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diff --color -ruNp a/lib/fips.c b/lib/fips.c
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--- a/lib/fips.c	2022-11-15 16:10:56.183185457 +0100
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+++ b/lib/fips.c	2022-11-15 16:10:23.488530716 +0100
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@@ -360,11 +360,6 @@ static int check_lib_hmac(struct hmac_en
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 		return gnutls_assert_val(ret);
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 	}
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-	if (strncmp(entry->path, path, GNUTLS_PATH_MAX)) {
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-		_gnutls_debug_log("Library path for %s does not match with HMAC file\n", lib);
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-		return gnutls_assert_val(GNUTLS_E_PARSING_ERROR);
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-	}
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-
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 	_gnutls_debug_log("Loading: %s\n", path);
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 	ret = gnutls_load_file(path, &data);
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 	if (ret < 0) {
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diff --color -ruNp a/lib/fipshmac.c b/lib/fipshmac.c
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--- a/lib/fipshmac.c	2022-11-15 16:10:56.183185457 +0100
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+++ b/lib/fipshmac.c	2022-11-15 16:10:23.489530737 +0100
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@@ -102,20 +102,30 @@ static int get_hmac(const char *path, ch
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 static int print_lib_path(const char *path)
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 {
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 	int ret;
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+	char *real_path = NULL;
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 	char hmac[HMAC_STR_SIZE];
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-	ret = get_hmac(path, hmac, sizeof(hmac));
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+	real_path = canonicalize_file_name(path);
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+	if (real_path == NULL) {
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+		fprintf(stderr, "Could not get realpath from %s\n", path);
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+		ret = GNUTLS_E_FILE_ERROR;
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+		goto cleanup;
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+	}
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+
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+	ret = get_hmac(real_path, hmac, sizeof(hmac));
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 	if (ret < 0) {
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 		fprintf(stderr, "Could not calculate HMAC for %s: %s\n",
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-                        last_component(path), gnutls_strerror(ret));
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-		return ret;
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+                        last_component(real_path), gnutls_strerror(ret));
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+		goto cleanup;
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 	}
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 	printf("[%s]\n", last_component(path));
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-	printf("path = %s\n", path);
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+	printf("path = %s\n", real_path);
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 	printf("hmac = %s\n", hmac);
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-	return 0;
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+cleanup:
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+	free(real_path);
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+	return ret;
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 }
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 static int print_lib_dl(const char *lib, const char *sym)