crypto/elliptic: Implement marshal / unmarshal for compressed format

First byte can be 0x2 or 0x3 (compressed form).
To unmarshal used formula y² = x³ - 3x + b.
Reuse code from `IsOnCurve`.

closes golang#34105 issue

src/crypto/elliptic/elliptic.go

@@ -52,11 +52,8 @@ func (curve *CurveParams) Params() *CurveParams {
 	return curve
 }
 
-func (curve *CurveParams) IsOnCurve(x, y *big.Int) bool {
-	// y² = x³ - 3x + b
-	y2 := new(big.Int).Mul(y, y)
-	y2.Mod(y2, curve.P)
-
+// polynomial returns x³ - 3x + b
+func (curve *CurveParams) polynomial(x *big.Int) *big.Int {
 	x3 := new(big.Int).Mul(x, x)
 	x3.Mul(x3, x)
 
@@ -67,7 +64,15 @@ func (curve *CurveParams) IsOnCurve(x, y *big.Int) bool {
 	x3.Add(x3, curve.B)
 	x3.Mod(x3, curve.P)
 
-	return x3.Cmp(y2) == 0
+	return x3
+}
+
+func (curve *CurveParams) IsOnCurve(x, y *big.Int) bool {
+	// y² = x³ - 3x + b
+	y2 := new(big.Int).Mul(y, y)
+	y2.Mod(y2, curve.P)
+
+	return curve.polynomial(x).Cmp(y2) == 0
 }
 
 // zForAffine returns a Jacobian Z value for the affine point (x, y). If x and
@@ -316,6 +321,41 @@ func Marshal(curve Curve, x, y *big.Int) []byte {
 	return ret
 }
 
+func MarshalCompressed(curve Curve, x, y *big.Int) []byte {
+	byteLen := (p256.Params().BitSize + 7) >> 3
+	compressed := make([]byte, 1+byteLen)
+	compressed[0] = 3
+	if y.Bit(0) == 0 {
+		compressed[0] = 2
+	}
+	i := byteLen + 1 - len(x.Bytes())
+	copy(compressed[i:], x.Bytes())
+	return compressed
+}
+
+func UnmarshalCompressed(curve Curve, data []byte) (x, y *big.Int) {
+	byteLen := (curve.Params().BitSize + 7) >> 3
+	if len(data) != 1+byteLen {
+		return
+	}
+	if data[0] != 2 && data[0] != 3 { // compressed form
+		return
+	}
+	x = new(big.Int).SetBytes(data[1:])
+	x3 := curve.Params().polynomial(x)
+	y = new(big.Int).ModSqrt(x3, curve.Params().P)
+	// Jacobi(x, p) == -1
+	if y == nil {
+		return nil, nil
+	} else if y.Bit(0) != uint(data[0]&0x1) {
+		y.Neg(y)
+		y.Mod(y, curve.Params().P)
+	} else if !curve.IsOnCurve(x, y) {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	return
+}
+
 // Unmarshal converts a point, serialized by Marshal, into an x, y pair.
 // It is an error if the point is not in uncompressed form or is not on the curve.
 // On error, x = nil.

src/crypto/elliptic/elliptic_test.go

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 package elliptic
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
@@ -628,3 +629,35 @@ func TestUnmarshalToLargeCoordinates(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Unmarshal accepts invalid Y coordinate")
 	}
 }
+
+// See https://golang.org/issues/34105
+func TestUnmarshalCompressed(t *testing.T) {
+	p256 := P256()
+	data, _ := hex.DecodeString("031e3987d9f9ea9d7dd7155a56a86b2009e1e0ab332f962d10d8beb6406ab1ad79")
+	expectX := "13671033352574878777044637384712060483119675368076128232297328793087057702265"
+	expectY := "66200849279091436748794323380043701364391950689352563629885086590854940586447"
+
+	x, y := UnmarshalCompressed(p256, data)
+	if x == nil || y == nil {
+		t.Error("P256 failed unmarshal point")
+	} else if !p256.IsOnCurve(x, y) {
+		t.Error("P256 failed to validate a correct point")
+	} else if x.String() != expectX || y.String() != expectY {
+		t.Errorf("Unmarshalled wrong point:\n\tX: expect %s, actual %s\n\tY: expect %s, actual %s",
+			expectX, x.String(),
+			expectY, y.String())
+	}
+}
+
+// See https://golang.org/issues/34105
+func TestMarshalCompressed(t *testing.T) {
+	p256 := P256()
+	expect, _ := hex.DecodeString("031e3987d9f9ea9d7dd7155a56a86b2009e1e0ab332f962d10d8beb6406ab1ad79")
+	x, _ := new(big.Int).SetString("13671033352574878777044637384712060483119675368076128232297328793087057702265", 10)
+	y, _ := new(big.Int).SetString("66200849279091436748794323380043701364391950689352563629885086590854940586447", 10)
+
+	actual := MarshalCompressed(p256, x, y)
+	if !bytes.Equal(expect, actual) {
+		t.Error("P256 failed correctly marshal point")
+	}
+}