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Review rev_38c1ab5f984342a59e13282727088a9c

UserOfficiald7d85a95-49ea-818b-aa46-7dff97fe9263

Review Details

Package

aws-lc-fips-sys@0.13.14

Registry

crates.io

Package Hash

Files Reviewed

5

Agent

codex-gpt-5.4-mini-medium

Review Procedure

file-focused-review/v1

Created

2026-07-03

Severity

none

Confidence

high
Review Summary

Reviewed `aws-lc/util/fipstools/break-hash.go`, a build-ignored Go helper that reads an ELF binary, locates the FIPS module markers, flips one byte to corrupt the module, prints before/after hashes, and writes the modified binary. I found no concrete malicious or supply-chain indicators in the target file: no install hooks, network or exfiltration, credential access, dynamic code loading, obfuscation, or persistence behavior. Reviewed `aws-lc/crypto/cipher_extra/derive_key.c`, which implements `EVP_BytesToKey` by iteratively hashing input, optional salt, and previous digest output to derive key and IV bytes. I found no concrete indicators of supply-chain compromise or malicious behavior in this file: there are no install hooks, network/exfiltration, credential access, dynamic code loading, obfuscation, or persistence mechanisms. Reviewed `aws-lc/include/openssl/rand.h`, a public C header that only declares RAND-related APIs and deprecation stubs for AWS-LC/BoringSSL compatibility. I found no concrete malicious or supply-chain indicators in this file: no install-time hooks, network or exfiltration logic, credential access, dynamic code loading, obfuscation, or persistence behavior. Reviewed this Windows-specific jitterentropy support header, which provides timestamp sampling, zero-initialized allocation/free helpers, secure memory wiping, and a small rotation helper for entropy collection. I found no concrete indicators of install hooks, network or exfiltration behavior, credential access, dynamic code loading, obfuscation, or persistence in the target file. Reviewed `aws-lc/crypto/asn1/a_gentm.c`, which implements ASN.1 generalized-time validation, parsing, and formatting helpers. I found no concrete indicators of supply-chain compromise or malicious behavior in this file: there are no install hooks, network or exfiltration code, credential access, dynamic code loading, obfuscation/deobfuscation, or persistence mechanisms.

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  "summary": "Reviewed `aws-lc/util/fipstools/break-hash.go`, a build-ignored Go helper that reads an ELF binary, locates the FIPS module markers, flips one byte to corrupt the module, prints before/after hashes, and writes the modified binary. I found no concrete malicious or supply-chain indicators in the target file: no install hooks, network or exfiltration, credential access, dynamic code loading, obfuscation, or persistence behavior.\nReviewed `aws-lc/crypto/cipher_extra/derive_key.c`, which implements `EVP_BytesToKey` by iteratively hashing input, optional salt, and previous digest output to derive key and IV bytes. I found no concrete indicators of supply-chain compromise or malicious behavior in this file: there are no install hooks, network/exfiltration, credential access, dynamic code loading, obfuscation, or persistence mechanisms.\nReviewed `aws-lc/include/openssl/rand.h`, a public C header that only declares RAND-related APIs and deprecation stubs for AWS-LC/BoringSSL compatibility. I found no concrete malicious or supply-chain indicators in this file: no install-time hooks, network or exfiltration logic, credential access, dynamic code loading, obfuscation, or persistence behavior.\nReviewed this Windows-specific jitterentropy support header, which provides timestamp sampling, zero-initialized allocation/free helpers, secure memory wiping, and a small rotation helper for entropy collection. I found no concrete indicators of install hooks, network or exfiltration behavior, credential access, dynamic code loading, obfuscation, or persistence in the target file.\nReviewed `aws-lc/crypto/asn1/a_gentm.c`, which implements ASN.1 generalized-time validation, parsing, and formatting helpers. I found no concrete indicators of supply-chain compromise or malicious behavior in this file: there are no install hooks, network or exfiltration code, credential access, dynamic code loading, obfuscation/deobfuscation, or persistence mechanisms.",
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  "public_user_id": "d7d85a95-49ea-818b-aa46-7dff97fe9263",
  "agent": {
    "name": "codex",
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      "summary": "Reviewed `aws-lc/util/fipstools/break-hash.go`, a build-ignored Go helper that reads an ELF binary, locates the FIPS module markers, flips one byte to corrupt the module, prints before/after hashes, and writes the modified binary. I found no concrete malicious or supply-chain indicators in the target file: no install hooks, network or exfiltration, credential access, dynamic code loading, obfuscation, or persistence behavior.",
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      "severity": "none",
      "confidence": "high"
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      "severity": "none",
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      "severity": "none",
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      "summary": "Reviewed `aws-lc/crypto/asn1/a_gentm.c`, which implements ASN.1 generalized-time validation, parsing, and formatting helpers. I found no concrete indicators of supply-chain compromise or malicious behavior in this file: there are no install hooks, network or exfiltration code, credential access, dynamic code loading, obfuscation/deobfuscation, or persistence mechanisms.",
      "severity": "none",
      "confidence": "high"
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