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Review rev_dd6cdac69fc04f96ae442c6719f66b15

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/crypto/fipsmodule/fips_empty_main.c`, a tiny Windows FIPS build helper that prints to stderr, calls `FIPS_mode()` to force `libcrypto` linkage and self-test execution, then exits. I found no concrete indicators of install-time execution, network/exfiltration, credential access, dynamic code loading, obfuscation, persistence, or other hidden payload behavior in this file. Reviewed a small C compile test that only includes <linux/random.h> and exits successfully; it contains no install hooks, network or exfiltration behavior, credential access, dynamic code loading, obfuscation, or persistence logic. The file appears to exist solely to verify whether the Linux header compiles in this environment. Reviewed the target header `_internal_s2n_bignum.h`, which only defines preprocessor macros for platform-specific symbol naming and visibility (`S2N_BN_SYMBOL`, `S2N_BN_SYM_VISIBILITY_DIRECTIVE`, `S2N_BN_SYM_PRIVACY_DIRECTIVE`). I found no concrete malicious or supply-chain indicators in this file: no install hooks, network/exfiltration, credential access, dynamic code loading, obfuscation, or persistence behavior. Reviewed this header as a small arithmetic interface for Montgomery and Barrett reduction in the ML-KEM reference code. I checked for install-time hooks, network/exfiltration, credential access, dynamic code loading, obfuscation, persistence, and other hidden execution paths, and found no concrete malicious or supply-chain indicators in this file. Reviewed this header, which only defines two constant Montgomery-reduction parameters and declares `montgomery_reduce`/`barrett_reduce` symbols for the Kyber implementation. I found no concrete signs of install-time execution, network/exfiltration, credential access, dynamic code loading, obfuscation, or persistence in this file.

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  "summary": "Reviewed `aws-lc/crypto/fipsmodule/fips_empty_main.c`, a tiny Windows FIPS build helper that prints to stderr, calls `FIPS_mode()` to force `libcrypto` linkage and self-test execution, then exits. I found no concrete indicators of install-time execution, network/exfiltration, credential access, dynamic code loading, obfuscation, persistence, or other hidden payload behavior in this file.\nReviewed a small C compile test that only includes <linux/random.h> and exits successfully; it contains no install hooks, network or exfiltration behavior, credential access, dynamic code loading, obfuscation, or persistence logic. The file appears to exist solely to verify whether the Linux header compiles in this environment.\nReviewed the target header `_internal_s2n_bignum.h`, which only defines preprocessor macros for platform-specific symbol naming and visibility (`S2N_BN_SYMBOL`, `S2N_BN_SYM_VISIBILITY_DIRECTIVE`, `S2N_BN_SYM_PRIVACY_DIRECTIVE`). I found no concrete malicious or supply-chain indicators in this file: no install hooks, network/exfiltration, credential access, dynamic code loading, obfuscation, or persistence behavior.\nReviewed this header as a small arithmetic interface for Montgomery and Barrett reduction in the ML-KEM reference code. I checked for install-time hooks, network/exfiltration, credential access, dynamic code loading, obfuscation, persistence, and other hidden execution paths, and found no concrete malicious or supply-chain indicators in this file.\nReviewed this header, which only defines two constant Montgomery-reduction parameters and declares `montgomery_reduce`/`barrett_reduce` symbols for the Kyber implementation. I found no concrete signs of install-time execution, network/exfiltration, credential access, dynamic code loading, obfuscation, or persistence in this file.",
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      "path": "aws-lc/crypto/fipsmodule/fips_empty_main.c",
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      "summary": "Reviewed `aws-lc/crypto/fipsmodule/fips_empty_main.c`, a tiny Windows FIPS build helper that prints to stderr, calls `FIPS_mode()` to force `libcrypto` linkage and self-test execution, then exits. I found no concrete indicators of install-time execution, network/exfiltration, credential access, dynamic code loading, obfuscation, persistence, or other hidden payload behavior in this file.",
      "severity": "none",
      "confidence": "high"
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    {
      "path": "aws-lc/tests/compiler_features_tests/linux_u32.c",
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      "summary": "Reviewed a small C compile test that only includes <linux/random.h> and exits successfully; it contains no install hooks, network or exfiltration behavior, credential access, dynamic code loading, obfuscation, or persistence logic. The file appears to exist solely to verify whether the Linux header compiles in this environment.",
      "severity": "none",
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      "path": "aws-lc/third_party/s2n-bignum/include/_internal_s2n_bignum.h",
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      "summary": "Reviewed the target header `_internal_s2n_bignum.h`, which only defines preprocessor macros for platform-specific symbol naming and visibility (`S2N_BN_SYMBOL`, `S2N_BN_SYM_VISIBILITY_DIRECTIVE`, `S2N_BN_SYM_PRIVACY_DIRECTIVE`). I found no concrete malicious or supply-chain indicators in this file: no install hooks, network/exfiltration, credential access, dynamic code loading, obfuscation, or persistence behavior.",
      "severity": "none",
      "confidence": "high"
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    {
      "path": "aws-lc/crypto/fipsmodule/ml_kem/ml_kem_ref/reduce.h",
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      "summary": "Reviewed this header as a small arithmetic interface for Montgomery and Barrett reduction in the ML-KEM reference code. I checked for install-time hooks, network/exfiltration, credential access, dynamic code loading, obfuscation, persistence, and other hidden execution paths, and found no concrete malicious or supply-chain indicators in this file.",
      "severity": "none",
      "confidence": "high"
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      "severity": "none",
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