diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index bcceebb7d..491b86a71 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -6,6 +6,13 @@ New deprecations * Deprecate MBEDTLS_SSL_HW_RECORD_ACCEL that enables function hooks in the SSL module for hardware acceleration of individual records. +Security + * Fix side channel in ECC code that allowed an adversary with access to + precise enough timing and memory access information (typically an + untrusted operating system attacking a secure enclave) to fully recover + an ECDSA private key. Found and reported by Alejandro Cabrera Aldaya, + Billy Brumley and Cesar Pereida Garcia. CVE-2020-10932 + Bugfix * Fix compilation failure when both MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_DTLS and MBEDTLS_SSL_HW_RECORD_ACCEL are enabled. diff --git a/library/ecp.c b/library/ecp.c index ee0a460ab..d3e42a94d 100644 --- a/library/ecp.c +++ b/library/ecp.c @@ -2016,6 +2016,20 @@ static int ecp_mul_comb_after_precomp( const mbedtls_ecp_group *grp, final_norm: #endif + /* + * Knowledge of the jacobian coordinates may leak the last few bits of the + * scalar [1], and since our MPI implementation isn't constant-flow, + * inversion (used for coordinate normalization) may leak the full value + * of its input via side-channels [2]. + * + * [1] https://eprint.iacr.org/2003/191 + * [2] https://eprint.iacr.org/2020/055 + * + * Avoid the leak by randomizing coordinates before we normalize them. + */ + if( f_rng != 0 ) + MBEDTLS_MPI_CHK( ecp_randomize_jac( grp, RR, f_rng, p_rng ) ); + MBEDTLS_ECP_BUDGET( MBEDTLS_ECP_OPS_INV ); MBEDTLS_MPI_CHK( ecp_normalize_jac( grp, RR ) ); @@ -2388,6 +2402,20 @@ static int ecp_mul_mxz( mbedtls_ecp_group *grp, mbedtls_ecp_point *R, MBEDTLS_MPI_CHK( mbedtls_mpi_safe_cond_swap( &R->Z, &RP.Z, b ) ); } + /* + * Knowledge of the projective coordinates may leak the last few bits of the + * scalar [1], and since our MPI implementation isn't constant-flow, + * inversion (used for coordinate normalization) may leak the full value + * of its input via side-channels [2]. + * + * [1] https://eprint.iacr.org/2003/191 + * [2] https://eprint.iacr.org/2020/055 + * + * Avoid the leak by randomizing coordinates before we normalize them. + */ + if( f_rng != NULL ) + MBEDTLS_MPI_CHK( ecp_randomize_mxz( grp, R, f_rng, p_rng ) ); + MBEDTLS_MPI_CHK( ecp_normalize_mxz( grp, R ) ); cleanup: