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-rw-r--r--src/libstrongswan/tests/suites/test_chunk.c27
-rw-r--r--src/libstrongswan/utils/chunk.h13
2 files changed, 40 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstrongswan/tests/suites/test_chunk.c b/src/libstrongswan/tests/suites/test_chunk.c
index b5d23658d..312a187ac 100644
--- a/src/libstrongswan/tests/suites/test_chunk.c
+++ b/src/libstrongswan/tests/suites/test_chunk.c
@@ -61,6 +61,32 @@ START_TEST(test_chunk_equals)
END_TEST
/*******************************************************************************
+ * equals_const
+ */
+
+START_TEST(test_chunk_equals_const)
+{
+ chunk_t chunk = chunk_from_str("chunk");
+ chunk_t chunk_a, chunk_b;
+
+ chunk_a = chunk_empty;
+ chunk_b = chunk_empty;
+ ck_assert(!chunk_equals_const(chunk_a, chunk_b));
+
+ chunk_a = chunk;
+ ck_assert(!chunk_equals_const(chunk_a, chunk_b));
+ chunk_b = chunk;
+ ck_assert(chunk_equals_const(chunk_a, chunk_b));
+
+ chunk_b = chunk_from_str("asdf");
+ ck_assert(!chunk_equals_const(chunk_a, chunk_b));
+
+ chunk_b = chunk_from_str("chunk");
+ ck_assert(chunk_equals_const(chunk_a, chunk_b));
+}
+END_TEST
+
+/*******************************************************************************
* chunk_compare test
*/
@@ -1013,6 +1039,7 @@ Suite *chunk_suite_create()
tc = tcase_create("equals");
tcase_add_test(tc, test_chunk_equals);
+ tcase_add_test(tc, test_chunk_equals_const);
suite_add_tcase(s, tc);
tc = tcase_create("chunk_compare");
diff --git a/src/libstrongswan/utils/chunk.h b/src/libstrongswan/utils/chunk.h
index 48405b77e..2ec7f7543 100644
--- a/src/libstrongswan/utils/chunk.h
+++ b/src/libstrongswan/utils/chunk.h
@@ -310,6 +310,19 @@ static inline bool chunk_equals(chunk_t a, chunk_t b)
}
/**
+ * Compare two chunks for equality, constant time for cryptographic purposes.
+ *
+ * Note that this function is constant time only for chunks with the same
+ * length, i.e. it does not protect against guessing the length of one of the
+ * chunks.
+ */
+static inline bool chunk_equals_const(chunk_t a, chunk_t b)
+{
+ return a.ptr != NULL && b.ptr != NULL &&
+ a.len == b.len && memeq_const(a.ptr, b.ptr, a.len);
+}
+
+/**
* Compare two chunks (given as pointers) for equality (useful as callback),
* NULL chunks are never equal.
*/