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Release libgcrypt 1.10.0
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Noteworthy changes in version 1.10.0 (2022-02-01) [C24/A4/R0]

  • New and extended interfaces:
    • New control codes to check for FIPS 140-3 approved algorithms.
    • New control code to switch into non-FIPS mode.
    • New cipher modes SIV and GCM-SIV as specified by RFC-5297.
    • Extended cipher mode AESWRAP with padding as specified by RFC-5649. [T5752]
    • New set of KDF functions.
    • New KDF modes Argon2 and Balloon.
    • New functions for combining hashing and signing/verification. [T4894]
  • Performance:
    • Improved support for PowerPC architectures.
    • Improved ECC performance on zSeries/s390x by using accelerated scalar multiplication.
    • Many more assembler performance improvements for several architectures.
  • Bug fixes:
    • Fix Elgamal encryption for other implementations. [R5328,CVE-2021-40528]
    • Fix alignment problem on macOS. [T5440]
    • Check the input length of the point in ECDH. [T5423]
    • Fix an abort in gcry_pk_get_param for "Curve25519". [T5490]
  • Other features:
    • The control code GCRYCTL_SET_ENFORCED_FIPS_FLAG is ignored because it is useless with the FIPS 140-3 related changes.
    • Update of the jitter entropy RNG code. [T5523]
    • Simplification of the entropy gatherer when using the getentropy system call.
  • Interface changes relative to the 1.10.0 release:
GCRYCTL_SET_DECRYPTION_TAG            NEW control code.
GCRYCTL_FIPS_SERVICE_INDICATOR_CIPHER NEW control code.
GCRYCTL_FIPS_SERVICE_INDICATOR_KDF    NEW control code.
GCRYCTL_NO_FIPS_MODE = 83             NEW control code.
GCRY_CIPHER_MODE_SIV                  NEW mode.
GCRY_CIPHER_MODE_GCM_SIV              NEW mode.
GCRY_CIPHER_EXTENDED                  NEW flag.
GCRY_SIV_BLOCK_LEN                    NEW macro.
gcry_cipher_set_decryption_tag        NEW macro.
GCRY_KDF_ARGON2                       NEW constant.
GCRY_KDF_BALLOON                      NEW constant.
GCRY_KDF_ARGON2D                      NEW constant.
GCRY_KDF_ARGON2I                      NEW constant.
GCRY_KDF_ARGON2ID                     NEW constant.
gcry_kdf_hd_t                         NEW type.
gcry_kdf_job_fn_t                     NEW type.
gcry_kdf_dispatch_job_fn_t            NEW type.
gcry_kdf_wait_all_jobs_fn_t           NEW type.
struct gcry_kdf_thread_ops            NEW struct.
gcry_kdf_open                         NEW function.
gcry_kdf_compute                      NEW function.
gcry_kdf_final                        NEW function.
gcry_kdf_close                        NEW function.
gcry_pk_hash_sign                     NEW function.
gcry_pk_hash_verify                   NEW function.
gcry_pk_random_override_new           NEW function.

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Jan 17 2022, 12:00 AM

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• werner triaged this task as Low priority.Nov 15 2021, 7:22 PM
• werner created this task.
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thesamesam added a subscriber: thesamesam.Nov 24 2021, 2:17 AM
• werner set Due Date to Jan 17 2022, 12:00 AM.Dec 7 2021, 11:17 AM
• werner moved this task from Backlog to Next on the FIPS board.Jan 11 2022, 11:06 AM
Jakuje added a subscriber: Jakuje.Jan 25 2022, 11:23 AM
• werner mentioned this in T5305: Release Libgcrypt 1.9.3.Jan 25 2022, 11:03 PM
• werner mentioned this in T5810: Release Libgcrypt 1.10.1.Feb 1 2022, 9:38 PM
• werner changed the task status from Open to Testing.Feb 1 2022, 9:49 PM
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• gniibe moved this task from Next to Ready for release on the FIPS board.Feb 2 2022, 1:15 AM
carlocab added a subscriber: carlocab.Feb 2 2022, 5:09 PM

Hi there, is this the new stable version of libgcrypt? Apologies if this is the wrong place to ask; I just couldn’t find any other release announcement for 1.10.0.

• werner added a comment.Feb 2 2022, 8:16 PM

it will be but we first prefer to do some final tests with that version. Feel free to also test. Either this or the next micro version will eventually be announced.

• werner closed this task as Resolved.Mar 8 2022, 11:02 AM
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• werner added a comment.May 5 2023, 10:47 AM

If you experience build problems on macOS see T6442