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Fix possible infinite loop in BN_mod_sqrt()
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The calculation in some cases does not finish for non-prime p.

This fixes CVE-2022-0778.

Based on patch by David Benjamin <davidben@google.com>.

Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <pauli@openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>
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t8m authored and mattcaswell committed Mar 15, 2022
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30 changes: 18 additions & 12 deletions crypto/bn/bn_sqrt.c
Expand Up @@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ BIGNUM *BN_mod_sqrt(BIGNUM *in, const BIGNUM *a, const BIGNUM *p, BN_CTX *ctx)
/* /*
* Returns 'ret' such that ret^2 == a (mod p), using the Tonelli/Shanks * Returns 'ret' such that ret^2 == a (mod p), using the Tonelli/Shanks
* algorithm (cf. Henri Cohen, "A Course in Algebraic Computational Number * algorithm (cf. Henri Cohen, "A Course in Algebraic Computational Number
* Theory", algorithm 1.5.1). 'p' must be prime! * Theory", algorithm 1.5.1). 'p' must be prime, otherwise an error or
* an incorrect "result" will be returned.
*/ */
{ {
BIGNUM *ret = in; BIGNUM *ret = in;
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goto vrfy; goto vrfy;
} }


/* find smallest i such that b^(2^i) = 1 */ /* Find the smallest i, 0 < i < e, such that b^(2^i) = 1. */
i = 1; for (i = 1; i < e; i++) {
if (!BN_mod_sqr(t, b, p, ctx)) if (i == 1) {
goto end; if (!BN_mod_sqr(t, b, p, ctx))
while (!BN_is_one(t)) { goto end;
i++;
if (i == e) { } else {
ERR_raise(ERR_LIB_BN, BN_R_NOT_A_SQUARE); if (!BN_mod_mul(t, t, t, p, ctx))
goto end; goto end;
} }
if (!BN_mod_mul(t, t, t, p, ctx)) if (BN_is_one(t))
goto end; break;
}
/* If not found, a is not a square or p is not prime. */
if (i >= e) {
ERR_raise(ERR_LIB_BN, BN_R_NOT_A_SQUARE);
goto end;
} }


/* t := y^2^(e - i - 1) */ /* t := y^2^(e - i - 1) */
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