mbedtls/ChangeLog.d/check-return.txt
Gilles Peskine 9a7d4c2734 New configuration option MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_WARNING
MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_TYPICAL defaults off, but is enabled if
MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_WARNING is enabled at compile time.
(MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_CRITICAL is always enabled.)

The default is off so that a plausible program that builds with one version
of Mbed TLS in the default configuration will still build under the next
version.

Signed-off-by: Gilles Peskine <Gilles.Peskine@arm.com>
2021-09-27 19:15:56 +02:00

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Bugfix
* Failures of alternative implementations of AES or DES single-block
functions enabled with MBEDTLS_AES_ENCRYPT_ALT, MBEDTLS_AES_DECRYPT_ALT,
MBEDTLS_DES_CRYPT_ECB_ALT or MBEDTLS_DES3_CRYPT_ECB_ALT were ignored.
This does not concern the implementation provided with Mbed TLS,
where this function cannot fail, or full-module replacements with
MBEDTLS_AES_ALT or MBEDTLS_DES_ALT. Reported by Armelle Duboc in #1092.
Features
* Warn if errors from certain functions are ignored. This is currently
supported on GCC-like compilers and on MSVC and can be configured through
the macro MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN. The warnings are always enabled
(where supported) for critical functions where ignoring the return
value is almost always a bug. Enable the new configuration option
MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_WARNING to get warnings for other functions. This
is currently implemented in the AES and DES modules, and will be extended
to other modules in the future.