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1 /*
2  * Helper functions for constant time operations
3  * Copyright (c) 2019, The Linux Foundation
4  *
5  * This software may be distributed under the terms of the BSD license.
6  * See README for more details.
7  *
8  * These helper functions can be used to implement logic that needs to minimize
9  * externally visible differences in execution path by avoiding use of branches,
10  * avoiding early termination or other time differences, and forcing same memory
11  * access pattern regardless of values.
12  */
13 
14 #ifndef CONST_TIME_H
15 #define CONST_TIME_H
16 
17 
18 #if defined(__clang__)
19 #define NO_UBSAN_UINT_OVERFLOW \
20 	__attribute__((no_sanitize("unsigned-integer-overflow")))
21 #else
22 #define NO_UBSAN_UINT_OVERFLOW
23 #endif
24 
25 
26 /**
27  * const_time_fill_msb - Fill all bits with MSB value
28  * @val: Input value
29  * Returns: Value with all the bits set to the MSB of the input val
30  */
31 static inline unsigned int const_time_fill_msb(unsigned int val)
32 {
33 	/* Move the MSB to LSB and multiple by -1 to fill in all bits. */
34 	return (val >> (sizeof(val) * 8 - 1)) * ~0U;
35 }
36 
37 
38 /* Returns: -1 if val is zero; 0 if val is not zero */
39 static inline unsigned int const_time_is_zero(unsigned int val)
40 	NO_UBSAN_UINT_OVERFLOW
41 {
42 	/* Set MSB to 1 for 0 and fill rest of bits with the MSB value */
43 	return const_time_fill_msb(~val & (val - 1));
44 }
45 
46 
47 /* Returns: -1 if a == b; 0 if a != b */
48 static inline unsigned int const_time_eq(unsigned int a, unsigned int b)
49 {
50 	return const_time_is_zero(a ^ b);
51 }
52 
53 
54 /* Returns: -1 if a == b; 0 if a != b */
55 static inline u8 const_time_eq_u8(unsigned int a, unsigned int b)
56 {
57 	return (u8) const_time_eq(a, b);
58 }
59 
60 
61 /**
62  * const_time_eq_bin - Constant time memory comparison
63  * @a: First buffer to compare
64  * @b: Second buffer to compare
65  * @len: Number of octets to compare
66  * Returns: -1 if buffers are equal, 0 if not
67  *
68  * This function is meant for comparing passwords or hash values where
69  * difference in execution time or memory access pattern could provide external
70  * observer information about the location of the difference in the memory
71  * buffers. The return value does not behave like memcmp(), i.e.,
72  * const_time_eq_bin() cannot be used to sort items into a defined order. Unlike
73  * memcmp(), the execution time of const_time_eq_bin() does not depend on the
74  * contents of the compared memory buffers, but only on the total compared
75  * length.
76  */
77 static inline unsigned int const_time_eq_bin(const void *a, const void *b,
78 					     size_t len)
79 {
80 	const u8 *aa = a;
81 	const u8 *bb = b;
82 	size_t i;
83 	u8 res = 0;
84 
85 	for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
86 		res |= aa[i] ^ bb[i];
87 
88 	return const_time_is_zero(res);
89 }
90 
91 
92 /**
93  * const_time_select - Constant time unsigned int selection
94  * @mask: 0 (false) or -1 (true) to identify which value to select
95  * @true_val: Value to select for the true case
96  * @false_val: Value to select for the false case
97  * Returns: true_val if mask == -1, false_val if mask == 0
98  */
99 static inline unsigned int const_time_select(unsigned int mask,
100 					     unsigned int true_val,
101 					     unsigned int false_val)
102 {
103 	return (mask & true_val) | (~mask & false_val);
104 }
105 
106 
107 /**
108  * const_time_select_int - Constant time int selection
109  * @mask: 0 (false) or -1 (true) to identify which value to select
110  * @true_val: Value to select for the true case
111  * @false_val: Value to select for the false case
112  * Returns: true_val if mask == -1, false_val if mask == 0
113  */
114 static inline int const_time_select_int(unsigned int mask, int true_val,
115 					int false_val)
116 {
117 	return (int) const_time_select(mask, (unsigned int) true_val,
118 				       (unsigned int) false_val);
119 }
120 
121 
122 /**
123  * const_time_select_u8 - Constant time u8 selection
124  * @mask: 0 (false) or -1 (true) to identify which value to select
125  * @true_val: Value to select for the true case
126  * @false_val: Value to select for the false case
127  * Returns: true_val if mask == -1, false_val if mask == 0
128  */
129 static inline u8 const_time_select_u8(u8 mask, u8 true_val, u8 false_val)
130 {
131 	return (u8) const_time_select(mask, true_val, false_val);
132 }
133 
134 
135 /**
136  * const_time_select_s8 - Constant time s8 selection
137  * @mask: 0 (false) or -1 (true) to identify which value to select
138  * @true_val: Value to select for the true case
139  * @false_val: Value to select for the false case
140  * Returns: true_val if mask == -1, false_val if mask == 0
141  */
142 static inline s8 const_time_select_s8(u8 mask, s8 true_val, s8 false_val)
143 {
144 	return (s8) const_time_select(mask, (unsigned int) true_val,
145 				      (unsigned int) false_val);
146 }
147 
148 
149 /**
150  * const_time_select_bin - Constant time binary buffer selection copy
151  * @mask: 0 (false) or -1 (true) to identify which value to copy
152  * @true_val: Buffer to copy for the true case
153  * @false_val: Buffer to copy for the false case
154  * @len: Number of octets to copy
155  * @dst: Destination buffer for the copy
156  *
157  * This function copies the specified buffer into the destination buffer using
158  * operations with identical memory access pattern regardless of which buffer
159  * is being copied.
160  */
161 static inline void const_time_select_bin(u8 mask, const u8 *true_val,
162 					 const u8 *false_val, size_t len,
163 					 u8 *dst)
164 {
165 	size_t i;
166 
167 	for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
168 		dst[i] = const_time_select_u8(mask, true_val[i], false_val[i]);
169 }
170 
171 
172 static inline int const_time_memcmp(const void *a, const void *b, size_t len)
173 {
174 	const u8 *aa = a;
175 	const u8 *bb = b;
176 	int diff, res = 0;
177 	unsigned int mask;
178 
179 	if (len == 0)
180 		return 0;
181 	do {
182 		len--;
183 		diff = (int) aa[len] - (int) bb[len];
184 		mask = const_time_is_zero((unsigned int) diff);
185 		res = const_time_select_int(mask, res, diff);
186 	} while (len);
187 
188 	return res;
189 }
190 
191 #endif /* CONST_TIME_H */
192