time.
  92      I.E. that the output buffer is exactly large enough to hold
  93      the encoded inlen bytes.  The inlen constraints (of corresponding
  94      to outlen, and being a multiple of 3) can change at runtime
  95      at the end of input.  However the common case when reading
  96      large inputs is to have both constraints satisfied, so we depend
  97      on both in base_encode_fast().  */
  98   if (outlen % 4 == 0 && inlen == outlen / 4 * 3)
  99     {
 100       base64_encode_fast (in, inlen, out);
 101       return;
 102     }
 103
 104   while (inlen && outlen)
 105     {
 106       *out++ = b64c[to_uchar (in[0]) >> 2];
 107       if (!--outlen)
 108         break;
 109       *out++ = b64c[((to_uchar (in[0]) << 4)
 110                        + (--inlen ? to_uchar (in[1]) >> 4 : 0))
 111                       & 0x3f];
 112       if (!--outlen)
 113         break;
 114       *out++ =
 115         (inlen
 116          ? b64c[((to_uchar (in[1]) << 2)
 117                    + (--inlen ? to_uchar (in[2]) >> 6 : 0))
 118                   & 0x3f]
 119          : '=');
 120       if (!--outlen)
 121         break;
 122       *out++ = inlen ? b64c[to_uchar (in[2]) & 0x3f] : '=';
 123       if (!--outlen)
 124         break;
 125       if (inlen)
 126         inlen--;
 127       if (inlen)
 128         in += 3;
 129     }
 130
 131   if (outlen)
 132     *out = '\0';
 133 }
 134
 135 /* Allocate a buffer and store zero terminated base64 encoded data
 136    from array IN of size INLEN, returning BASE64_LENGTH(INLEN), i.e.,
 137    the length of the encoded data, excluding the terminating zero.  On
 138    return, the OUT variable will hold a pointer to newly allocated
 139    memory that must be deallocated by the caller.  If output string
 140    length would overflow, 0 is returned and OUT is set to NULL.  If
 141    memory allocation failed, OUT is set to NULL, and the return value
 142    indicates length of the requested memory block, i.e.,
 143    BASE64_LENGTH(inlen) + 1. */
 144 size_t
 145 base64_encode_alloc (const char *in, size_t inlen, char **out)
 146 {
 147   size_t outlen = 1 + BASE64_LENGTH (inlen);
 148
 149   /* Check for overflow in outlen computation.
 150    *
 151    * If there is no overflow, outlen >= inlen.
 152    *
 153    * If the operation (inlen + 2) overflows then it yields at most +1, so
 154    * outlen is 0.
 155    *
 156    * If the multiplication overflows, we lose at least half of the
 157    * correct value, so the result is < ((inlen + 2) / 3) * 2, which is
 158    * less than (inlen + 2) * 0.66667, which is less than inlen as soon as
 159    * (inlen > 4).
 160    */
 161   if (inlen > outlen)
 162     {
 163       *out = NULL;
 164       return 0;
 165     }
 166
 167   *out = malloc (outlen);
 168   if (!*out)
 169     return outlen;
 170
 171   base64_encode (in, inlen, *out, outlen);
 172
 173   return outlen - 1;
 174 }
 175
 176 /* With this approach this file works independent of the charset used
 177    (think EBCDIC).  However, it does assume that the characters in the
 178    Base64 alphabet (A-Za-z0-9+/) are encoded in 0..255.  POSIX
 179    1003.1-2001 require that char and unsigned char are 8-bit
 180    quantities, though, taking care of that problem.  But this may be a
 181    potential problem on non-POSIX C99 platforms.
 182
 183    IBM C V6 for AIX mishandles "#define B64(x) ...'x'...", so use "_"
 184    as the formal parameter rather than "x".  */
 185 #define B64(_)                                  \
 186   ((_) == 'A' ? 0                               \
 187    : (_) == 'B' ? 1                             \
 188    : (_) == 'C' ? 2                             \
 189    : (_) == 'D' ? 3                             \
 190    : (_) == 'E' ? 4                             \
 191    : (_) == 'F' ? 5                             \
 192    : (_) == 'G' ? 6                             \
 193    : (_) == 'H' ? 7                             \
 194    : (_) == 'I' ? 8                             \
 195    : (_) == 'J' ? 9                             \
 196    : (_) == 'K' ? 10                            \
 197    : (_) == 'L' ? 11                            \
 198    : (_) == 'M' ? 12                            \
 199    : (_) == 'N' ? 13                            \
 200    : (_) == 'O' ? 14                            \
 201    : (_) == 'P' ? 15                            \
 202    : (_) == 'Q' ? 16                            \
 203    : (_) == 'R' ? 17                            \
 204    : (_) == 'S' ? 18                            \
 205    : (_) == 'T' ? 19                            \
 206    : (_) == 'U' ? 20                            \
 207    : (_) == 'V' ? 21                            \
 208    : (_) == 'W' ? 22                            \
 209    : (_) == 'X' ? 23                            \
 210    : (_) == 'Y' ? 24                            \
 211    : (_) == 'Z' ? 25                            \
 212    : (_) == 'a' ? 26                            \
 213    : (_) == 'b' ? 27                            \
 214    : (_) == 'c' ? 28                            \
 215    : (_) == 'd' ? 29                            \
 216    : (_) == 'e' ? 30                            \
 217    : (_) == 'f' ? 31                            \
 218    : (_) == 'g' ? 32                            \
 219    : (_) == 'h' ? 33                            \
 220    : (_) == 'i' ? 34                            \
 221    : (_) == 'j' ? 35                            \
 222    : (_) == 'k' ? 36                            \
 223    : (_) == 'l' ? 37                            \
 224    : (_) == 'm' ? 38                            \
 225    : (_) == 'n' ? 39                            \
 226    : (_) == 'o' ? 40                            \
 227    : (_) == 'p' ? 41                            \
 228    : (_) == 'q' ? 42                            \
 229    : (_) == 'r' ? 43                            \
 230    : (_) == 's' ? 44                            \
 231    : (_) == 't' ? 45                            \
 232    : (_) == 'u' ? 46                            \
 233    : (_) == 'v' ? 47                            \
 234    : (_) == 'w' ? 48                            \
 235    : (_) == 'x' ? 49                            \
 236    : (_) == 'y' ? 50                            \
 237    : (_) == 'z' ? 51                            \
 238    : (_) == '0' ? 52                            \
 239    : (_) == '1' ? 53                            \
 240    : (_) == '2' ? 54                            \
 241    : (_) == '3' ? 55                            \
 242    : (_) == '4' ? 56                            \
 243    : (_) == '5' ? 57                            \
 244    : (_) == '6' ? 58                            \
 245    : (_) == '7' ? 59                            \
 246    : (_) == '8' ? 60                            \
 247    : (_) == '9' ? 61                            \
 248    : (_) == '+' ? 62                            \
 249    : (_) == '/' ? 63                            \
 250    : -1)
 251
 252 static const signed char b64[0x100] = {
 253   B64 (0), B64 (1), B64 (2), B64 (3),
 254   B64 (4), B64 (5), B64 (6), B64 (7),
 255   B64 (8), B64 (9), B64 (10), B64 (11),
 256   B64 (12), B64 (13), B64 (14), B64 (15),
 257   B64 (16), B64 (17), B64 (18), B64 (19),
 258   B64 (20), B64 (21), B64 (22), B64 (23),
 259   B64 (24), B64 (25), B64 (26), B64 (27),
 260   B64 (28), B64 (29), B64 (30), B64 (31),
 261   B64 (32), B64 (33), B64 (34), B64 (35),
 262   B64 (36), B64 (37), B64 (38), B64 (39),
 263   B64 (40), B64 (41), B64 (42), B64 (43),
 264   B64 (44), B64 (45), B64 (46), B64 (47),
 265   B64 (48), B64 (49), B64 (50), B64 (51),
 266   B64 (52), B64 (53), B64 (54), B64 (55),
 267   B64 (56), B64 (57), B64 (58), B64 (59),
 268   B64 (60), B64 (61), B64 (62), B64 (63),
 269   B64 (64), B64 (65), B64 (66), B64 (67),
 270   B64 (68), B64 (69), B64 (70), B64 (71),
 271   B64 (72), B64 (73), B64 (74), B64 (75),
 272   B64 (76), B64 (77), B64 (78), B64 (79),
 273   B64 (80), B64 (81), B64 (82), B64 (83),
 274   B64 (84), B64 (85), B64 (86), B64 (87),
 275   B64 (88), B64 (89), B64 (90), B64 (91),
 276   B64 (92), B64 (93), B64 (94), B64 (95),
 277   B64 (96), B64 (97), B64 (98), B64 (99),
 278   B64 (100), B64 (101), B64 (102), B64 (103),
 279   B64 (104), B64 (105), B64 (106), B64 (107),
 280   B64 (108), B64 (109), B64 (110), B64 (111),
 281   B64 (112), B64 (113), B64 (114), B64 (115),
 282   B64 (116), B64 (117), B64 (118), B64 (119),
 283   B64 (120), B64 (121), B64 (122), B64 (123),
 284   B64 (124), B64 (125), B64 (126), B64 (127),
 285   B64 (128), B64 (129), B64 (130), B64 (131),
 286   B64 (132), B64 (133), B64 (134), B64 (135),
 287   B64 (136), B64 (137), B64 (138), B64 (139),
 288   B64 (140), B64 (141), B64 (142), B64 (143),
 289   B64 (144), B64 (145), B64 (146), B64 (147),
 290   B64 (148), B64 (149), B64 (150), B64 (151),
 291   B64 (152), B64 (153), B64 (154), B64 (155),
 292   B64 (156), B64 (157), B64 (158), B64 (159),
 293   B64 (160), B64 (161), B64 (162), B64 (163),
 294   B64 (164), B64 (165), B64 (166), B64 (167),
 295   B64 (168), B64 (169), B64 (170), B64 (171),
 296   B64 (172), B64 (173), B64 (174), B64 (175),
 297   B64 (176), B64 (177), B64 (178), B64 (179),
 298   B64 (180), B64 (181), B64 (182), B64 (183),
 299   B64 (184), B64 (185), B64 (186), B64 (187),
 300   B64 (188), B64 (189), B64 (190), B64 (191),
 301   B64 (192), B64 (193), B64 (194), B64 (195),
 302   B64 (196), B64 (197), B64 (198), B64 (199),
 303   B64 (200), B64 (201), B64 (202), B64 (203),
 304   B64 (204), B64 (205), B64 (206), B64 (207),
 305   B64 (208), B64 (209), B64 (210), B64 (211),
 306   B64 (212), B64 (213), B64 (214), B64 (215),
 307   B64 (216), B64 (217), B64 (218), B64 (219),
 308   B64 (220), B64 (221), B64 (222), B64 (223),
 309   B64 (224), B64 (225), B64 (226), B64 (227),
 310   B64 (228), B64 (229), B64 (230), B64 (231),
 311   B64 (232), B64 (233), B64 (234), B64 (235),
 312   B64 (236), B64 (237), B64 (238), B64 (239),
 313   B64 (240), B64 (241), B64 (242), B64 (243),
 314   B64 (244), B64 (245), B64 (246), B64 (247),
 315   B64 (248), B64 (249), B64 (250), B64 (251),
 316   B64 (252), B64 (253), B64 (254), B64 (255)
 317 };
 318
 319 #if UCHAR_MAX == 255
 320 # define uchar_in_range(c) true
 321 #else
 322 # define uchar_in_range(c) ((c) <= 255)
 323 #endif
 324
 325 /* Return true if CH is a character from the Base64 alphabet, and
 326    false otherwise.  Note that '=' is padding and not considered to be
 327    part of the alphabet.  */
 328 bool
 329 isbase64 (char ch)
 330 {
 331   return uchar_in_range (to_uchar (ch)) && 0 <= b64[to_uchar (ch)];
 332 }
 333
 334 /* Initialize decode-context buffer, CTX.  */
 335 void
 336 base64_decode_ctx_init (struct base64_decode_context *ctx)
 337 {
 338   ctx->i = 0;
 339 }
 340
 341 /* If CTX->i is 0 or 4, there are four or more bytes in [*IN..IN_END), and
 342    none of those four is a newline, then return *IN.  Otherwise, copy up to
 343    4 - CTX->i non-newline bytes from that range into CTX->buf, starting at
 344    index CTX->i and setting CTX->i to reflect the number of bytes copied,
 345    and return CTX->buf.  In either case, advance *IN to point to the byte
 346    after the last one processed, and set *N_NON_NEWLINE to the number of
 347    verified non-newline bytes accessible through the returned pointer.  */
 348 static char *
 349 get_4 (struct base64_decode_context *ctx,
 350        char const *restrict *in, char const *restrict in_end,
 351        size_t *n_non_newline)
 352 {
 353   if (ctx->i == 4)
 354     ctx->i = 0;
 355
 356   if (ctx->i == 0)
 357     {
 358       char const *t = *in;
 359       if (4 <= in_end - *in && memchr (t, '\n', 4) == NULL)
 360         {
 361           /* This is the common case: no newline.  */
 362           *in += 4;
 363           *n_non_newline = 4;
 364           return (char *) t;
 365         }
 366     }
 367
 368   {
 369     /* Copy non-newline bytes into BUF.  */
 370     char const *p = *in;
 371     while (p < in_end)
 372       {
 373         char c = *p++;
 374         if (c != '\n')
 375           {
 376             ctx->buf[ctx->i++] = c;
 377             if (ctx->i == 4)
 378               break;
 379           }
 380       }
 381
 382     *in = p;
 383     *n_non_newline = ctx->i;
 384     return ctx->buf;
 385   }
 386 }
 387
 388 #define return_false                            \
 389   do                                            \
 390     {                                           \
 391       *outp = out;                              \
 392       return false;                             \
 393     }                                           \
 394   while (false)
 395
 396 /* Decode up to four bytes of base64-encoded data, IN, of length INLEN
 397    into the output buffer, *OUT, of size *OUTLEN bytes.  Return true if
 398    decoding is successful, false otherwise.  If *OUTLEN is too small,
 399    as many bytes as possible are written to *OUT.  On return, advance
 400    *OUT to point to the byte after the last one written, and decrement
 401    *OUTLEN to reflect the number of bytes remaining in *OUT.  */
 402 static bool
 403 decode_4 (char const *restrict in, size_t inlen,
 404           char *restrict *outp, size_t *outleft)
 405 {
 406   char *out = *outp;
 407   if (inlen < 2)
 408     return false;
 409
 410   if (!isbase64 (in[0]) || !isbase64 (in[1]))
 411     return false;
 412
 413   if (*outleft)
 414     {
 415       *out++ = ((b64[to_uchar (in[0])] << 2)
 416                 | (b64[to_uchar (in[1])] >> 4));
 417       --*outleft;
 418     }
 419
 420   if (inlen == 2)
 421     return_false;
 422
 423   if (in[2] == '=')
 424     {
 425       if (inlen != 4)
 426         return_false;
 427
 428       if (in[3] != '=')
 429         return_false;
 430     }
 431   else
 432     {
 433       if (!isbase64 (in[2]))
 434         return_false;
 435
 436       if (*outleft)
 437         {
 438           *out++ = (((b64[to_uchar (in[1])] << 4) & 0xf0)
 439                     | (b64[to_uchar (in[2])] >> 2));
 440           --*outleft;
 441         }
 442
 443       if (inlen == 3)
 444         return_false;
 445
 446       if (in[3] == '=')
 447         {
 448           if (inlen != 4)
 449             return_false;
 450         }
 451       else
 452         {
 453           if (!isbase64 (in[3]))
 454             return_false;
 455
 456           if (*outleft)
 457             {
 458               *out++ = (((b64[to_uchar (in[2])] << 6) & 0xc0)
 459                         | b64[to_uchar (in[3])]);
 460               --*outleft;
 461             }
 462         }
 463     }
 464
 465   *outp = out;
 466   return true;
 467 }
 468
 469 /* Decode base64-encoded input array IN of length INLEN to output array
 470    OUT that can hold *OUTLEN bytes.  The input data may be interspersed
 471    with newlines.  Return true if decoding was successful, i.e. if the
 472    input was valid base64 data, false otherwise.  If *OUTLEN is too
 473    small, as many bytes as possible will be written to OUT.  On return,
 474    *OUTLEN holds the length of decoded bytes in OUT.  Note that as soon
 475    as any non-alphabet, non-newline character is encountered, decoding
 476    is stopped and false is returned.  If INLEN is zero, then process
 477    only whatever data is stored in CTX.
 478
 479    Initially, CTX must have been initialized via base64_decode_ctx_init.
 480    Subsequent calls to this function must reuse whatever state is recorded
 481    in that buffer.  It is necessary for when a quadruple of base64 input
 482    bytes spans two input buffers.
 483
 484    If CTX is NULL then newlines are treated as garbage and the input
 485    buffer is processed as a unit.  */
 486
 487 bool
 488 base64_decode_ctx (struct base64_decode_context *ctx,
 489                    const char *restrict in, size_t inlen,
 490                    char *restrict out, size_t *outlen)
 491 {
 492   size_t outleft = *outlen;
 493   bool ignore_newlines = ctx != NULL;
 494   bool flush_ctx = false;
 495   unsigned int ctx_i = 0;
 496
 497   if (ignore_newlines)
 498     {
 499       ctx_i = ctx->i;
 500       flush_ctx = inlen == 0;
 501     }
 502
 503
 504   while (true)
 505     {
 506       size_t outleft_save = outleft;
 507       if (ctx_i == 0 && !flush_ctx)
 508         {
 509           while (true)
 510             {
 511               /* Save a copy of outleft, in case we need to re-parse this
 512                  block of four bytes.  */
 513               outleft_save = outleft;
 514               if (!decode_4 (in, inlen, &out, &outleft))
 515                 break;
 516
 517               in += 4;
 518               inlen -= 4;
 519             }
 520         }
 521
 522       if (inlen == 0 && !flush_ctx)
 523         break;
 524
 525       /* Handle the common case of 72-byte wrapped lines.
 526          This also handles any other multiple-of-4-byte wrapping.  */
 527       if (inlen && *in == '\n' && ignore_newlines)
 528         {
 529           ++in;
 530           --inlen;
 531           continue;
 532         }
 533
 534       /* Restore OUT and OUTLEFT.  */
 535       out -= outleft_save - outleft;
 536       outleft = outleft_save;
 537
 538       {
 539         char const *in_end = in + inlen;
 540         char const *non_nl;
 541
 542         if (ignore_newlines)
 543           non_nl = get_4 (ctx, &in, in_end, &inlen);
 544         else
 545           non_nl = in;  /* Might have nl in this case. */
 546
 547         /* If the input is empty or consists solely of newlines (0 non-newlines),
 548            then we're done.  Likewise if there are fewer than 4 bytes when not
 549            flushing context and not treating newlines as garbage.  */
 550         if (inlen == 0 || (inlen < 4 && !flush_ctx && ignore_newlines))
 551           {
 552             inlen = 0;
 553             break;
 554           }
 555         if (!decode_4 (non_nl, inlen, &out, &outleft))
 556           break;
 557
 558         inlen = in_end - in;
 559       }
 560     }
 561
 562   *outlen -= outleft;
 563
 564   return inlen == 0;
 565 }
 566
 567 /* Allocate an output buffer in *OUT, and decode the base64 encoded
 568    data stored in IN of size INLEN to the *OUT buffer.  On return, the
 569    size of the decoded data is stored in *OUTLEN.  OUTLEN may be NULL,
 570    if the caller is not interested in the decoded length.  *OUT may be
 571    NULL to indicate an out of memory error, in which case *OUTLEN
 572    contains the size of the memory block needed.  The function returns
 573    true on successful decoding and memory allocation errors.  (Use the
 574    *OUT and *OUTLEN parameters to differentiate between successful
 575    decoding and memory error.)  The function returns false if the
 576    input was invalid, in which case *OUT is NULL and *OUTLEN is
 577    undefined. */
 578 bool
 579 base64_decode_alloc_ctx (struct base64_decode_context *ctx,
 580                          const char *in, size_t inlen, char **out,
 581                          size_t *outlen)
 582 {
 583   /* This may allocate a few bytes too many, depending on input,
 584      but it's not worth the extra CPU time to compute the exact size.
 585      The exact size is 3 * (inlen + (ctx ? ctx->i : 0)) / 4, minus 1 if the
 586      input ends with "=" and minus another 1 if the input ends with "==".
 587      Dividing before multiplying avoids the possibility of overflow.  */
 588   size_t needlen = 3 * (inlen / 4) + 3;
 589
 590   *out = malloc (needlen);
 591   if (!*out)
 592     return true;
 593
 594   if (!base64_decode_ctx (ctx, in, inlen, *out, &needlen))
 595     {
 596       free (*out);
 597       *out = NULL;
 598       return false;
 599     }
 600
 601   if (outlen)
 602     *outlen = needlen;
 603
 604   return true;
 605 }