[PATCH] Fix side channel leak in l_ecc_scalar_new
by Daniel DE ALMEIDA BRAGA
A secure (constant time and memory access) memory comparaison function
is needed to handle secret data. Namely, l_ecc_scalar tends to be
instantiated with secret, and _vli_cmp leak "how much" different it is
from the prime p.
The secure memcmp is defined in ell/util.h to be available to projects
using ELL.
---
ell/ecc.c | 2 +-
ell/util.h | 120 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 121 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/ell/ecc.c b/ell/ecc.c
index 250f7e8..a5ab556 100644
--- a/ell/ecc.c
+++ b/ell/ecc.c
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ LIB_EXPORT struct l_ecc_scalar *l_ecc_scalar_new(
_ecc_be2native(c->c, buf, curve->ndigits);
if (!vli_is_zero_or_one(c->c, curve->ndigits) &&
- _vli_cmp(c->c, curve->n, curve->ndigits) < 0)
+ l_secure_memcmp_64(curve->n, c->c, curve->ndigits) == 1)
return c;
l_ecc_scalar_free(c);
diff --git a/ell/util.h b/ell/util.h
index 6e88505..501b03f 100644
--- a/ell/util.h
+++ b/ell/util.h
@@ -315,6 +315,126 @@ const char *l_util_get_debugfs_path(void);
while (__result == -1L && errno == EINTR); \
__result; }))
+/*
+ * Taken from https://github.com/chmike/cst_time_memcmp, adding a volatile to
+ * ensure the compiler does not try to optimize the constant time behavior.
+ * The code has been modified to add comments and project specific code
+ * styling.
+ * This specific piece of code is subjet to the following copyright:
+ *
+ * The MIT License (MIT)
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2015 Christophe Meessen
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
+ * deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the
+ * rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or
+ * sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+ * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS
+ * IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ *
+ * This function performs a secure memory comparaison of two buffers of size
+ * bytes, representing an integer (byte order is big endian). It returns
+ * -1, 0 or 1 if a < b, a == b or a > b respectivelly.
+ */
+static inline int8_t l_secure_mem_cmp(const uint8_t *a, const uint8_t *b,
+ size_t size)
+{
+ const volatile uint8_t *aa = a;
+ const volatile uint8_t *bb = b;
+ int res = 0, diff, mask;
+ /*
+ * We will compare all bytes, starting with the less significant. When we
+ * find a non-zero difference, we update the result accordingly.
+ */
+ if (size > 0) {
+ do {
+ --size;
+ diff = aa[size] - bb[size];
+ /*
+ * The following couple of lines can be summarized as a constant
+ * time/memory access version of:
+ * if (diff != 0) res = diff;
+ *
+ * From the previous operation, we know that diff is in [-255, 255]
+ * The following figure show the possible value of mask, based on
+ * different cases of diff:
+ *
+ * diff | diff-1 | ~diff | ((diff-1) & ~diff) | mask
+ * -------|------------|------------|--------------------|------
+ * < 0 | 0xFFFFFFXX | 0x000000YY | 0x000000ZZ | 0
+ * == 0 | 0xFFFFFFFF | 0xFFFFFFFF | 0xFFFFFFFF | 0xF..F
+ * > 0 | 0x000000XX | 0xFFFFFFYY | 0x000000ZZ | 0
+ *
+ * Hence, the mask allows to keep res when diff == 0, and to set
+ * res to diff otherwise.
+ */
+ mask = (((diff - 1) & ~diff) >> 8);
+ res = (res & mask) | diff;
+ } while (size != 0);
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * We want the resut to fit in one byte, being 0xFF, 0 or 0x01.
+ * Since the function return a single byte, the result of the sum is
+ * truncated (only the last byte is returned).
+ *
+ * res | (res - 1) >> 8 | res >> 8 | output
+ * -------------------|----------------|------------|-----------
+ * 0xFFFFFFXX (< 0) | 0x00FFFFFF | 0x00FFFFFF | 0x01FFFFFF
+ * 0x00000000 (== 0) | 0x00FFFFFF | 0x00000000 | 0x01000000
+ * 0x000000XX (> 0) | 0x00000000 | 0x00000000 | 0x00000001
+ *
+ */
+ return ((res - 1) >> 8) + (res >> 8) + 1;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Performs a secure memory comparaison of two uint64_t buffers of size bytes
+ * representing an integer. Blobs are ordered in little endian. It returns
+ * -1, 0 or 1 if a < b, a == b or a > b respectivelly.
+ */
+static inline uint8_t l_secure_memcmp_64(const uint64_t *a, const uint64_t *b,
+ size_t size)
+{
+ uint8_t *aa_8, *bb_8;
+ uint64_t aa_64, bb_64;
+
+ uint8_t res = 0, mask;
+
+ int i = 0;
+
+ if (size) {
+ /*
+ * Arrays store blobs in LE, we will process each blob as a byte array
+ * of size 8 using l_secure_mem_cmp. We need to make sure to feed a BE
+ * byte array to avoid unexpected behavior on different architectures.
+ */
+ do {
+ aa_64 = L_CPU_TO_BE64(a[i]);
+ bb_64 = L_CPU_TO_BE64(b[i]);
+ aa_8 = (uint8_t *) &aa_64;
+ bb_8 = (uint8_t *) &bb_64;
+ mask = l_secure_mem_cmp(aa_8, bb_8, 8);
+ res = (mask & res) | mask;
+ i++;
+ } while(i != size);
+ }
+
+ return res;
+}
+
#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif
--
2.25.4
1 year, 9 months
[PATCH 1/3] ell: cast printf call to double
by Rosen Penev
%f confusingly enough takes a bool, not a float.
---
ell/settings.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/ell/settings.c b/ell/settings.c
index 945dff7..dac45c9 100644
--- a/ell/settings.c
+++ b/ell/settings.c
@@ -1320,7 +1320,7 @@ LIB_EXPORT bool l_settings_set_float(struct l_settings *settings,
{
L_AUTO_FREE_VAR(char *, buf);
- buf = l_strdup_printf("%f", in);
+ buf = l_strdup_printf("%f", (double)in);
return l_settings_set_value(settings, group_name, key, buf);
}
--
2.26.2
1 year, 9 months
