1 /*************************************************
2 * Exim - an Internet mail transport agent *
3 *************************************************/
5 /* Copyright (c) The Exim Maintainers 2020 - 2022 */
6 /* Copyright (c) University of Cambridge 1995 - 2018 */
7 /* See the file NOTICE for conditions of use and distribution. */
9 /* Functions for interfacing with the DNS. */
14 /*************************************************
16 *************************************************/
18 /* This function is called instead of res_search() when Exim is running in its
19 test harness. It recognizes some special domain names, and uses them to force
20 failure and retry responses (optionally with a delay). Otherwise, it calls an
21 external utility that mocks-up a nameserver, if it can find the utility.
22 If not, it passes its arguments on to res_search(). The fake nameserver may
23 also return a code specifying that the name should be passed on.
25 Background: the original test suite required a real nameserver to carry the
26 test zones, whereas the new test suite has the fake server for portability. This
30 domain the domain name
31 type the DNS record type
32 answerptr where to put the answer
33 size size of the answer area
35 Returns: length of returned data, or -1 on error (h_errno set)
39 fakens_search(const uschar *domain, int type, uschar *answerptr, int size)
41 int len = Ustrlen(domain);
42 int asize = size; /* Locally modified */
45 uschar *aptr = answerptr; /* Locally modified */
48 /* Remove terminating dot. */
50 if (domain[len - 1] == '.') len--;
51 name = string_copyn(domain, len);
53 /* Look for the fakens utility, and if it exists, call it. */
55 (void)string_format(utilname, sizeof(utilname), "%s/bin/fakens",
56 config_main_directory);
58 if (stat(CS utilname, &statbuf) >= 0)
64 DEBUG(D_dns) debug_printf("DNS lookup of %s (%s) using fakens\n",
65 name, dns_text_type(type));
68 argv[1] = config_main_directory;
70 argv[3] = dns_text_type(type);
73 pid = child_open(argv, NULL, 0000, &infd, &outfd, FALSE, US"fakens-search");
75 log_write(0, LOG_MAIN|LOG_PANIC_DIE, "failed to run fakens: %s",
80 while (asize > 0 && (rc = read(outfd, aptr, asize)) > 0)
83 aptr += rc; /* Don't modify the actual arguments, because they */
84 asize -= rc; /* may need to be passed on to res_search(). */
87 /* If we ran out of output buffer before exhausting the return,
88 carry on reading and counting it. */
91 while ((rc = read(outfd, name, sizeof(name))) > 0)
95 log_write(0, LOG_MAIN|LOG_PANIC_DIE, "read from fakens failed: %s",
98 switch(child_close(pid, 0))
101 case 1: h_errno = HOST_NOT_FOUND; return -1;
102 case 2: h_errno = TRY_AGAIN; return -1;
104 case 3: h_errno = NO_RECOVERY; return -1;
105 case 4: h_errno = NO_DATA; return -1;
106 case 5: /* Pass on to res_search() */
107 DEBUG(D_dns) debug_printf("fakens returned PASS_ON\n");
112 DEBUG(D_dns) debug_printf("fakens (%s) not found\n", utilname);
115 /* fakens utility not found, or it returned "pass on" */
117 DEBUG(D_dns) debug_printf("passing %s on to res_search()\n", domain);
119 return res_search(CS domain, C_IN, type, answerptr, size);
124 /*************************************************
125 * Initialize and configure resolver *
126 *************************************************/
128 /* Initialize the resolver and the storage for holding DNS answers if this is
129 the first time we have been here, and set the resolver options.
132 qualify_single TRUE to set the RES_DEFNAMES option
133 search_parents TRUE to set the RES_DNSRCH option
134 use_dnssec TRUE to set the RES_USE_DNSSEC option
140 dns_init(BOOL qualify_single, BOOL search_parents, BOOL use_dnssec)
142 res_state resp = os_get_dns_resolver_res();
144 if ((resp->options & RES_INIT) == 0)
146 DEBUG(D_resolver) resp->options |= RES_DEBUG; /* For Cygwin */
147 os_put_dns_resolver_res(resp);
149 DEBUG(D_resolver) resp->options |= RES_DEBUG;
150 os_put_dns_resolver_res(resp);
153 resp->options &= ~(RES_DNSRCH | RES_DEFNAMES);
154 resp->options |= (qualify_single? RES_DEFNAMES : 0) |
155 (search_parents? RES_DNSRCH : 0);
156 if (dns_retrans > 0) resp->retrans = dns_retrans;
157 if (dns_retry > 0) resp->retry = dns_retry;
160 if (dns_use_edns0 >= 0)
163 resp->options |= RES_USE_EDNS0;
165 resp->options &= ~RES_USE_EDNS0;
167 debug_printf("Coerced resolver EDNS0 support %s.\n",
168 dns_use_edns0 ? "on" : "off");
171 if (dns_use_edns0 >= 0)
173 debug_printf("Unable to %sset EDNS0 without resolver support.\n",
174 dns_use_edns0 ? "" : "un");
177 #ifndef DISABLE_DNSSEC
178 # ifdef RES_USE_DNSSEC
179 # ifndef RES_USE_EDNS0
180 # error Have RES_USE_DNSSEC but not RES_USE_EDNS0? Something hinky ...
183 resp->options |= RES_USE_DNSSEC;
184 if (dns_dnssec_ok >= 0)
186 if (dns_use_edns0 == 0 && dns_dnssec_ok != 0)
189 debug_printf("CONFLICT: dns_use_edns0 forced false, dns_dnssec_ok forced true, ignoring latter!\n");
194 resp->options |= RES_USE_DNSSEC;
196 resp->options &= ~RES_USE_DNSSEC;
197 DEBUG(D_resolver) debug_printf("Coerced resolver DNSSEC support %s.\n",
198 dns_dnssec_ok ? "on" : "off");
202 if (dns_dnssec_ok >= 0)
204 debug_printf("Unable to %sset DNSSEC without resolver support.\n",
205 dns_dnssec_ok ? "" : "un");
208 debug_printf("Unable to set DNSSEC without resolver support.\n");
210 #endif /* DISABLE_DNSSEC */
212 os_put_dns_resolver_res(resp);
217 /*************************************************
218 * Build key name for PTR records *
219 *************************************************/
221 /* This function inverts an IP address and adds the relevant domain, to produce
222 a name that can be used to look up PTR records.
225 string the IP address as a string
227 Returns: an allocated string
231 dns_build_reverse(const uschar * string)
233 const uschar * p = string + Ustrlen(string);
236 /* Handle IPv4 address */
239 if (Ustrchr(string, ':') == NULL)
242 for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
244 const uschar * ppp = p;
245 while (ppp > string && ppp[-1] != '.') ppp--;
246 g = string_catn(g, ppp, p - ppp);
247 g = string_catn(g, US".", 1);
250 g = string_catn(g, US"in-addr.arpa", 12);
253 /* Handle IPv6 address; convert to binary so as to fill out any
254 abbreviation in the textual form. */
261 g = string_get_tainted(32, string);
262 (void)host_aton(string, v6);
264 /* The original specification for IPv6 reverse lookup was to invert each
265 nibble, and look in the ip6.int domain. The domain was subsequently
266 changed to ip6.arpa. */
268 for (int i = 3; i >= 0; i--)
269 for (int j = 0; j < 32; j += 4)
270 g = string_fmt_append(g, "%x.", (v6[i] >> j) & 15);
271 g = string_catn(g, US"ip6.arpa.", 9);
273 /* Another way of doing IPv6 reverse lookups was proposed in conjunction
274 with A6 records. However, it fell out of favour when they did. The
275 alternative was to construct a binary key, and look in ip6.arpa. I tried
276 to make this code do that, but I could not make it work on Solaris 8. The
277 resolver seems to lose the initial backslash somehow. However, now that
278 this style of reverse lookup has been dropped, it doesn't matter. These
279 lines are left here purely for historical interest. */
281 /**************************************************
285 for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
287 sprintf(pp, "%08X", v6[i]);
290 Ustrcpy(pp, US"].ip6.arpa.");
291 **************************************************/
295 return string_from_gstring(g);
301 /* Increment the aptr in dnss, checking against dnsa length.
302 Return: TRUE for a bad result
305 dnss_inc_aptr(const dns_answer * dnsa, dns_scan * dnss, unsigned delta)
307 return (dnss->aptr += delta) >= dnsa->answer + dnsa->answerlen;
310 /*************************************************
311 * Get next DNS record from answer block *
312 *************************************************/
314 /* Call this with reset == RESET_ANSWERS to scan the answer block, reset ==
315 RESET_AUTHORITY to scan the authority records, reset == RESET_ADDITIONAL to
316 scan the additional records, and reset == RESET_NEXT to get the next record.
317 The result is in static storage which must be copied if it is to be preserved.
320 dnsa pointer to dns answer block
321 dnss pointer to dns scan block
322 reset option specifying what portion to scan, as described above
324 Returns: next dns record, or NULL when no more
328 dns_next_rr(const dns_answer *dnsa, dns_scan *dnss, int reset)
330 const HEADER * h = (const HEADER *)dnsa->answer;
335 # define TRACE DEBUG(D_dns)
337 # define TRACE if (FALSE)
340 /* Reset the saved data when requested to, and skip to the first required RR */
342 if (reset != RESET_NEXT)
344 dnss->rrcount = ntohs(h->qdcount);
345 TRACE debug_printf("%s: reset (Q rrcount %d)\n", __FUNCTION__, dnss->rrcount);
346 dnss->aptr = dnsa->answer + sizeof(HEADER);
348 /* Skip over questions; failure to expand the name just gives up */
350 while (dnss->rrcount-- > 0)
352 TRACE trace = "Q-namelen";
353 namelen = dn_expand(dnsa->answer, dnsa->answer + dnsa->answerlen,
354 dnss->aptr, (DN_EXPAND_ARG4_TYPE) &dnss->srr.name, DNS_MAXNAME);
355 if (namelen < 0) goto null_return;
356 /* skip name & type & class */
357 TRACE trace = "Q-skip";
358 if (dnss_inc_aptr(dnsa, dnss, namelen+4)) goto null_return;
361 /* Get the number of answer records. */
363 dnss->rrcount = ntohs(h->ancount);
364 TRACE debug_printf("%s: reset (A rrcount %d)\n", __FUNCTION__, dnss->rrcount);
366 /* Skip over answers if we want to look at the authority section. Also skip
367 the NS records (i.e. authority section) if wanting to look at the additional
370 if (reset == RESET_ADDITIONAL)
372 TRACE debug_printf("%s: additional\n", __FUNCTION__);
373 dnss->rrcount += ntohs(h->nscount);
374 TRACE debug_printf("%s: reset (NS rrcount %d)\n", __FUNCTION__, dnss->rrcount);
377 if (reset == RESET_AUTHORITY || reset == RESET_ADDITIONAL)
379 TRACE if (reset == RESET_AUTHORITY)
380 debug_printf("%s: authority\n", __FUNCTION__);
381 while (dnss->rrcount-- > 0)
383 TRACE trace = "A-namelen";
384 namelen = dn_expand(dnsa->answer, dnsa->answer + dnsa->answerlen,
385 dnss->aptr, (DN_EXPAND_ARG4_TYPE) &dnss->srr.name, DNS_MAXNAME);
386 if (namelen < 0) goto null_return;
387 /* skip name, type, class & TTL */
388 TRACE trace = "A-hdr";
389 if (dnss_inc_aptr(dnsa, dnss, namelen+8)) goto null_return;
390 GETSHORT(dnss->srr.size, dnss->aptr); /* size of data portion */
392 TRACE trace = "A-skip";
393 if (dnss_inc_aptr(dnsa, dnss, dnss->srr.size)) goto null_return;
395 dnss->rrcount = reset == RESET_AUTHORITY
396 ? ntohs(h->nscount) : ntohs(h->arcount);
397 TRACE debug_printf("%s: reset (%s rrcount %d)\n", __FUNCTION__,
398 reset == RESET_AUTHORITY ? "NS" : "AR", dnss->rrcount);
400 TRACE debug_printf("%s: %d RRs to read\n", __FUNCTION__, dnss->rrcount);
403 TRACE debug_printf("%s: next (%d left)\n", __FUNCTION__, dnss->rrcount);
405 /* The variable dnss->aptr is now pointing at the next RR, and dnss->rrcount
406 contains the number of RR records left. */
408 if (dnss->rrcount-- <= 0) return NULL;
410 /* If expanding the RR domain name fails, behave as if no more records
413 TRACE trace = "R-namelen";
414 namelen = dn_expand(dnsa->answer, dnsa->answer + dnsa->answerlen, dnss->aptr,
415 (DN_EXPAND_ARG4_TYPE) &dnss->srr.name, DNS_MAXNAME);
416 if (namelen < 0) goto null_return;
418 /* Move the pointer past the name and fill in the rest of the data structure
419 from the following bytes. */
421 TRACE trace = "R-name";
422 if (dnss_inc_aptr(dnsa, dnss, namelen)) goto null_return;
424 GETSHORT(dnss->srr.type, dnss->aptr); /* Record type */
425 TRACE trace = "R-class";
426 if (dnss_inc_aptr(dnsa, dnss, 2)) goto null_return; /* Don't want class */
427 GETLONG(dnss->srr.ttl, dnss->aptr); /* TTL */
428 GETSHORT(dnss->srr.size, dnss->aptr); /* Size of data portion */
429 dnss->srr.data = dnss->aptr; /* The record's data follows */
431 /* Unchecked increment ok here since no further access on this iteration;
432 will be checked on next at "R-name". */
434 dnss->aptr += dnss->srr.size; /* Advance to next RR */
436 /* Return a pointer to the dns_record structure within the dns_answer. This is
437 for convenience so that the scans can use nice-looking for loops. */
439 TRACE debug_printf("%s: return %s\n", __FUNCTION__, dns_text_type(dnss->srr.type));
443 TRACE debug_printf("%s: terminate (%d RRs left). Last op: %s; errno %d %s\n",
444 __FUNCTION__, dnss->rrcount, trace, errno, strerror(errno));
450 /* Extract the AUTHORITY information from the answer. If the answer isn't
451 authoritative (AA not set), we do not extract anything.
453 The AUTHORITY section contains NS records if the name in question was found,
454 it contains a SOA record otherwise. (This is just from experience and some
455 tests, is there some spec?)
457 Scan the whole AUTHORITY section, since it may contain other records
460 Return: name for the authority, in an allocated string, or NULL if none found */
462 static const uschar *
463 dns_extract_auth_name(const dns_answer * dnsa) /* FIXME: const dns_answer */
466 const HEADER * h = (const HEADER *) dnsa->answer;
468 if (h->nscount && h->aa)
469 for (dns_record * rr = dns_next_rr(dnsa, &dnss, RESET_AUTHORITY);
470 rr; rr = dns_next_rr(dnsa, &dnss, RESET_NEXT))
471 if (rr->type == (h->ancount ? T_NS : T_SOA))
472 return string_copy(rr->name);
479 /*************************************************
480 * Return whether AD bit set in DNS result *
481 *************************************************/
483 /* We do not perform DNSSEC work ourselves; if the administrator has installed
484 a verifying resolver which sets AD as appropriate, though, we'll use that.
485 (AD = Authentic Data, AA = Authoritative Answer)
487 Argument: pointer to dns answer block
488 Returns: bool indicating presence of AD bit
492 dns_is_secure(const dns_answer * dnsa)
494 #ifdef DISABLE_DNSSEC
496 debug_printf("DNSSEC support disabled at build-time; dns_is_secure() false\n");
499 const HEADER * h = (const HEADER *) dnsa->answer;
500 const uschar * auth_name;
501 const uschar * trusted;
503 if (dnsa->answerlen < 0) return FALSE;
504 /* Beware that newer versions of glibc on Linux will filter out the ad bit
505 unless their shiny new RES_TRUSTAD bit is set for the resolver. */
506 if (h->ad) return TRUE;
508 /* If the resolver we ask is authoritative for the domain in question, it may
509 not set the AD but the AA bit. If we explicitly trust the resolver for that
510 domain (via a domainlist in dns_trust_aa), we return TRUE to indicate a secure
515 || !(trusted = expand_string(dns_trust_aa))
517 || !(auth_name = dns_extract_auth_name(dnsa))
518 || OK != match_isinlist(auth_name, &trusted, 0, &domainlist_anchor, NULL,
519 MCL_DOMAIN, TRUE, NULL)
523 DEBUG(D_dns) debug_printf("DNS faked the AD bit "
524 "(got AA and matched with dns_trust_aa (%s in %s))\n",
525 auth_name, dns_trust_aa);
532 dns_set_insecure(dns_answer * dnsa)
534 #ifndef DISABLE_DNSSEC
535 HEADER * h = (HEADER *)dnsa->answer;
540 /************************************************
541 * Check whether the AA bit is set *
542 * We need this to warn if we requested AD *
543 * from an authoritative server *
544 ************************************************/
547 dns_is_aa(const dns_answer * dnsa)
549 #ifdef DISABLE_DNSSEC
552 return dnsa->answerlen >= 0 && ((const HEADER *)dnsa->answer)->aa;
558 /*************************************************
559 * Turn DNS type into text *
560 *************************************************/
562 /* Turn the coded record type into a string for printing. All those that Exim
563 uses should be included here.
565 Argument: record type
566 Returns: pointer to string
574 case T_A: return US"A";
575 case T_MX: return US"MX";
576 case T_AAAA: return US"AAAA";
577 case T_A6: return US"A6";
578 case T_TXT: return US"TXT";
579 case T_SPF: return US"SPF";
580 case T_PTR: return US"PTR";
581 case T_SOA: return US"SOA";
582 case T_SRV: return US"SRV";
583 case T_NS: return US"NS";
584 case T_CNAME: return US"CNAME";
585 case T_TLSA: return US"TLSA";
586 default: return US"?";
592 /*************************************************
593 * Cache a failed DNS lookup result *
594 *************************************************/
597 dns_fail_tag(uschar * buf, const uschar * name, int dns_type)
599 res_state resp = os_get_dns_resolver_res();
601 /*XX buf needs to be 255 +1 + (max(typetext) == 5) +1 + max(chars_for_long-max) +1
602 We truncate the name here for safety... could use a dynamic string. */
604 sprintf(CS buf, "%.255s-%s-%lx", name, dns_text_type(dns_type),
605 (unsigned long) resp->options);
609 /* We cache failed lookup results so as not to experience timeouts many
610 times for the same domain. We need to retain the resolver options because they
611 may change. For successful lookups, we rely on resolver and/or name server
617 expiry time TTL expires, or zero for unlimited
620 Returns: the return code
623 /* we need: 255 +1 + (max(typetext) == 5) +1 + max(chars_for_long-max) +1 */
624 #define DNS_FAILTAG_MAX 290
625 #define DNS_FAILNODE_SIZE \
626 (sizeof(expiring_data) + sizeof(tree_node) + DNS_FAILTAG_MAX)
629 dns_fail_return(const uschar * name, int type, time_t expiry, int rc)
631 uschar node_name[DNS_FAILTAG_MAX];
632 tree_node * previous, * new;
635 dns_fail_tag(node_name, name, type);
636 if ((previous = tree_search(tree_dns_fails, node_name)))
637 e = previous->data.ptr;
640 e = store_get_perm(DNS_FAILNODE_SIZE, name);
642 dns_fail_tag(new->name, name, type);
644 (void)tree_insertnode(&tree_dns_fails, new);
647 DEBUG(D_dns) debug_printf(" %s neg-cache entry for %s, ttl %d\n",
648 previous ? "update" : "writing",
649 node_name, expiry ? (int)(expiry - time(NULL)) : -1);
656 /* Return the cached result of a known-bad lookup, or -1.
659 dns_fail_cache_hit(const uschar * name, int type)
661 uschar node_name[DNS_FAILTAG_MAX];
662 tree_node * previous;
666 dns_fail_tag(node_name, name, type);
667 if (!(previous = tree_search(tree_dns_fails, node_name)))
670 e = previous->data.ptr;
672 rc = e->expiry && e->expiry <= time(NULL) ? -1 : val;
674 DEBUG(D_dns) debug_printf("DNS lookup of %.255s (%s): %scached value %s%s\n",
675 name, dns_text_type(type),
676 rc == -1 ? "" : "using ",
678 rc == -1 ? " past valid time" : "");
685 /* This is really gross. The successful return value from res_search() is
686 the packet length, which is stored in dnsa->answerlen. If we get a
687 negative DNS reply then res_search() returns -1, which causes the bounds
688 checks for name decompression to fail when it is treated as a packet
689 length, which in turn causes the authority search to fail. The correct
690 packet length has been lost inside libresolv, so we have to guess a
691 replacement value. (The only way to fix this properly would be to
692 re-implement res_search() and res_query() so that they don't muddle their
693 success and packet length return values.) For added safety we only reset
694 the packet length if the packet header looks plausible.
696 Return TRUE iff it seemed ok */
699 fake_dnsa_len_for_fail(dns_answer * dnsa, int type)
701 const HEADER * h = (const HEADER *)dnsa->answer;
703 if ( h->qr == 1 /* a response */
704 && h->opcode == QUERY
705 && h->tc == 0 /* nmessage not truncated */
706 && (h->rcode == NOERROR || h->rcode == NXDOMAIN)
707 && ( ntohs(h->qdcount) == 1 /* one question record */
708 || f.running_in_test_harness)
709 && ntohs(h->ancount) == 0 /* no answer records */
710 && ntohs(h->nscount) >= 1) /* authority records */
712 DEBUG(D_dns) debug_printf("faking res_search(%s) response length as %d\n",
713 dns_text_type(type), (int)sizeof(dnsa->answer));
714 dnsa->answerlen = sizeof(dnsa->answer);
717 DEBUG(D_dns) debug_printf("DNS: couldn't fake dnsa len\n");
718 /* Maybe we should just do a second lookup for an SOA? */
723 /* Return the TTL suitable for an NXDOMAIN result, which is given
724 in the SOA. We hope that one was returned in the lookup, and do not
725 bother doing a separate lookup; if not found return a forever TTL.
729 dns_expire_from_soa(dns_answer * dnsa, int type)
733 if (fake_dnsa_len_for_fail(dnsa, type))
734 for (dns_record * rr = dns_next_rr(dnsa, &dnss, RESET_AUTHORITY);
735 rr; rr = dns_next_rr(dnsa, &dnss, RESET_NEXT)
736 ) if (rr->type == T_SOA)
738 const uschar * p = rr->data;
739 uschar discard_buf[256];
743 /* Skip the mname & rname strings */
745 if ((len = dn_expand(dnsa->answer, dnsa->answer + dnsa->answerlen,
746 p, (DN_EXPAND_ARG4_TYPE)discard_buf, 256)) < 0)
749 if ((len = dn_expand(dnsa->answer, dnsa->answer + dnsa->answerlen,
750 p, (DN_EXPAND_ARG4_TYPE)discard_buf, 256)) < 0)
754 /* Skip the SOA serial, refresh, retry & expire. Grab the TTL */
756 if (p > dnsa->answer + dnsa->answerlen - 5 * INT32SZ)
761 return time(NULL) + ttl;
764 DEBUG(D_dns) debug_printf("DNS: no SOA record found for neg-TTL\n");
769 /*************************************************
770 * Do basic DNS lookup *
771 *************************************************/
773 /* Call the resolver to look up the given domain name, using the given type,
774 and check the result. The error code TRY_AGAIN is documented as meaning "non-
775 Authoritative Host not found, or SERVERFAIL". Sometimes there are badly set
776 up nameservers that produce this error continually, so there is the option of
777 providing a list of domains for which this is treated as a non-existent
780 The dns_answer structure is pretty big; enough to hold a max-sized DNS message
781 - so best allocated from fast-release memory. As of writing, all our callers
782 use a stack-auto variable.
785 dnsa pointer to dns_answer structure
787 type type of DNS record required (T_A, T_MX, etc)
789 Returns: DNS_SUCCEED successful lookup
790 DNS_NOMATCH name not found (NXDOMAIN)
791 or name contains illegal characters (if checking)
792 or name is an IP address (for IP address lookup)
793 DNS_NODATA domain exists, but no data for this type (NODATA)
794 DNS_AGAIN soft failure, try again later
799 dns_basic_lookup(dns_answer * dnsa, const uschar * name, int type)
803 const uschar * save_domain;
806 /* DNS lookup failures of any kind are cached in a tree. This is mainly so that
807 a timeout on one domain doesn't happen time and time again for messages that
808 have many addresses in the same domain. We rely on the resolver and name server
809 caching for successful lookups.
812 if ((rc = dns_fail_cache_hit(name, type)) > 0)
814 dnsa->answerlen = -1;
819 /* Convert all names to a-label form before doing lookup */
822 uschar * errstr = NULL;
823 DEBUG(D_dns) if (string_is_utf8(name))
824 debug_printf("convert utf8 '%s' to alabel for for lookup\n", name);
825 if ((alabel = string_domain_utf8_to_alabel(name, &errstr)), errstr)
828 debug_printf("DNS name '%s' utf8 conversion to alabel failed: %s\n", name,
830 f.host_find_failed_syntax = TRUE;
837 /* If configured, check the hygiene of the name passed to lookup. Otherwise,
838 although DNS lookups may give REFUSED at the lower level, some resolvers
839 turn this into TRY_AGAIN, which is silly. Give a NOMATCH return, since such
840 domains cannot be in the DNS. The check is now done by a regular expression;
841 give it space for substring storage to save it having to get its own if the
842 regex has substrings that are used - the default uses a conditional.
844 This test is omitted for PTR records. These occur only in calls from the dnsdb
845 lookup, which constructs the names itself, so they should be OK. Besides,
846 bitstring labels don't conform to normal name syntax. (But they aren't used any
849 #ifndef STAND_ALONE /* Omit this for stand-alone tests */
851 if (check_dns_names_pattern[0] != 0 && type != T_PTR && type != T_TXT)
854 if (!regex_match(regex_check_dns_names, name, -1, NULL))
857 debug_printf("DNS name syntax check failed: %s (%s)\n", name,
858 dns_text_type(type));
859 f.host_find_failed_syntax = TRUE;
864 #endif /* STAND_ALONE */
866 /* Call the resolver; for an overlong response, res_search() will return the
867 number of bytes the message would need, so we need to check for this case. The
868 effect is to truncate overlong data.
870 On some systems, res_search() will recognize "A-for-A" queries and return
871 the IP address instead of returning -1 with h_error=HOST_NOT_FOUND. Some
872 nameservers are also believed to do this. It is, of course, contrary to the
873 specification of the DNS, so we lock it out. */
875 if ((type == T_A || type == T_AAAA) && string_is_ip_address(name, NULL) != 0)
878 /* If we are running in the test harness, instead of calling the normal resolver
879 (res_search), we call fakens_search(), which recognizes certain special
880 domains, and interfaces to a fake nameserver for certain special zones. */
883 dnsa->answerlen = f.running_in_test_harness
884 ? fakens_search(name, type, dnsa->answer, sizeof(dnsa->answer))
885 : res_search(CCS name, C_IN, type, dnsa->answer, sizeof(dnsa->answer));
887 if (dnsa->answerlen > (int) sizeof(dnsa->answer))
889 DEBUG(D_dns) debug_printf("DNS lookup of %s (%s) resulted in overlong packet"
890 " (size %d), truncating to %u.\n",
891 name, dns_text_type(type), dnsa->answerlen, (unsigned int) sizeof(dnsa->answer));
892 dnsa->answerlen = sizeof(dnsa->answer);
895 if (dnsa->answerlen < 0) switch (h_errno)
898 DEBUG(D_dns) debug_printf("DNS lookup of %s (%s) gave HOST_NOT_FOUND\n"
899 "returning DNS_NOMATCH\n", name, dns_text_type(type));
900 return dns_fail_return(name, type, dns_expire_from_soa(dnsa, type), DNS_NOMATCH);
903 DEBUG(D_dns) debug_printf("DNS lookup of %s (%s) gave TRY_AGAIN\n",
904 name, dns_text_type(type));
906 /* Cut this out for various test programs */
908 save_domain = deliver_domain;
909 deliver_domain = string_copy(name); /* set $domain */
910 rc = match_isinlist(name, CUSS &dns_again_means_nonexist, 0,
911 &domainlist_anchor, NULL, MCL_DOMAIN, TRUE, NULL);
912 deliver_domain = save_domain;
915 DEBUG(D_dns) debug_printf("returning DNS_AGAIN\n");
916 return dns_fail_return(name, type, 0, DNS_AGAIN);
918 DEBUG(D_dns) debug_printf("%s is in dns_again_means_nonexist: returning "
919 "DNS_NOMATCH\n", name);
920 return dns_fail_return(name, type, dns_expire_from_soa(dnsa, type), DNS_NOMATCH);
922 #else /* For stand-alone tests */
923 return dns_fail_return(name, type, 0, DNS_AGAIN);
927 DEBUG(D_dns) debug_printf("DNS lookup of %s (%s) gave NO_RECOVERY\n"
928 "returning DNS_FAIL\n", name, dns_text_type(type));
929 return dns_fail_return(name, type, 0, DNS_FAIL);
932 DEBUG(D_dns) debug_printf("DNS lookup of %s (%s) gave NO_DATA\n"
933 "returning DNS_NODATA\n", name, dns_text_type(type));
934 return dns_fail_return(name, type, dns_expire_from_soa(dnsa, type), DNS_NODATA);
937 DEBUG(D_dns) debug_printf("DNS lookup of %s (%s) gave unknown DNS error %d\n"
938 "returning DNS_FAIL\n", name, dns_text_type(type), h_errno);
939 return dns_fail_return(name, type, 0, DNS_FAIL);
942 DEBUG(D_dns) debug_printf("DNS lookup of %s (%s) succeeded\n",
943 name, dns_text_type(type));
951 /************************************************
952 * Do a DNS lookup and handle CNAMES *
953 ************************************************/
955 /* Look up the given domain name, using the given type. Follow CNAMEs if
956 necessary, but only so many times. There aren't supposed to be CNAME chains in
957 the DNS, but you are supposed to cope with them if you find them.
958 By default, follow one CNAME since a resolver has been seen, faced with
959 an MX request and a CNAME (to an A) but no MX present, returning the CNAME.
961 The assumption is made that if the resolver gives back records of the
962 requested type *and* a CNAME, we don't need to make another call to look up
963 the CNAME. I can't see how it could return only some of the right records. If
964 it's done a CNAME lookup in the past, it will have all of them; if not, it
967 If fully_qualified_name is not NULL, set it to point to the full name
968 returned by the resolver, if this is different to what it is given, unless
969 the returned name starts with "*" as some nameservers seem to be returning
970 wildcards in this form. In international mode "different" means "alabel
971 forms are different".
974 dnsa pointer to dns_answer structure
975 name domain name to look up
976 type DNS record type (T_A, T_MX, etc)
977 fully_qualified_name if not NULL, return the returned name here if its
978 contents are different (i.e. it must be preset)
980 Returns: DNS_SUCCEED successful lookup
981 DNS_NOMATCH name not found
982 DNS_NODATA no data found
983 DNS_AGAIN soft failure, try again later
988 dns_lookup(dns_answer *dnsa, const uschar *name, int type,
989 const uschar **fully_qualified_name)
991 const uschar *orig_name = name;
992 BOOL secure_so_far = TRUE;
994 /* By default, assume the resolver follows CNAME chains (and returns NODATA for
995 an unterminated one). If it also does that for a CNAME loop, fine; if it returns
996 a CNAME (maybe the last?) whine about it. However, retain the coding for dumb
997 resolvers hiding behind a config variable. Loop to follow CNAME chains so far,
998 but no further... The testsuite tests the latter case, mostly assuming that the
1001 for (int i = 0; i <= dns_cname_loops; i++)
1004 dns_record cname_rr, type_rr;
1008 /* DNS lookup failures get passed straight back. */
1010 if ((rc = dns_basic_lookup(dnsa, name, type)) != DNS_SUCCEED)
1013 /* We should have either records of the required type, or a CNAME record,
1014 or both. We need to know whether both exist for getting the fully qualified
1015 name, but avoid scanning more than necessary. Note that we must copy the
1016 contents of any rr blocks returned by dns_next_rr() as they use the same
1017 area in the dnsa block. */
1019 cname_rr.data = type_rr.data = NULL;
1020 for (dns_record * rr = dns_next_rr(dnsa, &dnss, RESET_ANSWERS);
1021 rr; rr = dns_next_rr(dnsa, &dnss, RESET_NEXT))
1022 if (rr->type == type)
1024 if (type_rr.data == NULL) type_rr = *rr;
1025 if (cname_rr.data != NULL) break;
1027 else if (rr->type == T_CNAME)
1030 /* For the first time round this loop, if a CNAME was found, take the fully
1031 qualified name from it; otherwise from the first data record, if present. */
1033 if (i == 0 && fully_qualified_name)
1035 uschar * rr_name = cname_rr.data
1036 ? cname_rr.name : type_rr.data ? type_rr.name : NULL;
1038 && Ustrcmp(rr_name, *fully_qualified_name) != 0
1039 && rr_name[0] != '*'
1041 && ( !string_is_utf8(*fully_qualified_name)
1043 string_domain_utf8_to_alabel(*fully_qualified_name, NULL)) != 0
1047 *fully_qualified_name = string_copy_dnsdomain(rr_name);
1050 /* If any data records of the correct type were found, we are done. */
1054 if (!secure_so_far) /* mark insecure if any element of CNAME chain was */
1055 dns_set_insecure(dnsa);
1059 /* If there are no data records, we need to re-scan the DNS using the
1060 domain given in the CNAME record, which should exist (otherwise we should
1061 have had a failure from dns_lookup). However code against the possibility of
1062 its not existing. */
1067 /* DNS data comes from the outside, hence tainted */
1068 data = store_get(256, GET_TAINTED);
1069 if (dn_expand(dnsa->answer, dnsa->answer + dnsa->answerlen,
1070 cname_rr.data, (DN_EXPAND_ARG4_TYPE)data, 256) < 0)
1074 if (!dns_is_secure(dnsa))
1075 secure_so_far = FALSE;
1077 DEBUG(D_dns) debug_printf("CNAME found: change to %s\n", name);
1078 } /* Loop back to do another lookup */
1080 /*Control reaches here after 10 times round the CNAME loop. Something isn't
1083 log_write(0, LOG_MAIN, "CNAME loop for %s encountered", orig_name);
1092 /************************************************
1093 * Do a DNS lookup and handle virtual types *
1094 ************************************************/
1096 /* This function handles some invented "lookup types" that synthesize features
1097 not available in the basic types. The special types all have negative values.
1098 Positive type values are passed straight on to dns_lookup().
1101 dnsa pointer to dns_answer structure
1102 name domain name to look up
1103 type DNS record type (T_A, T_MX, etc or a "special")
1104 fully_qualified_name if not NULL, return the returned name here if its
1105 contents are different (i.e. it must be preset)
1107 Returns: DNS_SUCCEED successful lookup
1108 DNS_NOMATCH name not found
1109 DNS_NODATA no data found
1110 DNS_AGAIN soft failure, try again later
1111 DNS_FAIL DNS failure
1115 dns_special_lookup(dns_answer *dnsa, const uschar *name, int type,
1116 const uschar **fully_qualified_name)
1120 /* The "mx hosts only" type doesn't require any special action here */
1122 return dns_lookup(dnsa, name, T_MX, fully_qualified_name);
1124 /* Find nameservers for the domain or the nearest enclosing zone, excluding
1125 the root servers. */
1131 const uschar *d = name;
1134 int rc = dns_lookup(dnsa, d, type, fully_qualified_name);
1135 if (rc != DNS_NOMATCH && rc != DNS_NODATA) return rc;
1136 while (*d != 0 && *d != '.') d++;
1137 if (*d++ == 0) break;
1142 /* Try to look up the Client SMTP Authorization SRV record for the name. If
1143 there isn't one, search from the top downwards for a CSA record in a parent
1144 domain, which might be making assertions about subdomains. If we find a record
1145 we set fully_qualified_name to whichever lookup succeeded, so that the caller
1146 can tell whether to look at the explicit authorization field or the subdomain
1150 uschar *srvname, *namesuff, *tld;
1151 int priority, dummy_weight, port;
1157 DEBUG(D_dns) debug_printf("CSA lookup of %s\n", name);
1159 srvname = string_sprintf("_client._smtp.%s", name);
1160 rc = dns_lookup(dnsa, srvname, T_SRV, NULL);
1161 if (rc == DNS_SUCCEED || rc == DNS_AGAIN)
1163 if (rc == DNS_SUCCEED) *fully_qualified_name = string_copy(name);
1167 /* Search for CSA subdomain assertion SRV records from the top downwards,
1168 starting with the 2nd level domain. This order maximizes cache-friendliness.
1169 We skip the top level domains to avoid loading their nameservers and because
1170 we know they'll never have CSA SRV records. */
1172 namesuff = Ustrrchr(name, '.');
1173 if (namesuff == NULL) return DNS_NOMATCH;
1176 limit = dns_csa_search_limit;
1178 /* Use more appropriate search parameters if we are in the reverse DNS. */
1180 if (strcmpic(namesuff, US".arpa") == 0)
1181 if (namesuff - 8 > name && strcmpic(namesuff - 8, US".in-addr.arpa") == 0)
1187 else if (namesuff - 4 > name && strcmpic(namesuff - 4, US".ip6.arpa") == 0)
1195 DEBUG(D_dns) debug_printf("CSA TLD %s\n", tld);
1197 /* Do not perform the search if the top level or 2nd level domains do not
1198 exist. This is quite common, and when it occurs all the search queries would
1199 go to the root or TLD name servers, which is not friendly. So we check the
1200 AUTHORITY section; if it contains the root's SOA record or the TLD's SOA then
1201 the TLD or the 2LD (respectively) doesn't exist and we can skip the search.
1202 If the TLD and the 2LD exist but the explicit CSA record lookup failed, then
1203 the AUTHORITY SOA will be the 2LD's or a subdomain thereof. */
1205 if (rc == DNS_NOMATCH) return DNS_NOMATCH;
1207 for (i = 0; i < limit; i++)
1211 /* Scan through the IPv6 reverse DNS in chunks of 16 bits worth of IP
1212 address, i.e. 4 hex chars and 4 dots, i.e. 8 chars. */
1214 if (namesuff <= name) return DNS_NOMATCH;
1217 /* Find the start of the preceding domain name label. */
1219 if (--namesuff <= name) return DNS_NOMATCH;
1220 while (*namesuff != '.');
1222 DEBUG(D_dns) debug_printf("CSA parent search at %s\n", namesuff + 1);
1224 srvname = string_sprintf("_client._smtp.%s", namesuff + 1);
1225 rc = dns_lookup(dnsa, srvname, T_SRV, NULL);
1226 if (rc == DNS_AGAIN) return rc;
1227 if (rc != DNS_SUCCEED) continue;
1229 /* Check that the SRV record we have found is worth returning. We don't
1230 just return the first one we find, because some lower level SRV record
1231 might make stricter assertions than its parent domain. */
1233 for (rr = dns_next_rr(dnsa, &dnss, RESET_ANSWERS);
1234 rr; rr = dns_next_rr(dnsa, &dnss, RESET_NEXT)) if (rr->type == T_SRV)
1236 const uschar * p = rr->data;
1238 /* Extract the numerical SRV fields (p is incremented) */
1239 GETSHORT(priority, p);
1240 GETSHORT(dummy_weight, p);
1243 /* Check the CSA version number */
1244 if (priority != 1) continue;
1246 /* If it's making an interesting assertion, return this response. */
1249 *fully_qualified_name = namesuff + 1;
1259 return dns_lookup(dnsa, name, type, fully_qualified_name);
1262 /* Control should never reach here */
1271 /*************************************************
1272 * Get address(es) from DNS record *
1273 *************************************************/
1275 /* The record type is either T_A for an IPv4 address or T_AAAA for an IPv6 address.
1278 dnsa the DNS answer block
1281 Returns: pointer to a chain of dns_address items; NULL when the dnsa was overrun
1285 dns_address_from_rr(dns_answer *dnsa, dns_record *rr)
1287 dns_address * yield = NULL;
1288 uschar * dnsa_lim = dnsa->answer + dnsa->answerlen;
1290 if (rr->type == T_A)
1292 uschar *p = US rr->data;
1293 if (p + 4 <= dnsa_lim)
1295 /* the IP is not regarded as tainted */
1296 yield = store_get(sizeof(dns_address) + 20, GET_UNTAINTED);
1297 (void)sprintf(CS yield->address, "%d.%d.%d.%d", p[0], p[1], p[2], p[3]);
1306 if (rr->data + 16 <= dnsa_lim)
1308 struct in6_addr in6;
1309 for (int i = 0; i < 16; i++) in6.s6_addr[i] = rr->data[i];
1310 yield = store_get(sizeof(dns_address) + 50, GET_UNTAINTED);
1311 inet_ntop(AF_INET6, &in6, CS yield->address, 50);
1315 #endif /* HAVE_IPV6 */
1323 dns_pattern_init(void)
1325 if (check_dns_names_pattern[0] != 0 && !regex_check_dns_names)
1326 regex_check_dns_names =
1327 regex_must_compile(check_dns_names_pattern, MCS_NOFLAGS, TRUE);