[PATCH] crypto: ecc - check for invalid values in the key verification test

[PATCH] crypto: ecc - check for invalid values in the key verification test

[Vitaly Chikunov]

Currently used scalar multiplication algorithm (Matthieu Rivain, 2011)
have invalid values for scalar == 1, n-1, and for regularized version
n-2, which was previously not checked. Verify that they are not used as
private keys.

Signed-off-by: Vitaly Chikunov <vt@altlinux.org>
---
 crypto/ecc.c | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crypto/ecc.c b/crypto/ecc.c
index adcce310f646..ed1237115066 100644
--- a/crypto/ecc.c
+++ b/crypto/ecc.c
@@ -912,30 +912,43 @@ static inline void ecc_swap_digits(const u64 *in, u64 *out,
 		out[i] = __swab64(in[ndigits - 1 - i]);
 }
 
-int ecc_is_key_valid(unsigned int curve_id, unsigned int ndigits,
-		     const u64 *private_key, unsigned int private_key_len)
+static int __ecc_is_key_valid(const struct ecc_curve *curve,
+			      const u64 *private_key, unsigned int ndigits)
 {
-	int nbytes;
-	const struct ecc_curve *curve = ecc_get_curve(curve_id);
+	u64 one[ECC_MAX_DIGITS] = { 1, };
+	u64 res[ECC_MAX_DIGITS];
 
 	if (!private_key)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	nbytes = ndigits << ECC_DIGITS_TO_BYTES_SHIFT;
-
-	if (private_key_len != nbytes)
+	if (curve->g.ndigits != ndigits)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (vli_is_zero(private_key, ndigits))
+	/* Make sure the private key is in the range [2, n-3]. */
+	if (vli_cmp(one, private_key, ndigits) != -1)
 		return -EINVAL;
-
-	/* Make sure the private key is in the range [1, n-1]. */
-	if (vli_cmp(curve->n, private_key, ndigits) != 1)
+	vli_sub(res, curve->n, one, ndigits);
+	vli_sub(res, res, one, ndigits);
+	if (vli_cmp(res, private_key, ndigits) != 1)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int ecc_is_key_valid(unsigned int curve_id, unsigned int ndigits,
+		     const u64 *private_key, unsigned int private_key_len)
+{
+	int nbytes;
+	const struct ecc_curve *curve = ecc_get_curve(curve_id);
+
+	nbytes = ndigits << ECC_DIGITS_TO_BYTES_SHIFT;
+
+	if (private_key_len != nbytes)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	return __ecc_is_key_valid(curve, private_key, ndigits);
+}
+
 /*
  * ECC private keys are generated using the method of extra random bits,
  * equivalent to that described in FIPS 186-4, Appendix B.4.1.
@@ -979,11 +992,8 @@ int ecc_gen_privkey(unsigned int curve_id, unsigned int ndigits, u64 *privkey)
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	if (vli_is_zero(priv, ndigits))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	/* Make sure the private key is in the range [1, n-1]. */
-	if (vli_cmp(curve->n, priv, ndigits) != 1)
+	/* Make sure the private key is in the valid range. */
+	if (__ecc_is_key_valid(curve, priv, ndigits))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	ecc_swap_digits(priv, privkey, ndigits);
-- 
2.11.0

Re: [PATCH] crypto: ecc - check for invalid values in the key verification test

[Herbert Xu]

On Mon, Nov 05, 2018 at 11:36:18AM +0300, Vitaly Chikunov wrote:
> Currently used scalar multiplication algorithm (Matthieu Rivain, 2011)
> have invalid values for scalar == 1, n-1, and for regularized version
> n-2, which was previously not checked. Verify that they are not used as
> private keys.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vitaly Chikunov <vt@altlinux.org>
> ---
>  crypto/ecc.c | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
>  1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

Patch applied.  Thanks.
-- 
Email: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/
PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt