Mbed-TLS/mbedtls v3.0.0

Mbed TLS 3.0.0

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Description

This release of Mbed TLS provides bug fixes, enhancements and new features, including many changes that are not API-compatible with earlier versions of Mbed TLS. This release includes fixes for security issues.

For details on the steps required to migrate from Mbed TLS version 2.x to Mbed TLS version 3.0.0, please refer to the migration guide.

Security Advisories

For full details, please see the following links:

https://tls.mbed.org/tech-updates/security-advisories/mbedtls-security-advisory-2021-07-1
https://tls.mbed.org/tech-updates/security-advisories/mbedtls-security-advisory-2021-07-2

Release Notes

API changes

• Remove HAVEGE module.
  The design of HAVEGE makes it unsuitable for microcontrollers. Platforms
  with a more complex CPU usually have an operating system interface that
  provides better randomness. Instead of HAVEGE, declare OS or hardware RNG
  interfaces with mbedtls_entropy_add_source() and/or use an entropy seed
  file created securely during device provisioning. See
  https://tls.mbed.org/kb/how-to/add-entropy-sources-to-entropy-pool for
  more information.
• Add missing const attributes to API functions.
• Remove helpers for the transition from Mbed TLS 1.3 to Mbed TLS 2.0: the
  header compat-1.3.h and the script rename.pl.
• Remove certs module from the API.
  Transfer keys and certificates embedded in the library to the test
  component. This contributes to minimizing library API and discourages
  users from using unsafe keys in production.
• Move alt helpers and definitions.
  Various helpers and definitions available for use in alt implementations
  have been moved out of the include/ directory and into the library/
  directory. The files concerned are ecp_internal.h and rsa_internal.h
  which have also been renamed to ecp_internal_alt.h and rsa_alt_helpers.h
  respectively.
• Move internal headers.
  Header files that were only meant for the library's internal use and
  were not meant to be used in application code have been moved out of
  the include/ directory. The headers concerned are bn_mul.h, aesni.h,
  padlock.h, entropy_poll.h and *_internal.h.
• Drop support for parsing SSLv2 ClientHello
  (MBEDTLS_SSL_SRV_SUPPORT_SSLV2_CLIENT_HELLO).
• Drop support for SSLv3 (MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_SSL3).
• Drop support for TLS record-level compression (MBEDTLS_ZLIB_SUPPORT).
• Drop support for RC4 TLS ciphersuites.
• Drop support for single-DES ciphersuites.
• Drop support for MBEDTLS_SSL_HW_RECORD_ACCEL.
• Update AEAD output size macros to bring them in line with the PSA Crypto
  API version 1.0 spec. This version of the spec parameterizes them on the
  key type used, as well as the key bit-size in the case of
  PSA_AEAD_TAG_LENGTH.
• Add configuration option MBEDTLS_X509_REMOVE_INFO which
  removes the mbedtls_x509_*_info(), mbedtls_debug_print_crt()
  as well as other functions and constants only used by
  those functions. This reduces the code footprint by
  several kB.
• Remove SSL error codes MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_CERTIFICATE_REQUIRED
  and MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_INVALID_VERIFY_HASH which are never
  returned from the public SSL API.
• Remove MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_CERTIFICATE_TOO_LARGE and return
  MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL instead.
• The output parameter of mbedtls_sha512_finish, mbedtls_sha512,
  mbedtls_sha256_finish and mbedtls_sha256 now has a pointer type
  rather than array type. This removes spurious warnings in some compilers
  when outputting a SHA-384 or SHA-224 hash into a buffer of exactly
  the hash size.
• Remove the MBEDTLS_TEST_NULL_ENTROPY config option. Fixes #4388.
• The interface of the GCM module has changed to remove restrictions on
  how the input to multipart operations is broken down. mbedtls_gcm_finish()
  now takes extra output parameters for the last partial output block.
  mbedtls_gcm_update() now takes extra parameters for the output length.
  The software implementation always produces the full output at each
  call to mbedtls_gcm_update(), but alternative implementations activated
  by MBEDTLS_GCM_ALT may delay partial blocks to the next call to
  mbedtls_gcm_update() or mbedtls_gcm_finish(). Furthermore, applications
  no longer pass the associated data to mbedtls_gcm_starts(), but to the
  new function mbedtls_gcm_update_ad().
  These changes are backward compatible for users of the cipher API.
• Replace MBEDTLS_SHA512_NO_SHA384 config option with MBEDTLS_SHA384_C.
  This separates config option enabling the SHA384 algorithm from option
  enabling the SHA512 algorithm. Fixes #4034.
• Introduce MBEDTLS_SHA224_C.
  This separates config option enabling the SHA224 algorithm from option
  enabling SHA256.
• The getter and setter API of the SSL session cache (used for
  session-ID based session resumption) has changed to that of
  a key-value store with keys being session IDs and values
  being opaque instances of mbedtls_ssl_session.
• Remove the mode parameter from RSA operation functions. Signature and
  decryption functions now always use the private key and verification and
  encryption use the public key. Verification functions also no longer have
  RNG parameters.
• Modify semantics of mbedtls_ssl_conf_[opaque_]psk():
  In Mbed TLS 2.X, the API prescribes that later calls overwrite
  the effect of earlier calls. In Mbed TLS 3.0, calling
  mbedtls_ssl_conf_[opaque_]psk() more than once will fail,
  leaving the PSK that was configured first intact.
  Support for more than one PSK may be added in 3.X.
• The function mbedtls_x509write_csr_set_extension() has an extra parameter
  which allows to mark an extension as critical. Fixes #4055.
• For multi-part AEAD operations with the cipher module, calling
  mbedtls_cipher_finish() is now mandatory. Previously the documentation
  was unclear on this point, and this function happened to never do
  anything with the currently implemented AEADs, so in practice it was
  possible to skip calling it, which is no longer supported.
• The option MBEDTLS_ECP_FIXED_POINT_OPTIM use pre-computed comb tables
  instead of computing tables in runtime. Thus, this option now increase
  code size, and it does not increase RAM usage in runtime anymore.
• Remove the SSL APIs mbedtls_ssl_get_input_max_frag_len() and
  mbedtls_ssl_get_output_max_frag_len(), and add a new API
  mbedtls_ssl_get_max_in_record_payload(), complementing the existing
  mbedtls_ssl_get_max_out_record_payload().
  Uses of mbedtls_ssl_get_input_max_frag_len() and
  mbedtls_ssl_get_input_max_frag_len() should be replaced by
  mbedtls_ssl_get_max_in_record_payload() and
  mbedtls_ssl_get_max_out_record_payload(), respectively.
• mbedtls_rsa_init() now always selects the PKCS#1v1.5 encoding for an RSA
  key. To use an RSA key with PSS or OAEP, call mbedtls_rsa_set_padding()
  after initializing the context. mbedtls_rsa_set_padding() now returns an
  error if its parameters are invalid.
• Replace MBEDTLS_SSL_SRV_RESPECT_CLIENT_PREFERENCE by a runtime
  configuration function mbedtls_ssl_conf_preference_order(). Fixes #4398.
• Instead of accessing the len field of a DHM context, which is no longer
  supported, use the new function mbedtls_dhm_get_len() .
• In modules that implement cryptographic hash functions, many functions
  mbedtls_xxx() now return int instead of void, and the corresponding
  function mbedtls_xxx_ret() which was identical except for returning int
  has been removed. This also concerns mbedtls_xxx_drbg_update(). See the
  migration guide for more information. Fixes #4212.
• For all functions that take a random number generator (RNG) as a
  parameter, this parameter is now mandatory (that is, NULL is not an
  acceptable value). Functions which previously accepted NULL and now
  reject it are: the X.509 CRT and CSR writing functions; the PK and RSA
  sign and decrypt function; mbedtls_rsa_private(); the functions
  in DHM and ECDH that compute the shared secret; the scalar multiplication
  functions in ECP.
• The following functions now require an RNG parameter:
  mbedtls_ecp_check_pub_priv(), mbedtls_pk_check_pair(),
  mbedtls_pk_parse_key(), mbedtls_pk_parse_keyfile().
• mbedtls_ssl_conf_export_keys_ext_cb() and
  mbedtls_ssl_conf_export_keys_cb() have been removed and
  replaced by a new API mbedtls_ssl_set_export_keys_cb().
  Raw keys and IVs are no longer passed to the callback.
  Further, callbacks now receive an additional parameter
  indicating the type of secret that's being exported,
  paving the way for the larger number of secrets
  in TLS 1.3. Finally, the key export callback and
  context are now connection-specific.
• Signature functions in the RSA and PK modules now require the hash
  length parameter to be the size of the hash input. For RSA signatures
  other than raw PKCS#1 v1.5, this must match the output size of the
  specified hash algorithm.
• The functions mbedtls_pk_sign(), mbedtls_pk_sign_restartable(),
  mbedtls_ecdsa_write_signature() and
  mbedtls_ecdsa_write_signature_restartable() now take an extra parameter
  indicating the size of the output buffer for the signature.
• Implement one-shot cipher functions, psa_cipher_encrypt and
  psa_cipher_decrypt, according to the PSA Crypto API 1.0.0
  specification.
• Direct access to fields of structures declared in public headers is no
  longer supported except for fields that are documented public. Use accessor
  functions instead. For more information, see the migration guide entry
  "Most structure fields are now private".
• mbedtls_ssl_get_session_pointer() has been removed, and
  mbedtls_ssl_{set,get}_session() may now only be called once for any given
  SSL context.

Default behavior changes

• Enable by default the functionalities which have no reason to be disabled.
  They are: ARIA block cipher, CMAC mode, elliptic curve J-PAKE library and
  Key Wrapping mode as defined in NIST SP 800-38F. Fixes #4036.
• Some default policies for X.509 certificate verification and TLS have
  changed: curves and hashes weaker than 255 bits are no longer accepted
  by default. The default order in TLS now favors faster curves over larger
  curves.

Requirement changes

• The library now uses the %zu format specifier with the printf() family of
  functions, so requires a toolchain that supports it. This change does not
  affect the maintained LTS branches, so when contributing changes please
  bear this in mind and do not add them to backported code.
• If you build the development version of Mbed TLS, rather than an official
  release, some configuration-independent files are now generated at build
  time rather than checked into source control. This includes some library
  source files as well as the Visual Studio solution. Perl, Python 3 and a
  C compiler for the host platform are required. See “Generated source files
  in the development branch” in README.md for more information.
• Refresh the minimum supported versions of tools to build the
  library. CMake versions older than 3.10.2 and Python older
  than 3.6 are no longer supported.

Removals

• Remove the MBEDTLS_TLS_DEFAULT_ALLOW_SHA1_IN_CERTIFICATES
  compile-time option, which was off by default. Users should not trust
  certificates signed with SHA-1 due to the known attacks against SHA-1.
  If needed, SHA-1 certificates can still be verified by using a custom
  verification profile.
• Removed deprecated things in psa/crypto_compat.h. Fixes #4284
• Removed deprecated functions from hashing modules. Fixes #4280.
• Remove PKCS#11 library wrapper. PKCS#11 has limited functionality,
  lacks automated tests and has scarce documentation. Also, PSA Crypto
  provides a more flexible private key management.
  More details on PCKS#11 wrapper removal can be found in the mailing list
  https://lists.trustedfirmware.org/pipermail/mbed-tls/2020-April/000024.html
• Remove deprecated error codes. Fix #4283
• Remove MBEDTLS_ENABLE_WEAK_CIPHERSUITES configuration option. Fixes #4416.
• Remove the MBEDTLS_TLS_DEFAULT_ALLOW_SHA1_IN_CERTIFICATES
  compile-time option. This option has been inactive for a long time.
  Please use the lifetime parameter of mbedtls_ssl_ticket_setup()
  instead.
• Remove the following deprecated functions and constants of hex-encoded
  primes based on RFC 5114 and RFC 3526 from library code and tests:
  mbedtls_aes_encrypt(), mbedtls_aes_decrypt(), mbedtls_mpi_is_prime(),
  mbedtls_cipher_auth_encrypt(), mbedtls_cipher_auth_decrypt(),
  mbedtls_ctr_drbg_update(), mbedtls_hmac_drbg_update(),
  mbedtls_ecdsa_write_signature_det(), mbedtls_ecdsa_sign_det(),
  mbedtls_ssl_conf_dh_param(), mbedtls_ssl_get_max_frag_len(),
  MBEDTLS_DHM_RFC5114_MODP_2048_P, MBEDTLS_DHM_RFC5114_MODP_2048_G,
  MBEDTLS_DHM_RFC3526_MODP_2048_P, MBEDTLS_DHM_RFC3526_MODP_2048_G,
  MBEDTLS_DHM_RFC3526_MODP_3072_P, MBEDTLS_DHM_RFC3526_MODP_3072_G,
  MBEDTLS_DHM_RFC3526_MODP_4096_P, MBEDTLS_DHM_RFC3526_MODP_4096_G.
  Remove the deprecated file: include/mbedtls/net.h. Fixes #4282.
• Remove MBEDTLS_SSL_MAX_CONTENT_LEN configuration option, since
  MBEDTLS_SSL_IN_CONTENT_LEN and MBEDTLS_SSL_OUT_CONTENT_LEN replace
  it. Fixes #4362.
• Remove the MBEDTLS_SSL_RECORD_CHECKING option and enable by default its
  previous action. Fixes #4361.
• Remove support for TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1 and DTLS 1.0, as well as support for
  CBC record splitting, fallback SCSV, and the ability to configure
  ciphersuites per version, which are no longer relevant. This removes the
  configuration options MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_TLS1,
  MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_TLS1_1, MBEDTLS_SSL_CBC_RECORD_SPLITTING and
  MBEDTLS_SSL_FALLBACK_SCSV as well as the functions
  mbedtls_ssl_conf_cbc_record_splitting(),
  mbedtls_ssl_get_key_exchange_md_ssl_tls(), mbedtls_ssl_conf_fallback(),
  and mbedtls_ssl_conf_ciphersuites_for_version(). Fixes #4286.
• The RSA module no longer supports private-key operations with the public
  key and vice versa.
• Remove the MBEDTLS_SSL_DTLS_BADMAC_LIMIT config.h option. Fixes #4403.
• Remove all the 3DES ciphersuites:
  MBEDTLS_TLS_DHE_PSK_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA,
  MBEDTLS_TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA,
  MBEDTLS_TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA,
  MBEDTLS_TLS_ECDHE_PSK_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA,
  MBEDTLS_TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA,
  MBEDTLS_TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA,
  MBEDTLS_TLS_PSK_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA,
  MBEDTLS_TLS_RSA_PSK_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA,
  MBEDTLS_TLS_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA. Remove the
  MBEDTLS_REMOVE_3DES_CIPHERSUITES option which is no longer relevant.
  Fixes #4367.
• Remove the MBEDTLS_X509_ALLOW_EXTENSIONS_NON_V3 option and let the code
  behave as if it was always disabled. Fixes #4386.
• Remove MBEDTLS_ECDH_LEGACY_CONTEXT config option since this was purely for
  backward compatibility which is no longer supported. Addresses #4404.
• Remove the following macros: MBEDTLS_CHECK_PARAMS,
  MBEDTLS_CHECK_PARAMS_ASSERT, MBEDTLS_PARAM_FAILED,
  MBEDTLS_PARAM_FAILED_ALT. Fixes #4313.
• Remove the MBEDTLS_X509_ALLOW_UNSUPPORTED_CRITICAL_EXTENSION config.h
  option. The mbedtls_x509_crt_parse_der_with_ext_cb() is the way to go for
  migration path. Fixes #4378.
• Remove the MBEDTLS_X509_CHECK_KEY_USAGE and
  MBEDTLS_X509_CHECK_EXTENDED_KEY_USAGE config.h options and let the code
  behave as if they were always enabled. Fixes #4405.
• MBEDTLS_ECP_MAX_BITS is no longer a configuration option because it is
  now determined automatically based on supported curves.
• Remove the following functions: mbedtls_timing_self_test(),
  mbedtls_hardclock_poll(), mbedtls_timing_hardclock() and
  mbedtls_set_alarm(). Fixes #4083.
• The configuration option MBEDTLS_ECP_NO_INTERNAL_RNG has been removed as
  it no longer had any effect.
• Remove all support for MD2, MD4, RC4, Blowfish and XTEA. This removes the
  corresponding modules and all their APIs and related configuration
  options. Fixes #4084.
• Remove MBEDTLS_SSL_TRUNCATED_HMAC and also remove
  MBEDTLS_SSL_TRUNCATED_HMAC_COMPAT config option. Users are better served by
  using a CCM-8 ciphersuite than a CBC ciphersuite with truncated HMAC.
  See issue #4341 for more details.
• Remove the compile-time option
  MBEDTLS_TLS_DEFAULT_ALLOW_SHA1_IN_KEY_EXCHANGE.

Features

• Add mbedtls_rsa_rsassa_pss_sign_ext() function allowing to generate a
  signature with a specific salt length. This function allows to validate
  test cases provided in the NIST's CAVP test suite. Contributed by Cédric
  Meuter in PR #3183.
• Added support for built-in driver keys through the PSA opaque crypto
  driver interface. Refer to the documentation of
  MBEDTLS_PSA_CRYPTO_BUILTIN_KEYS for more information.
• Implement psa_sign_message() and psa_verify_message().
• The multi-part GCM interface (mbedtls_gcm_update() or
  mbedtls_cipher_update()) no longer requires the size of partial inputs to
  be a multiple of 16.
• The multi-part GCM interface now supports chunked associated data through
  multiple calls to mbedtls_gcm_update_ad().
• The new function mbedtls_mpi_random() generates a random value in a
  given range uniformly.
• Alternative implementations of the AES, DHM, ECJPAKE, ECP, RSA and timing
  modules had undocumented constraints on their context types. These
  constraints have been relaxed.
  See docs/architecture/alternative-implementations.md for the remaining
  constraints.
• The new functions mbedtls_dhm_get_len() and mbedtls_dhm_get_bitlen()
  query the size of the modulus in a Diffie-Hellman context.
• The new function mbedtls_dhm_get_value() copy a field out of a
  Diffie-Hellman context.
• Use the new function mbedtls_ecjpake_set_point_format() to select the
  point format for ECJPAKE instead of accessing the point_format field
  directly, which is no longer supported.
• Implement psa_mac_compute() and psa_mac_verify() as defined in the
  PSA Cryptograpy API 1.0.0 specification.

Security

• Fix a bias in the generation of finite-field Diffie-Hellman-Merkle (DHM)
  private keys and of blinding values for DHM and elliptic curves (ECP)
  computations. Reported by FlorianF89 in #4245.
• Fix a potential side channel vulnerability in ECDSA ephemeral key generation.
  An adversary who is capable of very precise timing measurements could
  learn partial information about the leading bits of the nonce used for the
  signature, allowing the recovery of the private key after observing a
  large number of signature operations. This completes a partial fix in
  Mbed TLS 2.20.0.
  • An adversary with access to precise enough information about memory
    accesses (typically, an untrusted operating system attacking a secure
    enclave) could recover an RSA private key after observing the victim
    performing a single private-key operation. Found and reported by
    Zili KOU, Wenjian HE, Sharad Sinha, and Wei ZHANG.
  • An adversary with access to precise enough timing information (typically, a
    co-located process) could recover a Curve25519 or Curve448 static ECDH key
    after inputting a chosen public key and observing the victim performing the
    corresponding private-key operation. Found and reported by Leila Batina,
    Lukas Chmielewski, Björn Haase, Niels Samwel and Peter Schwabe.

Bugfix

• Fix premature fopen() call in mbedtls_entropy_write_seed_file which may
  lead to the seed file corruption in case if the path to the seed file is
  equal to MBEDTLS_PLATFORM_STD_NV_SEED_FILE. Contributed by Victor
  Krasnoshchok in #3616.
• PSA functions creating a key now return PSA_ERROR_INVALID_ARGUMENT rather
  than PSA_ERROR_INVALID_HANDLE when the identifier specified for the key
  to create is not valid, bringing them in line with version 1.0.0 of the
  specification. Fix #4271.
• Add printf function attributes to mbedtls_debug_print_msg to ensure we
  get printf format specifier warnings.
• PSA functions other than psa_open_key now return PSA_ERROR_INVALID_HANDLE
  rather than PSA_ERROR_DOES_NOT_EXIST for an invalid handle, bringing them
  in line with version 1.0.0 of the specification. Fix #4162.
• Fix a bug in ECDSA that would cause it to fail when the hash is all-bits
  zero. Fixes #1792
• Fix some cases in the bignum module where the library constructed an
  unintended representation of the value 0 which was not processed
  correctly by some bignum operations. This could happen when
  mbedtls_mpi_read_string() was called on "-0", or when
  mbedtls_mpi_mul_mpi() and mbedtls_mpi_mul_int() was called with one of
  the arguments being negative and the other being 0. Fixes #4643.
• Fix a compilation error when MBEDTLS_ECP_RANDOMIZE_MXZ_ALT is
  defined. Fixes #4217.
• Fix an incorrect error code when parsing a PKCS#8 private key.
• In a TLS client, enforce the Diffie-Hellman minimum parameter size
  set with mbedtls_ssl_conf_dhm_min_bitlen() precisely. Before, the
  minimum size was rounded down to the nearest multiple of 8.
• In library/net_sockets.c, _POSIX_C_SOURCE and _XOPEN_SOURCE are
  defined to specific values. If the code is used in a context
  where these are already defined, this can result in a compilation
  error. Instead, assume that if they are defined, the values will
  be adequate to build Mbed TLS.
• With MBEDTLS_PSA_CRYPTO_C disabled, some functions were getting built
  nonetheless, resulting in undefined reference errors when building a
  shared library. Reported by Guillermo Garcia M. in #4411.
• The cipher suite TLS-RSA-WITH-CAMELLIA-256-GCM-SHA384 was not available
  when SHA-1 was disabled and was offered when SHA-1 was enabled but SHA-384
  was disabled. Fix the dependency. Fixes #4472.
• Do not offer SHA384 cipher suites when SHA-384 is disabled. Fixes #4499.
• Fix test suite code on platforms where int32_t is not int, such as
  Arm Cortex-M. Fixes #4530.
• Fix some issues affecting MBEDTLS_ARIA_ALT implementations: a misplaced
  directive in a header and a missing initialization in the self-test.
• Fix a missing initialization in the Camellia self-test, affecting
  MBEDTLS_CAMELLIA_ALT implementations.
• Restore the ability to configure PSA via Mbed TLS options to support RSA
  key pair operations but exclude RSA key generation. When MBEDTLS_GENPRIME
  is not defined PSA will no longer attempt to use mbedtls_rsa_gen_key().
  Fixes #4512.
• Fix a regression introduced in 2.24.0 which broke (D)TLS CBC ciphersuites
  (when the encrypt-then-MAC extension is not in use) with some ALT
  implementations of the underlying hash (SHA-1, SHA-256, SHA-384), causing
  the affected side to wrongly reject valid messages. Fixes #4118.
• Remove outdated check-config.h check that prevented implementing the
  timing module on Mbed OS. Fixes #4633.
• Fix PSA_ALG_TLS12_PRF and PSA_ALG_TLS12_PSK_TO_MS being too permissive
  about missing inputs.
• Fix mbedtls_net_poll() and mbedtls_net_recv_timeout() often failing with
  MBEDTLS_ERR_NET_POLL_FAILED on Windows. Fixes #4465.
• Fix a resource leak in a test suite with an alternative AES
  implementation. Fixes #4176.
• Fix a crash in mbedtls_mpi_debug_mpi on a bignum having 0 limbs. This
  could notably be triggered by setting the TLS debug level to 3 or above
  and using a Montgomery curve for the key exchange. Reported by lhuang04
  in #4578. Fixes #4608.
• psa_verify_hash() was relying on implementation-specific behavior of
  mbedtls_rsa_rsassa_pss_verify() and was causing failures in some _ALT
  implementations. This reliance is now removed. Fixes #3990.
• Disallow inputs of length different from the corresponding hash when
  signing or verifying with PSA_ALG_RSA_PSS (The PSA Crypto API mandates
  that PSA_ALG_RSA_PSS uses the same hash throughout the algorithm.)
• Fix a null pointer dereference when mbedtls_mpi_exp_mod() was called with
  A=0 represented with 0 limbs. Up to and including Mbed TLS 2.26, this bug
  could not be triggered by code that constructed A with one of the
  mbedtls_mpi_read_xxx functions (including in particular TLS code) since
  those always built an mpi object with at least one limb.
  Credit to OSS-Fuzz. Fixes #4641.
• Fix mbedtls_mpi_gcd(G,A,B) when the value of B is zero. This had no
  effect on Mbed TLS's internal use of mbedtls_mpi_gcd(), but may affect
  applications that call mbedtls_mpi_gcd() directly. Fixes #4642.
• The PSA API no longer allows the creation or destruction of keys with a
  read-only lifetime. The persistence level PSA_KEY_PERSISTENCE_READ_ONLY
  can now only be used as intended, for keys that cannot be modified through
  normal use of the API.
• When MBEDTLS_PSA_CRYPTO_SPM is enabled, crypto_spe.h was not included
  in all the right places. Include it from crypto_platform.h, which is
  the natural place. Fixes #4649.
• Fix which alert is sent in some cases to conform to the
  applicable RFC: on an invalid Finished message value, an
  invalid max_fragment_length extension, or an
  unsupported extension used by the server.
• Correct (change from 12 to 13 bytes) the value of the macro describing the
  maximum nonce length returned by psa_aead_generate_nonce().

Changes

• Fix the setting of the read timeout in the DTLS sample programs.
• Add extra printf compiler warning flags to builds.
• Fix memsan build false positive in x509_crt.c with clang 11
• There is ongoing work for the next release (= Mbed TLS 3.0.0 branch to
  be released 2021-xx-xx), including various API-breaking changes.
• Alternative implementations of CMAC may now opt to not support 3DES as a
  CMAC block cipher, and still pass the CMAC self test.
• Remove the AES sample application programs/aes/aescrypt2 which shows
  bad cryptographic practice. Fix #1906.
• Remove configs/config-psa-crypto.h, which no longer had any intended
  differences from the default configuration, but had accidentally diverged.
• When building the test suites with GNU make, invoke python3 or python, not
  python2, which is no longer supported upstream.
• fix build failure on MinGW toolchain when __USE_MING_ANSI_STDIO is on.
  When that flag is on, standard GNU C printf format specifiers
  should be used.
• Replace MBEDTLS_SSL_CID_PADDING_GRANULARITY and
  MBEDTLS_SSL_TLS1_3_PADDING_GRANULARITY with a new single unified option
  MBEDTLS_SSL_CID_TLS1_3_PADDING_GRANULARITY. Fixes #4335.
• Reduce the default value of MBEDTLS_ECP_WINDOW_SIZE. This reduces RAM usage
  during ECC operations at a negligible performance cost.
• mbedtls_mpi_read_binary(), mbedtls_mpi_read_binary_le() and
  mbedtls_mpi_read_string() now construct an mbedtls_mpi object with 0 limbs
  when their input has length 0. Note that this is an implementation detail
  and can change at any time, so this change should be transparent, but it
  may result in mbedtls_mpi_write_binary() or mbedtls_mpi_write_string()
  now writing an empty string where it previously wrote one or more
  zero digits when operating from values constructed with an mpi_read
  function and some mpi operations.
• Add CMake package config generation for CMake projects consuming Mbed TLS.
• config.h has been split into build_info.h and mbedtls_config.h
  build_info.h is intended to be included from C code directly, while
  mbedtls_config.h is intended to be edited by end users wishing to
  change the build configuration, and should generally only be included from
  build_info.h.
• The handling of MBEDTLS_CONFIG_FILE has been moved into build_info.h.
• A config file version symbol, MBEDTLS_CONFIG_VERSION was introduced.
  Defining it to a particular value will ensure that Mbed TLS interprets
  the config file in a way that's compatible with the config file format
  used by the Mbed TLS release whose MBEDTLS_VERSION_NUMBER has the same
  value.
  The only value supported by Mbed TLS 3.0.0 is 0x03000000.
• Various changes to which alert and/or error code may be returned
• during the TLS handshake.
• Implicitly add PSA_KEY_USAGE_SIGN_MESSAGE key usage policy flag when
  PSA_KEY_USAGE_SIGN_HASH flag is set and PSA_KEY_USAGE_VERIFY_MESSAGE flag
  when PSA_KEY_USAGE_VERIFY_HASH flag is set. This usage flag extension
  is also applied when loading a key from storage.

Who should update

We recommend all users should update to take advantage of the bug fixes contained in this release at an appropriate point in their development lifecycle.

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