mbedtls/ChangeLog.d/check-return.txt
Gilles Peskine 2b3f21dc0b Catch failures of md_hmac operations
Declare mbedtls_md functions as MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_TYPICAL, meaning that
their return values should be checked.

Do check the return values in our code. We were already doing that
everywhere for hash calculations, but not for HMAC calculations.

Signed-off-by: Gilles Peskine <Gilles.Peskine@arm.com>
2021-12-11 15:02:06 +01:00

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Bugfix
* Failures of alternative implementations of AES or DES single-block
functions enabled with MBEDTLS_AES_ENCRYPT_ALT, MBEDTLS_AES_DECRYPT_ALT,
MBEDTLS_DES_CRYPT_ECB_ALT or MBEDTLS_DES3_CRYPT_ECB_ALT were ignored.
This does not concern the implementation provided with Mbed TLS,
where this function cannot fail, or full-module replacements with
MBEDTLS_AES_ALT or MBEDTLS_DES_ALT. Reported by Armelle Duboc in #1092.
* Some failures of HMAC operations were ignored. These failures could only
happen with an alternative implementation of the underlying hash module.
Features
* Warn if errors from certain functions are ignored. This is currently
supported on GCC-like compilers and on MSVC and can be configured through
the macro MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN. The warnings are always enabled
(where supported) for critical functions where ignoring the return
value is almost always a bug. Enable the new configuration option
MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_WARNING to get warnings for other functions. This
is currently implemented in the AES, DES and md modules, and will be
extended to other modules in the future.