File openssl-CVE-2022-0778.patch of Package openssl-1_1.36135

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File openssl-CVE-2022-0778.patch of Package openssl-1_1.36135

From 72082ae738bbfdc552a0af55320cdc3c6fe16e1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tomas Mraz <tomas@openssl.org>
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2022 18:26:21 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix possible infinite loop in BN_mod_sqrt()

The calculation in some cases does not finish for non-prime p.

This fixes CVE-2022-0778.

Based on patch by David Benjamin <davidben@google.com>.
---
 crypto/bn/bn_sqrt.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crypto/bn/bn_sqrt.c b/crypto/bn/bn_sqrt.c
index 1723d5ded5..53b0f55985 100644
--- a/crypto/bn/bn_sqrt.c
+++ b/crypto/bn/bn_sqrt.c
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ BIGNUM *BN_mod_sqrt(BIGNUM *in, const BIGNUM *a, const BIGNUM *p, BN_CTX *ctx)
 /*
  * Returns 'ret' such that ret^2 == a (mod p), using the Tonelli/Shanks
  * algorithm (cf. Henri Cohen, "A Course in Algebraic Computational Number
- * Theory", algorithm 1.5.1). 'p' must be prime!
+ * Theory", algorithm 1.5.1). 'p' must be prime, otherwise an error or
+ * an incorrect "result" will be returned.
  */
 {
     BIGNUM *ret = in;
@@ -301,18 +302,23 @@ BIGNUM *BN_mod_sqrt(BIGNUM *in, const BIGNUM *a, const BIGNUM *p, BN_CTX *ctx)
             goto vrfy;
         }
 
-        /* find smallest  i  such that  b^(2^i) = 1 */
-        i = 1;
-        if (!BN_mod_sqr(t, b, p, ctx))
-            goto end;
-        while (!BN_is_one(t)) {
-            i++;
-            if (i == e) {
-                BNerr(BN_F_BN_MOD_SQRT, BN_R_NOT_A_SQUARE);
-                goto end;
+        /* Find the smallest i, 0 < i < e, such that b^(2^i) = 1. */
+        for (i = 1; i < e; i++) {
+            if (i == 1) {
+                if (!BN_mod_sqr(t, b, p, ctx))
+                    goto end;
+
+            } else {
+                if (!BN_mod_mul(t, t, t, p, ctx))
+                    goto end;
             }
-            if (!BN_mod_mul(t, t, t, p, ctx))
-                goto end;
+            if (BN_is_one(t))
+                break;
+        }
+        /* If not found, a is not a square or p is not prime. */
+        if (i >= e) {
+            BNerr(BN_F_BN_MOD_SQRT, BN_R_NOT_A_SQUARE);
+            goto end;
         }
 
         /* t := y^2^(e - i - 1) */

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