Add comment on length checks when parsing ECDSA sigs

I claim the check can be removed but I don't want to touch this
stable and well-tested code.

On the way, we fix grammar in another comment.
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Tim Ruffing 2021-10-17 12:02:10 +02:00
parent 920a0e5fa6
commit e02f313b1f

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@ -79,8 +79,7 @@ static int secp256k1_der_read_len(size_t *len, const unsigned char **sigp, const
}
if (lenleft > sizeof(size_t)) {
/* The resulting length would exceed the range of a size_t, so
* certainly longer than the passed array size.
*/
* it is certainly longer than the passed array size. */
return 0;
}
while (lenleft > 0) {
@ -89,7 +88,9 @@ static int secp256k1_der_read_len(size_t *len, const unsigned char **sigp, const
lenleft--;
}
if (*len > (size_t)(sigend - *sigp)) {
/* Result exceeds the length of the passed array. */
/* Result exceeds the length of the passed array.
(Checking this is the responsibility of the caller but it
can't hurt do it here, too.) */
return 0;
}
if (*len < 128) {