Introduce explicit lower-S normalization

ECDSA signature verification now requires normalized signatures (with S in the
lower half of the range). In case the input cannot be guaranteed to provide this,
a new function secp256k1_ecdsa_signature_normalize is provided to preprocess it.
This commit is contained in:
Pieter Wuille
2015-10-14 18:54:32 +02:00
parent fea19e7bb7
commit 0c6ab2ff18
3 changed files with 97 additions and 28 deletions

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@@ -256,6 +256,25 @@ int secp256k1_ecdsa_signature_serialize_compact(const secp256k1_context* ctx, un
return 1;
}
int secp256k1_ecdsa_signature_normalize(const secp256k1_context* ctx, secp256k1_ecdsa_signature *sigout, const secp256k1_ecdsa_signature *sigin) {
secp256k1_scalar r, s;
int ret = 0;
VERIFY_CHECK(ctx != NULL);
ARG_CHECK(sigin != NULL);
secp256k1_ecdsa_signature_load(ctx, &r, &s, sigin);
ret = secp256k1_scalar_is_high(&s);
if (sigout != NULL) {
if (ret) {
secp256k1_scalar_negate(&s, &s);
}
secp256k1_ecdsa_signature_save(sigout, &r, &s);
}
return ret;
}
int secp256k1_ecdsa_verify(const secp256k1_context* ctx, const secp256k1_ecdsa_signature *sig, const unsigned char *msg32, const secp256k1_pubkey *pubkey) {
secp256k1_ge q;
secp256k1_scalar r, s;
@@ -268,7 +287,8 @@ int secp256k1_ecdsa_verify(const secp256k1_context* ctx, const secp256k1_ecdsa_s
secp256k1_scalar_set_b32(&m, msg32, NULL);
secp256k1_ecdsa_signature_load(ctx, &r, &s, sig);
return (secp256k1_pubkey_load(ctx, &q, pubkey) &&
return (!secp256k1_scalar_is_high(&s) &&
secp256k1_pubkey_load(ctx, &q, pubkey) &&
secp256k1_ecdsa_sig_verify(&ctx->ecmult_ctx, &r, &s, &q, &m));
}

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@@ -2322,7 +2322,8 @@ void test_ecdsa_end_to_end(void) {
unsigned char privkey[32];
unsigned char message[32];
unsigned char privkey2[32];
secp256k1_ecdsa_signature signature[5];
secp256k1_ecdsa_signature signature[6];
secp256k1_scalar r, s;
unsigned char sig[74];
size_t siglen = 74;
unsigned char pubkeyc[65];
@@ -2409,6 +2410,21 @@ void test_ecdsa_end_to_end(void) {
CHECK(secp256k1_ecdsa_verify(ctx, &signature[1], message, &pubkey) == 1);
CHECK(secp256k1_ecdsa_verify(ctx, &signature[2], message, &pubkey) == 1);
CHECK(secp256k1_ecdsa_verify(ctx, &signature[3], message, &pubkey) == 1);
/* Test lower-S form, malleate, verify and fail, test again, malleate again */
CHECK(!secp256k1_ecdsa_signature_normalize(ctx, NULL, &signature[0]));
secp256k1_ecdsa_signature_load(ctx, &r, &s, &signature[0]);
secp256k1_scalar_negate(&s, &s);
secp256k1_ecdsa_signature_save(&signature[5], &r, &s);
CHECK(secp256k1_ecdsa_verify(ctx, &signature[5], message, &pubkey) == 0);
CHECK(secp256k1_ecdsa_signature_normalize(ctx, NULL, &signature[5]));
CHECK(secp256k1_ecdsa_signature_normalize(ctx, &signature[5], &signature[5]));
CHECK(!secp256k1_ecdsa_signature_normalize(ctx, NULL, &signature[5]));
CHECK(secp256k1_ecdsa_verify(ctx, &signature[5], message, &pubkey) == 1);
secp256k1_scalar_negate(&s, &s);
secp256k1_ecdsa_signature_save(&signature[5], &r, &s);
CHECK(!secp256k1_ecdsa_signature_normalize(ctx, NULL, &signature[5]));
CHECK(secp256k1_ecdsa_verify(ctx, &signature[5], message, &pubkey) == 1);
CHECK(memcmp(&signature[5], &signature[0], 64) == 0);
/* Serialize/parse DER and verify again */
CHECK(secp256k1_ecdsa_signature_serialize_der(ctx, sig, &siglen, &signature[0]) == 1);