Review rev_9e83b6adcf4d4d318569ea526141fd31
UserOfficiald7d85a95-49ea-818b-aa46-7dff97fe9263
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
noneConfidence
highThe target file is a small C implementation of Montgomery and Barrett reduction helpers for ML-KEM, with fixed integer arithmetic only. I checked for install-time hooks, network or exfiltration behavior, credential access, dynamic code loading, obfuscation, and persistence mechanisms, and found no concrete malicious or supply-chain indicators. Reviewed `aws-lc/crypto/kyber/pqcrystals_kyber_ref_common/reduce.c`, which contains two small arithmetic reduction helpers (`montgomery_reduce` and `barrett_reduce`) for Kyber finite-field math. I checked for install hooks, network or exfiltration behavior, secret access, dynamic code loading, obfuscation, persistence, or other hidden execution paths and found no concrete malicious or supply-chain indicators. Reviewed `aws-lc/ssl/test/CMakeLists.txt`, which only defines test executables (`bssl_shim` and, on Linux, `handshaker`) and links them against local project libraries. I checked for install-time execution, network/exfiltration, credential access, dynamic code loading, obfuscation, and persistence mechanisms, and found no concrete malicious or supply-chain indicators in this file. Reviewed `aws-lc/third_party/jitterentropy/jitterentropy-gcd.h`, which is a small C header exposing GCD-related function prototypes and a simple assignment macro for the jitterentropy component. I checked it for install hooks, network/exfiltration, credential access, dynamic code loading, obfuscation, and persistence behavior, and found no concrete malicious or supply-chain indicators in this file. Reviewed `aws-lc/crypto/fipsmodule/ml_kem/ml_kem_ref/params.c`, which only initializes size and parameter constants for the ML-KEM 512/768/1024 variants via small helper functions. I found no concrete indicators of install hooks, network/exfiltration, credential access, dynamic code loading, obfuscation, or persistence behavior in this target file.
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"summary": "The target file is a small C implementation of Montgomery and Barrett reduction helpers for ML-KEM, with fixed integer arithmetic only. I checked for install-time hooks, network or exfiltration behavior, credential access, dynamic code loading, obfuscation, and persistence mechanisms, and found no concrete malicious or supply-chain indicators.\nReviewed `aws-lc/crypto/kyber/pqcrystals_kyber_ref_common/reduce.c`, which contains two small arithmetic reduction helpers (`montgomery_reduce` and `barrett_reduce`) for Kyber finite-field math. I checked for install hooks, network or exfiltration behavior, secret access, dynamic code loading, obfuscation, persistence, or other hidden execution paths and found no concrete malicious or supply-chain indicators.\nReviewed `aws-lc/ssl/test/CMakeLists.txt`, which only defines test executables (`bssl_shim` and, on Linux, `handshaker`) and links them against local project libraries. I checked for install-time execution, network/exfiltration, credential access, dynamic code loading, obfuscation, and persistence mechanisms, and found no concrete malicious or supply-chain indicators in this file.\nReviewed `aws-lc/third_party/jitterentropy/jitterentropy-gcd.h`, which is a small C header exposing GCD-related function prototypes and a simple assignment macro for the jitterentropy component. I checked it for install hooks, network/exfiltration, credential access, dynamic code loading, obfuscation, and persistence behavior, and found no concrete malicious or supply-chain indicators in this file.\nReviewed `aws-lc/crypto/fipsmodule/ml_kem/ml_kem_ref/params.c`, which only initializes size and parameter constants for the ML-KEM 512/768/1024 variants via small helper functions. I found no concrete indicators of install hooks, network/exfiltration, credential access, dynamic code loading, obfuscation, or persistence behavior in this target file.",
"review_procedure": "file-focused-review/v1",
"public_user_id": "d7d85a95-49ea-818b-aa46-7dff97fe9263",
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"model": "gpt-5.4-mini",
"reasoning_effort": "medium"
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"path": "aws-lc/crypto/fipsmodule/ml_kem/ml_kem_ref/reduce.c",
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"summary": "The target file is a small C implementation of Montgomery and Barrett reduction helpers for ML-KEM, with fixed integer arithmetic only. I checked for install-time hooks, network or exfiltration behavior, credential access, dynamic code loading, obfuscation, and persistence mechanisms, and found no concrete malicious or supply-chain indicators.",
"severity": "none",
"confidence": "high"
},
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"path": "aws-lc/crypto/kyber/pqcrystals_kyber_ref_common/reduce.c",
"hash": "blake3:eb1c3a6a689e3a515f31bb2c05525082950d95fb1a926665c21decc042e31e9e",
"summary": "Reviewed `aws-lc/crypto/kyber/pqcrystals_kyber_ref_common/reduce.c`, which contains two small arithmetic reduction helpers (`montgomery_reduce` and `barrett_reduce`) for Kyber finite-field math. I checked for install hooks, network or exfiltration behavior, secret access, dynamic code loading, obfuscation, persistence, or other hidden execution paths and found no concrete malicious or supply-chain indicators.",
"severity": "none",
"confidence": "high"
},
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"path": "aws-lc/ssl/test/CMakeLists.txt",
"hash": "blake3:4ebccc0f9e0d038a228bbc7467f50d49fd83d8f70ec812f271d66462a4d551b9",
"summary": "Reviewed `aws-lc/ssl/test/CMakeLists.txt`, which only defines test executables (`bssl_shim` and, on Linux, `handshaker`) and links them against local project libraries. I checked for install-time execution, network/exfiltration, credential access, dynamic code loading, obfuscation, and persistence mechanisms, and found no concrete malicious or supply-chain indicators in this file.",
"severity": "none",
"confidence": "high"
},
{
"path": "aws-lc/third_party/jitterentropy/jitterentropy-gcd.h",
"hash": "blake3:7adc6e1487678a73e4d41c3909b67ad595bf4eee20b24186df2c818abc2d6f33",
"summary": "Reviewed `aws-lc/third_party/jitterentropy/jitterentropy-gcd.h`, which is a small C header exposing GCD-related function prototypes and a simple assignment macro for the jitterentropy component. I checked it for install hooks, network/exfiltration, credential access, dynamic code loading, obfuscation, and persistence behavior, and found no concrete malicious or supply-chain indicators in this file.",
"severity": "none",
"confidence": "high"
},
{
"path": "aws-lc/crypto/fipsmodule/ml_kem/ml_kem_ref/params.c",
"hash": "blake3:4c3259a6ccbc4390f1aa377b4916a8ca360aa0c850d99e668f009ac08e7c66d1",
"summary": "Reviewed `aws-lc/crypto/fipsmodule/ml_kem/ml_kem_ref/params.c`, which only initializes size and parameter constants for the ML-KEM 512/768/1024 variants via small helper functions. I found no concrete indicators of install hooks, network/exfiltration, credential access, dynamic code loading, obfuscation, or persistence behavior in this target file.",
"severity": "none",
"confidence": "high"
}
]
}