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Build system and dependency integration .github/workflows/*, CMakeLists.txt, src/CMakeLists.txt, apple.rust.deps.sh, go-bindings/Makefile, rust-bindings/..., Autotools files |
CMake fetches blst and optionally libsodium. The workflow matrix uses CMake, and Autotools build files are removed. Platform build scripts and binding flags use the CMake blst build. README dependencies and licensing information are updated. |
Public backend contracts and scalar utilities
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Public backend contracts include/dashbls/* |
Public declarations replace RELIC point and scalar types with blst types. Chain codes use byte arrays. Affine conversion methods and blst-based hash and HMAC helpers are added. RELIC error and random-key APIs are removed. |
Element and private-key operations
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Element and private-key operations src/elements.cpp, src/privatekey.cpp, src/legacy.cpp, src/chaincode.cpp, src/extended*key.cpp, include/dashbls/hdkeys.hpp |
G1, G2, GT, private-key, chain-code, key derivation, and legacy mapping operations use blst. Legacy serialization and decoding paths include explicit compatibility handling. |
Scheme verification and threshold arithmetic
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Scheme verification and threshold arithmetic src/schemes.cpp, src/threshold.cpp, rust-bindings/bls-signatures/src/schemes.rs |
Pairing verification uses blst Miller loops and final exponentiation. Scheme hashing and threshold polynomial arithmetic use blst scalars. Legacy signing and verification enforce 32-byte messages. |
JavaScript binding API changes
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JavaScript binding API changes js-bindings/* |
The JavaScript Bignum class, RELIC big-number helpers, and G1/G2 multiplication methods are removed from bindings, wrappers, declarations, and tests. |
Tests and reference-vector tooling
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Tests and reference-vector tooling src/test.cpp, src/test-vectors.hpp, test-vectors/reference.txt, tools/*, src/test-bench.cpp |
Tests add coverage for blst operations and edge cases. The reference-vector test compares generated output with stored vectors. New tools generate vectors and deterministic fuzz results. |
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Preliminary review — Phase 1 blocker gate
The blst migration preserves the tested consensus behavior, but several first-class integration surfaces remain broken at the exact head. The CMake standalone test build can pass while the install, Autotools, Rust, Go, and Python interfaces fail due to stale relic paths, incorrect blst include/install paths, removed symbols, and removed bindings. These are blocking because the PR explicitly ships and tests those bindings and build systems.
Validated blockers were found by the Phase-1 review and confirmed by a fresh verifier. Phase 2 is deferred until a fresh same-head revalidation clears the blocker gate.
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🔴 Blocking: Python scalar multiplication bindings were removed while the tests and public API still require them
binds/python/pythonbindings.cpp:520-527
The Python bindings no longer expose multiplication of G1Element or G2Element by PrivateKey, but binds/python/test_unit.py still executes g1 * sk, sk * g1, and g2 * sk, including the additive scalar-multiplication test. Those expressions now raise TypeError in the Python API and fail the binding CI path. The underlying C++ overloads remain available, so restore explicit pybind11 bindings for both multiplication directions.
.def("__mul__", [](G1Element &self, const PrivateKey &other) { RelicGuard guard; return self * other; }, py::is_operator())
.def("__rmul__", [](G1Element &self, const PrivateKey &other) { RelicGuard guard; return other * self; }, py::is_operator())
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🔴 Blocking: Rust build.rs still uses removed relic paths and omits the blst bindings directory
rust-bindings/bls-dash-sys/build.rs:136-203
The Rust binding build script adds relic include directories and links relic_s, although this migration removes relic from the CMake build. It also does not add the blst bindings directory, which is required for the transitive #include "blst.h" from the public headers. Consequently the c-bindings compilation fails to find blst.h, and the eventual link would fail looking for relic_s. Update both normal and Apple build paths to consume the generated blst include/link configuration and remove relic references.
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🔴 Blocking: Go bindings still compile and link against relic
go-bindings/Makefile:39-51
CGO_CXXFLAGS points to the removed build/depends/relic include directory, and CGO_LDFLAGS links -lrelic_s. The Go wrapper now transitively includes blst.h, but the Makefile supplies no blst bindings include path. The Go binding build therefore fails first on the missing header and then on the removed relic library. Migrate the flags and link inputs to the blst build produced by this PR.
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🔴 Blocking: The Autotools integration was not migrated from relic to blst
Makefile.bls.include:46-53
The Autotools configuration still supplies relic and mimalloc include paths and links LIBRELIC/GMP, while the library sources now include blst.h and require blst's C and assembly implementation. This build path has neither the blst header directory nor blst objects/library, so the Dash Core integration build cannot compile or link. Migrate the Autotools include, source, and link rules to blst or explicitly remove and replace the affected CI integration path.
source: glm-5.3-flash (phase1-reviewer: general, security-auditor)
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criticalbygpt-6-astra(effort low) — This is a large, cross-cutting migration from Relic to blst that directly changes cryptographic primitives, scalar multiplication, signature verification semantics, key serialization/derivation, threshold operations, and consensus-relevant Dash Core behavior in files including src/elements.cpp, src/schemes.cpp, src/privatekey.cpp, and src/threshold.cpp. - Phase 1 reviewers:
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In `binds/python/pythonbindings.cpp`:
- [BLOCKING] binds/python/pythonbindings.cpp:520-527: Python scalar multiplication bindings were removed while the tests and public API still require them
The Python bindings no longer expose multiplication of G1Element or G2Element by PrivateKey, but binds/python/test_unit.py still executes `g1 * sk`, `sk * g1`, and `g2 * sk`, including the additive scalar-multiplication test. Those expressions now raise TypeError in the Python API and fail the binding CI path. The underlying C++ overloads remain available, so restore explicit pybind11 bindings for both multiplication directions.
In `src/elements.cpp`:
- [BLOCKING] src/elements.cpp:589: G1Element::Copy() is declared but has no definition
include/dashbls/elements.hpp still declares `G1Element Copy()`, but src/elements.cpp defines only G2Element::Copy(). The Rust C binding calls G1Element::Copy(), and the safe Rust wrapper uses that binding in Clone, so Rust consumers fail at link time with an undefined `bls::G1Element::Copy()` symbol. Restore the definition or remove and replace the binding API consistently.
In `rust-bindings/bls-dash-sys/build.rs`:
- [BLOCKING] rust-bindings/bls-dash-sys/build.rs:136-203: Rust build.rs still uses removed relic paths and omits the blst bindings directory
The Rust binding build script adds relic include directories and links `relic_s`, although this migration removes relic from the CMake build. It also does not add the blst `bindings` directory, which is required for the transitive `#include "blst.h"` from the public headers. Consequently the c-bindings compilation fails to find blst.h, and the eventual link would fail looking for relic_s. Update both normal and Apple build paths to consume the generated blst include/link configuration and remove relic references.
In `go-bindings/Makefile`:
- [BLOCKING] go-bindings/Makefile:39-51: Go bindings still compile and link against relic
CGO_CXXFLAGS points to the removed build/depends/relic include directory, and CGO_LDFLAGS links `-lrelic_s`. The Go wrapper now transitively includes blst.h, but the Makefile supplies no blst bindings include path. The Go binding build therefore fails first on the missing header and then on the removed relic library. Migrate the flags and link inputs to the blst build produced by this PR.
In `Makefile.bls.include`:
- [BLOCKING] Makefile.bls.include:46-53: The Autotools integration was not migrated from relic to blst
The Autotools configuration still supplies relic and mimalloc include paths and links LIBRELIC/GMP, while the library sources now include blst.h and require blst's C and assembly implementation. This build path has neither the blst header directory nor blst objects/library, so the Dash Core integration build cannot compile or link. Migrate the Autotools include, source, and link rules to blst or explicitly remove and replace the affected CI integration path.
In `src/CMakeLists.txt`:
- [BLOCKING] src/CMakeLists.txt:1-4: CMake installation references nonexistent blst directories and omits the public headers
The install rules copy `${blst_SOURCE_DIR}/include/` and `${blst_BINARY_DIR}/include/`, but this blst checkout exposes its headers under `bindings/`; `cmake --install` consequently fails when those directories do not exist. Separately, `file(GLOB HEADERS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/*.hpp)` searches src rather than include/dashbls, so the installed package does not contain the public dashbls headers even after the directory error is fixed. Point the blst install rule at bindings and glob the public header directory.
In `src/schemes.cpp`:
- [SUGGESTION] src/schemes.cpp:636-656: PopVerify changes relic-compatible infinity semantics without documenting or testing the change
CoreMPL verification was deliberately routed through NativeVerify to preserve relic behavior, including the accepted infinity/infinity pairing case. PopSchemeMPL::PopVerify remains on blst_core_verify_pk_in_g1, which rejects an infinity public key. Thus PopVerify(infinity, infinity) now returns false where the relic implementation returned true. This is not currently Dash consensus-critical, but it is an externally visible verification semantic change inconsistent with the migration's stated compatibility goal. Either use the same relic-compatible pairing path or add an explicit compatibility vector and document the intentional divergence.
In `include/dashbls/util.hpp`:
- [SUGGESTION] include/dashbls/util.hpp:76-80: md_hmac performs unchecked signed length arithmetic
The new HMAC helper uses signed integer lengths in allocation and memcpy size calculations. Negative lengths can become enormous size_t values, and `block_size + in_len` can overflow signed arithmetic. Current internal callers use bounded lengths, so this is not an immediate network exploit, but the public KDF entry points accept caller-provided sizes and the helper should reject invalid or excessively large lengths before allocation and copying.
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In `@CMakeLists.txt`:
- Line 27: Use a single consistently named Sodium build option in the CMake
configuration: update the cache definition and the corresponding conditional
that controls the Sodium fetch/build so they reference the same variable,
preserving the existing default behavior and applying the change at both
occurrences.
In `@include/dashbls/elements.hpp`:
- Line 120: Replace the public SIZE definition based on sizeof(blst_fp12) with
the canonical 384-byte serialized contract, and update the surrounding
serialization/deserialization methods to encode and decode each field element
explicitly rather than copying the native blst_fp12 representation. Ensure
FromBytesUnchecked follows the same canonical format independently of backend
layout and byte order.
In `@include/dashbls/util.hpp`:
- Around line 75-77: Update the HMAC implementation around the local _key, ipad,
and opad buffers to use secure allocation for the heap-backed ipad buffer and
explicitly wipe every buffer containing key-derived material on all exit paths,
including before release or return. Preserve the existing HMAC behavior while
ensuring HKDF256::Expand’s PRK copies cannot remain in memory.
In `@src/CMakeLists.txt`:
- Around line 21-26: Update the unconditional compile options in the top-level
CMake configuration so GCC/Clang-style flags such as -fno-builtin, -fPIC, -Wall,
and -Wextra are excluded when building with MSVC; preserve them for non-MSVC
compilers and keep the existing architecture-specific -mno-avx behavior
appropriately guarded.
In `@src/elements.cpp`:
- Around line 726-731: Update GTElement::Unity() to assign or return the
GTElement produced by the static FromNative(blst_fp12_one()) factory instead of
discarding it through an instance call, ensuring the method returns the
multiplicative identity.
- Around line 218-219: Update the G1 fZerosOnly computation near bool fZerosOnly
to include the first byte masked with 0x1f before checking the remaining bytes,
matching the relic behavior and modern G2 path. Preserve the existing byte order
and ensure only the low five bits of byte 0 contribute to the zeros-only test.
In `@src/test-vectors.hpp`:
- Line 554: Update the VerifySecure test around basic.VerifySecure to use a
signature generated for h with exactly one matching ordinary public key,
asserting success first; then replace only that public key with the infinity key
and assert failure, so infinity is the sole invalid condition.
In `@src/test.cpp`:
- Around line 1713-1715: Replace the function-body memcpy initialization of
point_native in the invalid G2 point test with fixed coordinate constants that
are known to be invalid. Remove the dependencies on memcpy, memset, and printf
while preserving the test’s invalid-point behavior.
In `@tools/fuzzgen.cpp`:
- Around line 80-82: Update the command-line parsing around strtol in the
fuzzgen entry point to reject non-numeric input, conversion errors, out-of-range
values, and any iters value less than or equal to zero. Validate the end pointer
and errno before accepting the parsed iteration count, and preserve normal
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Re-review — Preliminary review — Phase 1 blocker gate
The BLST migration still contains four in-scope correctness and portability defects: legacy signing can read beyond short messages, G1 zero detection diverges from the established masked-byte behavior, GTElement::Unity returns an uninitialized value, and unconditional GCC flags break MSVC builds. The unchecked HMAC allocation arithmetic remains a lower-severity hardening issue; previously reported integration and API defects have been fixed or are no longer applicable.
Validated blockers were found by the Phase-1 review and confirmed by a fresh verifier. Phase 2 is deferred until a fresh same-head revalidation clears the blocker gate.
🔴 4 blocking | 🟡 1 suggestion(s)
1 carried-forward finding(s) already raised on this PR; not re-posting as new inline comments.
Review provenance
Source: reviewer 1: muse-spark-1.3-contributor (agent: phase1-reviewer, role: general); reviewer 2: muse-spark-1.3-contributor (agent: phase1-reviewer, role: security-auditor); final verifier: gpt-6-astra (agent: astra-gate-verifier, role: verifier)
- Triage:
criticalbygpt-6-astra(effort low) — This large, cross-cutting diff changes cryptographic signing, verification, key serialization, point multiplication, threshold operations, and consensus-facing behavior in schemes.cpp, privatekey.cpp, elements.cpp, and threshold.cpp. - Phase 1 reviewers:
muse-spark-1.3-contributor— general (completed, effort xhigh); agentphase1-reviewer,muse-spark-1.3-contributor— security-auditor (completed, effort xhigh); agentphase1-reviewer - Phase 1 model:
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In `src/privatekey.cpp`:
- [BLOCKING] src/privatekey.cpp:295-300: Legacy signing ignores message length and over-reads short messages
The legacy branch passes `BLS::MESSAGE_HASH_LEN` (32) to `ep2_map_legacy` regardless of the caller-supplied `len`. A short or empty message therefore causes the mapper to read up to 32 bytes from a buffer that may contain fewer bytes, including a possible null pointer for an empty input. Legacy signing and any verification path using the same mapping must reject non-32-byte messages before this call, or safely normalize the input according to an explicitly preserved compatibility contract.
In `src/elements.cpp`:
- [BLOCKING] src/elements.cpp:217-220: G1 non-legacy zeros-only check ignores low 5 bits of first byte
`fZerosOnly` examines only bytes 1 through 47. For compressed G1 encoding, the first byte contains flags plus five payload bits, so values such as `0x81` followed by 47 zero bytes are incorrectly classified as an all-zero payload and rejected before decompression. The G2 path already masks the first byte with `0x1f`, and the historical relic behavior uses the same semantics. Include the masked payload bits in the check to preserve accept/reject compatibility.
- [BLOCKING] src/elements.cpp:726-731: GTElement::Unity() discards the identity element
`FromNative` is a static factory that returns a new `GTElement`; invoking it through `ele` does not mutate `ele`, and the returned object is discarded. `Unity()` consequently returns the default-constructed, uninitialized value rather than `blst_fp12_one()`. Any caller using the public GT identity for equality, serialization, or pairing-product operations receives incorrect or indeterminate data.
In `src/CMakeLists.txt`:
- [BLOCKING] src/CMakeLists.txt:21-27: Unconditional GCC flags break MSVC builds
The migration applies `-fno-builtin`, `-fPIC`, `-Wall`, `-Wextra`, and architecture-specific `-mno-avx` through unconditional `add_compile_options` calls. MSVC does not accept these GCC/Clang options, so Windows builds using `cl` fail during compilation. Guard the options for non-MSVC compilers while preserving the existing behavior elsewhere.
In `include/dashbls/util.hpp`:
- [SUGGESTION] include/dashbls/util.hpp:76-80: md_hmac performs unchecked signed length arithmetic
(existing thread: https://github.com/dashpay/bls-signatures/pull/132#discussion_r4010822111)
`md_hmac` allocates `block_size + in_len` bytes without checking for `size_t` overflow, then copies `in_len` bytes into that allocation. A sufficiently large input can wrap the allocation size and cause a heap overflow. Add an overflow check before allocation; wiping key-derived temporary buffers is useful hardening but is not required for this finding.
Out-of-scope follow-up suggestions (1)
These are valid observations, but they are outside this PR's scope and should be handled in separate issues or author/maintainer-requested PRs rather than blocking this review.
- Reject invalid command-line numbers — NOT_ACTIONABLE: This auxiliary fuzz-tool input-validation suggestion is outside the migration's consensus and binding correctness scope.
- Follow-up: Consider creating a separate issue or author/maintainer-requested PR for this.
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Re-review — Final validation — Phase 2 only (queue backlog)
The BLST migration still contains three consensus/API correctness defects: GT identity construction is broken, G1 malformed-input handling diverges from the prior behavior, and legacy signing can read beyond a short message buffer. The change also leaves an unchecked HMAC allocation-size overflow and introduces several build/test reliability issues, including architecture-inappropriate MSVC assembly selection and tests that do not isolate the conditions they intend to validate.
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- Triage:
criticalbygpt-6-astra(effort low) — This large cross-cutting diff changes cryptographic implementation and behavior in core signature verification, point multiplication, key serialization, threshold recovery, and consensus-facing validation, including files such as src/schemes.cpp, src/elements.cpp, src/privatekey.cpp, and src/threshold.cpp. - Phase 1 reviewers: not run (skipped for throughput: 28 PRs queued, above the 10 limit)
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In `src/CMakeLists.txt`:
- [BLOCKING] src/CMakeLists.txt:18-21: MSVC builds include ARM64 assembly in the x64 source glob
The MSVC branch appends every `*.asm` file from blst's `build/win64` directory. That directory contains both x86_64 and ARMv8 MASM sources, so a normal Windows x64 build passes ARM64 assembly such as `sha256-armv8.asm` to the x64 assembler and fails to assemble. Select the assembly files according to `CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR` instead of globbing both architectures.
In `src/test-vectors.hpp`:
- [SUGGESTION] src/test-vectors.hpp:539-554: VerifySecure infinity vector has no valid positive control
The vector signs `msg` but verifies `h`, so the check necessarily fails for a message mismatch. It also supplies two public keys with an ordinary single-key signature, meaning the expected false result does not isolate infinity-key handling. Add a valid positive control using one matching key and message, then replace only that key with infinity and assert failure.
In `src/test.cpp`:
- [SUGGESTION] src/test.cpp:1713-1715: Invalid G2 test reads executable function bodies as point data
The invalid-point test converts function pointers to `void*` and copies bytes from the implementations of `memcpy`, `memset`, and `printf`. Function-pointer/object-pointer conversion and reading executable memory are not portable, and the bytes vary by compiler, platform, and build, so the test can crash or accidentally exercise a different point-validation path. Initialize the native point from fixed deterministic coordinate values known to be invalid.
In `tools/fuzzgen.cpp`:
- [SUGGESTION] tools/fuzzgen.cpp:80-82: fuzzgen accepts invalid iteration counts
The `strtol()` result is accepted without checking the end pointer, `errno`, range, or positivity. Inputs such as `nope` and `-1` therefore produce zero iterations and a successful exit, allowing a differential fuzzing job to report a false pass without exercising either implementation. Reject non-numeric, overflowing, and non-positive iteration counts.
In `src/elements.cpp`:
- [BLOCKING] src/elements.cpp:726-731: GTElement::Unity() discards the identity element
(existing thread: https://github.com/dashpay/bls-signatures/pull/132#discussion_r4014743259)
`FromNative()` is a static factory that returns a new `GTElement`, but `Unity()` calls it through an instance and discards the returned object. The method therefore returns the default-constructed `ele` rather than the multiplicative identity, so callers can receive an invalid or uninitialized GT value for pairing arithmetic and serialization.
- [BLOCKING] src/elements.cpp:217-220: G1 non-legacy zeros-only check ignores low 5 bits of first byte
(existing thread: https://github.com/dashpay/bls-signatures/pull/132#discussion_r4014743249)
The non-legacy G1 zero check examines only bytes 1 through 47 and ignores the payload bits in byte 0. An encoding such as `0x81` followed by 47 zero bytes is consequently classified as zeros-only and rejected before BLST decompression, even though its low five payload bits are nonzero. This differs from the previous Relic-compatible behavior and from the corresponding G2 check, causing inconsistent handling of malformed encodings.
In `src/privatekey.cpp`:
- [BLOCKING] src/privatekey.cpp:295-300: Legacy signing ignores message length and over-reads short messages
(existing thread: https://github.com/dashpay/bls-signatures/pull/132#discussion_r4014743211)
When the legacy scheme is active, `SignG2()` passes the constant `BLS::MESSAGE_HASH_LEN` to `ep2_map_legacy()` regardless of the caller-provided `len`. A caller supplying fewer than 32 bytes therefore causes the legacy mapper to read beyond the supplied buffer, producing undefined behavior and potentially incorporating unrelated memory into the signature. Validate the legacy message length before mapping and pass the validated length.
In `include/dashbls/util.hpp`:
- [SUGGESTION] include/dashbls/util.hpp:76-80: md_hmac performs unchecked signed length arithmetic
(existing thread: https://github.com/dashpay/bls-signatures/pull/132#discussion_r4010822111)
`md_hmac()` allocates `block_size + in_len` bytes without checking for integer overflow. If the input length is sufficiently large, the addition can wrap and allocate an undersized buffer while the subsequent `memcpy()` and hash operation still use the original length, resulting in an out-of-bounds access. Check the bound before allocation and before using the derived size.
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⚠️ DEGRADED — Re-review — Preliminary review — Phase 1 blocker gate
⚠️ DEGRADED review. The primary review models were unavailable (gpt-6-astraunavailable: All credentials for model gpt-6-astra are cooling down (last error: usage_limit_reached: The usage limit has been reache), so this review ran on stand-in models:gpt-5.6-luna→muse-spark-1.3-contributor,gpt-5.6-sol→muse-spark-1.3-contributor,gpt-5.6-terra→muse-spark-1.3-contributor,gpt-6-astra→muse-spark-1.3-contributor. Both review phases and the independent verifiers still ran, but on weaker models, with Phase 1 capped athigheffort. Treat the verdict as provisional; a full-strength re-review will run on the next push once the primary models are back.
This blst migration preserves Dash consensus behavior and prior fixes hold, but 5 carried findings still apply at head: two blocking defects (MSVC ARM64 assembly glob, GTElement::Unity discarding the identity) plus three test-tooling gaps in fuzzgen, the G2 negative control, and the VerifySecure vector.
Validated blockers were found by the Phase-1 review and confirmed by a fresh verifier. Phase 2 is deferred until a fresh same-head revalidation clears the blocker gate.
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5 carried-forward finding(s) already raised on this PR; not re-posting as new inline comments.
Review provenance
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gpt-6-astraunavailable: All credentials for model gpt-6-astra are cooling down (last error: usage_limit_reached: The usage limit has been reache (detected by probe, since 2026-09-18T05:22:01Z); stand-insgpt-5.6-luna→muse-spark-1.3-contributor,gpt-5.6-sol→muse-spark-1.3-contributor,gpt-5.6-terra→muse-spark-1.3-contributor,gpt-6-astra→muse-spark-1.3-contributor; Phase 1 effort capped athigh - Triage:
criticalbymuse-spark-1.3-contributor(standing in forgpt-6-astra) (effort low) — Large 67-file migration from relic to blst that rewrites signature verification and key handling in src/schemes.cpp (CoreMPL::NativeVerify/Verify) and src/elements.cpp. - Phase 1 reviewers:
muse-spark-1.3-contributor— general (completed, effort high); agentphase1-reviewer,muse-spark-1.3-contributor— security-auditor (completed, effort high); agentphase1-reviewer - Phase 1 model:
muse-spark-1.3-contributor— not quota-gated; passed overgemini-3.8-flash-high(lane failed),glm-5.3-flash(zai below 15% reserve: 5h 99% left, weekly 14% left) - Fresh verifier:
muse-spark-1.3-contributor(standing in forgpt-6-astra) — verifier; agentastra-gate-verifier - Phase 2 reviewers: not run (deferred by blocker gate)
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In `tools/fuzzgen.cpp`:
- [SUGGESTION] tools/fuzzgen.cpp:80-82: fuzzgen accepts invalid iteration counts
(existing thread: https://github.com/dashpay/bls-signatures/pull/132#discussion_r4017995843)
fuzzgen.cpp:80-82 still parses the seed with strtoull and the iteration count with strtol(argv[2], nullptr, 0) with no endptr, errno, range, or iters>0 check. Inputs like `nope`, `-1`, overflow, or trailing junk yield 0 iterations and exit 0, so a differential relic-vs-blst job can compare two empty outputs and report a false pass, silently losing coverage of the consensus-facing decode and threshold paths this tool exists to guard.
In `src/test.cpp`:
- [SUGGESTION] src/test.cpp:1712-1718: Invalid G2 test reads executable function bodies as point data
(existing thread: https://github.com/dashpay/bls-signatures/pull/132#discussion_r4017995831)
test.cpp:1716-1718 still fills blst_p2 coordinates with memcpy(&(point_native.x),(void*)memcpy,...) and the same for memset/printf. Function-pointer-to-void* conversion and reads of executable bodies are non-portable, and the resulting point changes between builds and toolchains, so the IsValid/CheckValid negative control for consensus-facing G2 deserialization can silently change path or pass vacuously. Use fixed invalid coordinate constants instead.
In `src/test-vectors.hpp`:
- [SUGGESTION] src/test-vectors.hpp:552-554: VerifySecure infinity vector has no valid positive control
(existing thread: https://github.com/dashpay/bls-signatures/pull/132#discussion_r4017995815)
VerifyEdges still signs msg={9,9,9} but verifies Bytes(h) with pks={real, infinity} and no adjacent valid control. The vector fails for two reasons at once (wrong message/signature plus infinity key), so a broken VerifySecure that always returns false still matches it. Add a positive control signing h and verifying with only the real key, then isolate infinity as the sole failure cause.
In `src/CMakeLists.txt`:
- [BLOCKING] src/CMakeLists.txt:18-33: MSVC builds include ARM64 assembly in the x64 source glob
(existing thread: https://github.com/dashpay/bls-signatures/pull/132#discussion_r4017995795)
src/CMakeLists.txt:18-33 still appends build/win64/*-x86_64.asm MASM sources under a bare if(MSVC) with no CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR or generator-platform guard. An MSVC ARM64 build therefore feeds x64 assembly to the ARM64 toolchain and fails, breaking the Windows-ARM64 artifact and any downstream Dash Core build consuming it. Only the else() assembly.S path is arch-aware.
In `src/elements.cpp`:
- [BLOCKING] src/elements.cpp:726-731: GTElement::Unity() discards the identity element
(existing thread: https://github.com/dashpay/bls-signatures/pull/132#discussion_r4014743259)
elements.cpp:728-730 still calls ele.FromNative(blst_fp12_one()), but FromNative is a static factory returning a new GTElement by value, so the return is discarded and ele keeps its default-constructed (uninitialized r) value. Unity() therefore does not return blst_fp12_one(); any future pairing-product check using Unity() as the baseline would compare against the wrong element.
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Re-review — Final validation — Phase 2 only (queue backlog)
At head 66207a7, three blocking issues remain: degenerate legacy signatures can verify as infinity, point validity checks omit curve membership, and legacy length exceptions escape into Rust. All 16 prior findings were revalidated: 14 are fixed, one is outdated, and the G1 unchecked-decoding compatibility regression remains as a non-blocking suggestion. The rebuilt C++ suite passed 1,746 assertions, and targeted probes reproduced the remaining issues; runtime validation used cached BLST 0.3.12 rather than the pinned dependency revision.
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criticalbygpt-6-astra(effort low) — This large, intricate migration directly rewrites cryptographic behavior in src/elements.cpp, src/legacy.cpp, src/privatekey.cpp, src/threshold.cpp and CoreMPL::NativeVerify in src/schemes.cpp, including scalar byte order, legacy hashing, key handling and signature verification semantics relevant to consensus compatibility. - Phase 1 reviewers: not run (skipped for throughput: 15 PRs queued, above the 10 limit)
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In `src/schemes.cpp`:
- [BLOCKING] src/schemes.cpp:369-373: Do not treat degenerate legacy G2 decodes as infinity
The legacy decoder preserves an all-zero 96-byte encoding as the invalid projective point (x=0, y=0, z=1), not infinity. Legacy verification then converts this point to affine, where its all-zero coordinates satisfy this infinity check and its pairing is skipped. With `bad = G2Element::FromBytes(Bytes(zero96), true)`, a targeted probe makes `LegacySchemeMPL::Verify(G1Element(), hash32, bad)` return true here but false on the Relic base. `AggregateVerify({g, g.Negate()}, {hash32, hash32}, bad)` likewise returns true here with two valid, non-infinity public keys. Preserve the projective infinity distinction through verification, or reject this degenerate signature before converting it to affine, and add negative vectors for both cases.
In `src/elements.cpp`:
- [BLOCKING] src/elements.cpp:323: Retain the on-curve checks in both IsValid implementations
`blst_p1_in_g1` and `blst_p2_in_g2` test subgroup relations under an on-curve assumption; they do not replace Relic's combined curve and subgroup validation. Multiplying a native generator's x coordinate by 4 and y coordinate by 8 while leaving z unchanged produces an off-curve point for which the new G1 and G2 `IsValid()` methods both return true. The corresponding base methods return false. Because `FromNative` and `FromAffine` do not independently validate their inputs, these invalid objects can pass `CheckValid()` and verification prechecks. Add `blst_p1_on_curve` here and the corresponding `blst_p2_on_curve` check in G2Element::IsValid(), preserving the existing infinity exception.
- [SUGGESTION] src/elements.cpp:218-219: G1 non-legacy zeros-only check ignores low 5 bits of first byte
(existing thread: https://github.com/dashpay/bls-signatures/pull/132#discussion_r4014743249)
The zero test still excludes the coordinate bits in byte 0. For `0x85` followed by 47 zero bytes, the Relic base's `FromBytesUnchecked` returns an on-curve point and reserializes the same bytes, whereas this implementation throws before decompression. This affects modern unchecked decoding, not the legacy branch; checked decoding rejects the example on both backends because it is outside the prime-order subgroup. The issue is therefore a non-blocking compatibility regression, not a demonstrated signature-validation vulnerability. To preserve the requested Relic decoding behavior, include the masked first byte in this test, as the modern G2 decoder already does.
In `src/legacy.cpp`:
- [BLOCKING] src/legacy.cpp:207-209: Contain legacy message-length exceptions at the Rust FFI boundary
Keep the new length validation, but update the bindings to contain its exceptions. The safe Rust legacy signing and verification methods accept arbitrary byte slices, while `LegacySchemeMPLSign`, `LegacySchemeMPLVerify`, and the secure/aggregate verification C shims call C++ without catching exceptions. A 33-byte message with valid generator points now causes verification to abort with `Rust cannot catch foreign exceptions`, even inside `catch_unwind`; the same probe returns false on the Relic base. Signing also throws through this boundary from the new check in PrivateKey::SignG2, and the existing Rust legacy aggregation test signs the four-byte message `b"ayya"`. Validate lengths before crossing FFI and translate failures into binding errors or false verification results. Update successful legacy tests to use 32-byte hashes and add short/oversized-message rejection tests.
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These are valid observations, but they are outside this PR's scope and should be handled in separate issues or author/maintainer-requested PRs rather than blocking this review.
- Validate threshold identifier lengths before fixed-width reads — Safe Rust threshold recovery accepts identifiers as Vec, passes their pointers without length validation, and the C shims construct 32-byte views unconditionally. Threshold arithmetic then reads all 32 bytes, so short identifiers can cause out-of-bounds reads. This is a concrete memory-safety follow-up, but the Relic base already performed the same unconditional read through bn_read_bin; the migration does not introduce it.
- Follow-up: Track separately and validate identifier lengths before FFI, preferably using fixed-size 32-byte identifiers in the safe Rust API.
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Re-review — Final validation — Phase 2 only (queue backlog)
The BLST migration still has three blocking defects: modern unchecked G1 decoding rejects valid nonzero low bits in the first byte, clean Apple builds fail checksum validation, and the Apple Rust build links the C shim archive under the same name as the backend archive. Three additional in-scope suggestions remain for message-length narrowing, HMAC allocation overflow, and the missing VerifySecure positive control.
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- Triage:
criticalbygpt-6.1-sol(effort low) — This large, cross-cutting diff changes cryptographic signature verification, point multiplication, key serialization/derivation, threshold operations, and consensus-facing Dash BLS behavior in files including src/schemes.cpp, src/elements.cpp, src/privatekey.cpp, and src/threshold.cpp. - Phase 1 reviewers: not run (skipped for throughput: 13 PRs queued, above the 10 limit)
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In `apple.rust.deps.sh`:
- [BLOCKING] apple.rust.deps.sh:30: Restore the checksum of the pinned Apple toolchain
The checksum recorded for the pinned ios-cmake URL is incorrect. Fetching the exact URL currently produces SHA-256 d02857ff6bd64f1d7109ca59c3e4f3b2f89d0663c412146e6977c679801b3243, while the script expects a different value and exits before configuring CMake. The Apple Rust build script deletes the build directory before invoking this script, so every clean feature="apple" build hits this failure.
In `rust-bindings/bls-dash-sys/build.rs`:
- [BLOCKING] rust-bindings/bls-dash-sys/build.rs:398-402: Use a distinct archive name for the Apple C shims
The Apple build compiles the C shims as libdashbls.a, while the CMake backend copied by apple.rust.deps.sh is also libdashbls.a. cc::Build emits its OUT_DIR as a native library search path, and the later static=dashbls directive therefore can resolve the shim archive instead of the backend archive. A native link then leaves the C++ bls::PrivateKey and scheme symbols unresolved. Give the shim archive a distinct name so static=dashbls unambiguously selects the CMake backend.
In `src/elements.cpp`:
- [SUGGESTION] src/elements.cpp:294-300: Do not narrow message lengths before calling blst hash-to-group
Both G1Element::FromMessage and the corresponding G2 path cast message.size() to int before calling BLST, even though BLST accepts a size_t length. A caller supplying more than INT_MAX bytes through the public C++ or generic Rust/Go APIs produces a negative length that is converted back to a very large size_t, allowing BLST to read beyond the message buffer. Pass the original size_t value in both hash-to-group calls.
- [BLOCKING] src/elements.cpp:218-219: G1 non-legacy zeros-only check ignores low 5 bits of first byte
(existing thread: https://github.com/dashpay/bls-signatures/pull/132#discussion_r4014743249)
The modern unchecked decoder determines whether the compressed x-coordinate is zero by checking only bytes 1 through 47. Consequently, an encoding beginning with 0x85 followed by 47 zero bytes is rejected as an all-zero non-infinity point even though its masked x-coordinate is nonzero and the BLST decompressor accepts it. The checked decoder may subsequently reject the point for subgroup membership, but FromBytesUnchecked is itself a public API and must not introduce this decompression regression. The legacy path returning later does not repair the modern path.
In `include/dashbls/util.hpp`:
- [SUGGESTION] include/dashbls/util.hpp:77-79: md_hmac performs unchecked signed length arithmetic
(existing thread: https://github.com/dashpay/bls-signatures/pull/132#discussion_r4010822111)
The secure allocation now protects the HMAC buffers, but the fixed overhead is still added to attacker-controlled in_len without an overflow check. If the sum wraps, the allocation is smaller than the subsequent pointer arithmetic and memcpy(ipad + block_size, in, in_len), which can corrupt the heap or terminate the process. Reject lengths that exceed the available size_t range before allocating.
In `src/test-vectors.hpp`:
- [SUGGESTION] src/test-vectors.hpp:539-554: VerifySecure infinity vector has no valid positive control
(existing thread: https://github.com/dashpay/bls-signatures/pull/132#discussion_r4017995815)
The vector signs msg but verifies it against h, and supplies two public keys for one ordinary signature. Its false result is therefore independent of whether VerifySecure accepts an infinity key. Build a valid secure aggregate for the exact key/message set, record a successful VerifySecure result, then replace only one public key with infinity and record failure.
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Re-review — Final validation — Phase 2 only (queue backlog)
The current head resolves all 22 prior verified findings, including the legacy verification, point-validation, binding, serialization, and build-path issues. Two in-scope blocking issues remain: md_hmac releases key-derived data without an explicit wipe, and every MSVC target is given x86_64 BLST assembly despite the supported ARM64 and Win32 Python build targets.
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- Triage:
criticalbygpt-6.1-sol(effort low) — This large, intricate migration directly changes cryptographic and key-handling logic in src/elements.cpp, src/privatekey.cpp, src/legacy.cpp, src/threshold.cpp, and CoreMPL verification in src/schemes.cpp, including scalar endianness, point decoding, and infinity verification semantics that affect consensus compatibility. - Phase 1 reviewers: not run (skipped for throughput: 14 PRs queued, above the 10 limit)
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In `include/dashbls/util.hpp`:
- [BLOCKING] include/dashbls/util.hpp:77-102: Explicitly erase the HMAC allocation before releasing it
The new allocation contains the padded key, inner and outer pads, and the copied HMAC input, but md_hmac passes it directly to SecFree without clearing it. BLS::Init installs mi_free by default, and mimalloc's release path places the block on its free list without erasing the payload, so HKDF PRKs, seed material, and other key-derived data can remain recoverable after the call returns. SecAlloc does not itself establish an erasure guarantee; wipe the complete allocation with a compiler-resistant operation before SecFree.
In `src/CMakeLists.txt`:
- [BLOCKING] src/CMakeLists.txt:18-33: Select the BLST backend sources for the actual MSVC target
The MSVC branch unconditionally adds the x86_64 MASM files from blst/build/win64. setup.py explicitly supports Visual Studio win-arm64 and win32 targets, so those configurations compile the C/C++ sources for ARM64 or 32-bit x86 while assembling and linking an x86_64 backend. The resulting builds cannot produce a usable library. Select the backend by the Visual Studio target architecture and use BLST's portable/no-assembly path where no matching MASM backend exists.
Out-of-scope follow-up suggestions (2)
These are valid observations, but they are outside this PR's scope and should be handled in separate issues or author/maintainer-requested PRs rather than blocking this review.
- Define erasure semantics for all secure allocations — The md_hmac allocation is an in-scope instance and should be wiped directly. More broadly, other secret buffers use SecFree while the default allocator callback is mi_free, whose release path does not erase payloads; the secure-allocation API therefore has no independent erasure guarantee for private-key and intermediate buffers. This is a concrete allocator-contract follow-up outside the focused HMAC correction.
- Follow-up: Define and document whether SecFree must erase memory, then audit all secret allocations and allocator callbacks under a separate security-hardening change.
- Validate lengths before fixed-width Bytes reads — Threshold share/recovery code passes identifier buffers to fixed-width scalar reads without first requiring 32 bytes, and ExtendedPrivateKey::FromBytes and ExtendedPublicKey::FromBytes read fixed offsets before validating the serialized input length. These public C++ entry points can receive short untrusted inputs and should reject malformed lengths before accessing them. The issue predates this BLST migration and is outside its scope.
- Follow-up: Add public-entry-point length checks and malformed-length regression tests in a separate hardening change.
| uint8_t *buf = SecAlloc<uint8_t>(block_size + md_len + block_size + in_len + block_size); | ||
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🔴 Blocking: Explicitly erase the HMAC allocation before releasing it
The new allocation contains the padded key, inner and outer pads, and the copied HMAC input, but md_hmac passes it directly to SecFree without clearing it. BLS::Init installs mi_free by default, and mimalloc's release path places the block on its free list without erasing the payload, so HKDF PRKs, seed material, and other key-derived data can remain recoverable after the call returns. SecAlloc does not itself establish an erasure guarantee; wipe the complete allocation with a compiler-resistant operation before SecFree.
| uint8_t *buf = SecAlloc<uint8_t>(block_size + md_len + block_size + in_len + block_size); | |
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| uint8_t *opad = buf; // block_size + md_len | |
| uint8_t *ipad = opad + block_size + md_len; // block_size + in_len | |
| uint8_t *_key = ipad + block_size + in_len; // block_size | |
| if (key_len > block_size) { | |
| Hash256(_key, key, key_len); | |
| key = _key; | |
| key_len = md_len; | |
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| memcpy(_key, key, key_len); | |
| memset(_key + key_len, 0, block_size - key_len); | |
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| opad[i] = 0x5C ^ key[i]; | |
| ipad[i] = 0x36 ^ key[i]; | |
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| memcpy(ipad + block_size, in, in_len); | |
| Hash256(opad + block_size, ipad, block_size + in_len); | |
| Hash256(mac, opad, block_size + md_len); | |
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| volatile uint8_t* wipe = buf; | |
| for (size_t i = 0; i < block_size + md_len + block_size + in_len + block_size; ++i) { | |
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volatile uint8_t* wipe = buf;
for (size_t i = 0; i < block_size + md_len + block_size + in_len + block_size; ++i) {
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that would not work. Compilers feel free to remove that erasing loops without any doubts when optimization enabled. That's why there's SecFree is used.
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A plain memset or non-volatile loop can be optimized away, but the suggested volatile uint8_t* makes the byte stores volatile accesses, which ordinary dead-store elimination must preserve. I checked the allocator implementation: depends/mimalloc/src/free.c:34–40 only overwrites the payload under a debug-only condition; the release path links the block into the free list without wiping it, even with MI_SECURE enabled. Using a dedicated compiler-resistant secure-zero primitive instead of the loop is fine—the required property is erasure before the default free callback releases the allocation.
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Not taking this. Whether memory is erased on release is the contract of the installed free callback, not of each call site. None of the ~30 SecFree callers wipes first, including PrivateKey's key data and HKDF's PRK, and the relic base was the same. This PR moves md_hmac's buffers from plain malloc into that contract. In Dash Core the callback installed by BLSInit runs memory_cleanse before releasing the block, so the buffer is erased there. With the default mimalloc callbacks nothing is erased on free for any secret; that predates this PR and is the allocator-contract follow-up this review already lists as out of scope. An ad-hoc loop for one buffer, whose retention the language does not guarantee since the object is not volatile, adds nothing while the PRK in the caller is freed unwiped. If erasure is wanted it belongs in the free callback, once, for all secrets.
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I agree that making erasure an allocator-level property is the better design, but that property is not established in this checkout: BLS::Init() installs mi_free in the default CMake build, while SetSecureAllocator accepts arbitrary callbacks and SecFree only dispatches to the callback. Therefore the default build contradicts the SecAlloc documentation and this HMAC allocation remains uncleared unless an external consumer replaces the callback. A central wipe in SecFree or a wiping default callback would resolve this more completely than an ad-hoc md_hmac wipe, but until that follow-up exists I cannot withdraw the finding.
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I added extra commit to dashpay/dash@24314e3 as a follow-up to be sure that your comment is not forgotten.
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Thanks; I accept this as an allocator-contract follow-up in Dash rather than a blocker for this library PR, since the same SecFree behavior predates this change across the existing secret-data callers and you have recorded the required fix in the Dash follow-up.
Deferring this needs a maintainer's call; until then it still blocks this pull request.
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Re-review — Final validation — Phase 1 + Phase 2
Static verification of the migration at 5cdbf45 found no remaining actionable in-scope defects. All 24 prior findings were revalidated: 21 are fixed, one is outdated following removal of Autotools, and two remain intentionally deferred. No local builds or tests were run; the supplied CI snapshot shows completed build/test checks passing, with the Windows-amd64 Python build still in progress.
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These are valid observations, but they are outside this PR's scope and should be handled in separate issues or author/maintainer-requested PRs rather than blocking this review.
- Validate threshold identifier lengths before native reads — src/threshold.cpp reads 32 bytes from each identifier without checking the supplied Bytes length. The safe Rust PrivateKey::threshold_recover method accepts Vec identifiers and forwards their pointers through a shim that assumes 32 bytes, so short identifiers can cause an out-of-bounds read. The exact base performs the same unchecked 32-byte reads with bn_read_bin; this migration does not introduce the defect.
- Follow-up: Track a separate memory-safety fix validating identifier lengths in C++ and the safe Rust wrapper, including rejection tests for short identifiers.
- Establish an allocator-wide secret-erasure guarantee — src/bls.cpp installs mi_malloc/mi_free by default, and Util::SecFree forwards directly to the installed callback without erasing secret allocations. These same defaults and callback semantics exist in the exact base. HMAC now puts its key-derived buffers inside that existing allocation boundary, so the remaining concern is a library-wide allocator contract rather than a migration-specific call-site defect.
- Follow-up: Keep this with the allocator follow-up identified in the discussion; enforce compiler-resistant erasure centrally and document the guarantees of default and application-installed callbacks.
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Review of the blst switch. Inline comments cover the lines this PR changes. The last three items below are on code the PR didn't touch, so they're here.
Most important: the removed PrivateKey::Serialize(bool) overloads break Dash Core's build (inline on privatekey.hpp), and assembly.S drops every 64-bit target except x86_64/aarch64 (inline on src/CMakeLists.txt). I checked the Dash Core break against Dash Core's src/bls/bls.h, and the #error against blst's build/assembly.S at the pinned commit. The other findings come from reading the code; I haven't built or run them. CI is green, but it doesn't build riscv64, powerpc64, win32/win-arm64, or offline.
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binds/python/pythonbindings.cpp, theRelicGuardmutex (around line 48–60). The global mutex and GIL release exist because relic's context was process-wide. blst has no global state, so the guard now just serializes every sign/verify/aggregate call from Python onto one core. The comments that cite relic (CopyMsg's length rationale,CopySeed'sALLOC=AUTOstack note) are stale too. The guard and those comments can go.src/schemes.cpp,CoreMPL::VerifySecure(~278) andAugSchemeMPL::VerifySecure(~705). Both sort serialized copies of the public keys, then callG1Element::FromByteson each again. That repeats decompression and, for non-legacy keys, the on-curve and subgroup checks, on keys that were already validated. With blst's full subgroup check per key, the extra cost is now larger. Sorting(bytes, const G1Element*)pairs, asAggregateSecurealready does, avoids it.- Python packaging still sets up GMP and relic.
.github/workflows/binds-py.yml(~98) still installslibgmp-dev,pyproject.tomlstill runsdnf -y install gmp-develand setsCMAKE_ARGS=-DARITH=easy, andsetup.pystill passes-DMULTI=. Nothing reads these anymore.
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| void Serialize(uint8_t *buffer) const; | ||
| std::vector<uint8_t> Serialize(bool fLegacy = false) const; | ||
| std::array<uint8_t, PrivateKey::PRIVATE_KEY_SIZE> SerializeToArray(bool fLegacy = false) const; | ||
| std::vector<uint8_t> Serialize() const; |
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This breaks Dash Core. Removing Serialize(bool) / SerializeToArray(bool) means Dash Core won't compile against this branch. Its generic CBLSWrapper<ImplType> in src/bls/bls.h (around lines 130 and 138) calls impl.Serialize(specificLegacyScheme) and impl.SerializeToArray(specificLegacyScheme) for every ImplType, bls::PrivateKey (CBLSSecretKey) included. That path is used whenever secret keys are serialized, e.g. DKG contributions.
Either keep the bool overloads (ignoring the flag, since secret-key bytes are the same in both schemes), or land the Dash Core change together with the bump.
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See changes introduced in dashpay/dash@3420402:
if constexpr (std::is_same_v<ImplType, bls::PrivateKey>) {
return impl.SerializeToArray();
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return impl.SerializeToArray(specificLegacyScheme);
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SerializeToArray for privatekey is idempotent for legacy / non-legacy flag. To make code more error-prune, argument is removed intentionally.
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Every non-MSVC build compiles blst's build/assembly.S. At the pinned commit, that file only covers x86_64, aarch64 and 32-bit targets; anything else hits #error "unsupported platform". This drops riscv64, powerpc64(le), s390x and loongarch64, all of which built with relic's generic C backend. Dash Core ships riscv64 and powerpc64 release builds.
Suggestion: add assembly.S only on x86_64/aarch64 (and the 32-bit targets it covers), and otherwise define __BLST_NO_ASM__ so blst falls back to portable C.
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On MSVC this always adds the win64 *-x86_64.asm sources, whatever the target architecture. setup.py also builds win32 and win-arm64 (WINDOWS_GENERATOR_ARCH), and those can't assemble or link x86_64 MASM objects. I found this by reading the CMake and haven't tried a build. Gating on CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR / CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P, with a __BLST_NO_ASM__ fallback, would cover both.
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These add_compile_options calls apply to the whole directory, so -fno-builtin (and -Wall/-Wextra/-fPIC) also covers all of dashbls's own C++ sources and runtest/vectorgen. Every memcpy/memcmp/memset in hot paths (SerializeToArray, HasOnlyZeros, the sort comparators in AggregateSecure/VerifySecure) then becomes a real libc call instead of being inlined. If only blst needs it, apply it to server.c with set_source_files_properties(... COMPILE_OPTIONS ...).
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| ep2_map_legacy(ans.q, message.begin(), BLS::MESSAGE_HASH_LEN); | ||
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The legacy path still narrows message.size() to int before ep2_map_legacy checks len != 32. The non-legacy blst paths in this PR fix that narrowing. Here, a message of 2^32 + 32 bytes truncates to 32, passes the check, and gets hashed as only its first 32 bytes, so messages that differ after byte 32 collide. Reject message.size() != 32 as a size_t before the call, or make ep2_map_legacy take size_t.
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When key_len > block_size, the code above hashes the key into _key and sets key = _key. This line then runs memcpy(_key, _key, md_len), a copy onto the same buffer, which is undefined behavior; sanitizers will flag it. It happens on any HKDF256::Extract / md_hmac call with a key or salt longer than 64 bytes. Fix with if (key != _key) or memmove.
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blst_p1_mult/blst_p2_mult take the scalar as little-endian bytes; upstream chia exported it big-endian, multiplying by the byte-reversed scalar. This was masked in chia by a compensating little-endian load in DeriveChildG1Unhardened, but it broke every Dash path that multiplies a point by a scalar directly: threshold shares and recovery, secure aggregation coefficients and Diffie-Hellman. Fixes the two failing Threshold test cases.
CoreMPL::Verify, CoreMPL::AggregateVerify and PopSchemeMPL::PopVerify used blst's one-shot verify and pairing context. The relic implementation gated every element with IsValid(), rejected the identity, and then checked the product of pairings. Route all three through NativeVerify, which reproduces that exactly: one on-curve and subgroup check per element, then the pairing product. blst_core_verify_pk_in_g1 repeats the subgroup checks internally and assumes the points are on the curve, which is not what callers relied on with relic. In PopVerify the checks run before the public key is serialized and hashed to G2, in the same order as before. NativeVerify evaluates all pairs in one shared Miller loop (blst_miller_loop_n), like relic's pc_map_sim did. Same verification equation; Verification is 1.25x and Batch verification 1.17x faster in runbench, the other benchmarks are unchanged.
blst_bendian_from_scalar converts bytes -> limbs -> bytes and then securely wipes the temporary, roughly doubling the cost of the 32-byte serialization relative to relic's bn_write_bin (11.6 ns -> 25 ns). Copy the scalar's native little-endian bytes and reverse in place instead (10.4 ns).
Replaces the commented-out relic order test with hex-literal boundary checks (r accepted, 2r rejected) plus a cross-check that the hardcoded order agrees with blst via blst_scalar_fr_check.
Point the include path at blst's bindings/ directory so the library consumes blst the way it is installed (blst.h and blst_aux.h side by side), instead of relying on the layout of a blst source checkout.
…thon test_unit.py exercises g1 * sk, sk * g1 and g2 * sk; the operator overloads exist in C++, only the pybind11 definitions had been dropped.
blst is compiled into libdashbls, so the bindings only need its headers: CMake now exports the FetchContent checkout's bindings/ directory in include_paths.txt for the Rust build script, and the Go Makefile points at the same directory. The relic and GMP include paths, link lines and CI package installs are gone.
apple.rust.deps.sh used to build GMP and a relic fork per architecture and then compile the library sources by hand. It now runs the project's CMake build with the ios-cmake toolchain per target and copies libdashbls.a and libmimalloc-secure.a into build/artefacts/<triple>, which is what the Rust build script links (instead of gmp, relic_s and bls). Untested here: no Apple toolchain available.
mimalloc's Emscripten backend calls emmalloc, which runtest and the JS bindings already link with -s MALLOC=emmalloc; vectorgen did not, so the JavaScript CI build failed at its link step.
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Re-review — Final validation — Phase 1 + Phase 2
Verified the combined reviewer evidence and revalidated all 32 prior findings against head 388af53. The earlier findings are fixed, withdrawn, superseded, or reasonably tracked for follow-up; one new Rust FFI error-handling defect remains. This was a static review: current CI has no failed checks, but nine native, binding, and Python packaging checks remain pending.
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🔴 Blocking: Rust legacy sign does not check the FFI null on exception
rust-bindings/bls-signatures/src/schemes.rs:204-213
The newly added exception handler in LegacySchemeMPLSign returns nullptr on std::exception, but this safe Rust method unconditionally stores that result in G2Element. The message-length assertion prevents the expected invalid-length exception, but it does not prevent std::bad_alloc from the C shim's new bls::G2Element allocation. If that allocation fails, sign returns an apparently valid object whose subsequent serialization or verification dereferences a null C++ pointer. This is an allocation-failure path, not a demonstrated malformed-message exploit, and deleting the null pointer is safe; the problem is allowing the failed result to escape into operations requiring a live object. Check the returned pointer before constructing G2Element and panic, abort, or propagate an error according to the binding's API contract.
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criticalbygpt-6.1-sol(effort low) — The large, intricate backend migration directly changes cryptographic point arithmetic and scalar handling in src/elements.cpp, legacy mapping in src/legacy.cpp, key handling in src/privatekey.cpp, and signature verification semantics in src/schemes.cpp. - Phase 1 reviewers:
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- [BLOCKING] rust-bindings/bls-signatures/src/schemes.rs:204-213: Rust legacy sign does not check the FFI null on exception
The newly added exception handler in LegacySchemeMPLSign returns nullptr on std::exception, but this safe Rust method unconditionally stores that result in G2Element. The message-length assertion prevents the expected invalid-length exception, but it does not prevent std::bad_alloc from the C shim's new bls::G2Element allocation. If that allocation fails, sign returns an apparently valid object whose subsequent serialization or verification dereferences a null C++ pointer. This is an allocation-failure path, not a demonstrated malformed-message exploit, and deleting the null pointer is safe; the problem is allowing the failed result to escape into operations requiring a live object. Check the returned pointer before constructing G2Element and panic, abort, or propagate an error according to the binding's API contract.
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These are valid observations, but they are outside this PR's scope and should be handled in separate issues or author/maintainer-requested PRs rather than blocking this review.
- Complete the tracked secure-allocator erasure follow-up — The standalone default callbacks still release secret allocations through mi_free/free without cleansing. This limitation predates the migration, including private-key and HKDF allocations; the migrated HMAC now uses the same documented secure-allocation contract. The linked Dash Core commit adds a cleansing mimalloc callback for builds without its existing secure allocator.
- Follow-up: Complete dashpay/dash@24314e3. If standalone support continues, track its default allocator's erasure guarantee separately.
- Validate threshold identifier lengths in the safe Rust API — The unchanged Rust threshold_recover methods accept Vec identifiers without checking their lengths. The unchanged C shims construct 32-byte views regardless of allocation size, permitting an out-of-bounds read for short identifiers. The exact base already reads those same 32 bytes through bn_read_bin; replacing the arithmetic backend does not introduce this unsafe binding contract.
- Follow-up: Track a separate binding fix requiring exactly 32 bytes before FFI, preferably through fixed-size identifier types.
The legacy hash-to-curve consumed exactly 32 bytes whatever length the caller passed, so a shorter message was read past its end. Pass the real length so ep2_map_legacy rejects anything but 32 bytes, check it in SignG2 before the secure allocation so nothing leaks on the throw, and sign 32-byte hashes in the two legacy HD key tests that used 8 and 10 byte seeds as messages. Dash Core only ever signs 32-byte hashes with the legacy scheme, so its behaviour is unchanged.
The padded key and the inner and outer pads are derived from the HMAC key (the PRK in HKDF, the seed in KeyGen). Take them from SecAlloc, the same allocator that holds private key material, instead of the stack and malloc, so whatever policy the secure allocator implements (mimalloc's secure mode here, Dash Core's locked pool that wipes on free once it has installed its allocator) applies to them as well.
FromNative is a static factory; calling it through an instance and dropping the result left the element default-constructed instead of the multiplicative identity. Present upstream as well; unused by Dash Core.
…check The invalid G2 point test copied bytes out of the memcpy/memset/printf code, which is not portable and differs between builds; it now uses fixed garbage coordinates. New case: VerifySecure with a positive control and then one public key replaced by infinity. fuzzgen rejects an iteration count that is not a positive number instead of running zero iterations.
blst_hash_to_g1/g2 take size_t; narrowing message.size() to int first turns a message longer than INT_MAX into a negative length that converts back to a huge size_t. Inherited from upstream.
relic ran the "only zeros" test on the first byte with its three flag bits masked off plus the remaining 47 bytes. The G1 path skipped the first byte, so an encoding whose only payload bits sit in the low five bits of that byte (0x85 || 47 zero bytes, x = 5 * 2^376) was rejected before decompression instead of being decompressed to an on-curve point outside the subgroup. Checked decoding rejected it either way; unchecked decoding threw where relic returned the point. Mask the first byte like the G2 decoder and relic do.
-DARITH is not read by CMake any more, so the easy/gmp dimension built every OS/compiler pair twice with identical inputs. Nothing links GMP.
build/assembly.S covers x86_64, aarch64 and 32-bit targets and stops with #error "unsupported platform" elsewhere, so riscv64 and powerpc64 did not build. With __BLST_NO_ASM__ blst compiles its C implementation and assembly.S expands to nothing. Same approach as Chia-Network#429, which did this for riscv64 only.
blst's build.sh compiles its own sources with -fno-builtin. Applied directory-wide, the flag also turned every memcpy, memcmp and memset in dashbls, runtest and vectorgen into libc calls. Scope it to server.c.
GMP installs, -DARITH=easy and -DMULTI= configured relic; nothing reads them now.
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Re-review — Final validation — Phase 1 + Phase 2
No remaining actionable in-scope issue was confirmed at eef98c6 after inspecting the migration and reconciling all 33 prior findings. The pairing-infinity claim is contradicted by the pinned BLST implementation, and the private-key serialization API change has corresponding adaptations in the coordinated Dash Core migration. Validation was static only; current CI build, test and lint checks pass, publication jobs are skipped, and the working tree remains clean.
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criticalbygpt-6.1-sol(effort low) — The diff makes large, intricate changes to cryptographic behavior, including scalar multiplication and point decoding in src/elements.cpp, legacy mapping in src/legacy.cpp, and signature verification semantics in src/schemes.cpp. - Phase 1 reviewers:
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muse-spark-1.3-contributor— not quota-gated; passed overgemini-3.8-flash-high(antigravity quota lookup failed),glm-5.3-flash(not used above high effort; tier asks max) - Single stage: Phase 1 and Phase 2 reviewed this head side by side, with no blocker gate between them (triage tier)
- Fresh final gate: an independent Phase-2 review ran after iterative findings were reconciled
- Fresh verifier:
gpt-6.1-sol— final-verifier; agentsol-verifier - Phase 2 reviewers:
gpt-6.1-sol— general (completed, effort xhigh); agentphase2-reviewer,gpt-6.1-sol— security-auditor (completed, effort xhigh); agentphase2-reviewer,gpt-6.1-sol— general (completed, effort xhigh); agentphase2-reviewer,gpt-6.1-sol— security-auditor (completed, effort xhigh); agentphase2-reviewer
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Out-of-scope follow-up suggestions (2)
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- Complete allocator-wide secret erasure — BLS::Init still installs mi_malloc/mi_free by default, and Util::SecFree delegates directly to that callback without erasing allocations. This affects private keys and derivation material as well as HMAC buffers. The default callback behavior predates this PR, and the previous Relic HMAC implementation also left key-derived buffers unwiped. The linked Dash Core follow-up implements cleansing at the shared callback boundary.
- Follow-up: Complete and validate the allocator hardening in dashpay/dash@24314e3. If standalone support remains, separately track enforcement of the documented erasure contract for its default callbacks.
- Validate threshold identifier lengths in safe Rust wrappers — PrivateKey::threshold_recover accepts Vec identifiers without checking their lengths. The C shim's toVectorHashes assigns every pointer a 32-byte length, and native recovery reads those 32 bytes, allowing truncated identifiers to cause out-of-bounds reads through the safe Rust API. The wrapper and shim are unchanged in this range, and the exact base performs the same fixed-length read with bn_read_bin; this is a concrete pre-existing memory-safety issue, not a migration regression.
- Follow-up: Track a separate memory-safety fix that validates identifier lengths before FFI discards that information, preferably using fixed-size identifier types, with corresponding native boundary validation.
What was done here
Add reference vectors generated with relic (
test-vectors/reference.txt,tools/vectorgen.cpp,tools/fuzzgen.cpp) before the backend changes, so every later commit is checked against relic's outputs. They were regenerated on top of fix: enforce BLS spec KeyValidate and normalize error handling #123; the only vectors that changed areI.basic.verify.infinfandI.legacy.verify.infinf, now0.Pull catchup: into main from long_lived/blastwjb @ 95c2f65073c366a3621e304adc066b7e675cf907 Chia-Network/bls-signatures#409. Chia's Sodium
FetchContentblock is not taken (sodium is removed in #)apply changes for dash specific code: re-implemented ep2_map_legacy, updated util.hpp, privatekey.cpp, elements.cpp, extendedprivatekey, extendedpublickey, schemes.cpp [CoreMPL::NativeVerify], for dash specific functionality
fix: scalar byte order in point multiplication
blst_p1_mult/blst_p2_mult take the scalar as little-endian bytes; upstream chia exported it big-endian, multiplying by the byte-reversed scalar. This was masked in chia by a compensating little-endian load in DeriveChildG1Unhardened, but it broke every Dash path that multiplies a point by a scalar directly: threshold shares and recovery, secure aggregation coefficients and Diffie-Hellman. Fixes the two failing Threshold test cases.
CoreMPL::Verify and CoreMPL::AggregateVerify used blst's one-shot verify / pairing context, which rejects an infinity public key outright.
The relic implementation gated elements with IsValid() (infinity is valid) and checked the product of pairings, so e.g. an infinity pubkey with an infinity signature verified. Route both through NativeVerify, which reproduces that exactly (I.basic.verify.infinf golden vector).
perf: serialize PrivateKey without blst's temporary limb conversion; migration to blst worsened performance 11.6 ns -> 25 ns, this commit improve it to 10.4 ns
uncommented some chia's tests that hadn't worked
How it has been tested
Performance
runbench on origin/develop [relic] against branch PR [blst]
Dash Core had been build on the top of this branch and block validation has been tested by reconsidering 1000 blocks [the very first version of PR, the newest updates had not been re-tested, expecting even bigger performance benefits]
Overall block validation time is speed up at least 1.75x per block in average.
Validity
Notes for reviewers
This library has no users outside Dash Core and will be deprecated and inlined into Dash Core's repo. See dashpay/dash#7678, dashpay/dash#7679, dashpay/dash#7680 as a proof-of-concept; these PRs will be review-ready once #132 is merged.
Commit
catchup: into main from long_lived/blastwjbis meant to be reviewed as backport, to be sure that there's no wrong or make-up code; Dash-specific files and implementation is updated in the following commits.The project state between
catchup... blastwjband the end of "adopt" commits is intentionally not compilable, to keep each commit reviewable.Summary by CodeRabbit
Summary