File libgcrypt-1.5.0-LIBGCRYPT_FORCE_FIPS_MODE-env.diff of Package libgcrypt.7796
From: draht@suse.com
Subject: LIBGCRYPT_FORCE_FIPS_MODE env
environ LIBGCRYPT_FORCE_FIPS_MODE forces FIPS mode of libgcrypt
Index: libgcrypt-1.5.2/src/fips.c
===================================================================
--- libgcrypt-1.5.2.orig/src/fips.c
+++ libgcrypt-1.5.2/src/fips.c
@@ -123,6 +123,17 @@ _gcry_initialize_fips_mode (int force)
goto leave;
}
+ /* for convenience, so that a process can run fips-enabled, but
+ not necessarily all of them, enable FIPS mode via environment
+ variable LIBGCRYPT_FORCE_FIPS_MODE. */
+
+ if (getenv("LIBGCRYPT_FORCE_FIPS_MODE") != NULL)
+ {
+ gcry_assert (!no_fips_mode_required);
+ goto leave;
+ }
+
+
/* For testing the system it is useful to override the system
provided detection of the FIPS mode and force FIPS mode using a
file. The filename is hardwired so that there won't be any