secp256k1_memclear has the side effect of undefining bytes for
valgrind checks. In some cases, we may want to zero bytes
but allow subsequent reads. So we split memclear into
memclear_explicit, which makes no guarantees about the content
of the buffer on return, and memzero_explicit, which guarantees
zero value on return.
Change the memset in partial_sign to use memzero_explicit.
There are two uses of the secp256k1_fe_clear() function that are now separated
into these two functions in order to reflect the intent:
1) initializing the memory prior to being used -> converted to fe_set_int( . , 0 )
2) zeroing the memory after being used such that no sensitive data remains. ->
remains as fe_clear()
In the latter case, 'magnitude' and 'normalized' need to be overwritten when
VERIFY is enabled.
Co-Authored-By: isle2983 <isle2983@yahoo.com>
By providing an uppercase variant of these verification functions, it is
better visible that it is test code and surrounding `#ifdef VERIFY`
blocks can be removed (if there is no other code around that could
remain in production mode), as they don't serve their purpose any more.
At some places intentional blank lines are inserted for grouping and
better readadbility.
This change eases the use of alternate build systems by moving
the variables in `src/libsecp256k1-config.h` to compiler macros
for each invocation, preventing duplication of these variables
for each build system.
Co-authored-by: Ali Sherief <ali@notatether.com>
Instead of supporting configuration of the field and scalar size independently,
both are now controlled by the availability of a 64x64->128 bit multiplication
(currently only through __int128). This is autodetected from the C code through
__SIZEOF_INT128__, but can be overridden using configure's
--with-test-override-wide-multiply, or by defining
USE_FORCE_WIDEMUL_{INT64,INT128} manually.
There were several places where the code was non-constant time
for invalid secret inputs. These are harmless under sane use
but get in the way of automatic const-time validation.
(Nonce overflow in signing is not addressed, nor is s==0 in
signing)