1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/internal/siv_aead/siv_aead.go b/internal/siv_aead/siv_aead.go
index 6cfa937..d5df4ac 100644
--- a/internal/siv_aead/siv_aead.go
+++ b/internal/siv_aead/siv_aead.go
@@ -15,8 +15,22 @@ type sivAead struct {
 
 var _ cipher.AEAD = &sivAead{}
 
+const (
+	KeyLen = 64
+)
+
 // New returns a new cipher.AEAD implementation.
 func New(key []byte) cipher.AEAD {
+	if len(key) != KeyLen {
+		// SIV supports more 32, 48 or 64-byte keys, but in gocryptfs we
+		// exclusively use 64.
+		log.Panicf("Key must be %d byte long (you passed %d)", KeyLen, len(key))
+	}
+	return new2(key)
+}
+
+// Same as "New" without the 64-byte restriction.
+func new2(key []byte) cipher.AEAD {
 	return &sivAead{
 		key: key,
 	}