Require non-NULL store in X509_STORE_CTX_init.

X509_STORE_CTX_init is documented upstream to allow a NULL store and has
logic to account for it. However, attempting to use such an
X509_STORE_CTX crashes in X509_verify_cert due to the
additional_untrusted logic we added.

Moreover, before that change, it still crashes because
X509_STORE_CTX_get1_issuer (the default get_issuer hook) assumes
ctx->ctx (the store) is non-null. This was also true in upstream but
later fixed in https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/6001. However,
without a store, there is no trust anchor, so this is not very useful.
Reject NULL stores in X509_STORE_CTX_init and remove the logic allowing
for a NULL one.

Thanks to Danny Halawi for catching this.

Update-Note: X509_STORE_CTX_init will now fail when the store is NULL,
rather than report success, only to crash later in X509_verify_cert.
Breakage should thus be limited to code which was passing in a NULL
store but never used the resulting X509_STORE_CTX.

Change-Id: I9db0289612cc245a8d62d6fa647d6b56b2daabda
Reviewed-on: https://boringssl-review.googlesource.com/c/boringssl/+/42728
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.

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