RFR: 8368841: X25519 implementation differs from the specification in RFC 7748
Ben Perez
bperez at openjdk.org
Tue Feb 17 03:15:43 UTC 2026
Our implementation of X25519 does not zero the MSB of the `u` coordinate as required by RFC 7748. Currently the test `jdk/sun/security/ec/xec/TestXDH.java` zeroes the bit manually while parsing test vectors, which is likely why this went uncaught.
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Commit messages:
- Changed XDHPublicKeyImpl to zero the MSB of in accordance with RFC 7748
Changes: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/29750/files
Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=29750&range=00
Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8368841
Stats: 8 lines in 1 file changed: 6 ins; 0 del; 2 mod
Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/29750.diff
Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/29750/head:pull/29750
PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/29750
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