Don't require tag before ciphertext in AESGCM mode

diff --git a/crypto/evp/e_aes.c b/crypto/evp/e_aes.c
index d1357f7e38d1a1f69fc4a5e0b773282bad94024a..4066a005239977ba4f0dfe4012f4b24e0b7cb173 100644 (file)
--- a/crypto/evp/e_aes.c
+++ b/crypto/evp/e_aes.c
@@ -956,8 +956,6 @@ static int aes_gcm_cipher(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, unsigned char *out,
 
        if (!gctx->iv_set)
                return -1;
-       if (!ctx->encrypt && gctx->taglen < 0)
-               return -1;
        if (in)
                {
                if (out == NULL)
@@ -999,6 +997,8 @@ static int aes_gcm_cipher(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, unsigned char *out,
                {
                if (!ctx->encrypt)
                        {
+                       if (gctx->taglen < 0)
+                               return -1;
                        if (CRYPTO_gcm128_finish(&gctx->gcm,
                                        ctx->buf, gctx->taglen) != 0)
                                return -1;