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 1// Copyright 2019 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
 2// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
 3// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 4
 5// Package curve25519 provides an implementation of the X25519 function, which
 6// performs scalar multiplication on the elliptic curve known as Curve25519.
 7// See RFC 7748.
 8//
 9// This package is a wrapper for the X25519 implementation
10// in the crypto/ecdh package.
11package curve25519
12
13import "crypto/ecdh"
14
15// ScalarMult sets dst to the product scalar * point.
16//
17// Deprecated: when provided a low-order point, ScalarMult will set dst to all
18// zeroes, irrespective of the scalar. Instead, use the X25519 function, which
19// will return an error.
20func ScalarMult(dst, scalar, point *[32]byte) {
21	if _, err := x25519(dst, scalar[:], point[:]); err != nil {
22		// The only error condition for x25519 when the inputs are 32 bytes long
23		// is if the output would have been the all-zero value.
24		for i := range dst {
25			dst[i] = 0
26		}
27	}
28}
29
30// ScalarBaseMult sets dst to the product scalar * base where base is the
31// standard generator.
32//
33// It is recommended to use the X25519 function with Basepoint instead, as
34// copying into fixed size arrays can lead to unexpected bugs.
35func ScalarBaseMult(dst, scalar *[32]byte) {
36	curve := ecdh.X25519()
37	priv, err := curve.NewPrivateKey(scalar[:])
38	if err != nil {
39		panic("curve25519: internal error: scalarBaseMult was not 32 bytes")
40	}
41	copy(dst[:], priv.PublicKey().Bytes())
42}
43
44const (
45	// ScalarSize is the size of the scalar input to X25519.
46	ScalarSize = 32
47	// PointSize is the size of the point input to X25519.
48	PointSize = 32
49)
50
51// Basepoint is the canonical Curve25519 generator.
52var Basepoint []byte
53
54var basePoint = [32]byte{9}
55
56func init() { Basepoint = basePoint[:] }
57
58// X25519 returns the result of the scalar multiplication (scalar * point),
59// according to RFC 7748, Section 5. scalar, point and the return value are
60// slices of 32 bytes.
61//
62// scalar can be generated at random, for example with crypto/rand. point should
63// be either Basepoint or the output of another X25519 call.
64//
65// If point is Basepoint (but not if it's a different slice with the same
66// contents) a precomputed implementation might be used for performance.
67func X25519(scalar, point []byte) ([]byte, error) {
68	// Outline the body of function, to let the allocation be inlined in the
69	// caller, and possibly avoid escaping to the heap.
70	var dst [32]byte
71	return x25519(&dst, scalar, point)
72}
73
74func x25519(dst *[32]byte, scalar, point []byte) ([]byte, error) {
75	curve := ecdh.X25519()
76	pub, err := curve.NewPublicKey(point)
77	if err != nil {
78		return nil, err
79	}
80	priv, err := curve.NewPrivateKey(scalar)
81	if err != nil {
82		return nil, err
83	}
84	out, err := priv.ECDH(pub)
85	if err != nil {
86		return nil, err
87	}
88	copy(dst[:], out)
89	return dst[:], nil
90}