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securechip: port password ops

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Authored by Marko Bencun

68/100 · Adequate
securechip: port password ops

Move the OPTIGA password flows into Rust in one step, including the async command wrappers and the migrated unit tests. This keeps the commit focused on the securechip password migration itself; the unrelated Box::pin(...) call-site changes were split into a separate commit.
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit is a large refactoring that moves the password-stretching and secure-chip password operations from C into Rust for the BitBox02 firmware. It does not add new user-facing features or change the cryptographic algorithm; it reimplements the same OPTIGA secure-chip flows (HMAC verification, symmetric encryption, key generation, counter resets) in Rust with async wrappers. The old C implementation and its unit tests are removed, and equivalent Rust unit tests with deterministic fakes are added. There is no indication in the commit that this fixes a known security vulnerability.

Recommended action

Treat this as a high-risk refactoring rather than a vulnerability patch. Review the new Rust async wrappers for lifetime and concurrency correctness, especially the static `StaticBytes`/`GroundedCell` buffers shared across futures, ensure zeroization happens on all error paths, verify that the fake-based unit tests adequately cover real OPTIGA error conditions (e.g., 0x802F incorrect password, counter exhaustion, and cleanup failures), and run hardware-in-the-loop tests to confirm identical behavior with the old C implementation.

Security signals we found

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Large refactor of security-critical password-stretching code

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Move from C to Rust with async FFI wrappers for OPTIGA commands

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Use of static buffers (`StaticBytes`, `GroundedCell`) to satisfy async C callback lifetime requirements

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Zeroization of static buffers after async operations

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Preservation of monotonic counter logic for brute-force protection

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No algorithmic changes observed; same salts and KDF flow retained

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Removal of C unit tests and addition of equivalent Rust tests with fakes

Risk score

Why this scored 34/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 8/30
Exploitability 5/25
Stealth signal 4/15
Affected reach 6/15
Confidence 7/10
Evidence quality 4/5
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