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Gilles Peskine 74f66bb5c3 Fix non-constant-time comparison in mbedtls_mpi_random
Calling mbedtls_mpi_cmp_int reveals the number of leading zero limbs
to an adversary who is capable of very fine-grained timing
measurements. This is very little information, but could be practical
with secp521r1 (1/512 chance of the leading limb being 0) if the
adversary can measure the precise timing of a large number of
signature operations.

Signed-off-by: Gilles Peskine <Gilles.Peskine@arm.com>
2021-06-04 14:50:23 +02:00