CVE-2024-37880 Information

Description

The Kyber reference implementation before 9b8d306 when compiled by LLVM Clang through 18.x with some common optimization options has a timing side channel that allows attackers to recover an ML-KEM 512 secret key in minutes. This occurs because poly_frommsg in poly.c does not prevent Clang from emitting a vulnerable secret-dependent branch.

Reference

https://pqshield.com/pqshield-plugs-timing-leaks-in-kyber-ml-kem-to-improve-pqc-implementation-maturity/ https://github.com/antoonpurnal/clangover https://github.com/pq-crystals/kyber/commit/9b8d30698a3e7449aeb34e62339d4176f11e3c6c https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40577486 https://twitter.com/purnaltoon/status/1797644696568959476