Always use an ASN1_STRING_TABLE global mask of UTF8String.

ASN1_STRING_set_by_NID is very complex and depends on a "global mask"
for most NIDs. (Some NIDs use a single type and use STABLE_NO_MASK to
disable the global mask.) Historically, it defaulted to allowing all
types, but it switched to UTF8String in OpenSSL 1.0.2.

Updating the global mask is not thread-safe, and it's 2021. Let's just
always use UTF-8. The only callers I found set it to UTF-8 anyway (with
the exception of some test script we don't use, and some code that
wasn't compiled). No-op writes in the C/C++ memory model are still race
conditions, so this CL fixes some bugs in those callers.

Update-Note: The global mask for ASN1_STRING_set_by_NID is now always
UTF-8. Callers that want another type should reconsider and, if UTF-8 is
still unsuitable, just pass the actual desired type into
ASN1_mbstring_copy, X509_NAME_ENTRY_set_data, etc

Change-Id: I679e99c57da9a48c805460abcb3af5b2f938c93f
Reviewed-on: https://boringssl-review.googlesource.com/c/boringssl/+/48766
Commit-Queue: David Benjamin <davidben@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Adam Langley <agl@google.com>
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README.md

BoringSSL

BoringSSL is a fork of OpenSSL that is designed to meet Google's needs.

Although BoringSSL is an open source project, it is not intended for general use, as OpenSSL is. We don't recommend that third parties depend upon it. Doing so is likely to be frustrating because there are no guarantees of API or ABI stability.

Programs ship their own copies of BoringSSL when they use it and we update everything as needed when deciding to make API changes. This allows us to mostly avoid compromises in the name of compatibility. It works for us, but it may not work for you.

BoringSSL arose because Google used OpenSSL for many years in various ways and, over time, built up a large number of patches that were maintained while tracking upstream OpenSSL. As Google's product portfolio became more complex, more copies of OpenSSL sprung up and the effort involved in maintaining all these patches in multiple places was growing steadily.

Currently BoringSSL is the SSL library in Chrome/Chromium, Android (but it's not part of the NDK) and a number of other apps/programs.

Project links:

There are other files in this directory which might be helpful: