Add ML-DSA signing and verification for CMS/PKCS#7 SignedData, following
RFC 9882. ML-DSA is used in CMS "pure" mode: the signature is computed
over the complete message (the DER SET OF signed attributes, or the
eContent when none are present) with an empty context string and absent
signatureAlgorithm parameters, rather than over a pre-computed DigestInfo
as with RSA/ECDSA.
wolfcrypt/src/pkcs7.c:
- New ML-DSA helpers: wc_PKCS7_MlDsaLevelFromOID, wc_PKCS7_BuildPureSigMessage,
wc_PKCS7_MlDsaSign and wc_PKCS7_MlDsaVerify, wired into the per-algorithm
switch sites (GetSignSize, SignedDataGetEncAlgoId, SetPublicKeyOID,
CheckPublicKeyDer) and the sign/verify dispatchers. Only the final FIPS 204
ML-DSA OIDs are accepted; pre-standard draft Dilithium OIDs are not.
- GetSignSize derives the ML-DSA signature length from the parameter set.
- InitWithCert copies the signer public key into the RSA-sized publicKey buffer
only for RSA/ECC certs (the raw-sign callback consumers); large PQC keys such
as ML-DSA would overflow it and are never read back, so publicKeySz stays 0.
- wc_MlDsaKey is always heap allocated (it embeds multi-KB key buffers); the
accompanying DecodedCert uses the WC_DECLARE_VAR/WC_ALLOC_VAR_EX macros for
stack-vs-heap handling under WOLFSSL_SMALL_STACK.
- wc_PKCS7_SignedDataBuildSignature skips building the DigestInfo for ML-DSA,
which signs the full message in pure mode and never consumes it.
- wc_PKCS7_MlDsaSign wraps the ML-DSA private-key decode in
PRIVATE_KEY_UNLOCK/PRIVATE_KEY_LOCK. Unlike RSA/ECC, the FIPS module gates
wc_MlDsaKey_PrivateKeyDecode behind the private-key read lock, so signing
would otherwise fail with FIPS_PRIVATE_KEY_LOCKED_E under --enable-fips. The
macros are no-ops in non-FIPS builds.
wolfssl/wolfcrypt/pkcs7.h:
- Document that the fixed-size signer public key buffer (publicKey/publicKeySz)
holds only RSA/ECC keys; it stays RSA-sized.
wolfcrypt/src/hash.c:
- Map the SHAKE128/SHAKE256 OIDs to their hash types in wc_OidGetHash().
certs/mldsa:
- Add expanded-only PKCS#8 DER private keys (mldsa44/65/87-key.der) matching
the self-signed ML-DSA certificates, with README and include.am updates.
The expanded-only shape (no seed) decodes via wc_MlDsaKey_ImportPrivRaw
without keygen-from-seed or the ASN template, so pkcs7signed_mldsa_test also
passes in WOLFSSL_MLDSA_NO_MAKE_KEY and non-WOLFSSL_ASN_TEMPLATE builds.
certs/renewcerts.sh:
- Generate the mldsa<N>-key.der files from the matching mldsa<N>-key.pem in the
expanded-only shape (openssl pkey -provparam ml-dsa.output_formats=priv), so
a regeneration keeps the DER key in step with the cert. The OpenSSL detection
probe now requires both ML-DSA keygen and that conversion across all three
levels, so the block runs fully (matched cert+key) or is skipped entirely
rather than aborting mid-way.
wolfcrypt/test/test.c:
- Add pkcs7signed_mldsa_test(): round-trip encode/verify of SignedData across
ML-DSA-44/65/87, with and without signed attributes, including a check that
the digest algorithm parameters are encoded as expected. The message-digest
OID is selected from the enabled hash set (SHA-512, else SHA-256, else SHA-1)
so the test builds when SHA-512 is disabled. A negative case confirms ML-DSA
rejects a caller-supplied pre-computed content hash with BAD_FUNC_ARG.
For each product (wolfSSH, wolfCLU, wolfTPM, wolfMQTT, wolfPKCS11, wolfProvider) this builds wolfSSL and then builds the product against it, at both the product's latest release tag and its master branch. It only checks that they compile, it does not run any tests. If a wolfSSL change breaks a product's latest release on purpose, you say so in a commit message with breaks-<product>=<tag>. A break on a product's master is not allowed and has to be fixed.
breaks-wolfssh=v1.5.0-stable
Note: wolfSSH v1.5.0-stable does not currently compile against wolfSSL. This commit did not break it, it adds the cross-library check that discovered the break. The token above declares it so the new check tracks it as a known break instead of failing red, until wolfSSH ships a fixed release.
The generic wc_AesEncrypt/wc_AesDecrypt (aes.c) reject an AES object
whose key schedule was never set (rounds outside 1..7 after halving)
with KEYUSAGE_E, and every mode inherits that through their int return.
The RISC-V port's block helpers are void, so nothing reported unkeyed
use: wc_AesEncryptDirect and wc_AesCcmEncrypt/Decrypt silently
processed with a garbage schedule, and wc_AesCtrEncrypt classified it
as BAD_FUNC_ARG instead of KEYUSAGE_E.
Align the port with the generic error contract:
* wc_AesEncryptDirect / wc_AesDecryptDirect: add the generic rounds
check (also fixes wc_CmacUpdate error reporting, which goes through
wc_AesEncryptDirect on this port)
* wc_AesCcmEncrypt / wc_AesCcmDecrypt: same check after the argument
sanity block
* wc_AesCtrEncrypt (both variants): the existing rounds switch now
returns KEYUSAGE_E instead of BAD_FUNC_ARG
Found by the ISO 26262 MC/DC campaign argument-matrix tests
(test_wc_AesSetKeyArgMcdc, test_wc_AesModesArgMcdc, test_wc_AesCcmArgMcdc,
test_wc_CmacArgMcdc) under qemu-riscv64.
Align the RISC-V AES port's argument validation with the generic aes.c
implementations (and with the port's own vector/scalar-crypto siblings):
* wc_AesSetKey (base assembly variant, i.e. neither
WOLFSSL_RISCV_VECTOR_CRYPTO_ASM nor WOLFSSL_RISCV_SCALAR_CRYPTO_ASM):
reject key == NULL. The vector and scalar-crypto variants of the same
function already check it; the base variant passed NULL through to the
key expansion and wc_AesGcmSetKey then dereferenced the uninitialized
schedule, crashing on e.g. wc_AesGcmSetKey(aes, NULL, 16).
* wc_AesCcmEncrypt / wc_AesCcmDecrypt: reject authIn == NULL when
authInSz > 0, as the generic implementation does. The port otherwise
walks the NULL authIn buffer while computing the CBC-MAC.
Found by the ISO 26262 per-module MC/DC campaign's argument-matrix tests
(test_wc_AesGcmSetKey, test_wc_AesCcmArgMcdc) running the RISC-V port
under qemu-riscv64: upstream CI only exercises this port with the KAT
suite, which never passes invalid arguments.
Server-side PKCS#7 encode improvements that let downstream EST/SCEP enrollment
code (wolfCert) drive the existing encoder through the public API rather than
hand-rolling DER. Everything is gated under the existing HAVE_PKCS7 — no new
build options and no new public functions; the convenience wrappers live
caller-side.
Allow degenerate (certs-only) SignedData encode
Relax the hashOID != 0 requirement in PKCS7_EncodeSigned() when
sidType == DEGENERATE_SID, so a caller can produce a certs-only bundle (no
signer, attributes, or eContent — the form used by EST /cacerts and SCEP
GetCACert) by selecting DEGENERATE_SID via wc_PKCS7_SetSignerIdentifierType()
and calling wc_PKCS7_EncodeSignedData(). The output round-trips through
wc_PKCS7_VerifySignedData().
Size the signed-attribute array to the actual count
The SignerInfo attribute working array is now sized to the real attribute
count instead of a fixed [7] array. An inline buffer (sized
MAX_SIGNED_ATTRIBS_SZ, the historical footprint) covers the common
allocation-free case; a heap buffer is used only when the count exceeds it.
The default-attribute count comes from a single helper
(wc_PKCS7_GetDefaultSignedAttribCount) so the sizing matches the emission
logic exactly, and the canned-attribute write is bound-checked against the
array capacity. This also fixes a latent overflow where the backing array was
hardcoded [7] while the bound check used MAX_SIGNED_ATTRIBS_SZ. The macro is
retained for source compatibility but no longer caps the count.
Document the decoded-attribute value shape
Documented the stable shape of PKCS7DecodedAttrib.value (the contents of the
SET OF AttributeValue, outer SET tag stripped) so callers can rely on it. No
behavior change.
Fix multi-certificate decode in non-streaming builds
Bound the additional-certificate loop in wc_PKCS7_VerifySignedData against the
absolute end of the certificate set (idx + length) rather than the relative
length. In NO_PKCS7_STREAM builds the old bound dropped trailing certificates
(all but the first when a large eContent preceded the set), failing
verification when the signer cert was among those dropped. Streaming builds
were unaffected.
Tests
Added coverage in pkcs7signed_test: degenerate certs-only encode via the
public API, nine-attribute encode (beyond the inline capacity), decoded
attribute value shape for PrintableString and OCTET STRING, and a
multi-certificate decode regression with large content that triggers the
bound bug under NO_PKCS7_STREAM. Added a signed-attribute selection
round-trip covering a messageDigest-only subset and the no-attributes case
via wc_PKCS7_SetDefaultSignedAttribs/wc_PKCS7_NoDefaultSignedAttribs, a
WOLFSSL_NO_MALLOC over-capacity case that must return BUFFER_E instead of
overrunning the inline buffer, and a malformed certificate-set length that
exercises the certSetEnd clamp in the verifier. Config-sensitive cases are
guarded.
Tobias Frauenschläger
David Garske
Daniel Pouzzner
Sean Parkinson
Anthony Hu
Zackery Backman
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JacobBarthelmeh
Daniele Lacamera
Josh Holtrop
Paul Adelsbach
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