Don't use DH blinding for ephemeral DH

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Manuel Pégourié-Gonnard 2013-09-07 13:06:27 +02:00
parent ce6352a791
commit 032c34e206
3 changed files with 14 additions and 5 deletions

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@ -228,7 +228,12 @@ int dhm_make_public( dhm_context *ctx, int x_size,
* \return 0 if successful, or an POLARSSL_ERR_DHM_XXX error code
*
* \note If f_rng is not NULL, it is used to blind the input as
* countermeasure against timing attacks.
* countermeasure against timing attacks. This is only useful
* when this function is called repeatedly with the same
* secret value (X field), eg when using DH key exchange as
* opposed to DHE. It is recommended to use a non-NULL f_rng
* only when needed, since otherwise this countermeasure has
* high overhead.
*/
int dhm_calc_secret( dhm_context *ctx,
unsigned char *output, size_t *olen,

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@ -1711,10 +1711,11 @@ static int ssl_write_client_key_exchange( ssl_context *ssl )
ssl->handshake->pmslen = ssl->handshake->dhm_ctx.len;
/* No blinding needed for DHE, but will be needed for fixed DH! */
if( ( ret = dhm_calc_secret( &ssl->handshake->dhm_ctx,
ssl->handshake->premaster,
&ssl->handshake->pmslen,
ssl->f_rng, ssl->p_rng ) ) != 0 )
NULL, NULL ) ) != 0 )
{
SSL_DEBUG_RET( 1, "dhm_calc_secret", ret );
return( ret );
@ -1842,8 +1843,9 @@ static int ssl_write_client_key_exchange( ssl_context *ssl )
*(p++) = (unsigned char)( ssl->handshake->dhm_ctx.len >> 8 );
*(p++) = (unsigned char)( ssl->handshake->dhm_ctx.len );
/* No blinding needed since this is ephemeral DHM */
if( ( ret = dhm_calc_secret( &ssl->handshake->dhm_ctx,
p, &n, ssl->f_rng, ssl->p_rng ) ) != 0 )
p, &n, NULL, NULL ) ) != 0 )
{
SSL_DEBUG_RET( 1, "dhm_calc_secret", ret );
return( ret );

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@ -2384,10 +2384,11 @@ static int ssl_parse_client_key_exchange( ssl_context *ssl )
ssl->handshake->pmslen = ssl->handshake->dhm_ctx.len;
/* No blinding needed for DHE, but will be needed for fixed DH! */
if( ( ret = dhm_calc_secret( &ssl->handshake->dhm_ctx,
ssl->handshake->premaster,
&ssl->handshake->pmslen,
ssl->f_rng, ssl->p_rng ) ) != 0 )
NULL, NULL ) ) != 0 )
{
SSL_DEBUG_RET( 1, "dhm_calc_secret", ret );
return( POLARSSL_ERR_SSL_BAD_HS_CLIENT_KEY_EXCHANGE_CS );
@ -2472,8 +2473,9 @@ static int ssl_parse_client_key_exchange( ssl_context *ssl )
n = ssl->handshake->dhm_ctx.len;
/* No blinding needed since this is ephemeral DHM */
if( ( ret = dhm_calc_secret( &ssl->handshake->dhm_ctx,
p, &n, ssl->f_rng, ssl->p_rng ) ) != 0 )
p, &n, NULL, NULL ) ) != 0 )
{
SSL_DEBUG_RET( 1, "dhm_calc_secret", ret );
return( POLARSSL_ERR_SSL_BAD_HS_CLIENT_KEY_EXCHANGE_CS );