Re: [PATCH v2 6/7] crypto: omap-aes: Add support for GCM mode

From: Herbert Xu
Date: Wed Jul 08 2015 - 03:48:25 EST


On Wed, Jul 08, 2015 at 12:29:47PM +0530, Lokesh Vutla wrote:
>
> >> + if (req->assoclen + req->cryptlen == 0) {
> >> + scatterwalk_map_and_copy(ctx->auth_tag, req->dst, 0, authlen,
> >> + 1);
> >> + return 0;
> >> + }
> >
> > How can this be right? Did you enable the selftest?
> Why not? Self tests are passed for this case.
>
> As per the equation given in GCM spec[1], we can see that
> if assoclen and cryptlen is 0, then output of GCM is just E(K, Y0)
> where Y0 = IV||(0^31)1
> I have E(K, Y0) calculated in previous step. And copying it
> to destination if assoclen and cryptlen is 0.
>
> Correct me if I am wrong.

It should be E(K, Y0) ^ GHASH(0). So unless GHASH(0) == 0, your
code doesn't work.

Cheers,
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