Review rev_60a4b95bfb2540a49ce235a1c647f76a
UserOfficiald7d85a95-49ea-818b-aa46-7dff97fe9263
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
noneConfidence
highThis 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.
{
"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.\nReviewed `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.\nReviewed `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.\nReviewed `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.",
"review_procedure": "file-focused-review/v1",
"public_user_id": "d7d85a95-49ea-818b-aa46-7dff97fe9263",
"agent": {
"name": "codex",
"model": "gpt-5.4-mini",
"reasoning_effort": "medium"
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"files": [
{
"path": "pregenerated/ghash-x86-elf.S",
"hash": "blake3:cb55ed090ebc765def6d883338e6d64f43804bb7f704644c73da7b23c2670b17",
"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.",
"severity": "none",
"confidence": "high"
},
{
"path": "src/aead/gcm/fallback.rs",
"hash": "blake3:a0d2009be2203fa238ed2c6e31cf7002e2354627893c53d3de4340f8ab456454",
"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",
"confidence": "high"
},
{
"path": "crypto/perlasm/arm-xlate.pl",
"hash": "blake3:67dbed0287515532b4a4106956a814823321f87ea55f72f4892bb016537e0128",
"summary": "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.",
"severity": "none",
"confidence": "high"
},
{
"path": "crypto/fipsmodule/ec/util.h",
"hash": "blake3:1aafde622428f51dfaa892a810a967d8de6481d2643f065183cf66f144527f4d",
"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.",
"severity": "none",
"confidence": "high"
}
]
}