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//! Random blinding support for [`Scalar`]
use super::Scalar;
use crate::{ops::Invert, CurveArithmetic};
use group::ff::Field;
use rand_core::CryptoRngCore;
use subtle::CtOption;
use zeroize::Zeroize;
/// Scalar blinded with a randomly generated masking value.
///
/// This provides a randomly blinded impl of [`Invert`] which is useful for
/// e.g. ECDSA ephemeral (`k`) scalars.
///
/// It implements masked variable-time inversions using Stein's algorithm, which
/// may be helpful for performance on embedded platforms.
#[derive(Clone)]
pub struct BlindedScalar<C>
where
C: CurveArithmetic,
{
/// Actual scalar value.
scalar: Scalar<C>,
/// Mask value.
mask: Scalar<C>,
}
impl<C> BlindedScalar<C>
where
C: CurveArithmetic,
{
/// Create a new [`BlindedScalar`] from a scalar and a [`CryptoRngCore`].
pub fn new(scalar: Scalar<C>, rng: &mut impl CryptoRngCore) -> Self {
Self {
scalar,
mask: Scalar::<C>::random(rng),
}
}
}
impl<C> AsRef<Scalar<C>> for BlindedScalar<C>
where
C: CurveArithmetic,
{
fn as_ref(&self) -> &Scalar<C> {
&self.scalar
}
}
impl<C> Invert for BlindedScalar<C>
where
C: CurveArithmetic,
{
type Output = CtOption<Scalar<C>>;
fn invert(&self) -> CtOption<Scalar<C>> {
// prevent side channel analysis of scalar inversion by pre-and-post-multiplying
// with the random masking scalar
(self.scalar * self.mask)
.invert_vartime()
.map(|s| s * self.mask)
}
}
impl<C> Drop for BlindedScalar<C>
where
C: CurveArithmetic,
{
fn drop(&mut self) {
self.scalar.zeroize();
self.mask.zeroize();
}
}