[PATCH v3 02/15] ecdsa: initial support of ecdsa using mbedtls
Philippe Reynes
philippe.reynes at softathome.com
Tue Mar 31 12:00:34 CEST 2026
Adds an initial support of ecdsa verify using mbedtls.
Signed-off-by: Philippe Reynes <philippe.reynes at softathome.com>
---
v2:
- rename sw_ecdsa.c to ecdsa.c
v3:
- rename sw_ecdsa_verify to ecdsa_hash_verify
- stop on first group found
- check signature len
- use debug instead of printf
- check function returns
- fix memleaks in ecdsa_hash_verify
include/crypto/internal/ecdsa.h | 14 ++++
lib/mbedtls/Makefile | 3 +
lib/mbedtls/ecdsa.c | 141 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 158 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 include/crypto/internal/ecdsa.h
create mode 100644 lib/mbedtls/ecdsa.c
diff --git a/include/crypto/internal/ecdsa.h b/include/crypto/internal/ecdsa.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d2edc006cc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/crypto/internal/ecdsa.h
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ */
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2026, Philippe Reynes <philippe.reynes at softathome.com>
+ */
+#ifndef __ECDSA_HELPER
+#define __ECDSA_HELPER
+
+struct ecdsa_public_key;
+
+int ecdsa_hash_verify(const struct ecdsa_public_key *pubkey,
+ const void *hash, size_t hash_len,
+ const void *signature, size_t sig_len);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/lib/mbedtls/Makefile b/lib/mbedtls/Makefile
index 5433e17cc64..6db06092cee 100644
--- a/lib/mbedtls/Makefile
+++ b/lib/mbedtls/Makefile
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_$(PHASE_)SHA1_MBEDTLS) += sha1.o
obj-$(CONFIG_$(PHASE_)SHA256_MBEDTLS) += sha256.o
obj-$(CONFIG_$(PHASE_)SHA512_MBEDTLS) += sha512.o
+# shim layer for ecdsa
+obj-$(CONFIG_$(PHASE_)ECDSA_MBEDTLS) += ecdsa.o
+
# x509 libraries
obj-$(CONFIG_$(PHASE_)ASYMMETRIC_PUBLIC_KEY_MBEDTLS) += \
public_key.o
diff --git a/lib/mbedtls/ecdsa.c b/lib/mbedtls/ecdsa.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c2ba5c3d72b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/mbedtls/ecdsa.c
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2026 Philippe Reynes <philippe.reynes at softathome.com>
+ */
+
+#include <crypto/ecdsa-uclass.h>
+#include "mbedtls_options.h" /* required to access private fields */
+#include <mbedtls/ecdsa.h>
+#include <mbedtls/ecp.h>
+
+static mbedtls_ecp_group_id ecdsa_search_group_id(const char *curve_name)
+{
+ mbedtls_ecp_group_id grp_id = MBEDTLS_ECP_DP_NONE;
+ const mbedtls_ecp_curve_info *info;
+
+ if (!curve_name)
+ goto out;
+
+ if (!strcmp(curve_name, "prime256v1"))
+ grp_id = MBEDTLS_ECP_DP_SECP256R1;
+
+ info = mbedtls_ecp_curve_list();
+ while (info && info->name) {
+ if (!strcmp(curve_name, info->name)) {
+ grp_id = info->grp_id;
+ break;
+ }
+ info++;
+ }
+
+ out:
+ return grp_id;
+}
+
+int ecdsa_hash_verify(const struct ecdsa_public_key *pubkey,
+ const void *hash, size_t hash_len,
+ const void *signature, size_t sig_len)
+{
+ mbedtls_ecp_group_id grp_id;
+ mbedtls_ecp_group grp;
+ const unsigned char *buf = hash;
+ size_t blen = hash_len;
+ mbedtls_ecp_point Q;
+ mbedtls_mpi r, s;
+ int key_len;
+ int err = -1;
+
+ if (!(pubkey->size_bits % 8))
+ key_len = pubkey->size_bits / 8;
+ else
+ key_len = pubkey->size_bits / 8 + 1;
+
+ /* check the signature len */
+ if (sig_len != 2 * key_len) {
+ debug("%s: sig len should be twice the key len (sig len = %ld, key len = %d)\n",
+ __func__, sig_len, key_len);
+ err = -EINVAL;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ /* search the group */
+ grp_id = ecdsa_search_group_id(pubkey->curve_name);
+ if (grp_id == MBEDTLS_ECP_DP_NONE) {
+ debug("%s: curve name %s not found\n",
+ __func__, pubkey->curve_name);
+ err = -EINVAL;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ /* init and load the group */
+ mbedtls_ecp_group_init(&grp);
+ err = mbedtls_ecp_group_load(&grp, grp_id);
+ if (err) {
+ err = -EINVAL;
+ goto out1;
+ }
+
+ /* prepare the pubkey */
+ mbedtls_ecp_point_init(&Q);
+ err = mbedtls_mpi_read_binary(&Q.X, pubkey->x, key_len);
+ if (err) {
+ debug("%s: could not read value x of the public key (err = %d)\n",
+ __func__, err);
+ err = -EINVAL;
+ goto out2;
+ }
+ err = mbedtls_mpi_read_binary(&Q.Y, pubkey->y, key_len);
+ if (err) {
+ debug("%s: could not read value y of the public key (err = %d)\n",
+ __func__, err);
+ err = -EINVAL;
+ goto out2;
+ }
+ mbedtls_mpi_lset(&Q.Z, 1);
+
+ /* check if the pubkey is valid */
+ err = mbedtls_ecp_check_pubkey(&grp, &Q);
+ if (err < 0) {
+ debug("%s: public key is invalid (err = %d)\n", __func__, err);
+ err = -EKEYREJECTED;
+ goto out2;
+ }
+
+ /* compute r */
+ mbedtls_mpi_init(&r);
+ err = mbedtls_mpi_read_binary(&r, signature, key_len);
+ if (err) {
+ debug("%s: could not read value r of the signature (err = %d)\n",
+ __func__, err);
+ err = -EINVAL;
+ goto out3;
+ }
+
+ /* compute s */
+ mbedtls_mpi_init(&s);
+ err = mbedtls_mpi_read_binary(&s, (unsigned char *)signature + key_len,
+ key_len);
+ if (err) {
+ debug("%s: could not read value s of the signature (err = %d)\n",
+ __func__, err);
+ err = -EINVAL;
+ goto out4;
+ }
+
+ /* check the signature */
+ err = mbedtls_ecdsa_verify(&grp, buf, blen, &Q, &r, &s);
+ if (err)
+ err = -EINVAL;
+
+ out4:
+ mbedtls_mpi_free(&s);
+ out3:
+ mbedtls_mpi_free(&r);
+ out2:
+ mbedtls_ecp_point_free(&Q);
+ out1:
+ mbedtls_ecp_group_free(&grp);
+ out:
+
+ return err;
+}
--
2.43.0
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