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-rw-r--r--internal/stupidgcm/stupidgcm.go18
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/internal/stupidgcm/stupidgcm.go b/internal/stupidgcm/stupidgcm.go
index a1a5a14..133ee1a 100644
--- a/internal/stupidgcm/stupidgcm.go
+++ b/internal/stupidgcm/stupidgcm.go
@@ -26,17 +26,21 @@ const (
// stupidGCM implements the cipher.AEAD interface
type stupidGCM struct {
- key []byte
+ key []byte
+ forceDecode bool
}
+//authentication error
+var AuthError error = fmt.Errorf("stupidgcm: message authentication failed")
+
var _ cipher.AEAD = &stupidGCM{}
// New returns a new cipher.AEAD implementation..
-func New(key []byte) cipher.AEAD {
+func New(key []byte, forceDecode bool) cipher.AEAD {
if len(key) != keyLen {
log.Panicf("Only %d-byte keys are supported", keyLen)
}
- return stupidGCM{key: key}
+ return stupidGCM{key: key, forceDecode: forceDecode}
}
func (g stupidGCM) NonceSize() int {
@@ -186,7 +190,13 @@ func (g stupidGCM) Open(dst, iv, in, authData []byte) ([]byte, error) {
C.EVP_CIPHER_CTX_free(ctx)
if res != 1 {
- return nil, fmt.Errorf("stupidgcm: message authentication failed")
+ // The error code must always be checked by the calling function, because the decrypted buffer
+ // may contain corrupted data that we are returning in case the user forced reads
+ if g.forceDecode == true {
+ return append(dst, buf...), AuthError
+ } else {
+ return nil, AuthError
+ }
}
return append(dst, buf...), nil