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btcec/pubkey: verify decompressed y-coord is sqroot

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Conner Fromknecht 2018-05-29 17:06:32 -07:00
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btcec/pubkey.go
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@ -32,8 +32,9 @@ func decompressPoint(curve *KoblitzCurve, x *big.Int, ybit bool) (*big.Int, erro
x3 := new(big.Int).Mul(x, x)
x3.Mul(x3, x)
x3.Add(x3, curve.Params().B)
x3.Mod(x3, curve.Params().P)
// now calculate sqrt mod p of x2 + B
// Now calculate sqrt mod p of x^3 + B
// This code used to do a full sqrt based on tonelli/shanks,
// but this was replaced by the algorithms referenced in
// https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=162805.msg1712294#msg1712294
@ -42,9 +43,19 @@ func decompressPoint(curve *KoblitzCurve, x *big.Int, ybit bool) (*big.Int, erro
if ybit != isOdd(y) {
y.Sub(curve.Params().P, y)
}
// Check that y is a square root of x^3 + B.
y2 := new(big.Int).Mul(y, y)
y2.Mod(y2, curve.Params().P)
if y2.Cmp(x3) != 0 {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid square root")
}
// Verify that y-coord has expected parity.
if ybit != isOdd(y) {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("ybit doesn't match oddness")
}
return y, nil
}