library/constant_time.c

/**
 *  Constant-time functions
 *
 *  Copyright The Mbed TLS Contributors
 *  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 *
 *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
 *  not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
 *  WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 *  limitations under the License.
 */

#include "common.h"
#include "constant_time.h"

#if defined(MBEDTLS_BIGNUM_C)
#include "mbedtls/bignum.h"
#endif


/* constant-time buffer comparison */
int mbedtls_ssl_safer_memcmp( const void *a, const void *b, size_t n )
{
    size_t i;
    volatile const unsigned char *A = (volatile const unsigned char *) a;
    volatile const unsigned char *B = (volatile const unsigned char *) b;
    volatile unsigned char diff = 0;

    for( i = 0; i < n; i++ )
    {
        /* Read volatile data in order before computing diff.
         * This avoids IAR compiler warning:
         * 'the order of volatile accesses is undefined ..' */
        unsigned char x = A[i], y = B[i];
        diff |= x ^ y;
    }

    return( diff );
}

/* Compare the contents of two buffers in constant time.
 * Returns 0 if the contents are bitwise identical, otherwise returns
 * a non-zero value.
 * This is currently only used by GCM and ChaCha20+Poly1305.
 */
int mbedtls_constant_time_memcmp( const void *v1, const void *v2,
                                  size_t len )
{
    const unsigned char *p1 = (const unsigned char*) v1;
    const unsigned char *p2 = (const unsigned char*) v2;
    size_t i;
    unsigned char diff;

    for( diff = 0, i = 0; i < len; i++ )
        diff |= p1[i] ^ p2[i];

    return( (int)diff );
}

/* constant-time buffer comparison */
unsigned char mbedtls_nist_kw_safer_memcmp( const void *a, const void *b, size_t n )
{
    size_t i;
    volatile const unsigned char *A = (volatile const unsigned char *) a;
    volatile const unsigned char *B = (volatile const unsigned char *) b;
    volatile unsigned char diff = 0;

    for( i = 0; i < n; i++ )
    {
        /* Read volatile data in order before computing diff.
         * This avoids IAR compiler warning:
         * 'the order of volatile accesses is undefined ..' */
        unsigned char x = A[i], y = B[i];
        diff |= x ^ y;
    }

    return( diff );
}

/* constant-time buffer comparison */
int mbedtls_safer_memcmp( const void *a, const void *b, size_t n )
{
    size_t i;
    const unsigned char *A = (const unsigned char *) a;
    const unsigned char *B = (const unsigned char *) b;
    unsigned char diff = 0;

    for( i = 0; i < n; i++ )
        diff |= A[i] ^ B[i];

    return( diff );
}

/** Turn zero-or-nonzero into zero-or-all-bits-one, without branches.
 *
 * \param value     The value to analyze.
 * \return          Zero if \p value is zero, otherwise all-bits-one.
 */
unsigned mbedtls_cf_uint_mask( unsigned value )
{
    /* MSVC has a warning about unary minus on unsigned, but this is
     * well-defined and precisely what we want to do here */
#if defined(_MSC_VER)
#pragma warning( push )
#pragma warning( disable : 4146 )
#endif
    return( - ( ( value | - value ) >> ( sizeof( value ) * 8 - 1 ) ) );
#if defined(_MSC_VER)
#pragma warning( pop )
#endif
}

/*
 * Turn a bit into a mask:
 * - if bit == 1, return the all-bits 1 mask, aka (size_t) -1
 * - if bit == 0, return the all-bits 0 mask, aka 0
 *
 * This function can be used to write constant-time code by replacing branches
 * with bit operations using masks.
 *
 * This function is implemented without using comparison operators, as those
 * might be translated to branches by some compilers on some platforms.
 */
size_t mbedtls_cf_size_mask( size_t bit )
{
    /* MSVC has a warning about unary minus on unsigned integer types,
     * but this is well-defined and precisely what we want to do here. */
#if defined(_MSC_VER)
#pragma warning( push )
#pragma warning( disable : 4146 )
#endif
    return -bit;
#if defined(_MSC_VER)
#pragma warning( pop )
#endif
}

/*
 * Constant-flow mask generation for "less than" comparison:
 * - if x < y,  return all bits 1, that is (size_t) -1
 * - otherwise, return all bits 0, that is 0
 *
 * This function can be used to write constant-time code by replacing branches
 * with bit operations using masks.
 *
 * This function is implemented without using comparison operators, as those
 * might be translated to branches by some compilers on some platforms.
 */
size_t mbedtls_cf_size_mask_lt( size_t x, size_t y )
{
    /* This has the most significant bit set if and only if x < y */
    const size_t sub = x - y;

    /* sub1 = (x < y) ? 1 : 0 */
    const size_t sub1 = sub >> ( sizeof( sub ) * 8 - 1 );

    /* mask = (x < y) ? 0xff... : 0x00... */
    const size_t mask = mbedtls_cf_size_mask( sub1 );

    return( mask );
}

/*
 * Constant-flow mask generation for "greater or equal" comparison:
 * - if x >= y, return all bits 1, that is (size_t) -1
 * - otherwise, return all bits 0, that is 0
 *
 * This function can be used to write constant-time code by replacing branches
 * with bit operations using masks.
 *
 * This function is implemented without using comparison operators, as those
 * might be translated to branches by some compilers on some platforms.
 */
size_t mbedtls_cf_size_mask_ge( size_t x, size_t y )
{
    return( ~mbedtls_cf_size_mask_lt( x, y ) );
}

/*
 * Constant-flow boolean "equal" comparison:
 * return x == y
 *
 * This function can be used to write constant-time code by replacing branches
 * with bit operations - it can be used in conjunction with
 * mbedtls_ssl_cf_mask_from_bit().
 *
 * This function is implemented without using comparison operators, as those
 * might be translated to branches by some compilers on some platforms.
 */
size_t mbedtls_cf_size_bool_eq( size_t x, size_t y )
{
    /* diff = 0 if x == y, non-zero otherwise */
    const size_t diff = x ^ y;

    /* MSVC has a warning about unary minus on unsigned integer types,
     * but this is well-defined and precisely what we want to do here. */
#if defined(_MSC_VER)
#pragma warning( push )
#pragma warning( disable : 4146 )
#endif

    /* diff_msb's most significant bit is equal to x != y */
    const size_t diff_msb = ( diff | (size_t) -diff );

#if defined(_MSC_VER)
#pragma warning( pop )
#endif

    /* diff1 = (x != y) ? 1 : 0 */
    const size_t diff1 = diff_msb >> ( sizeof( diff_msb ) * 8 - 1 );

    return( 1 ^ diff1 );
}

/** Check whether a size is out of bounds, without branches.
 *
 * This is equivalent to `size > max`, but is likely to be compiled to
 * to code using bitwise operation rather than a branch.
 *
 * \param size      Size to check.
 * \param max       Maximum desired value for \p size.
 * \return          \c 0 if `size <= max`.
 * \return          \c 1 if `size > max`.
 */
unsigned mbedtls_cf_size_gt( size_t size, size_t max )
{
    /* Return the sign bit (1 for negative) of (max - size). */
    return( ( max - size ) >> ( sizeof( size_t ) * 8 - 1 ) );
}

#if defined(MBEDTLS_BIGNUM_C)

/** Decide if an integer is less than the other, without branches.
 *
 * \param x         First integer.
 * \param y         Second integer.
 *
 * \return          1 if \p x is less than \p y, 0 otherwise
 */
unsigned mbedtls_cf_mpi_uint_lt( const mbedtls_mpi_uint x,
        const mbedtls_mpi_uint y )
{
    mbedtls_mpi_uint ret;
    mbedtls_mpi_uint cond;

    /*
     * Check if the most significant bits (MSB) of the operands are different.
     */
    cond = ( x ^ y );
    /*
     * If the MSB are the same then the difference x-y will be negative (and
     * have its MSB set to 1 during conversion to unsigned) if and only if x<y.
     */
    ret = ( x - y ) & ~cond;
    /*
     * If the MSB are different, then the operand with the MSB of 1 is the
     * bigger. (That is if y has MSB of 1, then x<y is true and it is false if
     * the MSB of y is 0.)
     */
    ret |= y & cond;


    ret = ret >> ( sizeof( mbedtls_mpi_uint ) * 8 - 1 );

    return (unsigned) ret;
}

#endif /* MBEDTLS_BIGNUM_C */

/** Choose between two integer values, without branches.
 *
 * This is equivalent to `cond ? if1 : if0`, but is likely to be compiled
 * to code using bitwise operation rather than a branch.
 *
 * \param cond      Condition to test.
 * \param if1       Value to use if \p cond is nonzero.
 * \param if0       Value to use if \p cond is zero.
 * \return          \c if1 if \p cond is nonzero, otherwise \c if0.
 */
unsigned mbedtls_cf_uint_if( unsigned cond, unsigned if1, unsigned if0 )
{
    unsigned mask = mbedtls_cf_uint_mask( cond );
    return( ( mask & if1 ) | (~mask & if0 ) );
}