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diff libtomcrypt/src/misc/mem_neq.c @ 1471:6dba84798cd5
Update to libtomcrypt 1.18.1, merged with Dropbear changes
author | Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au> |
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date | Fri, 09 Feb 2018 21:44:05 +0800 |
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--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/libtomcrypt/src/misc/mem_neq.c Fri Feb 09 21:44:05 2018 +0800 @@ -0,0 +1,63 @@ +/* LibTomCrypt, modular cryptographic library -- Tom St Denis + * + * LibTomCrypt is a library that provides various cryptographic + * algorithms in a highly modular and flexible manner. + * + * The library is free for all purposes without any express + * guarantee it works. + */ +#include "tomcrypt.h" + +/** + @file mem_neq.c + Compare two blocks of memory for inequality in constant time. + Steffen Jaeckel +*/ + +/** + Compare two blocks of memory for inequality in constant time. + + The usage is similar to that of standard memcmp, but you can only test + if the memory is equal or not - you can not determine by how much the + first different byte differs. + + This function shall be used to compare results of cryptographic + operations where inequality means most likely usage of a wrong key. + The execution time has therefore to be constant as otherwise + timing attacks could be possible. + + @param a The first memory region + @param b The second memory region + @param len The length of the area to compare (octets) + + @return 0 when a and b are equal for len bytes, 1 they are not equal. +*/ +int mem_neq(const void *a, const void *b, size_t len) +{ + unsigned char ret = 0; + const unsigned char* pa; + const unsigned char* pb; + + LTC_ARGCHK(a != NULL); + LTC_ARGCHK(b != NULL); + + pa = a; + pb = b; + + while (len-- > 0) { + ret |= *pa ^ *pb; + ++pa; + ++pb; + } + + ret |= ret >> 4; + ret |= ret >> 2; + ret |= ret >> 1; + ret &= 1; + + return ret; +} + +/* ref: $Format:%D$ */ +/* git commit: $Format:%H$ */ +/* commit time: $Format:%ai$ */