warn on signature earlier than key creation, err on significantly earlier

2 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/OpenKeychain/src/main/java/org/sufficientlysecure/keychain/operations/results/OperationResult.java b/OpenKeychain/src/main/java/org/sufficientlysecure/keychain/operations/results/OperationResult.java
index 119678f16..1cbff8a0d 100644
--- a/OpenKeychain/src/main/java/org/sufficientlysecure/keychain/operations/results/OperationResult.java
+++ b/OpenKeychain/src/main/java/org/sufficientlysecure/keychain/operations/results/OperationResult.java
@@ -401,6 +401,7 @@ public abstract class OperationResult implements Parcelable {
         MSG_KC_SUB_BAD_LOCAL(LogLevel.WARN, R.string.msg_kc_sub_bad_local),
         MSG_KC_SUB_BAD_KEYID(LogLevel.WARN, R.string.msg_kc_sub_bad_keyid),
         MSG_KC_SUB_BAD_TIME(LogLevel.WARN, R.string.msg_kc_sub_bad_time),
+        MSG_KC_SUB_BAD_TIME_EARLY(LogLevel.WARN, R.string.msg_kc_sub_bad_time_early),
         MSG_KC_SUB_BAD_TYPE(LogLevel.WARN, R.string.msg_kc_sub_bad_type),
         MSG_KC_SUB_DUP (LogLevel.DEBUG, R.string.msg_kc_sub_dup),
         MSG_KC_SUB_PRIMARY_BAD(LogLevel.WARN, R.string.msg_kc_sub_primary_bad),
diff --git a/OpenKeychain/src/main/java/org/sufficientlysecure/keychain/pgp/UncachedKeyRing.java b/OpenKeychain/src/main/java/org/sufficientlysecure/keychain/pgp/UncachedKeyRing.java
index 2bb4f7dc4..ecf68890e 100644
--- a/OpenKeychain/src/main/java/org/sufficientlysecure/keychain/pgp/UncachedKeyRing.java
+++ b/OpenKeychain/src/main/java/org/sufficientlysecure/keychain/pgp/UncachedKeyRing.java
@@ -820,6 +820,15 @@ public class UncachedKeyRing {
                 continue;
             }
 
+            Date keyCreationTime = key.getCreationTime(), keyCreationTimeLenient;
+            {
+                Calendar keyCreationCal = Calendar.getInstance();
+                keyCreationCal.setTime(keyCreationTime);
+                // allow for diverging clocks up to one day when checking creation time
+                keyCreationCal.add(Calendar.MINUTE, -5);
+                keyCreationTimeLenient = keyCreationCal.getTime();
+            }
+
             // A subkey needs exactly one subkey binding certificate, and optionally one revocation
             // certificate.
             PGPPublicKey modified = key;
@@ -851,6 +860,18 @@ public class UncachedKeyRing {
                     continue;
                 }
 
+                if (cert.getCreationTime().before(keyCreationTime)) {
+                    // Signature is earlier than key creation time
+                    log.add(LogType.MSG_KC_SUB_BAD_TIME_EARLY, indent);
+                    // due to an earlier accident, we generated keys which had creation timestamps
+                    // a few seconds after their signature timestamp. for compatibility, we only
+                    // error out with some margin of error
+                    if (cert.getCreationTime().before(keyCreationTimeLenient)) {
+                        badCerts += 1;
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                }
+
                 if (cert.isLocal()) {
                     // Creation date in the future? No way!
                     log.add(LogType.MSG_KC_SUB_BAD_LOCAL, indent);