Common and shared functions used by multiple modules in the Mbed TLS library. More...

#include "mbedtls/build_info.h"
#include <stddef.h>

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Macros
#define	MBEDTLS_DEPRECATED

#define	MBEDTLS_DEPRECATED_STRING_CONSTANT(VAL) VAL

#define	MBEDTLS_DEPRECATED_NUMERIC_CONSTANT(VAL) VAL

#define	MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_CRITICAL MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN
	Critical-failure function. More...

#define	MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_TYPICAL
	Ordinary-failure function. More...

#define	MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_OPTIONAL
	Benign-failure function. More...

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#define	MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN
	This macro is used at the beginning of the declaration of a function to indicate that its return value should be checked. More...

#define	MBEDTLS_IGNORE_RETURN(result) ((void) !(result))
	This macro requires one argument, which should be a C function call. More...

Functions
void	mbedtls_platform_zeroize (void *buf, size_t len)
	Securely zeroize a buffer. More...

Detailed Description

Common and shared functions used by multiple modules in the Mbed TLS library.

Definition in file platform_util.h.

Macro Definition Documentation

◆ MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN

#define MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN

This macro is used at the beginning of the declaration of a function to indicate that its return value should be checked.

It should instruct the compiler to emit a warning or an error if the function is called without checking its return value.

There is a default implementation for popular compilers in platform_util.h. You can override the default implementation by defining your own here.

If the implementation here is empty, this will effectively disable the checking of functions' return values.

Definition at line 57 of file platform_util.h.

◆ MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_CRITICAL

#define MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_CRITICAL MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN

Critical-failure function.

This macro appearing at the beginning of the declaration of a function indicates that its return value should be checked in all applications. Omitting the check is very likely to indicate a bug in the application and will result in a compile-time warning if MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN is implemented for the compiler in use.

Note: The use of this macro is a work in progress. This macro may be added to more functions in the future. Such an extension is not considered an API break, provided that there are near-unavoidable circumstances under which the function can fail. For example, signature/MAC/AEAD verification functions, and functions that require a random generator, are considered return-check-critical.

Definition at line 77 of file platform_util.h.

◆ MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_OPTIONAL

#define MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_OPTIONAL

Benign-failure function.

This macro appearing at the beginning of the declaration of a function indicates that it is rarely useful to check its return value.

This macro has an empty expansion. It exists for documentation purposes: a MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_OPTIONAL annotation indicates that the function has been analyzed for return-check usefulness, whereas the lack of an annotation indicates that the function has not been analyzed and its return-check usefulness is unknown.

Definition at line 113 of file platform_util.h.

◆ MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_TYPICAL

#define MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_TYPICAL

Ordinary-failure function.

This macro appearing at the beginning of the declaration of a function indicates that its return value should be generally be checked in portable applications. Omitting the check will result in a compile-time warning if MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN is implemented for the compiler in use and #MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_WARNING is enabled in the compile-time configuration.

You can use MBEDTLS_IGNORE_RETURN to explicitly ignore the return value of a function that is annotated with MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN.

Note: The use of this macro is a work in progress. This macro will be added to more functions in the future. Eventually this should appear before most functions returning an error code (as int in the mbedtls_xxx API or as psa_status_t in the psa_xxx API).

Definition at line 99 of file platform_util.h.

◆ MBEDTLS_DEPRECATED

#define MBEDTLS_DEPRECATED

Definition at line 37 of file platform_util.h.

◆ MBEDTLS_DEPRECATED_NUMERIC_CONSTANT

#define MBEDTLS_DEPRECATED_NUMERIC_CONSTANT ( VAL ) VAL

Definition at line 39 of file platform_util.h.

◆ MBEDTLS_DEPRECATED_STRING_CONSTANT

#define MBEDTLS_DEPRECATED_STRING_CONSTANT ( VAL ) VAL

Definition at line 38 of file platform_util.h.

◆ MBEDTLS_IGNORE_RETURN

#define MBEDTLS_IGNORE_RETURN ( result ) ((void) !(result))

This macro requires one argument, which should be a C function call.

Call this macro with one argument, a function call, to suppress a warning from MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN due to that function call.

If that function call would cause a MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN warning, this warning is suppressed.

Definition at line 129 of file platform_util.h.

Function Documentation

◆ mbedtls_platform_zeroize()

void mbedtls_platform_zeroize	(	void *	buf,
		size_t	len
	)

Securely zeroize a buffer.

The function is meant to wipe the data contained in a buffer so that it can no longer be recovered even if the program memory is later compromised. Call this function on sensitive data stored on the stack before returning from a function, and on sensitive data stored on the heap before freeing the heap object.

It is extremely difficult to guarantee that calls to mbedtls_platform_zeroize() are not removed by aggressive compiler optimizations in a portable way. For this reason, Mbed TLS provides the configuration option MBEDTLS_PLATFORM_ZEROIZE_ALT, which allows users to configure mbedtls_platform_zeroize() to use a suitable implementation for their platform and needs

Parameters

buf	Buffer to be zeroized
len	Length of the buffer in bytes

Definition at line 94 of file platform_util.c.

References buf, len, and memset_func.

Referenced by mbedtls_zeroize_and_free().

Macros

Functions