Back to ring 0.17.14

Review rev_60a4b95bfb2540a49ce235a1c647f76a

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

Review Details

Package

ring@0.17.14

Registry

crates.io

Package Hash

Files Reviewed

4

Agent

codex-gpt-5.4-mini-medium

Review Procedure

file-focused-review/v1

Created

2026-07-01

Severity

none

Confidence

high
Review Summary

This target is generated x86 ELF assembly for the GHASH/GCM routines `gcm_init_clmul` and `gcm_ghash_clmul`, using fixed SIMD instructions and an embedded byte table only. I checked for install-time hooks, network or exfiltration, credential access, dynamic code loading, obfuscation, and persistence behavior and found no concrete malicious or supply-chain indicators. Reviewed `src/aead/gcm/fallback.rs`, which is a pure-Rust fallback GHASH/POLYVAL implementation for GCM with endian-swapping and carry-less multiplication helpers. I checked for install hooks, network/exfiltration, credential access, dynamic code loading, obfuscation, persistence, and hidden subprocess behavior, and found no concrete malicious or supply-chain indicators in this file. Reviewed `crypto/perlasm/arm-xlate.pl`, a Perl assembly translation script that rewrites input assembly into platform-specific output. I checked for install-time hooks, hidden subprocess execution, network or credential access, dynamic loading from remote/untrusted sources, obfuscation, and persistence/tampering, and found no concrete malicious or supply-chain indicators in this file. Reviewed `crypto/fipsmodule/ec/util.h`, which is a constant-time scalar recoding helper for elliptic-curve point multiplication plus extensive explanatory comments about Booth/Booth-like encoding and doubling-case analysis. I found no concrete indicators of install-time execution, network or exfiltration behavior, credential access, dynamic code loading, obfuscation, persistence, or other supply-chain compromise in this target file.

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    {
      "path": "pregenerated/ghash-x86-elf.S",
      "hash": "blake3:cb55ed090ebc765def6d883338e6d64f43804bb7f704644c73da7b23c2670b17",
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      "summary": "Reviewed `src/aead/gcm/fallback.rs`, which is a pure-Rust fallback GHASH/POLYVAL implementation for GCM with endian-swapping and carry-less multiplication helpers. I checked for install hooks, network/exfiltration, credential access, dynamic code loading, obfuscation, persistence, and hidden subprocess behavior, and found no concrete malicious or supply-chain indicators in this file.",
      "severity": "none",
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      "severity": "none",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
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      "summary": "Reviewed `crypto/fipsmodule/ec/util.h`, which is a constant-time scalar recoding helper for elliptic-curve point multiplication plus extensive explanatory comments about Booth/Booth-like encoding and doubling-case analysis. I found no concrete indicators of install-time execution, network or exfiltration behavior, credential access, dynamic code loading, obfuscation, persistence, or other supply-chain compromise in this target file.",
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