Move mbedtls_mpi_random to the bignum module
Since mbedtls_mpi_random() is not specific to ECC code, move it from
the ECP module to the bignum module.
This increases the code size in builds without short Weierstrass
curves (including builds without ECC at all) that do not optimize out
unused functions.
Signed-off-by: Gilles Peskine <Gilles.Peskine@arm.com>
diff --git a/include/mbedtls/bignum.h b/include/mbedtls/bignum.h
index 637360e..7f718e6 100644
--- a/include/mbedtls/bignum.h
+++ b/include/mbedtls/bignum.h
@@ -871,6 +871,37 @@
int (*f_rng)(void *, unsigned char *, size_t),
void *p_rng );
+/** Generate a random number uniformly in a range.
+ *
+ * This function generates a random number between \p min inclusive and
+ * \p N exclusive.
+ *
+ * The procedure complies with RFC 6979 §3.3 (deterministic ECDSA)
+ * when the RNG is a suitably parametrized instance of HMAC_DRBG
+ * and \p min is \c 1.
+ *
+ * \note There are `N - min` possible outputs. The lower bound
+ * \p min can be reached, but the upper bound \p N cannot.
+ *
+ * \param X The destination MPI. This must point to an initialized MPI.
+ * \param min The minimum value to return.
+ * It must be nonnegative.
+ * \param N The upper bound of the range, exclusive.
+ * In other words, this is one plus the maximum value to return.
+ * \p N must be strictly larger than \p min.
+ * \param f_rng The RNG function to use. This must not be \c NULL.
+ * \param p_rng The RNG parameter to be passed to \p f_rng.
+ *
+ * \return \c 0 if successful.
+ * \return #MBEDTLS_ERR_MPI_ALLOC_FAILED if a memory allocation failed.
+ * \return Another negative error code on failure.
+ */
+int mbedtls_mpi_random( mbedtls_mpi *X,
+ mbedtls_mpi_sint min,
+ const mbedtls_mpi *N,
+ int (*f_rng)(void *, unsigned char *, size_t),
+ void *p_rng );
+
/**
* \brief Compute the greatest common divisor: G = gcd(A, B)
*