linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 12/13] crypto: asymmetric_keys - Adjust signature size calculation for NIST P521

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Message-Id: <CZZLMPZQ8WUX.3CI7OZIGEYIXX@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2024 19:20:13 +0200
From: "Jarkko Sakkinen" <jarkko@...nel.org>
To: "Stefan Berger" <stefanb@...ux.ibm.com>, <keyrings@...r.kernel.org>,
 <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>, <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
 <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc: <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <saulo.alessandre@....jus.br>,
 <lukas@...ner.de>, <bbhushan2@...vell.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 12/13] crypto: asymmetric_keys - Adjust signature
 size calculation for NIST P521

On Wed Mar 20, 2024 at 1:47 PM EET, Stefan Berger wrote:
> Adjust the calculation of the maximum signature size for support of
> NIST P521. While existing curves may prepend a 0 byte to their coordinates
> (to make the number positive), NIST P521 will not do this since only the
> first bit in the most significant byte is used.
>
> If the encoding of the x & y coordinates requires at least 128 bytes then
> an additional byte is needed for the encoding of the length. Take this into
> account when calculating the maximum signature size.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.ibm.com>
> Reviewed-by: Lukas Wunner <lukas@...ner.de>
> Tested-by: Lukas Wunner <lukas@...ner.de>
> ---
>  crypto/asymmetric_keys/public_key.c | 14 +++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/crypto/asymmetric_keys/public_key.c b/crypto/asymmetric_keys/public_key.c
> index e5f22691febd..16cc0be28929 100644
> --- a/crypto/asymmetric_keys/public_key.c
> +++ b/crypto/asymmetric_keys/public_key.c
> @@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ static int software_key_query(const struct kernel_pkey_params *params,
>  	info->key_size = len * 8;
>  
>  	if (strncmp(pkey->pkey_algo, "ecdsa", 5) == 0) {
> +		int slen = len;
>  		/*
>  		 * ECDSA key sizes are much smaller than RSA, and thus could
>  		 * operate on (hashed) inputs that are larger than key size.
> @@ -246,8 +247,19 @@ static int software_key_query(const struct kernel_pkey_params *params,
>  		 * Verify takes ECDSA-Sig (described in RFC 5480) as input,
>  		 * which is actually 2 'key_size'-bit integers encoded in
>  		 * ASN.1.  Account for the ASN.1 encoding overhead here.
> +		 *
> +		 * NIST P192/256/384 may prepend a '0' to a coordinate to
> +		 * indicate a positive integer. NIST P521 never needs it.
>  		 */
> -		info->max_sig_size = 2 * (len + 3) + 2;
> +		if (strcmp(pkey->pkey_algo, "ecdsa-nist-p521") != 0)
> +			slen += 1;
> +		/* Length of encoding the x & y coordinates */
> +		slen = 2 * (slen + 2);
> +		/*
> +		 * If coordinate encoding takes at least 128 bytes then an
> +		 * additional byte for length encoding is needed.
> +		 */
> +		info->max_sig_size = 1 + (slen >= 128) + 1 + slen;
>  	} else {
>  		info->max_data_size = len;
>  		info->max_sig_size = len;


Reviewed-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>

BR, Jarkko