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0d82732 Improve VERIFY_CHECK of overflow in secp256k1_scalar_cadd_bit. This added check ensures that any curve order overflow doesn't go undetected due a uint32_t overflow. (Russell O'Connor)
8fe63e5 Increase robustness against UB. Thanks to elichai2 who noted that the literal '1' is a signed integer, and that shifting a signed 32-bit integer by 31 bits causes an overflow and yields undefined behaviour. While 'scalar_low_impl''s 'secp256k1_scalar_cadd_bit' is only used for testing purposes and currently the 'bit' parameter is only 0 or 1, it is better to avoid undefined behaviour in case the used domain of 'secp256k1_scalar_cadd_bit' expands. (roconnor-blockstream)

Pull request description:

  Avoid possible, but unlikely undefined behaviour in `scalar_low_impl`'s `secp256k1_scalar_cadd_bit`.
  Thanks to elichai2 who noted that the literal `1` is a signed integer, and that shifting a signed 32-bit integer by 31 bits causes an overflow and yields undefined behaviour.

  Using the unsigned literal `1u` addresses the issue.

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real-or-random committed Oct 28, 2019
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5 changes: 4 additions & 1 deletion src/scalar_low_impl.h
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Expand Up @@ -38,8 +38,11 @@ static int secp256k1_scalar_add(secp256k1_scalar *r, const secp256k1_scalar *a,

static void secp256k1_scalar_cadd_bit(secp256k1_scalar *r, unsigned int bit, int flag) {
if (flag && bit < 32)
*r += (1 << bit);
*r += ((uint32_t)1 << bit);
#ifdef VERIFY
VERIFY_CHECK(bit < 32);
/* Verify that adding (1 << bit) will not overflow any in-range scalar *r by overflowing the underlying uint32_t. */
VERIFY_CHECK(((uint32_t)1 << bit) - 1 <= UINT32_MAX - EXHAUSTIVE_TEST_ORDER);
VERIFY_CHECK(secp256k1_scalar_check_overflow(r) == 0);
#endif
}
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