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ca/ca.go

@@ -763,6 +763,9 @@ func (h *Handle) issueBatch(number uint32, empty bool) error {
 			"index",
 		},
 	)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
 	h.batchNumbersCache = nil // Invalidate cache of existing batches
 
@@ -1073,7 +1076,7 @@ func New(path string, opts NewOpts) (*Handle, error) {
 	unlock := true
 	defer func() {
 		if unlock {
-			h.flock.Unlock()
+			_ = h.flock.Unlock()
 		}
 	}()
 

ca/index.go

@@ -151,8 +151,6 @@ func (h *Index) Search(hash []byte) (*IndexSearchResult, error) {
 			return nil, nil
 		}
 	}
-
-	return nil, nil
 }
 
 type indexEntry struct {

cmd/mtc/main.go

@@ -396,7 +396,10 @@ func handleCaShowQueue(cc *cli.Context) error {
 
 func handleCaNew(cc *cli.Context) error {
 	if cc.Args().Len() != 2 {
-		cli.ShowSubcommandHelp(cc)
+		err := cli.ShowSubcommandHelp(cc)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 		return errArgs
 	}
 
@@ -912,7 +915,10 @@ func main() {
 				if err != nil {
 					return fmt.Errorf("create(%s): %w", path, err)
 				}
-				pprof.StartCPUProfile(fCpuProfile)
+				err = pprof.StartCPUProfile(fCpuProfile)
+				if err != nil {
+					return fmt.Errorf("StartCPUProfile: %w", err)
+				}
 			}
 			return nil
 		},

mtc.go

@@ -326,6 +326,9 @@ func (c *BikeshedCertificate) MarshalBinary() ([]byte, error) {
 	b.AddBytes(buf)
 
 	buf, err = c.Proof.TrustAnchorIdentifier().MarshalBinary()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to marshal TAI: %w", err)
+	}
 	b.AddBytes(buf)
 	b.AddUint16LengthPrefixed(func(b *cryptobyte.Builder) {
 		b.AddBytes(c.Proof.Info())
@@ -616,7 +619,7 @@ func (p *CAParams) newTreeHeads(prevHeads, root []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 			len(root),
 		)
 	}
-	return append(prevHeads[HashLen:len(prevHeads)], root...), nil
+	return append(prevHeads[HashLen:], root...), nil
 }
 
 func (batch *Batch) Anchor() TrustAnchorIdentifier {
@@ -989,7 +992,7 @@ func (batch *Batch) ComputeRootFromAuthenticationPath(index uint64,
 		level++
 		index >>= 1
 
-		batch.hashNode(h, left, right, index, level)
+		_ = batch.hashNode(h, left, right, index, level)
 	}
 
 	if index != 0 {
@@ -1630,7 +1633,7 @@ func (oid *RelativeOID) Equal(rhs *RelativeOID) bool {
 }
 
 func (tai TrustAnchorIdentifier) MarshalBinary() ([]byte, error) {
-	if tai.Issuer == nil || len(tai.Issuer) == 0 {
+	if len(tai.Issuer) == 0 {
 		return nil, errors.New("can't marshal uninitialized TrustAnchorIdentifier")
 	}
 	batch := RelativeOID{}

mtc_test.go

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func createEd25519TestTLSSubject() (*TLSSubject, error) {
 
 	h := sha3.NewShake128()
 	h.Write([]byte("MTC Example"))
-	h.Read(seed[:])
+	_, _ = h.Read(seed[:])
 
 	privEd := ed25519.NewKeyFromSeed(seed[:])
 	pubEd := privEd.Public()