tor_llcrypto/util/

ct.rs

//! Define helpers for working with types in constant time.

use subtle::{Choice, ConditionallySelectable, ConstantTimeEq};
use zeroize::Zeroize;

#[cfg(feature = "memquota-memcost")]
use {derive_deftly::Deftly, tor_memquota::derive_deftly_template_HasMemoryCost};

/// A byte array of length N for which comparisons are performed in constant
/// time.
///
/// # Limitations
///
/// It is possible to avoid constant time comparisons here, just by using the
/// `as_ref()` and `as_mut()` methods.  They should therefore be approached with
/// some caution.
///
/// (The decision to avoid implementing `Deref`/`DerefMut` is deliberate.)
#[allow(clippy::derived_hash_with_manual_eq)]
#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Hash, Zeroize, derive_more::Deref)]
#[cfg_attr(
    feature = "memquota-memcost",
    derive(Deftly),
    derive_deftly(HasMemoryCost)
)]
pub struct CtByteArray<const N: usize>([u8; N]);

impl<const N: usize> ConstantTimeEq for CtByteArray<N> {
    fn ct_eq(&self, other: &Self) -> Choice {
        self.0.ct_eq(&other.0)
    }
}

impl<const N: usize> PartialEq for CtByteArray<N> {
    fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
        self.ct_eq(other).into()
    }
}
impl<const N: usize> Eq for CtByteArray<N> {}

impl<const N: usize> From<[u8; N]> for CtByteArray<N> {
    fn from(value: [u8; N]) -> Self {
        Self(value)
    }
}

impl<const N: usize> From<CtByteArray<N>> for [u8; N] {
    fn from(value: CtByteArray<N>) -> Self {
        value.0
    }
}

impl<const N: usize> Ord for CtByteArray<N> {
    fn cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> std::cmp::Ordering {
        // At every point, this value will be set to:
        //       0 if a[i]==b[i] for all i considered so far.
        //       a[i] - b[i] for the lowest i that has a nonzero a[i] - b[i].
        let mut first_nonzero_difference = 0_i16;

        for (a, b) in self.0.iter().zip(other.0.iter()) {
            let difference = i16::from(*a) - i16::from(*b);

            // If it's already set to a nonzero value, this conditional
            // assignment does nothing. Otherwise, it sets it to `difference`.
            //
            // The use of conditional_assign and ct_eq ensures that the compiler
            // won't short-circuit our logic here and end the loop (or stop
            // computing differences) on the first nonzero difference.
            first_nonzero_difference
                .conditional_assign(&difference, first_nonzero_difference.ct_eq(&0));
        }

        // This comparison with zero is not itself constant-time, but that's
        // okay: we only want our Ord function not to leak the array values.
        first_nonzero_difference.cmp(&0)
    }
}

impl<const N: usize> PartialOrd for CtByteArray<N> {
    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Option<std::cmp::Ordering> {
        Some(self.cmp(other))
    }
}

impl<const N: usize> AsRef<[u8; N]> for CtByteArray<N> {
    fn as_ref(&self) -> &[u8; N] {
        &self.0
    }
}

impl<const N: usize> AsMut<[u8; N]> for CtByteArray<N> {
    fn as_mut(&mut self) -> &mut [u8; N] {
        &mut self.0
    }
}

/// Try to find an item in a slice without leaking where and whether the
/// item was found.
///
/// If there is any item `x` in the `array` for which `matches(x)`
/// is true, this function will return a reference to one such
/// item.  (We don't specify which.)
///
/// Otherwise, this function returns none.
///
/// We evaluate `matches` on every item of the array, and try not to
/// leak by timing which element (if any) matched.  Note that if
/// `matches` itself has side channels, this function can't hide them.
///
/// Note that this doesn't necessarily do a constant-time comparison,
/// and that it is not constant-time for the found/not-found case.
pub fn ct_lookup<T, F>(array: &[T], matches: F) -> Option<&T>
where
    F: Fn(&T) -> Choice,
{
    // ConditionallySelectable isn't implemented for usize, so we need
    // to use u64.
    let mut idx: u64 = 0;
    let mut found: Choice = 0.into();

    for (i, x) in array.iter().enumerate() {
        let equal = matches(x);
        idx.conditional_assign(&(i as u64), equal);
        found.conditional_assign(&equal, equal);
    }

    if found.into() {
        Some(&array[idx as usize])
    } else {
        None
    }
}

#[cfg(test)]
mod test {
    // @@ begin test lint list maintained by maint/add_warning @@
    #![allow(clippy::bool_assert_comparison)]
    #![allow(clippy::clone_on_copy)]
    #![allow(clippy::dbg_macro)]
    #![allow(clippy::mixed_attributes_style)]
    #![allow(clippy::print_stderr)]
    #![allow(clippy::print_stdout)]
    #![allow(clippy::single_char_pattern)]
    #![allow(clippy::unwrap_used)]
    #![allow(clippy::unchecked_duration_subtraction)]
    #![allow(clippy::useless_vec)]
    #![allow(clippy::needless_pass_by_value)]
    //! <!-- @@ end test lint list maintained by maint/add_warning @@ -->

    use super::*;
    use rand::Rng;
    use tor_basic_utils::test_rng;

    #[allow(clippy::nonminimal_bool)]
    #[test]
    fn test_comparisons() {
        let num = 200;
        let mut rng = test_rng::testing_rng();

        let mut array: Vec<CtByteArray<32>> =
            (0..num).map(|_| rng.random::<[u8; 32]>().into()).collect();
        array.sort();

        for i in 0..num {
            assert_eq!(array[i], array[i]);
            assert!(!(array[i] < array[i]));
            assert!(!(array[i] > array[i]));

            for j in (i + 1)..num {
                // Note that this test will behave incorrectly if the rng
                // generates the same 256 value twice, but that's ridiculously
                // implausible.
                assert!(array[i] < array[j]);
                assert_ne!(array[i], array[j]);
                assert!(array[j] > array[i]);
                assert_eq!(
                    array[i].cmp(&array[j]),
                    array[j].as_ref().cmp(array[i].as_ref()).reverse()
                );
            }
        }
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_lookup() {
        use super::ct_lookup as lookup;
        use subtle::ConstantTimeEq;
        let items = vec![
            "One".to_string(),
            "word".to_string(),
            "of".to_string(),
            "every".to_string(),
            "length".to_string(),
        ];
        let of_word = lookup(&items[..], |i| i.len().ct_eq(&2));
        let every_word = lookup(&items[..], |i| i.len().ct_eq(&5));
        let no_word = lookup(&items[..], |i| i.len().ct_eq(&99));
        assert_eq!(of_word.unwrap(), "of");
        assert_eq!(every_word.unwrap(), "every");
        assert_eq!(no_word, None);
    }
}