@@ -927,6 +927,26 @@ int ecc_is_key_valid(unsigned int curve_id, unsigned int ndigits,
return 0;
}
+int ecc_gen_privkey(unsigned int curve_id, unsigned int ndigits, u64 *privkey)
+{
+ const struct ecc_curve *curve = ecc_get_curve(curve_id);
+ u64 priv[ndigits];
+ unsigned int nbytes = ndigits << ECC_DIGITS_TO_BYTES_SHIFT;
+
+ get_random_bytes(priv, nbytes);
+
+ if (vli_is_zero(priv, ndigits))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ /* Make sure the private key is in the range [1, n-1]. */
+ if (vli_cmp(curve->n, priv, ndigits) != 1)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ ecc_swap_digits(priv, privkey, ndigits);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
int ecdh_make_pub_key(unsigned int curve_id, unsigned int ndigits,
const u8 *private_key, unsigned int private_key_len,
u8 *public_key, unsigned int public_key_len)
@@ -44,6 +44,20 @@ int ecc_is_key_valid(unsigned int curve_id, unsigned int ndigits,
const u8 *private_key, unsigned int private_key_len);
/**
+ * ecc_gen_privkey() - Generates an ECC private key.
+ * The private key is a random integer in the range 0 < random < n, where n is a
+ * prime that is the order of the cyclic subgroup generated by the distinguished
+ * point G.
+ * @curve_id: id representing the curve to use
+ * @ndigits: curve number of digits
+ * @private_key: buffer for storing the generated private key
+ *
+ * Returns 0 if the private key was generated successfully, a negative value
+ * if an error occurred.
+ */
+int ecc_gen_privkey(unsigned int curve_id, unsigned int ndigits, u64 *privkey);
+
+/**
* ecdh_make_pub_key() - Compute an ECC public key
*
* @curve_id: id representing the curve to use
Add support for generating ecc private keys. Generation of ecc private keys is helpful in a user-space to kernel ecdh offload because the keys are not revealed to user-space. Private key generation is also helpful to implement forward secrecy. Signed-off-by: Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@microchip.com> --- crypto/ecc.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ crypto/ecc.h | 14 ++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+)