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authorJack Lloyd <[email protected]>2015-07-05 21:15:08 -0400
committerJack Lloyd <[email protected]>2015-07-05 21:15:08 -0400
commit46510029cf940a7c505231f1914468622317dd81 (patch)
treefcf133f982627f7ac13bd3a2670b14d24898a77d /src/lib/pubkey
parentc56d3442e605d508dc372b2d38aeac84f273a43c (diff)
The gf2m type is an unsigned 16-bit, so under C promotion rules a
shift promotes to signed int rather than an unsigned value. However here we wish to use a large shift, which can cause a signed overflow. Add static_cast to force to the desired (unsigned) type.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/lib/pubkey')
-rw-r--r--src/lib/pubkey/mce/code_based_key_gen.cpp2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/lib/pubkey/mce/code_based_key_gen.cpp b/src/lib/pubkey/mce/code_based_key_gen.cpp
index 7adf85112..a3749abef 100644
--- a/src/lib/pubkey/mce/code_based_key_gen.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/pubkey/mce/code_based_key_gen.cpp
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ McEliece_PrivateKey generate_mceliece_key( RandomNumberGenerator & rng, u32bit e
{
k = (l * ext_deg) / 32;
j = (l * ext_deg) % 32;
- sk[k] ^= F[i].get_coef( l) << j;
+ sk[k] ^= static_cast<u32bit>(F[i].get_coef(l)) << j;
if (j + ext_deg > 32)
{
sk[k + 1] ^= F[i].get_coef( l) >> (32 - j);