when checking OAEP, signal just a single kind of 'decoding error'

diff --git a/crypto/rsa/rsa_oaep.c b/crypto/rsa/rsa_oaep.c
index 64b59ee1211ee20ebca9624ac6bbb5003f2a131e..a893142fdb316eef9b39e71871043ac83ab3a33f 100644 (file)
--- a/crypto/rsa/rsa_oaep.c
+++ b/crypto/rsa/rsa_oaep.c
@@ -94,20 +94,14 @@ int RSA_padding_check_PKCS1_OAEP(unsigned char *to, int tlen,
     int i, dblen, mlen = -1;
     const unsigned char *maskeddb;
     int lzero;
-    unsigned char *db, seed[SHA_DIGEST_LENGTH], phash[SHA_DIGEST_LENGTH];
+    unsigned char *db = NULL, seed[SHA_DIGEST_LENGTH], phash[SHA_DIGEST_LENGTH];
 
     if (--num < 2 * SHA_DIGEST_LENGTH + 1)
-       {
-       RSAerr(RSA_F_RSA_PADDING_CHECK_PKCS1_OAEP, RSA_R_OAEP_DECODING_ERROR);
-       return (-1);
-       }
+       goto decoding_err;
 
     lzero = num - flen;
     if (lzero < 0)
-       {
-       RSAerr(RSA_F_RSA_PADDING_CHECK_PKCS1_OAEP, RSA_R_OAEP_DECODING_ERROR);
-       return (-1);
-       }
+       goto decoding_err;
     maskeddb = from - lzero + SHA_DIGEST_LENGTH;
     
     dblen = num - SHA_DIGEST_LENGTH;
@@ -129,7 +123,7 @@ int RSA_padding_check_PKCS1_OAEP(unsigned char *to, int tlen,
     SHA1(param, plen, phash);
 
     if (memcmp(db, phash, SHA_DIGEST_LENGTH) != 0)
-       RSAerr(RSA_F_RSA_PADDING_CHECK_PKCS1_OAEP, RSA_R_OAEP_DECODING_ERROR);
+       goto decoding_err;
     else
        {
        for (i = SHA_DIGEST_LENGTH; i < dblen; i++)
@@ -152,6 +146,13 @@ int RSA_padding_check_PKCS1_OAEP(unsigned char *to, int tlen,
        }
     OPENSSL_free(db);
     return (mlen);
+
+decoding_err:
+    /* to avoid chosen ciphertext attacks, the error message should not reveal
+     * which kind of decoding error happened */
+    RSAerr(RSA_F_RSA_PADDING_CHECK_PKCS1_OAEP, RSA_R_OAEP_DECODING_ERROR);
+    if (db != NULL) OPENSSL_free(db);
+    return -1;
     }
 
 int MGF1(unsigned char *mask, long len,