Test for constant-time flag leakage in BN_CTX

This commit adds a simple unit test to make sure that the constant-time
flag does not "leak" among BN_CTX frames:

- test_ctx_consttime_flag() initializes (and later frees before
  returning) a BN_CTX object, then it calls in sequence
  test_ctx_set_ct_flag() and test_ctx_check_ct_flag() using the same
  BN_CTX object. The process is run twice, once with a "normal"
  BN_CTX_new() object, then with a BN_CTX_secure_new() one.
- test_ctx_set_ct_flag() starts a frame in the given BN_CTX and sets the
  BN_FLG_CONSTTIME flag on some of the BIGNUMs obtained from the frame
  before ending it.
- test_ctx_check_ct_flag() then starts a new frame and gets a number of
  BIGNUMs from it. In absence of leaks, none of the BIGNUMs in the new
  frame should have BN_FLG_CONSTTIME set.

In actual BN_CTX usage inside libcrypto the leak could happen at any
depth level in the BN_CTX stack, with varying results depending on the
patterns of sibling trees of nested function calls sharing the same
BN_CTX object, and the effect of unintended BN_FLG_CONSTTIME on the
called BN_* functions.

This simple unit test abstracts away this complexity and verifies that
the leak does not happen between two sibling functions sharing the same
BN_CTX object at the same level of nesting.

(manually cherry picked from commit fe16ae5f95fa86ddb049a8d1e2caee0b80b32282)

Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/8294)

diff --git a/test/bntest.c b/test/bntest.c
index 686eab8af82b7acc6c74329dc9c551ed8d7bd3a0..606cc11c0c47096f3218c177cc9e348642d6dbd1 100644 (file)
--- a/test/bntest.c
+++ b/test/bntest.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 1995-2016 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+ * Copyright 1995-2019 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
  *
  * Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License").  You may not use
  * this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ int test_sqrt(BIO *bp, BN_CTX *ctx);
 int test_small_prime(BIO *bp, BN_CTX *ctx);
 int test_bn2dec(BIO *bp);
 int rand_neg(void);
+static int test_ctx_consttime_flag(void);
 static int results = 0;
 
 static unsigned char lst[] =
@@ -312,11 +313,18 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         goto err;
     (void)BIO_flush(out);
 #endif
+
+    /* silently flush any pre-existing error on the stack */
+    ERR_clear_error();
+
+    message(out, "BN_CTX_get BN_FLG_CONSTTIME");
+    if (!test_ctx_consttime_flag())
+        goto err;
+    (void)BIO_flush(out);
+
     BN_CTX_free(ctx);
     BIO_free(out);
 
-    ERR_print_errors_fp(stderr);
-
 #ifndef OPENSSL_NO_CRYPTO_MDEBUG
     if (CRYPTO_mem_leaks_fp(stderr) <= 0)
         EXIT(1);
@@ -2092,3 +2100,100 @@ int rand_neg(void)
 
     return (sign[(neg++) % 8]);
 }
+
+static int test_ctx_set_ct_flag(BN_CTX *c)
+{
+    int st = 0;
+    size_t i;
+    BIGNUM *b[15];
+
+    BN_CTX_start(c);
+    for (i = 0; i < OSSL_NELEM(b); i++) {
+        if (NULL == (b[i] = BN_CTX_get(c))) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: BN_CTX_get() failed.\n");
+            goto err;
+        }
+        if (i % 2 == 1)
+            BN_set_flags(b[i], BN_FLG_CONSTTIME);
+    }
+
+    st = 1;
+ err:
+    BN_CTX_end(c);
+    return st;
+}
+
+static int test_ctx_check_ct_flag(BN_CTX *c)
+{
+    int st = 0;
+    size_t i;
+    BIGNUM *b[30];
+
+    BN_CTX_start(c);
+    for (i = 0; i < OSSL_NELEM(b); i++) {
+        if (NULL == (b[i] = BN_CTX_get(c))) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: BN_CTX_get() failed.\n");
+            goto err;
+        }
+        if (BN_get_flags(b[i], BN_FLG_CONSTTIME) != 0) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: BN_FLG_CONSTTIME should not be set.\n");
+            goto err;
+        }
+    }
+
+    st = 1;
+ err:
+    BN_CTX_end(c);
+    return st;
+}
+
+static int test_ctx_consttime_flag(void)
+{
+    /*-
+     * The constant-time flag should not "leak" among BN_CTX frames:
+     *
+     * - test_ctx_set_ct_flag() starts a frame in the given BN_CTX and
+     *   sets the BN_FLG_CONSTTIME flag on some of the BIGNUMs obtained
+     *   from the frame before ending it.
+     * - test_ctx_check_ct_flag() then starts a new frame and gets a
+     *   number of BIGNUMs from it. In absence of leaks, none of the
+     *   BIGNUMs in the new frame should have BN_FLG_CONSTTIME set.
+     *
+     * In actual BN_CTX usage inside libcrypto the leak could happen at
+     * any depth level in the BN_CTX stack, with varying results
+     * depending on the patterns of sibling trees of nested function
+     * calls sharing the same BN_CTX object, and the effect of
+     * unintended BN_FLG_CONSTTIME on the called BN_* functions.
+     *
+     * This simple unit test abstracts away this complexity and verifies
+     * that the leak does not happen between two sibling functions
+     * sharing the same BN_CTX object at the same level of nesting.
+     *
+     */
+    BN_CTX *nctx = NULL;
+    BN_CTX *sctx = NULL;
+    size_t i = 0;
+    int st = 0;
+
+    if (NULL == (nctx = BN_CTX_new())) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: BN_CTX_new() failed.\n");
+        goto err;
+    }
+    if (NULL == (sctx = BN_CTX_secure_new())) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: BN_CTX_secure_new() failed.\n");
+        goto err;
+    }
+
+    for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
+        BN_CTX *c = i == 0 ? nctx : sctx;
+        if (!test_ctx_set_ct_flag(c)
+                || !test_ctx_check_ct_flag(c))
+            goto err;
+    }
+
+    st = 1;
+ err:
+    BN_CTX_free(nctx);
+    BN_CTX_free(sctx);
+    return st;
+}