This issue is related to a GCC bug(https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=102124), which may cause wrong calculation, causing buf_eq_const() function give positive result on different buffers.
` 362 /* Constant-time compare of two buffers. Returns 1 if buffers are equal,
363 and 0 if buffers differ. */
364 static inline int
365 buf_eq_const(const void *_a, const void *_b, size_t len)
366 {
367 const byte *a = _a;
368 const byte *b = _b;
369 int ab, ba;
370 size_t i;
371
372 /* Constant-time compare. */
373 for (i = 0, ab = 0, ba = 0; i < len; i++)
374 {
375 /* If a[i] != b[i], either ab or ba will be negative. */
376 ab |= a[i] - b[i];
377 ba |= b[i] - a[i];
378 }
379
380 /* 'ab | ba' is negative when buffers are not equal. */
382 return (ab | ba) >= 0;
383 }`
On line 382, I think it should be "return (ab | ba) == 0;"
Because if 2 buffers equal to each other, the difference between any value of the buffer should be 0.
If 2 buffers do not equal to each other, the difference between any value of the buffer should be non-zero.
Non-zero value is either positive or negative value.
Because the GCC's bug, 2 different buffer's diff value got a "positive" data, however, positive data still means 2 buffers are different, only if the diff value of 2 buffers are 0, means they are equal, in this case `return (ab | ba) >= 0;` is apparently wrong.