[openssl-users] Problem compiling EVP_aes_128_gcm()

Matt Caswell matt at openssl.org
Wed May 3 15:13:49 UTC 2017



On 03/05/17 16:10, Lior Koskas wrote:
> I checked the evp.h file in the path /usr/local/include and indeed it's
> not contain any gcm functions.
> I installed openssl via yum install openssl-devel in the past.

So, how did you install OpenSSL this time?

Matt


> 
> On 3 May 2017 at 17:32, Matt Caswell <matt at openssl.org
> <mailto:matt at openssl.org>> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>     On 03/05/17 15:19, Lior Koskas wrote:
>     > Thank you for your answer.
>     >
>     > I made all the changes and the code isn't compiling.
>     >
>     > I'm using cmake in order to build the code.
>     >
>     > my CMakeLists.txt contains this line in order to include openssl headers:
>     >
>     > INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(/usr/include/openssl/ /usr/local/include/openssl/)
> 
>     Where did you install OpenSSL? By default OpenSSL 1.1.0 will install to
>     /usr/local, and the headers will be in /usr/local/include. The final
>     "openssl" directory name in the path to the individual header files
>     should not be included in the include directory path.
> 
>     My guess is that you are picking up the system openssl headers rather
>     than the ones from your 1.1.0 installation.
> 
>     Most likely this needs to be:
> 
>     INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(/usr/local/include)
> 
>     But it does depend on options that you gave to config when you compiled
>     OpenSSL (also I don't use cmake so I could be wrong).
> 
> 
>     >
>     > The constructor of my code is :
>     >
>     > HashEncrypt::HashEncrypt(const unsigned char *key, const unsigned char
>     > *iv, size_t ivSizeBytes)
>     > {
>     >     // copy the 128-bit key
>     >     memcpy(_key, key, 16);
>     >
>     >     //copy the iv:
>     >     EVP_CIPHER_CTX *_ctx;
>     >     _iv = new unsigned char[ivSizeBytes];
>     >     memcpy(_iv, iv, ivSizeBytes);
>     >
>     >     //EVP_CIPHER_CTX_init(&_ctx);
>     >     _ctx = EVP_CIPHER_CTX_new();
>     >
>     >     EVP_EncryptInit_ex(_ctx, EVP_aes_128_gcm(), NULL, NULL, NULL);
>     >
>     >     EVP_CIPHER_CTX_ctrl(_ctx, EVP_CTRL_GCM_SET_IVLEN, ivSizeBytes, NULL);
>     >
>     >     EVP_EncryptInit_ex(_ctx, NULL, NULL, _key, _iv);
> 
>     You need a call to EVP_CIPHER_CTX_free(_ctx) at the end too...plus check
>     the return values from these function calls for errors.
> 
>     Matt
> 
>     >
>     > }
>     >
>     > What I'm missing?
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > On 3 May 2017 at 12:57, Matt Caswell <matt at openssl.org <mailto:matt at openssl.org>
>     > <mailto:matt at openssl.org <mailto:matt at openssl.org>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >     On 03/05/17 10:33, Lior Koskas wrote:
>     >     >  I viewed the file and the definition exists.
>     >     > I also checked that I'm picking the correct version.
>     >     >
>     >     > My problem is this line : EVP_EncryptInit_ex(&_ctx,
>     EVP_aes_128_gcm(),
>     >     > NULL, NULL, NULL);
>     >     >
>     >     > I also tried to change the code to this two lines :
>     >     > EVP_CIPHER *EVP evp_gcm = EVP_aes_128_gcm();
>     >
>     >     You have one too many "EVP"'s in there. It should be:
>     >
>     >     const EVP_CIPHER *evp_gcm = EVP_aes_128_gcm();
>     >
>     >     Although, that really shouldn't be necessary and your original
>     version
>     >     looks ok. What doesn't look quite right is the "&_ctx" bit. In
>     1.1.0 an
>     >     EVP_CIPHER_CTX is an opaque type. You cannot allocate concrete
>     instances
>     >     of it directly.
>     >
>     >     Where previously you might have had:
>     >
>     >     EVP_CIPHER_CTX _ctx;
>     >
>     >     EVP_CIPHER_CTX_init(&_ctx);
>     >     EVP_EncryptInit_ex(&_ctx, EVP_aes_128_gcm(), NULL, NULL, NULL);
>     >
>     >
>     >     You now need to do:
>     >
>     >     EVP_CIPHER_CTX *_ctx;
>     >
>     >     _ctx = EVP_CIPHER_CTX_new();
>     >     EVP_EncryptInit_ex(_ctx, EVP_aes_128_gcm(), NULL, NULL, NULL);
>     >
>     >     ...
>     >     EVP_CIPHER_CTX_free(_ctx);
>     >
>     >
>     >     I have omitted error checking code for brevity.
>     >
>     >     Matt
>     >
>     >
>     >     > EVP_EncryptInit_ex(&_ctx, evp_gcm, NULL, NULL, NULL);
>     >     >
>     >     > After the change I got this error : expected initializer
>     before ‘evp_gcm’
>     >     >
>     >     > What am I doing wrong?
>     >     >
>     >     > On 3 May 2017 at 12:07, Matt Caswell <matt at openssl.org
>     <mailto:matt at openssl.org> <mailto:matt at openssl.org
>     <mailto:matt at openssl.org>>
>     >     > <mailto:matt at openssl.org <mailto:matt at openssl.org>
>     <mailto:matt at openssl.org <mailto:matt at openssl.org>>>> wrote:
>     >     >
>     >     >
>     >     >
>     >     >     On 03/05/17 09:43, Lior Koskas wrote:
>     >     >     > Hi,
>     >     >     >
>     >     >     > I'm using EVP_aes_128_gcm and have problem with
>     compiling it
>     >     with
>     >     >     > OpenSSL 1.1.0 (earlier versions are compiling).
>     >     >     > Although I included <openssl/evp.h> I got this error :
>     error:
>     >     >     > ‘EVP_aes_128_gcm’ was not declared in this scope.
>     >     >     >
>     >     >     > I'm using CentOS 7.3.
>     >     >     >
>     >     >     > Which file I need to include in order to compile
>     >     EVP_aes_128_gcm ?
>     >     >
>     >     >     It's still declared in evp.h:
>     >     >
>     >     >     const EVP_CIPHER *EVP_aes_128_gcm(void);
>     >     >
>     >     >     Perhaps you are not picking up the version of evp.h that
>     you think
>     >     >     you are?
>     >     >
>     >     >     Matt
>     >     >
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