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-rw-r--r--crypto/constant_time_locl.h20
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/crypto/constant_time_locl.h b/crypto/constant_time_locl.h
index a5734f2fec..94e20bcfc8 100644
--- a/crypto/constant_time_locl.h
+++ b/crypto/constant_time_locl.h
@@ -185,11 +185,29 @@ static inline unsigned char constant_time_eq_int_8(int a, int b)
return constant_time_eq_8((unsigned)(a), (unsigned)(b));
}
+/*
+ * Returns the value unmodified, but avoids optimizations.
+ * The barriers prevent the compiler from narrowing down the
+ * possible value range of the mask and ~mask in the select
+ * statements, which avoids the recognition of the select
+ * and turning it into a conditional load or branch.
+ */
+static inline unsigned int value_barrier(unsigned int a)
+{
+#if !defined(OPENSSL_NO_ASM) && defined(__GNUC__)
+ unsigned int r;
+ __asm__("" : "=r"(r) : "0"(a));
+#else
+ volatile unsigned int r = a;
+#endif
+ return r;
+}
+
static inline unsigned int constant_time_select(unsigned int mask,
unsigned int a,
unsigned int b)
{
- return (mask & a) | (~mask & b);
+ return (value_barrier(mask) & a) | (value_barrier(~mask) & b);
}
static inline unsigned char constant_time_select_8(unsigned char mask,