Re: [PATCH 16/18] crypto: dh - calculate Q from P for the full public key verification

[Hannes Reinecke]

On 12/1/21 1:48 AM, Nicolai Stange wrote:
> As the ->q in struct dh_ctx gets never set anywhere, the code
> in dh_is_pubkey_valid() for doing the full public key validation in
> accordance to SP800-56Arev3 is effectively dead.
>
> However, for safe-prime groups, Q = (P - 1)/2 by definition and this
> enables dh_is_pubkey_valid() to calculate Q on the fly for these groups.
> Implement this.
>
> With this change, the last code accessing struct dh_ctx's ->q is now gone.
> Remove this member from struct dh_ctx.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nicolai Stange <nstange@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>   crypto/dh.c | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
>   1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxx>

Cheers,

Hannes
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