curve: use subtle::BlackBox optimization barrier#662
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Replaces the security mitigation added in #659 and #661 for masking-related timing variability which used an inline `black_box` using the recently added `subtle::BlackBox` newtype (see dalek-cryptography/subtle#123) Internally `BlackBox` uses a volatile read by default (i.e. same strategy which was used before) or when the `core_hint_black_box` feature of `subtle` is enabled, it uses `core::hint::black_box` (whose documentation was recently updated to reflect the nuances of potential cryptographic use, see rust-lang/rust#126703) This PR goes ahead and uses `BlackBox` for both `mask` and `underflow_mask` where previously it was only used on `underflow_mask`. The general pattern of bitwise masking inside a loop seems worrisome for the optimizer potentially inserting branches in the future. Below are godbolt inspections of the generated assembly, which are free of the `jns` instructions originally spotted in #659/#661: - 32-bit (read_volatile): https://godbolt.org/z/TKo9fqza4 - 32-bit (hint::black_box): https://godbolt.org/z/caoMxYbET - 64-bit (read_volatile): https://godbolt.org/z/PM6zKjj1f - 64-bit (hint::black_box): https://godbolt.org/z/nseaPvdWv
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Alternative to #659/#661 and #662 which leverages `subtle::Choice` and `subtle::ConditionallySelectable` as the optimization barriers. Really the previous masking was there to conditionally add the scalar field modulus on underflow, so instead of that, we can conditionally select zero or the modulus using a `Choice` constructed from the underflow bit.
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…y#662) Replaces the security mitigation added in dalek-cryptography#659 and dalek-cryptography#661 for masking-related timing variability which used an inline `black_box` using the recently added `subtle::BlackBox` newtype (see dalek-cryptography/subtle#123) Internally `BlackBox` uses a volatile read by default (i.e. same strategy which was used before) or when the `core_hint_black_box` feature of `subtle` is enabled, it uses `core::hint::black_box` (whose documentation was recently updated to reflect the nuances of potential cryptographic use, see rust-lang/rust#126703) This PR goes ahead and uses `BlackBox` for both `mask` and `underflow_mask` where previously it was only used on `underflow_mask`. The general pattern of bitwise masking inside a loop seems worrisome for the optimizer potentially inserting branches in the future. Below are godbolt inspections of the generated assembly, which are free of the `jns` instructions originally spotted in dalek-cryptography#659/dalek-cryptography#661: - 32-bit (read_volatile): https://godbolt.org/z/TKo9fqza4 - 32-bit (hint::black_box): https://godbolt.org/z/caoMxYbET - 64-bit (read_volatile): https://godbolt.org/z/PM6zKjj1f - 64-bit (hint::black_box): https://godbolt.org/z/nseaPvdWv
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Alternative to #659/#661 and #662 which leverages `subtle::Choice` and `subtle::ConditionallySelectable` as the optimization barriers. Really the previous masking was there to conditionally add the scalar field modulus on underflow, so instead of that, we can conditionally select zero or the modulus using a `Choice` constructed from the underflow bit.
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Replaces the security mitigation added in #659 and #661 for masking-related timing variability which used an inline
black_boxusing the recently addedsubtle::BlackBoxnewtype (see dalek-cryptography/subtle#123)Internally
BlackBoxuses a volatile read by default (i.e. same strategy which was used before) or when thecore_hint_black_boxfeature ofsubtleis enabled, it usescore::hint::black_box(whose documentation was recently updated to reflect the nuances of potential cryptographic use, see rust-lang/rust#126703)This PR goes ahead and uses
BlackBoxfor bothmaskandunderflow_maskwhere previously it was only used onunderflow_mask. The general pattern of bitwise masking inside a loop seems worrisome for the optimizer potentially inserting branches in the future.Below are godbolt inspections of the generated assembly, which are free of the
jnsinstructions originally spotted in #659/#661: