[openssl/openssl] 799252: Document trailing data handling for DER input

"'Danny Ward' via openssl-commits" <[email protected]> Mon, 27 Jul 2026 19:06:33 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.comp.encryption.openssl.cvs
Message-ID <openssl/openssl/push/refs/heads/master/[email protected]>
  Branch: refs/heads/master
  Home:   https://github.com/openssl/openssl
  Commit: 799252f3b67d0429e64736f922a3c2860135facb
      https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/799252f3b67d0429e64736f922a3c2860135facb
  Author: dannyward630 <[email protected]>
  Date:   2026-07-28 (Tue, 28 Jul 2026)

  Changed paths:
    M doc/man1/openssl-format-options.pod

  Log Message:
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  Document trailing data handling for DER input

Commands that read a single DER object may stop after decoding that object and leave trailing input unchecked. Document that successful decoding is therefore not a full-input validity check.

Fixes #31495

CLA: trivial

Reviewed-by: Jakub Zelenka <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <[email protected]>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/31524)



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