Replace the liboqs-based pre-standardization SPHINCS+ implementation
with the native FIPS 205 SLH-DSA implementation across the
certificate / ASN.1 / X.509 layers, and add SLH-DSA-rooted test
certificates plus TLS 1.3 .conf scenarios that exercise the new
verification path. All liboqs SPHINCS+ code is removed.
This enables SLH-DSA for certificate chain authentication: CA
certificates signed with SLH-DSA, certificate signature verification
against an SLH-DSA root. TLS 1.3 entity authentication via
CertificateVerify with SLH-DSA will be added in a follow-up PR.
Follows RFC 9909 (X.509 Algorithm Identifiers for SLH-DSA) and
NIST FIPS 205. Supports both SHAKE and SHA-2 parameter families
across all twelve standardized variants.
DER codec:
- New PrivateKeyDecode, PublicKeyDecode, KeyToDer, PrivateKeyToDer,
PublicKeyToDer with RFC 9909 encoding (bare OCTET STRING containing
4*n raw bytes = SK.seed || SK.prf || PK.seed || PK.root, no nested
wrapper). OID auto-detection across all twelve SHAKE / SHA-2 variants.
- PublicKeyDecode raw-bytes fast path mirrors wc_Falcon_PublicKeyDecode
and wc_Dilithium_PublicKeyDecode so callers (notably
wolfssl_x509_make_der and ConfirmSignature, which pass the raw
BIT STRING contents stashed by StoreKey) decode correctly. Honours
the caller's *inOutIdx start offset.
- Error paths in Private/PublicKeyDecode preserve params/flags/
inOutIdx and only ForceZero the buffer half each helper actually
writes; skip the wipe entirely on BAD_LENGTH_E (no bytes touched).
- ImportPublic uses |= on flags so a Private-then-Public import
sequence retains FLAG_PRIVATE.
OID dispatch:
- 12 standardized NIST OIDs (6 SHAKE + 6 SHA-2) per RFC 9909. The
pre-standardization OID-collision mechanism is removed since NIST
OIDs do not collide.
- wc_SlhDsaOidToParam / wc_SlhDsaOidToCertType return NOT_COMPILED_IN
(rather than -1) for recognised SLH-DSA OIDs whose parameter set
isn't built; wc_IsSlhDsaOid recognises both. The x509 dispatch
surfaces this as a precise diagnostic instead of the generic
"No public key found".
- wc_GetKeyOID picks a placeholder parameter from whatever variant is
compiled in and #errors at compile time if none is.
- asn_orig.c EncodeCert / EncodeCertReq accept SHA-2 SLH-DSA keyTypes
alongside SHAKE.
Tests and fixtures:
- Test cert chain in certs/slhdsa/: SLH-DSA-SHAKE-128s and
SLH-DSA-SHA2-128s self-signed roots that sign reused ML-DSA-44
entity keys (server + client), plus the gen script
(gen-slhdsa-mldsa-certs.sh, OpenSSL >= 3.5).
- New TLS 1.3 .conf scenarios under tests/suites.c dispatch:
test-tls13-slhdsa-shake.conf, test-tls13-slhdsa-sha2.conf, and a
wrong-CA negative test test-tls13-slhdsa-fail.conf.
- DER round-trip and on-disk decode tests; bench_slhdsa_*_key.der
fixtures regenerated with wolfSSL's own encoder so the codec is
pinned to RFC 9909.
- New unit test test_wc_slhdsa_x509_i2d_roundtrip exercises the raw
PublicKeyDecode entry point that wolfssl_x509_make_der relies on.
- test_wc_slhdsa_check_key now tests both Public-then-Private and
Private-then-Public import orderings.
Build / ABI:
- DYNAMIC_TYPE_SPHINCS = 98 kept as RESERVED with a tombstone comment
for ABI stability; new code should use DYNAMIC_TYPE_SLHDSA (107).
- All build system / IDE project files updated; SPHINCS+ sources,
headers, and test data removed.
- Dead bench_slhdsa_*_key arrays removed from gencertbuf.pl and
certs_test.h; the .der files on disk drive the decode tests.
Refactor CMAC init to common function, add wc_AesNew_Id/Label API, do same for RSA new
functions, and add test init helpers for id[] support along with some test disable options
* implement legacy compatibility in settings.h and configure.ac (adds --enable-blake2b while retaining --enable-blake2);
* fix incorrect Blake2 gates in wolfcrypt/src/hash.c wc_HashGetDigestSize() and wc_HashGetBlockSize();
* in wolfcrypt/test/test.c hash_test(), backfill missing Blake2 test coverage and separate blake2b from blake2s in typesHashBad[];
* in tests/api/test_hash.c, separate blake2b from blake2s in notCompiledHash[], sizeSupportedHash[], and sizeNotCompiledHash[].
Re-implemented wc_PKCS12_PBKDF() to not use MP. Added tests to
unit.test.
sp_int.c:
Fixes to comments.
Added more define build options documentation to top of file.
Fixes for builds with WOLFSSL_SP_INT_NEGATIVE defined.
Fixes for when a->used is 0 and no underflow - not actually a problem
but cleaner code.
sp_sub has different checks on a->used when values are only positive.
sp_dic_2d missing check for e less than zero.
sp_to_unsigned_bin_len_ct: remove redundant check of outSz. Change i
to int to handle a->used of 0 and make code tidier.
Configuration testing fixes.
Fix formatting in test.c.
Added 128-bit types word128 and sword128 for cleaner PKCS#12 code.
Add:
* linuxkm/linuxkm-fips-hash.c
* linuxkm/linuxkm-fips-hash-wrapper.sh
* linuxkm/linuxkm_memory.h
Move from linuxkm/module_hooks.c to linuxkm/linuxkm_memory.c:
* reloc_layouts[]
* find_reloc_tab_offset()
* the body of wc_linuxkm_normalize_relocations() as wc_reloc_normalize_text()
* most of updateFipsHash() as wc_fips_generate_hash()
Move from linuxkm/linuxkm_wc_port.h to linuxkm/linuxkm_memory.h:
* struct wc_linuxkm_pie_reloc_tab_ent
* enum wc_reloc_dest_segment
* enum wc_reloc_type
linuxkm/Makefile:
* Update GENERATE_RELOC_TAB recipe to populate new fields in struct wc_reloc_table_ent.
* Add targets:
* libwolfssl-user-build/src/.libs/libwolfssl.so
* linuxkm-fips-hash
* module-with-matching-fips-hash
* module-with-matching-fips-hash-no-sign
* Add support for alternate target module name, via LIBWOLFSSL_NAME make variable.
linuxkm/linuxkm_wc_port.h and linuxkm/module_hooks.c:
* Fixes to make linuxkm-pie work with CONFIG_KASAN.
* Implement WC_LINUXKM_STACK_DEBUG:
* wc_linuxkm_stack_bottom()
* wc_linuxkm_stack_top()
* wc_linuxkm_stack_current()
* wc_linuxkm_stack_left()
* wc_linuxkm_stack_hwm_prepare()
* wc_linuxkm_stack_hwm_measure_rel()
* wc_linuxkm_stack_hwm_measure_total()
wolfssl/wolfcrypt/settings.h:
* When WOLFSSL_KERNEL_MODE, make sure WOLFSSL_GENERAL_ALIGNMENT is at least SIZEOF_LONG.
* When WOLFCRYPT_FIPS_CORE_DYNAMIC_HASH_VALUE, make sure WOLFSSL_BASE16 is defined.
configure.ac and wolfcrypt/benchmark/benchmark.c: Disable scrypt when KERNEL_MODE_DEFAULTS, due to excessive memory requirements.
Implementations of AES-ECB, AES-CBC, AES-CTR, AES-GCM, AES-XTS with base
instructions and NEON but not using crypto instructions.
Benchmark of AES-ECB added.
Updated AES tests.
The key size can be larger than the maximum digest size supported by the
sign and verify APIs.
Calculate a reasonable digest size for the key size and bound it on the
maximum digest size.
Improve performance of CFB and OFB.
Only have one implementation that is used by OFB encrypt and decrypt.
Update AES testing in unit.test.
Update benchmarking of CFB and OFb to include decrypt.
This adds heap and stack tracking to wolfCrypt bench so that it is
possible to see RAM usage. It also adds support for stack tracking in
microcontrollers (tested on STM32).
x509.c: realloc may fail and therefore need to store result in a
temporary so the old pointer is not lost.
tls.c: free the name if it is not pushed on to the stack of peer CA
names. Failure to push can be from memory allocation failure.
aes.c: Don't compile XTS decrypt functions without HAVE_AES_DECRYPT.
Fix tests to have better pre-processor protection.
Tobias Frauenschläger
Daniel Pouzzner
JacobBarthelmeh
kaleb-himes
Eric Blankenhorn
David Garske
night1rider
Sean Parkinson
Marco Oliverio
jordan
Andrew Hutchings
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