Fix panic in tlsRoundTripper when CA file is absent

Author: ndk

config/http_config.go

@@ -1377,6 +1377,9 @@ func (t *tlsRoundTripper) RoundTrip(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
 	// using GetClientCertificate.
 	tlsConfig := t.tlsConfig.Clone()
 	if !updateRootCA(tlsConfig, caData) {
+		if t.settings.CA == nil {
+			return nil, errors.New("unable to use specified CA cert: none configured")
+		}
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to use specified CA cert %s", t.settings.CA.Description())
 	}
 	rt, err = t.newRT(tlsConfig)

config/http_config_test.go

@@ -1968,6 +1968,48 @@ func TestModifyTLSCertificates(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestTLSRoundTripper_NoCAConfigured(t *testing.T) {
+	bs := getCertificateBlobs(t)
+
+	tmpDir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "tlspanic")
+	require.NoErrorf(t, err, "Failed to create tmp dir")
+	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
+	cert, key := filepath.Join(tmpDir, "cert"), filepath.Join(tmpDir, "key")
+
+	handler := func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		fmt.Fprint(w, ExpectedMessage)
+	}
+	testServer, err := newTestServer(handler)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer testServer.Close()
+
+	cfg := HTTPClientConfig{
+		TLSConfig: TLSConfig{
+			CertFile:           cert,
+			KeyFile:            key,
+			InsecureSkipVerify: true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	writeCertificate(bs, ClientCertificatePath, cert)
+	writeCertificate(bs, ClientKeyNoPassPath, key)
+	c, err := NewClientFromConfig(cfg, "test")
+	require.NoErrorf(t, err, "Error creating HTTP Client: %v", err)
+
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, testServer.URL, nil)
+	require.NoErrorf(t, err, "Error creating HTTP request: %v", err)
+
+	r, err := c.Do(req)
+	require.NoErrorf(t, err, "Can't connect to the test server")
+	r.Body.Close()
+
+	err = os.WriteFile(cert, []byte("-----BEGIN GARBAGE-----\nabc\n-----END GARBAGE-----\n"), 0o664)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	_, err = c.Do(req)
+	require.ErrorContainsf(t, err, "unable to use specified CA cert: none configured", "Expected error to mention missing CA cert")
+}
+
 // loadHTTPConfigJSON parses the JSON input s into a HTTPClientConfig.
 func loadHTTPConfigJSON(buf []byte) (*HTTPClientConfig, error) {
 	cfg := &HTTPClientConfig{}