fix(crypto): remove undefined behaviour from Ed25519 ref10 arithmetic by rsasuresh · Pull Request #233 · embeddedos-org/eos

rsasuresh · 2026-11-06T07:22:43Z

Fixes #235

The field and scalar code under services/crypto/src reduced limbs with carry << 25/26/21 on signed values that are frequently negative, packed bytes in fe_tobytes() with int32_t shifts that overflow, and computed babs in ge.c select() by left-shifting a negative signed char. All are undefined in C. Under -fsanitize=undefined, five suites aborted (test_crypto_ed25519_loworder, test_ed25519_contract, test_pkg_anchor_usable, test_pkg_trust_anchor, test_pkg_install_paths).

Each signed shift becomes a multiplication by the same power of two (carry width preserved: int64_t, or int32_t in fe_tobytes); the byte packing shifts the limb as uint32_t; select() multiplies by 2. On two's-complement targets these compute the same values, so outputs are unchanged.

Add test_ed25519_rfc8032_kat, which pins ed25519_create_keypair() and ed25519_sign() to RFC 8032 section 7.1 byte for byte, using the public keys, messages and signatures already in the contract corpus. Nothing previously pinned signer output; the package tests only round-tripped their own signatures. The test passes against both the old and new code at -O3, and fails under single-shift mutations in fe/sc/ge.

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style — Formatting, no code change
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Eliminate undefined behavior from Ed25519 ref10 arithmetic and pin deterministic signer outputs against RFC 8032 vectors.

Bug Fixes:

Remove undefined behavior from Ed25519 field, scalar, byte-packing, and point-selection arithmetic while preserving cryptographic outputs.

Documentation:

Document the Ed25519 undefined-behavior fixes and their security impact in the changelog.

Tests:

Add RFC 8032 known-answer coverage for deterministic Ed25519 key generation and signing, including verification of generated signatures.

Summary by CodeRabbit

Bug Fixes
- Updated Ed25519 arithmetic to avoid signed-shift behavior and ensure consistent key and signature outputs.
Tests
- Added RFC 8032 known-answer checks for public-key generation and signing across three seed vectors.

Confidence Score: 5/5

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Summary

Removes undefined signed left shifts from Ed25519 arithmetic.

Ed25519 arithmetic keeps its outputs without relying on signed shifts.
RFC 8032 vectors check Ed25519 key generation and signing byte for byte.

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The field and scalar code under services/crypto/src reduced limbs with `carry << 25/26/21` on signed values that are frequently negative, packed bytes in fe_tobytes() with int32_t shifts that overflow, and computed `babs` in ge.c select() by left-shifting a negative signed char. All are undefined in C. Under -fsanitize=undefined, five suites aborted (test_crypto_ed25519_loworder, test_ed25519_contract, test_pkg_anchor_usable, test_pkg_trust_anchor, test_pkg_install_paths). Each signed shift becomes a multiplication by the same power of two (carry width preserved: int64_t, or int32_t in fe_tobytes); the byte packing shifts the limb as uint32_t; select() multiplies by 2. On two's-complement targets these compute the same values, so outputs are unchanged. Add test_ed25519_rfc8032_kat, which pins ed25519_create_keypair() and ed25519_sign() to RFC 8032 section 7.1 byte for byte, using the public keys, messages and signatures already in the contract corpus. Nothing previously pinned signer output; the package tests only round-tripped their own signatures. The test passes against both the old and new code at -O3, and fails under single-shift mutations in fe/sc/ge. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

sourcery-ai · 2026-11-06T07:22:50Z

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The PR removes undefined signed-shift and overflow behavior from Ed25519 ref10 arithmetic using explicitly defined equivalent operations, adds byte-exact RFC 8032 key-generation/signing tests, and documents the sanitizer-driven security fix and compatibility guarantees.

Flow diagram for defined Ed25519 arithmetic and RFC 8032 validation

flowchart LR
    Input[Ed25519 input] --> Field[field and scalar arithmetic]
    Field --> Defined[Defined multiplication and unsigned byte packing]
    Defined --> Output[Key and signature bytes]
    Output --> KAT[ed25519_create_keypair and ed25519_sign]
    KAT --> RFC[RFC 8032 byte-exact known-answer test]

File-Level Changes

Change	Details	Files
Eliminate undefined signed-shift behavior from Ed25519 ref10 field, scalar, and group arithmetic while preserving the existing two's-complement results.	Replace signed carry shifts in field reduction, multiplication, squaring, serialization, scalar reduction, and scalar multiply-add with explicitly typed multiplication by the corresponding power of two. Perform field-element byte-packing shifts on uint32_t values. Compute the group-selection absolute-value adjustment with multiplication instead of shifting a negative signed value.	`services/crypto/src/ed25519_fe.c` `services/crypto/src/ed25519_ge.c` `services/crypto/src/ed25519_sc.c`
Add deterministic RFC 8032 known-answer coverage for Ed25519 key generation and signing.	Register a CTest executable covering three RFC 8032 section 7.1 vectors sourced from the existing contract corpus. Assert generated public keys and signatures byte-for-byte, then verify each generated signature. Fail explicitly if expected corpus entries are missing or renamed.	`tests/CMakeLists.txt` `tests/test_ed25519_rfc8032_kat.c`
Document the security impact and compatibility expectations of the undefined-behavior fix.	Record the sanitizer failures, affected arithmetic operations, and unchanged-output rationale in the unreleased security changelog. Document that the new known-answer test protects against both-sided arithmetic regressions that self-round-trip.	`CHANGELOG.md`

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Ed25519 field and scalar arithmetic replace signed carry shifts with multiplication. Serialization also casts adjacent limbs before shifting. A new CTest executable checks generated keys and signatures against three RFC 8032 vectors and verifies each signature.

Changes: Ed25519 arithmetic and tests

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Field-element arithmetic and serialization `services/crypto/src/ed25519_fe.c`	Carry normalization uses multiplication by widened powers of two. Serialization casts adjacent limbs to `uint32_t` before shifting.
Scalar and point arithmetic `services/crypto/src/ed25519_sc.c`, `services/crypto/src/ed25519_ge.c`, `CHANGELOG.md`	Scalar carry normalization and signed-digit doubling use multiplication instead of signed left shifts. The changelog records the arithmetic changes and the RFC 8032 test.
RFC 8032 known-answer test `tests/test_ed25519_rfc8032_kat.c`, `tests/CMakeLists.txt`	A registered test checks generated public keys and signatures against three corpus vectors, then verifies each signature.

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qodo-code-review · 2026-11-06T07:23:28Z

PR Summary by Qodo

Remove undefined behavior from Ed25519 ref10 arithmetic

🐞 Bug fix 🧪 Tests 📝 Documentation 🕐 40+ Minutes

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• Replace undefined signed shifts in Ed25519 arithmetic while preserving signature bytes.
• Add RFC 8032 known-answer tests to pin key generation and signing outputs.
• Document the security fix and register the new test with CTest.

Diagram

graph TD
  V["RFC 8032 vectors"] --> T["Known-answer test"] --> A["Keygen and sign"] --> G["Group arithmetic"] --> F["Field arithmetic"]
  A --> S["Scalar arithmetic"]
  T --> W["Signature verifier"] --> G
  W --> S

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The following are alternative approaches to this PR:

1. Replace ref10 with a maintained Ed25519 implementation

➕ Could reduce the long-term burden of maintaining security-critical arithmetic.
➖ Broadens this fix into a cryptographic implementation and dependency migration.
➖ Requires separate compatibility and integration review.

Recommendation: Keep the localized ref10 corrections for this PR: they address the identified undefined operations without changing the Ed25519 implementation or its outputs, and the known-answer test guards that claim. Consider an implementation replacement separately if ongoing maintenance warrants it.

Files changed (6) +320 / -190

Bug fix (3) +190 / -190

ed25519_fe.cMake field carry reduction and packing defined +74/-74

Make field carry reduction and packing defined
• Replaces signed carry left shifts with multiplication at the existing operand width. Casts limbs to uint32_t before left-shifting them into serialized bytes.
services/crypto/src/ed25519_fe.c

ed25519_ge.cAvoid a signed shift in point selection +1/-1

Avoid a signed shift in point selection
• Uses multiplication by two instead of left-shifting a potentially negative value when computing the selected point digit's absolute value.
services/crypto/src/ed25519_ge.c

ed25519_sc.cRemove signed shifts from scalar reductions +115/-115

Remove signed shifts from scalar reductions
• Replaces carry left shifts with int64_t multiplication throughout scalar reduction and multiply-add, preserving the intended limb calculations.
services/crypto/src/ed25519_sc.c

Tests (2) +129 / -0

CMakeLists.txtRegister the Ed25519 known-answer test +10/-0

Register the Ed25519 known-answer test
• Builds the new test against eos_crypto and registers it with CTest.
tests/CMakeLists.txt

test_ed25519_rfc8032_kat.cPin Ed25519 key generation and signing to RFC 8032 +119/-0

Pin Ed25519 key generation and signing to RFC 8032

• Tests three RFC 8032 seeds against public keys and signatures in the existing contract corpus, then verifies each produced signature. Reports missing vectors or byte mismatches as failures.

tests/test_ed25519_rfc8032_kat.c

Documentation (1) +1 / -0

CHANGELOG.mdDocument the Ed25519 arithmetic security fix +1/-0

Document the Ed25519 arithmetic security fix

• Adds an Unreleased security entry explaining the undefined operations, affected sanitizer suites, and byte-exact regression coverage.

CHANGELOG.md

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<location path="tests/test_ed25519_rfc8032_kat.c" line_range="61" />
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+static void print_hex(const char *label, const unsigned char *p, size_t n) {
+    printf("    %-9s ", label);
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < n; i++) printf("%02x", p[i]);
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+static void print_hex(const char *label, const unsigned char *p, size_t n) {
+    printf("    %-9s ", label);
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < n; i++) printf("%02x", p[i]);


⚪ Low · Failure diagnostics invoke undefined behavior

When a key or signature comparison fails and print_hex() prints the expected or actual bytes, print_hex() passes the promoted int value of p[i] to %x, which requires an unsigned int; the format mismatch is undefined behavior, so the test's output can be unreliable when a vector comparison fails.

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#235 Undefined behaviour in Ed25519 ref10 arithmetic (signed shifts, int32 overflow) · 4 of 4 met

#	Requirement	Status	Notes
1	Replace the signed carry shifts in the field and scalar code with multiplication by the same power of two.	✅ Met	The carry reductions in ed25519_fe.c and ed25519_sc.c use typed multiplications.
2	Avoid overflowing signed shifts when packing bytes in fe_tobytes().	✅ Met	The packing shifts cast each limb to uint32_t before shifting.
3	Replace the negative signed-char shift in ge.c select() with multiplication by 2.	✅ Met	select() computes babs using multiplication by 2.
4	Add RFC 8032 known-answer coverage for key generation and signing.	✅ Met	The new test checks generated public keys and signatures against the contract corpus and verifies each generated signature.

Aswin-V · 2026-11-06T19:21:04Z

Premise: pass — signed left shifts on negative values + int32_t overflow in fe_tobytes() + negative-char shift in ge.c select() are UB in C; the diff's shift-to-multiply / uint32_t-cast rewrite is applied consistently across all changed hunks (fe.c 56x int64 + 10x int32 + 8x uint32 packing, sc.c 115x, ge.c 1x), with carry ranges bounded so no product overflows. New test_ed25519_rfc8032_kat.c pins keygen/sign to RFC 8032 §7.1 vectors from the existing contract corpus and is registered in tests/CMakeLists.txt.
Contract: n/a — arithmetic outputs unchanged (KAT test is the evidence); CHANGELOG entry accurate.
CI: all build/test checks green @ 3d9109e (Host Tests, Build & Test Linux/Windows, cross-compiles, static analysis, CodeQL, CI/Build Gate); Linked Issue policy success after linking #235 (filed 2026-11-06 for this defect).
Integration: n/a
Reviewer: loop run 2026-11-06
Second look: pass — clean-context review. Advisories noted: pre-existing signed shifts remain in ge.c slide() (untouched by this PR, out of scope); template sections left blank (cosmetic).

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