| 1 | // Copyright ©2025 blackshirt. |
| 2 | // Use of this source code is governed by an MIT license |
| 3 | // that can be found in the LICENSE file. |
| 4 | // |
| 5 | // This file implements an Authenticated Encryption with Associated Data based on Ascon-AEAD128, |
| 6 | // AEAD Scheme defined in NIST.SP.800-232 standard. |
| 7 | module ascon |
| 8 | |
| 9 | import encoding.binary |
| 10 | import crypto.internal.subtle |
| 11 | |
| 12 | // The constants for Ascon-AEAD128 |
| 13 | // |
| 14 | // key_size is 128-bit size of Ascon-AEAD128 key |
| 15 | pub const key_size = 16 |
| 16 | // nonce_size is 128-bit size of Ascon-AEAD128 nonce |
| 17 | pub const nonce_size = 16 |
| 18 | // tag_size is 128-bit size of Ascon-AEAD128 authentication tag |
| 19 | pub const tag_size = 16 |
| 20 | |
| 21 | // aead128_iv is a precomputed initialization phase values for Ascon-AEAD128 |
| 22 | // See Table 14 of NIST SP 800-232 doc. |
| 23 | const aead128_iv = u64(0x0000_1000_808c_0001) |
| 24 | |
| 25 | // aead128_data_limit is a limit amount of data processed during encryption and decryption, |
| 26 | // including the nonce, shall not exceed 2⁵⁴ bytes for a given key. |
| 27 | const aead128_data_limit = u64(1) << 54 - 1 |
| 28 | |
| 29 | // aead128_block_size is a number (rate) of input bytes processed per invocation of the underlying of state. |
| 30 | // Ascon-AEAD128 working with 128-bit rate |
| 31 | const aead128_block_size = 16 |
| 32 | |
| 33 | // encrypt encrypts the message under provided key and nonce and supplied additional data in ad. |
| 34 | // It returns an authenticated output of Ascon-AEAD128 ciphertext where authentication tag |
| 35 | // was stored within the end of ciphertext. |
| 36 | // Note: The Ascon-AEAD128 key shall be kept secret, |
| 37 | pub fn encrypt(key []u8, nonce []u8, ad []u8, msg []u8) ![]u8 { |
| 38 | // Preliminary check |
| 39 | if key.len != key_size { |
| 40 | return error('encrypt: invalid key size') |
| 41 | } |
| 42 | if nonce.len != nonce_size { |
| 43 | return error('encrypt: invalid nonce size') |
| 44 | } |
| 45 | // The key shall be updated to a new key once the total amount of input data reaches the limit |
| 46 | data_length := u64(nonce.len) + u64(msg.len) + u64(ad.len) |
| 47 | if data_length > aead128_data_limit { |
| 48 | return error('encrypt: exceed data limit') |
| 49 | } |
| 50 | mut s := State{} |
| 51 | mut out := []u8{len: msg.len + tag_size} |
| 52 | |
| 53 | // Ascon-AEAD128 comprises four phases: |
| 54 | // - initialization of the state, |
| 55 | // - associated data processing, |
| 56 | // - plaintext processing, |
| 57 | // - and finalization (includes writing the tag). |
| 58 | k0, k1 := aead128_init(mut s, key, nonce) |
| 59 | aead128_process_ad(mut s, ad) |
| 60 | loc := aead128_process_msg(mut out, mut s, msg) |
| 61 | aead128_finalize(mut s, k0, k1) |
| 62 | aead128_write_tag(mut out, s, loc) |
| 63 | |
| 64 | // clean out the intermediate Ascon state |
| 65 | reset_state(mut s) |
| 66 | return out |
| 67 | } |
| 68 | |
| 69 | // decrypt decrypts authenticated encrypted messages in ciphertext that encrypted under |
| 70 | // provided key and nonce with additional data in `ad`. |
| 71 | // It would check if authentication tag mas matching and return decrypted message |
| 72 | // if success or error on fails. |
| 73 | @[direct_array_access] |
| 74 | pub fn decrypt(key []u8, nonce []u8, ad []u8, ciphertext []u8) ![]u8 { |
| 75 | // Preliminary check |
| 76 | if key.len != key_size { |
| 77 | return error('decrypt: invalid key size') |
| 78 | } |
| 79 | if nonce.len != nonce_size { |
| 80 | return error('decrypt: invalid nonce size') |
| 81 | } |
| 82 | if ciphertext.len < tag_size { |
| 83 | return error('decrypt: invalid ciphertext size') |
| 84 | } |
| 85 | data_length := u64(nonce.len) + u64(ciphertext.len) + u64(ad.len) |
| 86 | if data_length > aead128_data_limit { |
| 87 | return error('decrypt: exceed data limit') |
| 88 | } |
| 89 | mut s := State{} |
| 90 | // Initialization phase and additional data processing |
| 91 | k0, k1 := aead128_init(mut s, key, nonce) |
| 92 | aead128_process_ad(mut s, ad) |
| 93 | |
| 94 | // Decryption phase, start by slicing the ciphertext |
| 95 | cmsg := ciphertext[0..ciphertext.len - tag_size] |
| 96 | stag := ciphertext[ciphertext.len - tag_size..ciphertext.len] |
| 97 | mut msg := []u8{len: ciphertext.len - tag_size} |
| 98 | |
| 99 | // Partially decrypt the cmsg and stored into msg buffer |
| 100 | aead128_partial_dec(mut msg, mut s, cmsg) |
| 101 | |
| 102 | // Finalizes the state and calc the tag and compares with expected tag. |
| 103 | // It would return error if the tag was unmatching. |
| 104 | aead128_finalize(mut s, k0, k1) |
| 105 | mut ctag := []u8{len: tag_size} |
| 106 | aead128_write_tag(mut ctag, s, 0) |
| 107 | if subtle.constant_time_compare(ctag, stag) != 1 { |
| 108 | // clean up |
| 109 | unsafe { |
| 110 | msg.reset() |
| 111 | ctag.reset() |
| 112 | } |
| 113 | reset_state(mut s) |
| 114 | return error('decrypt: unmatching tag') |
| 115 | } |
| 116 | return msg |
| 117 | } |
| 118 | |
| 119 | // Aead128 is an opaque provides an implementation of Ascon-AEAD128 from NIST.SP.800-232 standard. |
| 120 | // Its implements `x.crypto.chacha20poly1305.AEAD` interfaces. |
| 121 | @[noinit] |
| 122 | pub struct Aead128 { |
| 123 | State |
| 124 | mut: |
| 125 | // 32-bytes of underlying key |
| 126 | key [2]u64 |
| 127 | } |
| 128 | |
| 129 | // new_aead128 creates a new Aead128 instance and initialized with supplied key. |
| 130 | @[direct_array_access] |
| 131 | pub fn new_aead128(key []u8) !&Aead128 { |
| 132 | if key.len != key_size { |
| 133 | return error('invalid cipher key size') |
| 134 | } |
| 135 | k0 := binary.little_endian_u64(key[0..8]) |
| 136 | k1 := binary.little_endian_u64(key[8..16]) |
| 137 | |
| 138 | mut c := &Aead128{} |
| 139 | // Partially initializes state |
| 140 | c.State.e0 = aead128_iv |
| 141 | c.State.e1 = k0 |
| 142 | c.State.e2 = k1 |
| 143 | // stores the key |
| 144 | c.key[0] = k0 |
| 145 | c.key[1] = k1 |
| 146 | |
| 147 | return c |
| 148 | } |
| 149 | |
| 150 | // nonce_size returns the nonce size of Ascon-AEAD128 Aead128. |
| 151 | pub fn (c &Aead128) nonce_size() int { |
| 152 | return nonce_size |
| 153 | } |
| 154 | |
| 155 | // overhead returns the maximum difference between the lengths of a plaintext and its ciphertext. |
| 156 | pub fn (c &Aead128) overhead() int { |
| 157 | return tag_size |
| 158 | } |
| 159 | |
| 160 | // encrypt encrypts the message under provided key and nonce and supplied additional data in ad. |
| 161 | // It returns an authenticated output of Ascon-AEAD128 ciphertext where authentication tag |
| 162 | // was stored within the end of ciphertext. |
| 163 | @[direct_array_access] |
| 164 | pub fn (mut c Aead128) encrypt(msg []u8, nonce []u8, ad []u8) ![]u8 { |
| 165 | // Check for the nonce |
| 166 | if nonce.len != nonce_size { |
| 167 | return error('encrypt: invalid nonce size') |
| 168 | } |
| 169 | data_length := u64(msg.len) + u64(ad.len) + 32 |
| 170 | if data_length > aead128_data_limit { |
| 171 | return error('encrypt: exceed data limit') |
| 172 | } |
| 173 | // Initialization phase |
| 174 | n0 := binary.little_endian_u64(nonce[0..8]) |
| 175 | n1 := binary.little_endian_u64(nonce[8..16]) |
| 176 | // setup state |
| 177 | c.State.e0 = aead128_iv |
| 178 | c.State.e1 = c.key[0] |
| 179 | c.State.e2 = c.key[1] |
| 180 | c.State.e3 = n0 |
| 181 | c.State.e4 = n1 |
| 182 | |
| 183 | // Update state by permutation |
| 184 | ascon_pnr(mut c.State, .ascon_prnd_12) |
| 185 | // XOR-ing with the cipher's key |
| 186 | c.State.e3 ^= c.key[0] |
| 187 | c.State.e4 ^= c.key[1] |
| 188 | |
| 189 | // Associated data processing |
| 190 | aead128_process_ad(mut c.State, ad) |
| 191 | |
| 192 | // Message processing |
| 193 | mut dst := []u8{len: msg.len + tag_size} |
| 194 | n := aead128_process_msg(mut dst, mut c.State, msg) |
| 195 | |
| 196 | // Finalization and writes out the tag into dst |
| 197 | aead128_finalize(mut c.State, c.key[0], c.key[1]) |
| 198 | aead128_write_tag(mut dst, c.State, n) |
| 199 | |
| 200 | return dst |
| 201 | } |
| 202 | |
| 203 | // decrypt decrypts the ciphertext and validates authentication tag with |
| 204 | // provided nonce and additional data ad. It returns error on fails or tag unmatching. |
| 205 | @[direct_array_access] |
| 206 | pub fn (mut c Aead128) decrypt(ciphertext []u8, nonce []u8, ad []u8) ![]u8 { |
| 207 | // Check for nonce |
| 208 | if nonce.len != nonce_size { |
| 209 | return error('bad nonce size') |
| 210 | } |
| 211 | // Check for ciphertext length, its ahould have length >= tag_size |
| 212 | if ciphertext.len < tag_size { |
| 213 | return error('bad ciphertext size') |
| 214 | } |
| 215 | // check for data limit overflow |
| 216 | data_length := u64(ciphertext.len) + u64(ad.len) + 32 |
| 217 | if data_length > aead128_data_limit { |
| 218 | return error('decrypt: exceed data limit') |
| 219 | } |
| 220 | // load nonce |
| 221 | n0 := binary.little_endian_u64(nonce[0..8]) |
| 222 | n1 := binary.little_endian_u64(nonce[8..16]) |
| 223 | |
| 224 | // Reinitialize internal state |
| 225 | c.State.e0 = aead128_iv |
| 226 | c.State.e1 = c.key[0] |
| 227 | c.State.e2 = c.key[1] |
| 228 | c.State.e3 = n0 |
| 229 | c.State.e4 = n1 |
| 230 | |
| 231 | // scrambled with permutation routine |
| 232 | ascon_pnr(mut c.State, .ascon_prnd_12) |
| 233 | // xor-ing with the cipher's key |
| 234 | c.State.e3 ^= c.key[0] |
| 235 | c.State.e4 ^= c.key[1] |
| 236 | |
| 237 | // Associated data processing |
| 238 | // |
| 239 | aead128_process_ad(mut c.State, ad) |
| 240 | |
| 241 | // As we know, ciphertext length was sum of encrypted mesage length plus tag_size |
| 242 | // Lets slicing it |
| 243 | cxt_len := ciphertext.len |
| 244 | cmsg := ciphertext[0..cxt_len - tag_size] |
| 245 | ctag := ciphertext[cxt_len - tag_size..cxt_len] |
| 246 | |
| 247 | mut out := []u8{len: cxt_len - tag_size} |
| 248 | aead128_partial_dec(mut out, mut c.State, cmsg) |
| 249 | aead128_finalize(mut c.State, c.key[0], c.key[1]) |
| 250 | |
| 251 | // tag verification |
| 252 | mut tag := []u8{len: tag_size} |
| 253 | aead128_write_tag(mut tag, c.State, 0) |
| 254 | if subtle.constant_time_compare(ctag, tag) != 1 { |
| 255 | // Cleans up previously produces bytes (state) |
| 256 | reset_state(mut c.State) |
| 257 | unsafe { |
| 258 | tag.free() |
| 259 | out.free() |
| 260 | } |
| 261 | return error('Aead128.decrypt: unmatching tag') |
| 262 | } |
| 263 | return out |
| 264 | } |
| 265 | |
| 266 | // Helpers for Ascon-AEAD128 |
| 267 | // |
| 268 | |
| 269 | // aead128_init initializes Ascon-AEAD128 state by provided key and nonce. |
| 270 | // Its return two's u64 values from deserialized key bytes in little-endian form. |
| 271 | @[direct_array_access; inline] |
| 272 | fn aead128_init(mut s State, key []u8, nonce []u8) (u64, u64) { |
| 273 | // load key and nonce into state in little-endian form, |
| 274 | // The endianness has been switched from big endian to little endian |
| 275 | k0 := binary.little_endian_u64(key[0..8]) |
| 276 | k1 := binary.little_endian_u64(key[8..16]) |
| 277 | |
| 278 | n0 := binary.little_endian_u64(nonce[0..8]) |
| 279 | n1 := binary.little_endian_u64(nonce[8..16]) |
| 280 | |
| 281 | // Given a 128-bit 𝐾 and a 128-bit 𝑁, the 320-bit internal |
| 282 | // state S is initialized as the concatenation of 𝐼𝑉, 𝐾, and 𝑁: |
| 283 | // S ← 𝐼𝑉 || 𝐾 || 𝑁, |
| 284 | s.e0 = aead128_iv |
| 285 | s.e1 = k0 |
| 286 | s.e2 = k1 |
| 287 | s.e3 = n0 |
| 288 | s.e4 = n1 |
| 289 | |
| 290 | // updates State using the permutation 𝐴𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑛-𝑝[12], S ← 𝐴𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑛-𝑝[12](S) |
| 291 | ascon_pnr(mut s, .ascon_prnd_12) |
| 292 | |
| 293 | // Then XORing the secret key 𝐾 into the last 128 bits of internal state: |
| 294 | // S ← S ⊕ (0¹⁹² ∥ 𝐾). |
| 295 | s.e3 ^= k0 |
| 296 | s.e4 ^= k1 |
| 297 | |
| 298 | return k0, k1 |
| 299 | } |
| 300 | |
| 301 | // aead128_process_ad absorbs associated data into Ascon-AEAD128 state. |
| 302 | @[direct_array_access; inline] |
| 303 | fn aead128_process_ad(mut s State, ad []u8) { |
| 304 | mut ad_length := ad.len |
| 305 | mut ad_idx := 0 |
| 306 | if ad_length > 0 { |
| 307 | for ad_length >= aead128_block_size { |
| 308 | // Each associated data block 𝐴𝑖 (0 ≤ 𝑖 ≤ 𝑚) is absorbed into the first 128 bits of |
| 309 | // state as S[0∶127] ← S[0∶127] ⊕ 𝐴𝑖, |
| 310 | block := unsafe { ad[ad_idx..ad_idx + aead128_block_size] } |
| 311 | s.e0 ^= binary.little_endian_u64(block[0..8]) |
| 312 | s.e1 ^= binary.little_endian_u64(block[8..16]) |
| 313 | |
| 314 | // Apply permutation 𝐴𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑛-𝑝[8] to the state |
| 315 | ascon_pnr(mut s, .ascon_prnd_8) |
| 316 | // Updates index |
| 317 | ad_length -= aead128_block_size |
| 318 | ad_idx += aead128_block_size |
| 319 | } |
| 320 | // process partial block if it exists |
| 321 | if ad_length >= 8 { |
| 322 | first_block := unsafe { ad[ad_idx..ad_idx + 8] } |
| 323 | s.e0 ^= binary.little_endian_u64(first_block) |
| 324 | |
| 325 | // Is there more bytes to process on? |
| 326 | last_block := unsafe { ad[ad_idx + 8..] } |
| 327 | s.e1 ^= pad(last_block.len) |
| 328 | if last_block.len > 0 { |
| 329 | s.e1 ^= u64_from_partial_bytes(last_block) |
| 330 | } |
| 331 | // update index |
| 332 | ad_length -= first_block.len + last_block.len |
| 333 | ad_idx += first_block.len + last_block.len |
| 334 | } else { |
| 335 | last_block := unsafe { ad[ad_idx..] } |
| 336 | s.e0 ^= pad(last_block.len) |
| 337 | if last_block.len > 0 { |
| 338 | s.e0 ^= u64_from_partial_bytes(last_block) |
| 339 | } |
| 340 | } |
| 341 | // Apply permutation 𝐴𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑛-𝑝[8] to the state |
| 342 | ascon_pnr(mut s, .ascon_prnd_8) |
| 343 | } |
| 344 | // The final step of processing associated data is to update the state |
| 345 | // with a constant that provides domain separation. |
| 346 | s.e4 ^= u64(0x8000_0000_0000_0000) |
| 347 | } |
| 348 | |
| 349 | // aead128_process_msg process (encrypt) the messages msg and asborb it into Ascon-AEAD128 state |
| 350 | // Its written the result into out buffer and return the number of bytes has been written. |
| 351 | @[direct_array_access; inline] |
| 352 | fn aead128_process_msg(mut out []u8, mut s State, msg []u8) int { |
| 353 | mut pos := 0 |
| 354 | mut mlen := msg.len |
| 355 | mut midx := 0 |
| 356 | for mlen >= aead128_block_size { |
| 357 | block := unsafe { msg[midx..midx + aead128_block_size] } |
| 358 | s.e0 ^= binary.little_endian_u64(block[0..8]) |
| 359 | s.e1 ^= binary.little_endian_u64(block[8..16]) |
| 360 | // stores |
| 361 | binary.little_endian_put_u64(mut out[pos..pos + 8], s.e0) |
| 362 | binary.little_endian_put_u64(mut out[pos + 8..], s.e1) |
| 363 | // apply permutation |
| 364 | ascon_pnr(mut s, .ascon_prnd_8) |
| 365 | |
| 366 | // updates index |
| 367 | mlen -= aead128_block_size |
| 368 | pos += aead128_block_size |
| 369 | midx += aead128_block_size |
| 370 | } |
| 371 | // process partial block if it exists |
| 372 | if mlen >= 8 { |
| 373 | mut block := unsafe { msg[midx..] } |
| 374 | s.e0 ^= load_bytes(block[0..8], 8) |
| 375 | s.e1 ^= load_bytes(block[8..], mlen - 8) |
| 376 | store_bytes(mut out[pos..], s.e0, 8) |
| 377 | store_bytes(mut out[pos + 8..], s.e1, mlen - 8) |
| 378 | s.e1 ^= pad(mlen - 8) |
| 379 | } else { |
| 380 | last_block := unsafe { msg[midx..] } |
| 381 | s.e0 ^= load_bytes(last_block, last_block.len) |
| 382 | store_bytes(mut out[pos..], s.e0, last_block.len) |
| 383 | s.e0 ^= pad(last_block.len) |
| 384 | } |
| 385 | // how much we have written |
| 386 | pos += mlen |
| 387 | |
| 388 | return pos |
| 389 | } |
| 390 | |
| 391 | // aead128_partial_dec partially decrypts the encrypted part of the message in the cmsg, |
| 392 | // and stored into out buffer. |
| 393 | // Note: The output buffer should have the same length with cmsg, ie, out.len == cmsg.len |
| 394 | @[direct_array_access] |
| 395 | fn aead128_partial_dec(mut out []u8, mut s State, cmsg []u8) { |
| 396 | mut cmsg_len := cmsg.len |
| 397 | mut pos := 0 |
| 398 | // assert out.len == cmsg.len |
| 399 | for cmsg_len >= aead128_block_size { |
| 400 | block := unsafe { cmsg[pos..pos + aead128_block_size] } |
| 401 | c0 := binary.little_endian_u64(block[0..8]) |
| 402 | c1 := binary.little_endian_u64(block[8..16]) |
| 403 | |
| 404 | binary.little_endian_put_u64(mut out[pos..pos + 8], s.e0 ^ c0) |
| 405 | binary.little_endian_put_u64(mut out[pos + 8..pos + 16], s.e1 ^ c1) |
| 406 | |
| 407 | s.e0 = c0 |
| 408 | s.e1 = c1 |
| 409 | |
| 410 | ascon_pnr(mut s, .ascon_prnd_8) |
| 411 | // updates index |
| 412 | pos += aead128_block_size |
| 413 | cmsg_len -= aead128_block_size |
| 414 | } |
| 415 | // partial block |
| 416 | if cmsg_len >= 8 { |
| 417 | mut first_block := unsafe { cmsg[pos..pos + 8] } |
| 418 | c0 := binary.little_endian_u64(first_block) |
| 419 | binary.little_endian_put_u64(mut out[pos..pos + 8], c0 ^ s.e0) |
| 420 | |
| 421 | last_block := unsafe { cmsg[pos + 8..] } |
| 422 | c1 := load_bytes(last_block, last_block.len) |
| 423 | store_bytes(mut out[pos + 8..], c1 ^ s.e1, last_block.len) |
| 424 | |
| 425 | s.e0 = c0 |
| 426 | s.e1 = clear_bytes(s.e1, last_block.len) |
| 427 | s.e1 |= c1 |
| 428 | s.e1 ^= pad(last_block.len) |
| 429 | } else { |
| 430 | last_block := unsafe { cmsg[pos..] } |
| 431 | c0 := load_bytes(last_block, last_block.len) |
| 432 | store_bytes(mut out[pos..], s.e0 ^ c0, last_block.len) |
| 433 | s.e0 = clear_bytes(s.e0, last_block.len) |
| 434 | s.e0 |= c0 |
| 435 | s.e0 ^= pad(last_block.len) |
| 436 | } |
| 437 | } |
| 438 | |
| 439 | // aead128_finalize does finalization step and generates tag value. |
| 440 | fn aead128_finalize(mut s State, k0 u64, k1 u64) { |
| 441 | // Load the key into state, S ← S ⊕ (0¹²⁸ ∥ 𝐾 ∥ 0⁶⁴), |
| 442 | s.e2 ^= k0 |
| 443 | s.e3 ^= k1 |
| 444 | // then updated using the permutation 𝐴𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑛-𝑝[12] |
| 445 | ascon_pnr(mut s, .ascon_prnd_12) |
| 446 | |
| 447 | // Finally, the tag 𝑇 is generated by XORing the key with the last 128 bits of the state: |
| 448 | // 𝑇 ← 𝑆[192∶319] ⊕ 𝐾. |
| 449 | s.e3 ^= k0 |
| 450 | s.e4 ^= k1 |
| 451 | } |
| 452 | |
| 453 | // aead128_write_tag writes tag from state into out at loc offset. |
| 454 | @[direct_array_access; inline] |
| 455 | fn aead128_write_tag(mut out []u8, s State, loc int) { |
| 456 | binary.little_endian_put_u64(mut out[loc..loc + 8], s.e3) |
| 457 | binary.little_endian_put_u64(mut out[loc + 8..loc + 16], s.e4) |
| 458 | } |
| 459 | |