Re: [PATCH v6 07/13] crypto: ecc - Add special case for NIST P521 in ecc_point_mult

Jarkko Sakkinen
2024-03-18T20:50:15Z

On Tue Mar 12, 2024 at 8:36 PM EET, Stefan Berger wrote:
> From: Stefan Berger <stefanb@linux.ibm.com>
>
> In ecc_point_mult use the number of bits of the NIST P521 curve + 2. The
> change is required specifically for NIST P521 to pass mathematical tests
> on the public key.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@linux.ibm.com>
> Tested-by: Lukas Wunner <lukas@wunner.de>
> ---
> crypto/ecc.c | 5 ++++-
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/crypto/ecc.c b/crypto/ecc.c
> index 99d41887c005..ead40b5ebb46 100644
> --- a/crypto/ecc.c
> +++ b/crypto/ecc.c
> @@ -1320,7 +1320,10 @@ static void ecc_point_mult(struct ecc_point *result,
> carry = vli_add(sk[0], scalar, curve->n, ndigits);
> vli_add(sk[1], sk[0], curve->n, ndigits);
> scalar = sk[!carry];
> - num_bits = sizeof(u64) * ndigits * 8 + 1;
> + if (curve->nbits == 521) /* NIST P521 */
> + num_bits = curve->nbits + 2;
> + else
> + num_bits = sizeof(u64) * ndigits * 8 + 1;
>
> vli_set(rx[1], point->x, ndigits);
> vli_set(ry[1], point->y, ndigits);

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

BR, Jarkko