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Informational 17 Cryptographic libraries

crypto: reduce crypto.h header weight

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What the developer wrote

Authored by jeffro256

45/100 · Thin
crypto: reduce crypto.h header weight
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This is a large code cleanup commit that reorganizes Monero's cryptographic headers to reduce how much code gets pulled in when including crypto.h. It removes a custom 'POD_CLASS' macro in favor of plain C++ structs, moves some hash-related functions from header files into a new source file, and updates many files to include only the headers they actually need. There is no direct security fix here, but the change touches sensitive cryptographic code and could in principle introduce subtle compilation or behavior differences.

Recommended action

Treat as a routine refactoring commit. Reviewers should verify that the moved functions are semantically identical (same arguments, same casts, same default parameters) and that all callers previously relying on the removed vector overloads correctly pass size. A normal build and unit-test run is sufficient; no emergency patching is warranted based on this commit alone.

Security signals we found

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Touches cryptographic primitives (hash functions, ring signatures, ChaCha key derivation, secret-key handling)

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Removes inline definitions of hash wrappers, converting them to out-of-line functions in new hash.cpp

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Changes how scrubbed/mlocked array types are spelled (scrubbed_arr alias removed)

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Removes vector<const public_key*> convenience overloads for ring signatures; callers now pass .data() and .size()

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No explicit security claim, CVE, bug fix, or vulnerability description in commit message or diff

Risk score

Why this scored 17/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 2/30
Exploitability 1/25
Stealth signal 1/15
Affected reach 2/15
Confidence 8/10
Evidence quality 3/5
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