From 777cf7f2d17331cfe127129c750121970fcad58f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Ingo=20Kl=C3=B6cker?= <dev@ingo-kloecker.de>
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2023 14:18:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] core: Return bad data error instead of general error on
 unexpected data

* src/verify.c (_gpgme_verify_status_handler): Return GPG_ERR_BAD_DATA
instead of GPG_ERR_GENERAL.
--

This gives users trying to decrypt and/or verify for example a public
key block a more useful error.

GnuPG-bug-id: 6617
---
 src/verify.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/verify.c b/src/verify.c
index a8467156..3ae94c65 100644
--- a/src/verify.c
+++ b/src/verify.c
@@ -979,7 +979,7 @@ _gpgme_verify_status_handler (void *priv, gpgme_status_code_t code, char *args)
     case GPGME_STATUS_UNEXPECTED:
       opd->only_newsig_seen = 0;
       if (!sig)
-	return gpg_error (GPG_ERR_GENERAL);
+	return gpg_error (GPG_ERR_BAD_DATA);
       sig->status = gpg_error (GPG_ERR_NO_DATA);
       break;