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diff --git a/src/secp256k1/include/secp256k1.h b/src/secp256k1/include/secp256k1.h
index 2178c8e2d6..d368488af2 100644
--- a/src/secp256k1/include/secp256k1.h
+++ b/src/secp256k1/include/secp256k1.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ extern "C" {
*
* 1. Context pointers go first, followed by output arguments, combined
* output/input arguments, and finally input-only arguments.
- * 2. Array lengths always immediately the follow the argument whose length
+ * 2. Array lengths always immediately follow the argument whose length
* they describe, even if this violates rule 1.
* 3. Within the OUT/OUTIN/IN groups, pointers to data that is typically generated
* later go first. This means: signatures, public nonces, secret nonces,
@@ -452,7 +452,14 @@ SECP256K1_API int secp256k1_ecdsa_signature_serialize_compact(
* 0: incorrect or unparseable signature
* Args: ctx: a secp256k1 context object, initialized for verification.
* In: sig: the signature being verified (cannot be NULL)
- * msg32: the 32-byte message hash being verified (cannot be NULL)
+ * msghash32: the 32-byte message hash being verified (cannot be NULL).
+ * The verifier must make sure to apply a cryptographic
+ * hash function to the message by itself and not accept an
+ * msghash32 value directly. Otherwise, it would be easy to
+ * create a "valid" signature without knowledge of the
+ * secret key. See also
+ * https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/a/81116/35586 for more
+ * background on this topic.
* pubkey: pointer to an initialized public key to verify with (cannot be NULL)
*
* To avoid accepting malleable signatures, only ECDSA signatures in lower-S
@@ -467,7 +474,7 @@ SECP256K1_API int secp256k1_ecdsa_signature_serialize_compact(
SECP256K1_API SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int secp256k1_ecdsa_verify(
const secp256k1_context* ctx,
const secp256k1_ecdsa_signature *sig,
- const unsigned char *msg32,
+ const unsigned char *msghash32,
const secp256k1_pubkey *pubkey
) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(1) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(2) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(3) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(4);
@@ -532,12 +539,12 @@ SECP256K1_API extern const secp256k1_nonce_function secp256k1_nonce_function_def
*
* Returns: 1: signature created
* 0: the nonce generation function failed, or the secret key was invalid.
- * Args: ctx: pointer to a context object, initialized for signing (cannot be NULL)
- * Out: sig: pointer to an array where the signature will be placed (cannot be NULL)
- * In: msg32: the 32-byte message hash being signed (cannot be NULL)
- * seckey: pointer to a 32-byte secret key (cannot be NULL)
- * noncefp:pointer to a nonce generation function. If NULL, secp256k1_nonce_function_default is used
- * ndata: pointer to arbitrary data used by the nonce generation function (can be NULL)
+ * Args: ctx: pointer to a context object, initialized for signing (cannot be NULL)
+ * Out: sig: pointer to an array where the signature will be placed (cannot be NULL)
+ * In: msghash32: the 32-byte message hash being signed (cannot be NULL)
+ * seckey: pointer to a 32-byte secret key (cannot be NULL)
+ * noncefp: pointer to a nonce generation function. If NULL, secp256k1_nonce_function_default is used
+ * ndata: pointer to arbitrary data used by the nonce generation function (can be NULL)
*
* The created signature is always in lower-S form. See
* secp256k1_ecdsa_signature_normalize for more details.
@@ -545,7 +552,7 @@ SECP256K1_API extern const secp256k1_nonce_function secp256k1_nonce_function_def
SECP256K1_API int secp256k1_ecdsa_sign(
const secp256k1_context* ctx,
secp256k1_ecdsa_signature *sig,
- const unsigned char *msg32,
+ const unsigned char *msghash32,
const unsigned char *seckey,
secp256k1_nonce_function noncefp,
const void *ndata
@@ -626,7 +633,7 @@ SECP256K1_API SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int secp256k1_ec_pubkey_negate(
* invalid according to secp256k1_ec_seckey_verify, this
* function returns 0. seckey will be set to some unspecified
* value if this function returns 0. (cannot be NULL)
- * In: tweak: pointer to a 32-byte tweak. If the tweak is invalid according to
+ * In: tweak32: pointer to a 32-byte tweak. If the tweak is invalid according to
* secp256k1_ec_seckey_verify, this function returns 0. For
* uniformly random 32-byte arrays the chance of being invalid
* is negligible (around 1 in 2^128) (cannot be NULL).
@@ -634,7 +641,7 @@ SECP256K1_API SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int secp256k1_ec_pubkey_negate(
SECP256K1_API SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int secp256k1_ec_seckey_tweak_add(
const secp256k1_context* ctx,
unsigned char *seckey,
- const unsigned char *tweak
+ const unsigned char *tweak32
) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(1) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(2) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(3);
/** Same as secp256k1_ec_seckey_tweak_add, but DEPRECATED. Will be removed in
@@ -642,7 +649,7 @@ SECP256K1_API SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int secp256k1_ec_seckey_tweak_add(
SECP256K1_API SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int secp256k1_ec_privkey_tweak_add(
const secp256k1_context* ctx,
unsigned char *seckey,
- const unsigned char *tweak
+ const unsigned char *tweak32
) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(1) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(2) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(3);
/** Tweak a public key by adding tweak times the generator to it.
@@ -654,7 +661,7 @@ SECP256K1_API SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int secp256k1_ec_privkey_tweak_add(
* (cannot be NULL).
* In/Out: pubkey: pointer to a public key object. pubkey will be set to an
* invalid value if this function returns 0 (cannot be NULL).
- * In: tweak: pointer to a 32-byte tweak. If the tweak is invalid according to
+ * In: tweak32: pointer to a 32-byte tweak. If the tweak is invalid according to
* secp256k1_ec_seckey_verify, this function returns 0. For
* uniformly random 32-byte arrays the chance of being invalid
* is negligible (around 1 in 2^128) (cannot be NULL).
@@ -662,7 +669,7 @@ SECP256K1_API SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int secp256k1_ec_privkey_tweak_add(
SECP256K1_API SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int secp256k1_ec_pubkey_tweak_add(
const secp256k1_context* ctx,
secp256k1_pubkey *pubkey,
- const unsigned char *tweak
+ const unsigned char *tweak32
) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(1) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(2) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(3);
/** Tweak a secret key by multiplying it by a tweak.
@@ -673,7 +680,7 @@ SECP256K1_API SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int secp256k1_ec_pubkey_tweak_add(
* invalid according to secp256k1_ec_seckey_verify, this
* function returns 0. seckey will be set to some unspecified
* value if this function returns 0. (cannot be NULL)
- * In: tweak: pointer to a 32-byte tweak. If the tweak is invalid according to
+ * In: tweak32: pointer to a 32-byte tweak. If the tweak is invalid according to
* secp256k1_ec_seckey_verify, this function returns 0. For
* uniformly random 32-byte arrays the chance of being invalid
* is negligible (around 1 in 2^128) (cannot be NULL).
@@ -681,7 +688,7 @@ SECP256K1_API SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int secp256k1_ec_pubkey_tweak_add(
SECP256K1_API SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int secp256k1_ec_seckey_tweak_mul(
const secp256k1_context* ctx,
unsigned char *seckey,
- const unsigned char *tweak
+ const unsigned char *tweak32
) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(1) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(2) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(3);
/** Same as secp256k1_ec_seckey_tweak_mul, but DEPRECATED. Will be removed in
@@ -689,7 +696,7 @@ SECP256K1_API SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int secp256k1_ec_seckey_tweak_mul(
SECP256K1_API SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int secp256k1_ec_privkey_tweak_mul(
const secp256k1_context* ctx,
unsigned char *seckey,
- const unsigned char *tweak
+ const unsigned char *tweak32
) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(1) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(2) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(3);
/** Tweak a public key by multiplying it by a tweak value.
@@ -699,7 +706,7 @@ SECP256K1_API SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int secp256k1_ec_privkey_tweak_mul(
* (cannot be NULL).
* In/Out: pubkey: pointer to a public key object. pubkey will be set to an
* invalid value if this function returns 0 (cannot be NULL).
- * In: tweak: pointer to a 32-byte tweak. If the tweak is invalid according to
+ * In: tweak32: pointer to a 32-byte tweak. If the tweak is invalid according to
* secp256k1_ec_seckey_verify, this function returns 0. For
* uniformly random 32-byte arrays the chance of being invalid
* is negligible (around 1 in 2^128) (cannot be NULL).
@@ -707,7 +714,7 @@ SECP256K1_API SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int secp256k1_ec_privkey_tweak_mul(
SECP256K1_API SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int secp256k1_ec_pubkey_tweak_mul(
const secp256k1_context* ctx,
secp256k1_pubkey *pubkey,
- const unsigned char *tweak
+ const unsigned char *tweak32
) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(1) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(2) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(3);
/** Updates the context randomization to protect against side-channel leakage.
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