Issue summary: SM2 signature generation uses non-constant-time arithmetic on secret values, forming a timing side-channel.

Impact summary: An attacker able to measure SM2 signing times may learn information about the per-signature secret nonce, which over many signatures can, via a lattice / Hidden Number Problem attack, lead to recovery of the private key.

CWE: CWE-208: Observable Timing Discrepancy

Description: SM2 signature generation computes the signature value using variable-time BIGNUM operations on the secret nonce and the private key, so the time taken to produce an SM2 signature depends on these secret values, forming a timing side-channel.

Applications performing SM2 signature generation are affected on all platforms.

FIPS Impact: no SM2 is not a FIPS algorithm.

Issue summary: SM2 signature generation uses non-constant-time arithmetic on secret values, forming a timing side-channel.

Impact summary: An attacker able to measure SM2 signing times may learn information about the per-signature secret nonce, which over many signatures can, via a lattice / Hidden Number Problem attack, lead to recovery of the private key.

CWE: CWE-208: Observable Timing Discrepancy

Description: SM2 signature generation computes the signature value using variable-time BIGNUM operations on the secret nonce and the private key, so the time taken to produce an SM2 signature depends on these secret values, forming a timing side-channel.

Applications performing SM2 signature generation are affected on all platforms.

FIPS Impact: no SM2 is not a FIPS algorithm.

Affected: Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS: openssl, Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS: openssl, Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS: edk2, Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS: nodejs, Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:16.04:LTS: openssl, Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS: openssl, Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS: openssl1.0, Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS: edk2, Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS: nodejs, Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS: openssl and 18 more

Timing Side-Channel in SM2 Signature Generation