Regarding the use of EVP_aes_256_cbc_hmac_sha256, EVP_rc4_hmac_md5 and AES_encrypt

[Guido Vranken]

First question:

How should AAD data be supplied to ciphers like
EVP_aes_256_cbc_hmac_sha256() and EVP_rc4_hmac_md5()?

If I understand correctly, these are AEAD ciphers (the
EVP_CIPH_FLAG_AEAD_CIPHER flag is set), so it should be possible to provide
AAD data?

The following seems to work for AEAD ciphers generally but crashes with the
ciphers I just mentioned:

EVP_EncryptUpdate(ctx, NULL, &len, aad, aad_len))

I call this after key and IV setting and before ciphertext input, in fact
exactly like described here for GCM AEAD ciphers:
https://wiki.openssl.org/index.php/EVP_Authenticated_Encryption_and_Decryption#Authenticated_Encryption_using_GCM_mode

Am I doing something wrong?

Second question:

The comments around AES_decrypt() and AES_encrypt() in
crypto/aes/aes_core.c state: "in and out can overlap".
Does this only apply to the pure C version of AES, or to any or all
assembly implementations as well?

Thanks

Guido
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