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authorPieter Wuille <pieter.wuille@gmail.com>2017-05-05 11:12:58 -0700
committerPieter Wuille <pieter.wuille@gmail.com>2017-05-05 11:12:58 -0700
commit525282769e8e3e3491b71174a13afaa696f51652 (patch)
treecdaf0d484667302e7a4d96ba9335b1bc4f681c39 /src/secp256k1/include/secp256k1.h
parent75171f099e82e3527d7c3469b15891bd92227ec2 (diff)
parente7c1b4490f2c559b050b8255df2d347dd0e4945f (diff)
downloadbitcoin-525282769e8e3e3491b71174a13afaa696f51652.tar.xz
Update to latest libsecp256k1
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-rw-r--r--src/secp256k1/include/secp256k1.h39
1 files changed, 38 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/secp256k1/include/secp256k1.h b/src/secp256k1/include/secp256k1.h
index f268e309d0..fc4c5cefbb 100644
--- a/src/secp256k1/include/secp256k1.h
+++ b/src/secp256k1/include/secp256k1.h
@@ -163,6 +163,8 @@ typedef int (*secp256k1_nonce_function)(
*
* Returns: a newly created context object.
* In: flags: which parts of the context to initialize.
+ *
+ * See also secp256k1_context_randomize.
*/
SECP256K1_API secp256k1_context* secp256k1_context_create(
unsigned int flags
@@ -485,6 +487,28 @@ SECP256K1_API SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int secp256k1_ec_pubkey_create(
const unsigned char *seckey
) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(1) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(2) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(3);
+/** Negates a private key in place.
+ *
+ * Returns: 1 always
+ * Args: ctx: pointer to a context object
+ * In/Out: pubkey: pointer to the public key to be negated (cannot be NULL)
+ */
+SECP256K1_API SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int secp256k1_ec_privkey_negate(
+ const secp256k1_context* ctx,
+ unsigned char *seckey
+) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(1) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(2);
+
+/** Negates a public key in place.
+ *
+ * Returns: 1 always
+ * Args: ctx: pointer to a context object
+ * In/Out: pubkey: pointer to the public key to be negated (cannot be NULL)
+ */
+SECP256K1_API SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int secp256k1_ec_pubkey_negate(
+ const secp256k1_context* ctx,
+ secp256k1_pubkey *pubkey
+) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(1) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(2);
+
/** Tweak a private key by adding tweak to it.
* Returns: 0 if the tweak was out of range (chance of around 1 in 2^128 for
* uniformly random 32-byte arrays, or if the resulting private key
@@ -543,11 +567,24 @@ SECP256K1_API SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int secp256k1_ec_pubkey_tweak_mul(
const unsigned char *tweak
) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(1) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(2) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(3);
-/** Updates the context randomization.
+/** Updates the context randomization to protect against side-channel leakage.
* Returns: 1: randomization successfully updated
* 0: error
* Args: ctx: pointer to a context object (cannot be NULL)
* In: seed32: pointer to a 32-byte random seed (NULL resets to initial state)
+ *
+ * While secp256k1 code is written to be constant-time no matter what secret
+ * values are, it's possible that a future compiler may output code which isn't,
+ * and also that the CPU may not emit the same radio frequencies or draw the same
+ * amount power for all values.
+ *
+ * This function provides a seed which is combined into the blinding value: that
+ * blinding value is added before each multiplication (and removed afterwards) so
+ * that it does not affect function results, but shields against attacks which
+ * rely on any input-dependent behaviour.
+ *
+ * You should call this after secp256k1_context_create or
+ * secp256k1_context_clone, and may call this repeatedly afterwards.
*/
SECP256K1_API SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int secp256k1_context_randomize(
secp256k1_context* ctx,