[Bug 1951943] [NEW] Engine crashes when loading the configuration more than once

[Dimitri John Ledkov]

Public bug reported:

[Impact]

 * Engine crashes when loading the configuration more than once

 * Upstream started to avoid loading engines twice by using dynamic ids
to track the loaded engines correctly

 * OpenSSL 3 merge https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/17073 (bugfix
& testcase)

 * OpenSSL 1.1.1 backports:
https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/9b06ebb1edfddffea083ba36090af7eb7cad207b (bugfix)
https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/17083 (test case)

[Test Plan]

 * https://github.com/openssl/openssl/issues/17023 lists multiple ways
how one can trigger the issue at hand, but also test case implements
this issue too by explicitly attempting to load an engine multiple times
and checking that it is operational.

[Where problems could occur]

 * Separately we have started to fix userspace packages that needlessly
load configuration files multiple times, which used to trigger this
issue. The codepaths changed are with engine use, how they are
loaded/unloaded/used. It is possible that this fix will make some
engines to start working and be used resulting in new behaviour. But
also exposing bugs in the engines that previously were installed &
configured but not actually used.

[Other Info]
 
 * Previous bug reports about this issues are:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wget/+bug/1921518
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curl/+bug/1940528

** Affects: openssl (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: openssl (Ubuntu Bionic)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: openssl (Ubuntu Focal)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: openssl (Ubuntu Hirsute)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: openssl (Ubuntu Impish)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: openssl (Ubuntu Jammy)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Also affects: openssl (Ubuntu Bionic)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: openssl (Ubuntu Impish)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: openssl (Ubuntu Jammy)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: openssl (Ubuntu Focal)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: openssl (Ubuntu Hirsute)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  Engine crashes when loading the configuration more than once

Status in openssl package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in openssl source package in Bionic:
  New
Status in openssl source package in Focal:
  New
Status in openssl source package in Hirsute:
  New
Status in openssl source package in Impish:
  New
Status in openssl source package in Jammy:
  New

Bug description:
  [Impact]

   * Engine crashes when loading the configuration more than once

   * Upstream started to avoid loading engines twice by using dynamic
  ids to track the loaded engines correctly

   * OpenSSL 3 merge https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/17073
  (bugfix & testcase)

   * OpenSSL 1.1.1 backports:
  https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/9b06ebb1edfddffea083ba36090af7eb7cad207b (bugfix)
  https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/17083 (test case)

  [Test Plan]

   * https://github.com/openssl/openssl/issues/17023 lists multiple ways
  how one can trigger the issue at hand, but also test case implements
  this issue too by explicitly attempting to load an engine multiple
  times and checking that it is operational.

  [Where problems could occur]

   * Separately we have started to fix userspace packages that
  needlessly load configuration files multiple times, which used to
  trigger this issue. The codepaths changed are with engine use, how
  they are loaded/unloaded/used. It is possible that this fix will make
  some engines to start working and be used resulting in new behaviour.
  But also exposing bugs in the engines that previously were installed &
  configured but not actually used.

  [Other Info]
   
   * Previous bug reports about this issues are:
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wget/+bug/1921518
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curl/+bug/1940528

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