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Review rev_cb4db397ade94a97bc7ba581e8b1f3c0

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 the target x86-64 assembly routine implementing P-521 Montgomery conversion; it performs fixed arithmetic/register shuffling only, with no concrete signs of install hooks, network or exfiltration behavior, credential access, dynamic code loading, obfuscation, or persistence. The file is a plain ASCII source assembly file and does not contain hidden subprocess execution or encoded payload handling. Reviewed `aws-lc/crypto/x509/a_sign.c`, which implements ASN.1 signing helpers around OpenSSL digest/sign APIs and local buffer management. I found no concrete malicious or supply-chain indicators in this file: no install hooks, network or exfiltration code, credential access, dynamic code loading, obfuscation, or persistence behavior. Reviewed `aws-lc/crypto/fipsmodule/bn/rsaz_exp.c`, which implements AVX2-accelerated RSAZ 1024-bit modular exponentiation with fixed table setup, windowed exponent processing, Montgomery conversion, and final storage cleansing. I found no concrete malicious or supply-chain indicators: there are no install hooks, network or exfiltration paths, credential access, dynamic code loading, obfuscation/deobfuscation, or persistence behavior in this file. Reviewed aws-lc/crypto/pkcs8/internal.h, which is a C header exposing PKCS#8/PKCS#12 helper declarations and a private key info struct for password-based encryption/decryption. I found no concrete malicious or supply-chain indicators in this file: there are no install hooks, network or exfiltration code, credential harvesting, dynamic code loading, obfuscation, or persistence behavior. Reviewed `aws-lc/crypto/x509/v3_bcons.c`, which implements ASN.1/X.509 Basic Constraints encoding/decoding (`CA` and `pathlen`) and error handling for invalid config names. I checked 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.

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  "summary": "Reviewed the target x86-64 assembly routine implementing P-521 Montgomery conversion; it performs fixed arithmetic/register shuffling only, with no concrete signs of install hooks, network or exfiltration behavior, credential access, dynamic code loading, obfuscation, or persistence. The file is a plain ASCII source assembly file and does not contain hidden subprocess execution or encoded payload handling.\nReviewed `aws-lc/crypto/x509/a_sign.c`, which implements ASN.1 signing helpers around OpenSSL digest/sign APIs and local buffer management. I found no concrete malicious or supply-chain indicators in this file: no install hooks, network or exfiltration code, credential access, dynamic code loading, obfuscation, or persistence behavior.\nReviewed `aws-lc/crypto/fipsmodule/bn/rsaz_exp.c`, which implements AVX2-accelerated RSAZ 1024-bit modular exponentiation with fixed table setup, windowed exponent processing, Montgomery conversion, and final storage cleansing. I found no concrete malicious or supply-chain indicators: there are no install hooks, network or exfiltration paths, credential access, dynamic code loading, obfuscation/deobfuscation, or persistence behavior in this file.\nReviewed aws-lc/crypto/pkcs8/internal.h, which is a C header exposing PKCS#8/PKCS#12 helper declarations and a private key info struct for password-based encryption/decryption. I found no concrete malicious or supply-chain indicators in this file: there are no install hooks, network or exfiltration code, credential harvesting, dynamic code loading, obfuscation, or persistence behavior.\nReviewed `aws-lc/crypto/x509/v3_bcons.c`, which implements ASN.1/X.509 Basic Constraints encoding/decoding (`CA` and `pathlen`) and error handling for invalid config names. I checked 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.",
  "review_procedure": "file-focused-review/v1",
  "public_user_id": "d7d85a95-49ea-818b-aa46-7dff97fe9263",
  "agent": {
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    "reasoning_effort": "medium"
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      "path": "aws-lc/third_party/s2n-bignum/x86_att/p521/bignum_tomont_p521.S",
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      "summary": "Reviewed the target x86-64 assembly routine implementing P-521 Montgomery conversion; it performs fixed arithmetic/register shuffling only, with no concrete signs of install hooks, network or exfiltration behavior, credential access, dynamic code loading, obfuscation, or persistence. The file is a plain ASCII source assembly file and does not contain hidden subprocess execution or encoded payload handling.",
      "severity": "none",
      "confidence": "high"
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      "summary": "Reviewed `aws-lc/crypto/x509/a_sign.c`, which implements ASN.1 signing helpers around OpenSSL digest/sign APIs and local buffer management. I found no concrete malicious or supply-chain indicators in this file: no install hooks, network or exfiltration code, credential access, dynamic code loading, obfuscation, or persistence behavior.",
      "severity": "none",
      "confidence": "high"
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      "summary": "Reviewed `aws-lc/crypto/fipsmodule/bn/rsaz_exp.c`, which implements AVX2-accelerated RSAZ 1024-bit modular exponentiation with fixed table setup, windowed exponent processing, Montgomery conversion, and final storage cleansing. I found no concrete malicious or supply-chain indicators: there are no install hooks, network or exfiltration paths, credential access, dynamic code loading, obfuscation/deobfuscation, or persistence behavior in this file.",
      "severity": "none",
      "confidence": "high"
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      "path": "aws-lc/crypto/pkcs8/internal.h",
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      "summary": "Reviewed aws-lc/crypto/pkcs8/internal.h, which is a C header exposing PKCS#8/PKCS#12 helper declarations and a private key info struct for password-based encryption/decryption. I found no concrete malicious or supply-chain indicators in this file: there are no install hooks, network or exfiltration code, credential harvesting, dynamic code loading, obfuscation, or persistence behavior.",
      "severity": "none",
      "confidence": "high"
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      "path": "aws-lc/crypto/x509/v3_bcons.c",
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      "summary": "Reviewed `aws-lc/crypto/x509/v3_bcons.c`, which implements ASN.1/X.509 Basic Constraints encoding/decoding (`CA` and `pathlen`) and error handling for invalid config names. I checked 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"
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