From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
To: linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>,
"Jason A . Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com>,
Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>,
David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>,
Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] lib/crypto: mldsa: Clarify the documentation for mldsa_verify() slightly
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2026 14:15:52 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260202221552.174341-1-ebiggers@kernel.org> (raw)
mldsa_verify() implements ML-DSA.Verify with ctx='', so document this
more explicitly. Remove the one-liner comment above mldsa_verify()
which was somewhat misleading.
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
---
include/crypto/mldsa.h | 4 +++-
lib/crypto/mldsa.c | 1 -
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/crypto/mldsa.h b/include/crypto/mldsa.h
index cf30aef299706..3ef2676787c9e 100644
--- a/include/crypto/mldsa.h
+++ b/include/crypto/mldsa.h
@@ -37,11 +37,13 @@ enum mldsa_alg {
* @pk_len: Length of the public key in bytes. Should match the
* MLDSA*_PUBLIC_KEY_SIZE constant associated with @alg,
* otherwise -EBADMSG will be returned.
*
* This verifies a signature using pure ML-DSA with the specified parameter set.
- * The context string is assumed to be empty.
+ * The context string is assumed to be empty. This corresponds to FIPS 204
+ * Algorithm 3 "ML-DSA.Verify" with the ctx parameter set to the empty string
+ * and the lengths of the signature and key given explicitly by the caller.
*
* Context: Might sleep
*
* Return:
* * 0 if the signature is valid
diff --git a/lib/crypto/mldsa.c b/lib/crypto/mldsa.c
index ba0c0468956e2..c96fddc4e7dcf 100644
--- a/lib/crypto/mldsa.c
+++ b/lib/crypto/mldsa.c
@@ -523,11 +523,10 @@ static size_t encode_w1(u8 out[MAX_W1_ENCODED_LEN],
out[pos++] = w1->x[j] | (w1->x[j + 1] << 4);
}
return pos;
}
-/* Reference: FIPS 204 Section 6.3 "ML-DSA Verifying (Internal)" */
int mldsa_verify(enum mldsa_alg alg, const u8 *sig, size_t sig_len,
const u8 *msg, size_t msg_len, const u8 *pk, size_t pk_len)
{
const struct mldsa_parameter_set *params = &mldsa_parameter_sets[alg];
const int k = params->k, l = params->l;
base-commit: fbfeca74043777b48add294089cd4c4f68ed3377
--
2.52.0
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2026-02-02 22:15 Eric Biggers [this message]
2026-02-03 21:56 ` [PATCH] lib/crypto: mldsa: Clarify the documentation for mldsa_verify() slightly David Howells
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