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SIGILL on armv7
by Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos 04 Dec '15

04 Dec '15

Hi, It was reported that nettle crashes with SIGILL on an armv7 system. I've gather some info from the report [0], but let me know if you need anything else. My hunch is that this is neon related, and that the system that was used for compilation supported it but the final system doesn't. I'll disable neon support in the fedora builds and see how it works out. The instruction that fails is: (gdb) x/i$pc => 0xb6647af8 <_nettle_salsa20_core+8>: vldmia r12, {d20-d25} And the backtrace is: (gdb) backtrace #0 _nettle_salsa20_core () at salsa20-core-internal.s:58 #1 0xb6647db4 in nettle_salsa20r12_crypt (ctx=ctx@entry=0xb6cc7f40 <nonce_ctx>, length=<optimized out>, length@entry=29, c=c@entry=0x7f67ce83 "", m=m@entry=0x7f67ce83 "") at salsa20r12-crypt.c:65 #2 0xb6c9b1e0 in wrap_nettle_rnd_nonce (_ctx=<optimized out>, datasize=29, data=0x7f67ce83) at rnd.c:302 #3 wrap_nettle_rnd (_ctx=<optimized out>, level=level@entry=0, data=0x7f67ce83, datasize=datasize@entry=29) at rnd.c:321 #4 0xb6bcdd2c in _gnutls_rnd (len=29, data=<optimized out>, level=GNUTLS_RND_NONCE) at ./random.h:37 #5 create_tls_random (dst=<optimized out>) at gnutls_handshake.c:205 #6 0xb6bce0e0 in _gnutls_set_client_random (session=<optimized out>, rnd=<optimized out>) at gnutls_handshake.c:230 #7 0xb6bcf460 in send_client_hello (again=<optimized out>, session=0x7f67ce38) at gnutls_handshake.c:2039 #8 send_hello (session=session@entry=0x7f67ce38, again=<optimized out>) at gnutls_handshake.c:2249 #9 0xb6bd2ca4 in handshake_client (session=0x7f67ce38) at gnutls_handshake.c:2732 #10 gnutls_handshake (session=0x7f67ce38) at gnutls_handshake.c:2583 #11 0xb6f9a9d8 in cstp_handshake (vpninfo=vpninfo@entry=0x7f58ccf8, init=64, init@entry=1) at gnutls.c:2250 #12 0xb6f9aff8 in openconnect_open_https (vpninfo=vpninfo@entry=0x7f58ccf8) at gnutls.c:2227 #13 0xb6f7cc70 in do_https_request (vpninfo=vpninfo@entry=0x7f58ccf8, method=0xb6f9f700 "POST", method@entry=0xb6ffec80 <__stack_chk_guard> "", request_body_type=request_body_type@entry=0xb6f9fa28 "application/x-www-form-urlencoded", request_body=request_body@entry=0x7f58d480, form_buf=0xbefff25c, form_buf@entry=0x1bb, fetch_redirect=fetch_redirect@entry=0) at http.c:875 #14 0xb6f8d1a0 in cstp_obtain_cookie (vpninfo=<optimized out>) at auth.c:1238 #15 0x7f559508 in main (argc=0, argv=0x0) at main.c:1388 [0]. The full report: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1287298#c10 regards, Nikos

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RSA-CRT hardening
by Florian Weimer 16 Nov '15

16 Nov '15

I strongly suggest to implement RSA-CRT hardening, by checking that RSA signature have not been miscomputed accidentally: <https://securityblog.redhat.com/2015/09/02/factoring-rsa-keys-with-tls-perf…> <https://people.redhat.com/~fweimer/rsa-crt-leaks.pdf> We did not see any key leaks which could be attributed to Nettle, but I think the added verification is still a reasonable precaution. Thanks, Florian -- Florian Weimer / Red Hat Product Security

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Travel plans
by nisse＠lysator.liu.se 22 Oct '15

22 Oct '15

I'm going to be in San Francisco and Mountain View the next two weeks. I don't know if we have any list members in the area, but if so, I'd be happy to meet up over a coffee or beer. When I'm back home I'll start working at google's Stockholm office. I guess there might be some initial obstacles, but the plan is that I'll keep hacking on Nettle as a mostly spare-time project, like I've been doing for the past few years. Regards, /Niels -- Niels Möller. PGP-encrypted email is preferred. Keyid C0B98E26. Internet email is subject to wholesale government surveillance.

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[PATCH] sha3 update
by Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos 26 Aug '15

26 Aug '15

The attached two patches update SHA3 to the final published version.

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sha3
by Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos 07 Aug '15

07 Aug '15

It seems that as of today SHA-3 is finalized as a standard algorithm. http://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/FIPS/NIST.FIPS.202.pdf

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Helping out
by andy lawrence 31 Jul '15

31 Jul '15

Hello, I am interested in helping out with the development of Nettle. Are there any small projects I could undertake to get started? Best wishes, Andrew Lawrence

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SHAKE
by Simon Josefsson 05 Jul '15

05 Jul '15

Can Nettle compute the SHAKE128/SHAKE256 variant of SHA-3? What do you think about adding APIs for them? /Simon

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dlopen nettle-3.1 built with --enable-fat leads to SIGSEGV
by Mark H Weaver 24 Jun '15

24 Jun '15

The following test program leads to SIGSEGV in 'get_x86_features' while loading libnettle.so from nettle-3.1 built with --enable-fat: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <dlfcn.h> int main (int argc, char *argv[]) { void *handle; handle = dlopen ("libnettle.so", RTLD_NOW); if (!handle) { fprintf (stderr, "%s\n", dlerror ()); exit (EXIT_FAILURE); } dlclose (handle); exit (EXIT_SUCCESS); } --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Here's the backtrace: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- #0 0x0000000000009006 in ?? () #1 0x00007ffff73f6a37 in get_x86_features (features=<synthetic pointer>) at fat-x86_64.c:94 #2 fat_init () at fat-x86_64.c:133 #3 0x00007ffff7412475 in nettle_memxor_resolve () at fat-x86_64.c:185 #4 0x00007ffff7de8c41 in elf_machine_rela (reloc=0x7ffff73f5170, reloc=0x7ffff73f5170, skip_ifunc=0, reloc_addr_arg=<optimized out>, version=<optimized out>, sym=0x7ffff73ee2d0, map=0x601050) at ../sysdeps/x86_64/dl-machine.h:286 #5 elf_dynamic_do_Rela (skip_ifunc=0, lazy=0, nrelative=<optimized out>, relsize=<optimized out>, reladdr=<optimized out>, map=0x601050) at do-rel.h:137 #6 _dl_relocate_object (scope=<optimized out>, reloc_mode=reloc_mode@entry=0, consider_profiling=<optimized out>, consider_profiling@entry=0) at dl-reloc.c:264 #7 0x00007ffff7defb36 in dl_open_worker (a=a@entry=0x7fffffffcea8) at dl-open.c:418 #8 0x00007ffff7deb704 in _dl_catch_error (objname=objname@entry=0x7fffffffce98, errstring=errstring@entry=0x7fffffffcea0, mallocedp=mallocedp@entry=0x7fffffffce97, operate=operate@entry=0x7ffff7def800 <dl_open_worker>, args=args@entry=0x7fffffffcea8) at dl-error.c:187 #9 0x00007ffff7def2db in _dl_open (file=0x4009f4 "libnettle.so", mode=-2147483646, caller_dlopen=<optimized out>, nsid=-2, argc=1, argv=0x7fffffffd1f8, env=0x7fffffffd208) at dl-open.c:652 #10 0x00007ffff7bd9fab in dlopen_doit (a=a@entry=0x7fffffffd0c0) at dlopen.c:66 #11 0x00007ffff7deb704 in _dl_catch_error (objname=0x7ffff7ddc0f0 <last_result+16>, errstring=0x7ffff7ddc0f8 <last_result+24>, mallocedp=0x7ffff7ddc0e8 <last_result+8>, operate=0x7ffff7bd9f50 <dlopen_doit>, args=0x7fffffffd0c0) at dl-error.c:187 #12 0x00007ffff7bda55d in _dlerror_run (operate=operate@entry=0x7ffff7bd9f50 <dlopen_doit>, args=args@entry=0x7fffffffd0c0) at dlerror.c:163 #13 0x00007ffff7bda041 in __dlopen (file=<optimized out>, mode=<optimized out>) at dlopen.c:87 #14 0x0000000000400924 in main () --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- The SIGSEGV happens in the following call: _nettle_cpuid (0, cpuid_data); The problem appears to be that the PLT entry for '_nettle_cpuid' has not yet been initialized when 'fat_init' is called via 'nettle_memxor_resolve': --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- mhw@jojen:~$ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/.guix-profile/lib gdb ./test GNU gdb (GDB) 7.9.1 Copyright (C) 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying" and "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu". Type "show configuration" for configuration details. For bug reporting instructions, please see: <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>. Find the GDB manual and other documentation resources online at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/documentation/>. For help, type "help". Type "apropos word" to search for commands related to "word"... Reading symbols from ./test...(no debugging symbols found)...done. (gdb) directory /home/mhw/nettle-3.1 Source directories searched: /home/mhw/nettle-3.1:$cdir:$cwd (gdb) run Starting program: /home/mhw/test Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0x0000000000009006 in ?? () (gdb) up #1 0x00007ffff73f6a37 in get_x86_features (features=<synthetic pointer>) at fat-x86_64.c:94 warning: Source file is more recent than executable. 94 _nettle_cpuid (0, cpuid_data); (gdb) break 94 Breakpoint 1 at 0x7ffff73f6a1f: file fat-x86_64.c, line 94. (gdb) run The program being debugged has been started already. Start it from the beginning? (y or n) y Starting program: /home/mhw/test Breakpoint 1, fat_init () at fat-x86_64.c:133 warning: Source file is more recent than executable. 133 get_x86_features (&features); (gdb) si 0x00007ffff73f6a24 in get_x86_features (features=<synthetic pointer>) at fat-x86_64.c:94 94 _nettle_cpuid (0, cpuid_data); (gdb) 96 features->vendor = X86_INTEL; (gdb) 94 _nettle_cpuid (0, cpuid_data); (gdb) 95 if (memcmp (cpuid_data + 1, "Genu" "ntel" "ineI", 12) == 0) (gdb) 94 _nettle_cpuid (0, cpuid_data); (gdb) 0x00007ffff73f6000 in _nettle_cpuid@plt () from /home/mhw/.guix-profile/lib/libnettle.so (gdb) disassemble /m 0x00007ffff73f6000 Dump of assembler code for function _nettle_cpuid@plt: => 0x00007ffff73f6000 <+0>: jmpq *0x22c722(%rip) # 0x7ffff7622728 <_nettle_cpuid(a)got.plt> 0x00007ffff73f6006 <+6>: pushq $0x26 0x00007ffff73f600b <+11>: jmpq 0x7ffff73f5d90 End of assembler dump. (gdb) disassemble /m 0x7ffff7622728 Dump of assembler code for function _nettle_cpuid(a)got.plt: 0x00007ffff7622728 <+0>: (bad) 0x00007ffff7622729 <+1>: nop 0x00007ffff762272a <+2>: add %al,(%rax) 0x00007ffff762272c <+4>: add %al,(%rax) 0x00007ffff762272e <+6>: add %al,(%rax) End of assembler dump. (gdb) si 0x0000000000009006 in ?? () (gdb) --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- This is a problem for GNU Guix because 'gstreamer' loads its modules using the glib function 'g_module_open' (based on 'dlopen') and the 'gst-libav' module is linked with nettle. This breaks 'gst-libav' on x86_64. Details ======= System type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu nettle-3.1 compiled with: gcc-4.8.4 binutils-2.25 glibc-2.21 Nettle configure flags: CONFIG_SHELL=/gnu/store/wxcgfy43r6lmxhm2m7xk1vsgyddhx3y0-bash-4.3.33/bin/bash SHELL=/gnu/store/wxcgfy43r6lmxhm2m7xk1vsgyddhx3y0-bash-4.3.33/bin/bash --prefix=/gnu/store/k0bhgy2l5kj1hp2vxx3ys42pn4kr599h-nettle-3.1 --enable-fast-install --enable-fat LDFLAGS=-Wl,-rpath=/gnu/store/k0bhgy2l5kj1hp2vxx3ys42pn4kr599h-nettle-3.1/lib Here's the build log for the nettle used in the above tests: http://hydra.gnu.org/build/381502/log/raw If needed, I can explain how to reproduce this exact environment using GNU Guix. Mark

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Two issues found by Address sanitizer
by Tomáš Chvátal 21 Jun '15

21 Jun '15

Hello everybody, we at suse ran address sanitizer against libnettle and found two bugs [1][2]. The first one is easy to fix (simple off by one) and thus we already have the patch (see attachment 0001-...). The second one is about memory leaks, and it would be better if someone more aware of the source took a look wether and how to fix it. Cheers Tom [1] https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=928328 [2] https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=929109 PS: I am not subscribed so keep me in CC please.

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Re: Bug#783699: nettle-dev is not Multi-Arch compatible
by nisse＠lysator.liu.se 28 May '15

28 May '15

[I'm cross-posting to the nettle list and a debian bug, so please take care when replying] The issue is that there are some differences in generated nettle header files depending on architecture and compiler version. Francois Gouget <fgouget(a)free.fr> writes: > Here is a proposed patch for the compiler version issue in nettle-stdint.h: > > $ cat debian/patches/multiarch.patch > --- a/aclocal.m4 > +++ b/aclocal.m4 > @@ -857,7 +857,7 @@ > fi # shortcircut to system "stdint.h" > # ------------------ PREPARE VARIABLES ------------------------------ > if test "$GCC" = "yes" ; then > -ac_cv_stdint_message="using gnu compiler "`$CC --version | head -1` > +ac_cv_stdint_message="using gnu compiler $CC" > else > ac_cv_stdint_message="using $CC" > fi If we go this path, maybe just drop the conditional and unconditionally print "using $CC"? I'm not sure about the reason for displaying the version, but I guess some older gcc versions did stdint and/or inttypes.h differently. If you have the time, it would be helpful to look at the latest version of AX_CREATE_STDINT_H (from autoconf archive) and see if it does anything differently. Nettle uses a pretty old version (which seems to work fine). > For GMP_NUMB_BITS here are some thoughts: You must understand that nettle defines GMP_NUMB_BITS only if configured with --enable-mini-gmp. This configuration is not intended to be compatible with anything else, and should never be installed on a normal debian system. It's intended for small embedded systems which needs to verify digital signatures, but which consider the real libgmp too large. > * Is it really necessary to install version.h? > IMHO the right place for other packages to figure out library versions is through > some scripting in the configure script rather than through a > header. This has been requested by users. Not everyone uses autoconf. And it's very common practice, I think both gmp and gnutls have similar version defines. > * GMP_NUMB_BITS is already defined by libgmp-dev in gmp.h. More > preceisely Exactly, and when not configuring with --enable-mini-gmp, that's the definitions which is used. Getting into the details, Nettle's definition of GMP_NUMB_BITS conceptually belongs in mini-gmp.h. However, mini-gmp is a standalone package which doesn't use autoconf. And it has to be a preprocessor *constant*, so definiting it like sizeof(unsigned long) * CHAR_BIT won't cut it, since the preprocessor doesn't understand sizeof. Therefore the definition, for the --enable-mini-gmp configuration which needs it, should be in a nettle include file. Then the cleanest way would be to omit the definition completely when not using --enable-mini-gmp. I haven't done that, because it would make the substitution logic harder, and because I was thinking that #define NETTLE_USE_MINI_GMP 0 #if NETTLE_USE_MINI_GMP # define GMP_NUMB_BITS 64 #endif is harmless whatever value appears in the second define. If it helps, I guess this could be changed into the architecture independent #define NETTLE_USE_MINI_GMP 0 #if NETTLE_USE_MINI_GMP # define GMP_NUMB_BITS the moon is made of green cheese #endif Opinions? Regards, /Niels -- Niels Möller. PGP-encrypted email is preferred. Keyid C0B98E26. Internet email is subject to wholesale government surveillance.

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