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sha3
by Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos 07 Aug '15

07 Aug '15

It seems that as of today SHA-3 is finalized as a standard algorithm. http://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/FIPS/NIST.FIPS.202.pdf

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Helping out
by andy lawrence 30 Jul '15

30 Jul '15

Hello, I am interested in helping out with the development of Nettle. Are there any small projects I could undertake to get started? Best wishes, Andrew Lawrence

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SHAKE
by Simon Josefsson 05 Jul '15

05 Jul '15

Can Nettle compute the SHAKE128/SHAKE256 variant of SHA-3? What do you think about adding APIs for them? /Simon

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dlopen nettle-3.1 built with --enable-fat leads to SIGSEGV
by Mark H Weaver 24 Jun '15

24 Jun '15

The following test program leads to SIGSEGV in 'get_x86_features' while loading libnettle.so from nettle-3.1 built with --enable-fat: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <dlfcn.h> int main (int argc, char *argv[]) { void *handle; handle = dlopen ("libnettle.so", RTLD_NOW); if (!handle) { fprintf (stderr, "%s\n", dlerror ()); exit (EXIT_FAILURE); } dlclose (handle); exit (EXIT_SUCCESS); } --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Here's the backtrace: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- #0 0x0000000000009006 in ?? () #1 0x00007ffff73f6a37 in get_x86_features (features=<synthetic pointer>) at fat-x86_64.c:94 #2 fat_init () at fat-x86_64.c:133 #3 0x00007ffff7412475 in nettle_memxor_resolve () at fat-x86_64.c:185 #4 0x00007ffff7de8c41 in elf_machine_rela (reloc=0x7ffff73f5170, reloc=0x7ffff73f5170, skip_ifunc=0, reloc_addr_arg=<optimized out>, version=<optimized out>, sym=0x7ffff73ee2d0, map=0x601050) at ../sysdeps/x86_64/dl-machine.h:286 #5 elf_dynamic_do_Rela (skip_ifunc=0, lazy=0, nrelative=<optimized out>, relsize=<optimized out>, reladdr=<optimized out>, map=0x601050) at do-rel.h:137 #6 _dl_relocate_object (scope=<optimized out>, reloc_mode=reloc_mode@entry=0, consider_profiling=<optimized out>, consider_profiling@entry=0) at dl-reloc.c:264 #7 0x00007ffff7defb36 in dl_open_worker (a=a@entry=0x7fffffffcea8) at dl-open.c:418 #8 0x00007ffff7deb704 in _dl_catch_error (objname=objname@entry=0x7fffffffce98, errstring=errstring@entry=0x7fffffffcea0, mallocedp=mallocedp@entry=0x7fffffffce97, operate=operate@entry=0x7ffff7def800 <dl_open_worker>, args=args@entry=0x7fffffffcea8) at dl-error.c:187 #9 0x00007ffff7def2db in _dl_open (file=0x4009f4 "libnettle.so", mode=-2147483646, caller_dlopen=<optimized out>, nsid=-2, argc=1, argv=0x7fffffffd1f8, env=0x7fffffffd208) at dl-open.c:652 #10 0x00007ffff7bd9fab in dlopen_doit (a=a@entry=0x7fffffffd0c0) at dlopen.c:66 #11 0x00007ffff7deb704 in _dl_catch_error (objname=0x7ffff7ddc0f0 <last_result+16>, errstring=0x7ffff7ddc0f8 <last_result+24>, mallocedp=0x7ffff7ddc0e8 <last_result+8>, operate=0x7ffff7bd9f50 <dlopen_doit>, args=0x7fffffffd0c0) at dl-error.c:187 #12 0x00007ffff7bda55d in _dlerror_run (operate=operate@entry=0x7ffff7bd9f50 <dlopen_doit>, args=args@entry=0x7fffffffd0c0) at dlerror.c:163 #13 0x00007ffff7bda041 in __dlopen (file=<optimized out>, mode=<optimized out>) at dlopen.c:87 #14 0x0000000000400924 in main () --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- The SIGSEGV happens in the following call: _nettle_cpuid (0, cpuid_data); The problem appears to be that the PLT entry for '_nettle_cpuid' has not yet been initialized when 'fat_init' is called via 'nettle_memxor_resolve': --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- mhw@jojen:~$ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/.guix-profile/lib gdb ./test GNU gdb (GDB) 7.9.1 Copyright (C) 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying" and "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu". Type "show configuration" for configuration details. For bug reporting instructions, please see: <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>. Find the GDB manual and other documentation resources online at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/documentation/>. For help, type "help". Type "apropos word" to search for commands related to "word"... Reading symbols from ./test...(no debugging symbols found)...done. (gdb) directory /home/mhw/nettle-3.1 Source directories searched: /home/mhw/nettle-3.1:$cdir:$cwd (gdb) run Starting program: /home/mhw/test Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0x0000000000009006 in ?? () (gdb) up #1 0x00007ffff73f6a37 in get_x86_features (features=<synthetic pointer>) at fat-x86_64.c:94 warning: Source file is more recent than executable. 94 _nettle_cpuid (0, cpuid_data); (gdb) break 94 Breakpoint 1 at 0x7ffff73f6a1f: file fat-x86_64.c, line 94. (gdb) run The program being debugged has been started already. Start it from the beginning? (y or n) y Starting program: /home/mhw/test Breakpoint 1, fat_init () at fat-x86_64.c:133 warning: Source file is more recent than executable. 133 get_x86_features (&features); (gdb) si 0x00007ffff73f6a24 in get_x86_features (features=<synthetic pointer>) at fat-x86_64.c:94 94 _nettle_cpuid (0, cpuid_data); (gdb) 96 features->vendor = X86_INTEL; (gdb) 94 _nettle_cpuid (0, cpuid_data); (gdb) 95 if (memcmp (cpuid_data + 1, "Genu" "ntel" "ineI", 12) == 0) (gdb) 94 _nettle_cpuid (0, cpuid_data); (gdb) 0x00007ffff73f6000 in _nettle_cpuid@plt () from /home/mhw/.guix-profile/lib/libnettle.so (gdb) disassemble /m 0x00007ffff73f6000 Dump of assembler code for function _nettle_cpuid@plt: => 0x00007ffff73f6000 <+0>: jmpq *0x22c722(%rip) # 0x7ffff7622728 <_nettle_cpuid(a)got.plt> 0x00007ffff73f6006 <+6>: pushq $0x26 0x00007ffff73f600b <+11>: jmpq 0x7ffff73f5d90 End of assembler dump. (gdb) disassemble /m 0x7ffff7622728 Dump of assembler code for function _nettle_cpuid(a)got.plt: 0x00007ffff7622728 <+0>: (bad) 0x00007ffff7622729 <+1>: nop 0x00007ffff762272a <+2>: add %al,(%rax) 0x00007ffff762272c <+4>: add %al,(%rax) 0x00007ffff762272e <+6>: add %al,(%rax) End of assembler dump. (gdb) si 0x0000000000009006 in ?? () (gdb) --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- This is a problem for GNU Guix because 'gstreamer' loads its modules using the glib function 'g_module_open' (based on 'dlopen') and the 'gst-libav' module is linked with nettle. This breaks 'gst-libav' on x86_64. Details ======= System type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu nettle-3.1 compiled with: gcc-4.8.4 binutils-2.25 glibc-2.21 Nettle configure flags: CONFIG_SHELL=/gnu/store/wxcgfy43r6lmxhm2m7xk1vsgyddhx3y0-bash-4.3.33/bin/bash SHELL=/gnu/store/wxcgfy43r6lmxhm2m7xk1vsgyddhx3y0-bash-4.3.33/bin/bash --prefix=/gnu/store/k0bhgy2l5kj1hp2vxx3ys42pn4kr599h-nettle-3.1 --enable-fast-install --enable-fat LDFLAGS=-Wl,-rpath=/gnu/store/k0bhgy2l5kj1hp2vxx3ys42pn4kr599h-nettle-3.1/lib Here's the build log for the nettle used in the above tests: http://hydra.gnu.org/build/381502/log/raw If needed, I can explain how to reproduce this exact environment using GNU Guix. Mark

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Two issues found by Address sanitizer
by Tomáš Chvátal 21 Jun '15

21 Jun '15

Hello everybody, we at suse ran address sanitizer against libnettle and found two bugs [1][2]. The first one is easy to fix (simple off by one) and thus we already have the patch (see attachment 0001-...). The second one is about memory leaks, and it would be better if someone more aware of the source took a look wether and how to fix it. Cheers Tom [1] https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=928328 [2] https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=929109 PS: I am not subscribed so keep me in CC please.

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Re: Bug#783699: nettle-dev is not Multi-Arch compatible
by nisse＠lysator.liu.se 28 May '15

28 May '15

[I'm cross-posting to the nettle list and a debian bug, so please take care when replying] The issue is that there are some differences in generated nettle header files depending on architecture and compiler version. Francois Gouget <fgouget(a)free.fr> writes: > Here is a proposed patch for the compiler version issue in nettle-stdint.h: > > $ cat debian/patches/multiarch.patch > --- a/aclocal.m4 > +++ b/aclocal.m4 > @@ -857,7 +857,7 @@ > fi # shortcircut to system "stdint.h" > # ------------------ PREPARE VARIABLES ------------------------------ > if test "$GCC" = "yes" ; then > -ac_cv_stdint_message="using gnu compiler "`$CC --version | head -1` > +ac_cv_stdint_message="using gnu compiler $CC" > else > ac_cv_stdint_message="using $CC" > fi If we go this path, maybe just drop the conditional and unconditionally print "using $CC"? I'm not sure about the reason for displaying the version, but I guess some older gcc versions did stdint and/or inttypes.h differently. If you have the time, it would be helpful to look at the latest version of AX_CREATE_STDINT_H (from autoconf archive) and see if it does anything differently. Nettle uses a pretty old version (which seems to work fine). > For GMP_NUMB_BITS here are some thoughts: You must understand that nettle defines GMP_NUMB_BITS only if configured with --enable-mini-gmp. This configuration is not intended to be compatible with anything else, and should never be installed on a normal debian system. It's intended for small embedded systems which needs to verify digital signatures, but which consider the real libgmp too large. > * Is it really necessary to install version.h? > IMHO the right place for other packages to figure out library versions is through > some scripting in the configure script rather than through a > header. This has been requested by users. Not everyone uses autoconf. And it's very common practice, I think both gmp and gnutls have similar version defines. > * GMP_NUMB_BITS is already defined by libgmp-dev in gmp.h. More > preceisely Exactly, and when not configuring with --enable-mini-gmp, that's the definitions which is used. Getting into the details, Nettle's definition of GMP_NUMB_BITS conceptually belongs in mini-gmp.h. However, mini-gmp is a standalone package which doesn't use autoconf. And it has to be a preprocessor *constant*, so definiting it like sizeof(unsigned long) * CHAR_BIT won't cut it, since the preprocessor doesn't understand sizeof. Therefore the definition, for the --enable-mini-gmp configuration which needs it, should be in a nettle include file. Then the cleanest way would be to omit the definition completely when not using --enable-mini-gmp. I haven't done that, because it would make the substitution logic harder, and because I was thinking that #define NETTLE_USE_MINI_GMP 0 #if NETTLE_USE_MINI_GMP # define GMP_NUMB_BITS 64 #endif is harmless whatever value appears in the second define. If it helps, I guess this could be changed into the architecture independent #define NETTLE_USE_MINI_GMP 0 #if NETTLE_USE_MINI_GMP # define GMP_NUMB_BITS the moon is made of green cheese #endif Opinions? Regards, /Niels -- Niels Möller. PGP-encrypted email is preferred. Keyid C0B98E26. Internet email is subject to wholesale government surveillance.

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Version API
by Elliot Saba 12 May '15

12 May '15

Hello there, I saw the recent addition of the version #define's, which are great, but a runtime function that I can call to find out libnettle's API is essential for dynamic bindings. I maintain the Julia language bindings for Nettle <https://github.com/staticfloat/Nettle.jl> which loads the dynamic library and generates methods to use Nettle's cryptographic functions on the fly. This process does not use header files, it's similar to Python's ctypes functionality, and thus knowing which API version we're dealing with by only using the dynamic library itself is necessary. Most other projects have some method or other for determining this, as you guys have already discussed, but simply placing the information into a header file is not sufficient for this use case. Is this something it would be possible to support? Thanks! -E

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nettle-3.1 transition and symbol versions
by nisse＠lysator.liu.se 02 May '15

02 May '15

Now we see some transition problems, https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=784009, and it's going to also hit other distributions than debian. Would it make sense to issue a nettle-2.7.2, which is nettle-2.7.1 + symbol versions? There's at least one bugfix which could be backported if we do another 2.7.x: 2014-06-30 Niels Möller <nisse(a)lysator.liu.se> * camellia-absorb.c: Include <limits.h>, needed for correct use of HAVE_NATIVE_64_BIT. Reported and debugged by Magnus Holmgren. Regards, /Niels -- Niels Möller. PGP-encrypted email is preferred. Keyid C0B98E26. Internet email is subject to wholesale government surveillance.

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ANNOUNCE: Nettle-3.1.1
by nisse＠lysator.liu.se 24 Apr '15

24 Apr '15

I've made another release of GNU Nettle, a low-level cryptographics library, to fix bugs reported for Nettle 3.1. The Nettle home page can be found at http://www.lysator.liu.se/~nisse/nettle/, and the manual at http://www.lysator.liu.se/~nisse/nettle/nettle.html. NEWS for the Nettle 3.1.1 release This release fixes a couple of non-critical bugs. Bug fixes: * By accident, nettle-3.1 disabled the assembly code for the secp_224r1 and secp_521r1 elliptic curves on all x86_64 configurations, making signature operations on those curves 10%-30% slower. This code is now re-enabled. * The x86_64 assembly implementation of gcm hashing has been fixed to work with the Sun/Oracle assembler. The shared library names are libnettle.so.6.1 and libhogweed.so.4.1, with sonames still libnettle.so.6 and libhogweed.so.4. It is intended to be fully binary compatible with nettle-3.1. Available at: https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/nettle/nettle-3.1.1.tar.gz ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/nettle/nettle-3.1.1.tar.gz http://www.lysator.liu.se/~nisse/archive/nettle-3.1.1.tar.gz ftp://ftp.lysator.liu.se/pub/security/lsh/nettle-3.1.1.tar.gz (soon) Happy hacking, /Niels Möller -- Niels Möller. PGP-encrypted email is preferred. Keyid C0B98E26. Internet email is subject to wholesale government surveillance.

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Re: bug against .short value
by nisse＠lysator.liu.se 22 Apr '15

22 Apr '15

dongsheng zhang <dongsheng.zhang(a)oracle.com> writes: > Solaris doesn't take .short value, but instead only takes .value value. > We thus cannot compile the following file: > nettle-3.1/x86_64/gcm-hash8.asm I've checked in a fix. Can you try to check out https://git.lysator.liu.se/nettle/nettle.git and test if it solves the problem? You need to run the script ./.boostrap before configure and make. Regards, /Niels -- Niels Möller. PGP-encrypted email is preferred. Keyid C0B98E26. Internet email is subject to wholesale government surveillance.

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