tree 38db80a4597b67675906afd71dd1bf886567efd1
parent 9eddaebda57e710666045133f7e9937a2f4c41c6
author Hanno Becker <hanno.becker@arm.com> 1514410138 +0000
committer Hanno Becker <hanno.becker@arm.com> 1556193501 +0100

Provide standalone version of `ssl_decrypt_buf`

Analogous to the previous commit, but concerning the record decryption
routine `ssl_decrypt_buf`.

An important change regards the checking of CBC padding:
Prior to this commit, the CBC padding check always read 256 bytes at
the end of the internal record buffer, almost always going past the
boundaries of the record under consideration. In order to stay within
the bounds of the given record, this commit changes this behavior by
always reading the last min(256, plaintext_len) bytes of the record
plaintext buffer and taking into consideration the last `padlen` of
these for the padding check. With this change, the memory access
pattern and runtime of the padding check is entirely determined by
the size of the encrypted record, in particular not giving away
any information on the validity of the padding.

The following depicts the different behaviors:

1) Previous CBC padding check

1.a) Claimed padding length <= plaintext length

  +----------------------------------------+----+
  |   Record plaintext buffer   |          | PL |
  +----------------------------------------+----+
                                 \__ PL __/

                                +------------------------------------...
                                |  read for padding check            ...
                                +------------------------------------...
                                                |
                                                 contents discarded
                                                 from here

1.b) Claimed padding length > plaintext length

  +----------------------------------------+----+
  |   Record plaintext buffer              | PL |
  +----------------------------------------+----+
                                           +-------------------------...
                                           |  read for padding check ...
                                           +-------------------------...
                                                |
                                                 contents discarded
                                                 from here

2) New CBC padding check

  +----------------------------------------+----+
  |   Record plaintext buffer   |          | PL |
  +----------------------------------------+----+
                                 \__ PL __/

        +---------------------------------------+
        |        read for padding check         |
        +---------------------------------------+
                                |
                                 contents discarded
                                 until here