1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/x509/x509_constraints.c b/src/lib/libcrypto/x509/x509_constraints.c
index 6cea794560..27d87d4c11 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcrypto/x509/x509_constraints.c
+++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/x509/x509_constraints.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: x509_constraints.c,v 1.22 2022/03/13 16:25:58 tb Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: x509_constraints.c,v 1.23 2022/03/13 17:23:02 tb Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2020 Bob Beck <beck@openbsd.org>
  *
@@ -636,7 +636,11 @@ int
 x509_constraints_dirname(uint8_t *dirname, size_t dlen,
     uint8_t *constraint, size_t len)
 {
-        if (len != dlen)
+        /*
+         * The constraint must be a prefix in DER format, so it can't be
+         * longer than the name it is checked against.
+         */
+        if (len > dlen)
                 return 0;
         return (memcmp(constraint, dirname, len) == 0);
 }