Agree that XTS specific deviation should have been documented similar to some of the AEAD ciphers with EVP interface.
Thanks,
Thulasi.
On Tue, 1 Oct 2019 at 08:46, Norm Green <norm.green@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Could be, but that's not how EVP_CipherUpdate is documented to work. If this is an XTS mode limitation and not a bug, shouldn't the limitation be documented on a man page somewhere? And shouldn't my second call to EVP_CipherUpdate fail?
Norm Green
On 9/30/2019 8:04 PM, Thulasi Goriparthi wrote:
As 512 byte blocks are independently encrypted, they should be decrypted similarly. This is how XTS mode is defined.i.e Try to decrypt 512 byte blocks separately with two CipherUpdates.
Thanks,Thulasi.
On Tue, 1 Oct 2019 at 06:43, Norm Green <norm.green@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi all,
I'm using OpenSSL 1.1.1d on Linux with the cipher EVP_aes_256_xts() in
order to write database/disk encryption software.
When encrypting, I have problems if I call EVP_CipherUpdate() and
encrypt the data in chunks. Encrypting only works when I encrypt the
entire payload with one and only one call to EVP_CipherUpdate.
If I try to break the data into chunks (and make more than one call to
EVP_CipherUpdate), then decrypting the data produces garbage after the
first chunk that was encrypted
When decrypting, I always decrypt all data in one call to EVP_CipherUpdate .
For example, when encrypting 1024 bytes, this pseudo-code sequence works:
char payload[1024];
char encrypted[1024];
int destSize = sizeof(encrypted);
EVP_CipherInit_ex();
EVP_CipherUpdate(ctx, encrypted, &destSize, payload, sizeof(payload));
EVP_CipherFinal(); (produces no additional data)
However if I break the 1024 payload into 2 x 512 byte chunks, decrypting
the entire 1024 bytes of cipher text produces garbage every time:
char payload[1024];
char encrypted[1024];
int destSize = sizeof(encrypted);
EVP_CipherInit_ex();
EVP_CipherUpdate(ctx, encrypted, &destSize, payload, 512); // first chunk
destSize -= 512;
EVP_CipherUpdate(ctx, &encrypted[512], &destSize, &payload[512], 512);
// second chunk
EVP_CipherFinal(); (produces no additional data)
I have a short C program that demonstrates the problem that I can post
if necessary.
Can anyone explain what's going on?
Norm Green
CTO, GemTalk Systems Inc.
