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Claude 687e7d637e fix(libSceLibreSsl): return null from CRYPTO_malloc for sizes of zero or less
CRYPTO_malloc threw for a size of zero or less. LibreSSL 2.5.4, 3.4.1
and 3.4.3 all take an int size and return null there, so it now does
the same, and the test checks for null instead of a throw.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <[email protected]>
2026-10-23 13:15:04 +00:00

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libSceLibreSsl technical debt

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  • libSceLibreSsl pending exports - 365 named callable exports are listed in the PS5 3.20 export table and were cross-checked against the same module in PS5 firmware 13.60. Their signatures and behaviour are unverified; the declarations use the no-parameter unknown-signature convention and throw through NotImplemented_nid_no_patch.
  • MD4, MD5, SHA1, SHA224, SHA256, SHA384 and SHA512 Init/Update/Final and SHA256 (libSceLibreSsl) - signatures and context layouts follow the LibreSSL headers, and buffering and Final follow its sources; the module's LibreSSL version is unknown and nothing is checked on the console. Behaviour that differs between LibreSSL versions throws: SHA256 with a null digest buffer (older versions return a static buffer) and SHA512_Final with the SHA-512/224 or SHA-512/256 digest length. Null contexts, null input with a nonzero length, null digest buffers in the 32-bit Final functions and a buffered byte count that is not below the block size, which LibreSSL does not check, throw
  • DES_set_key, DES_ecb_encrypt, DES_set_odd_parity (libSceLibreSsl) - the 128-byte DES_key_schedule holds the 8-byte key followed by zeros instead of LibreSSL's precomputed subkeys, so a title reading its contents sees different bytes; DES_ecb_encrypt derives the subkeys through mbedtls on each call. Not compared with the console. Results follow LibreSSL des_key.c and des.c: DES_set_key skips the parity and weak-key checks and returns 0, as it does while DES_check_key is 0 (that variable is not in the PS5 export inventory), a nonzero enc encrypts, and DES_set_odd_parity sets each byte's low bit for odd parity. Null pointers throw where LibreSSL faults
  • X509_verify_cert_error_string - no console call is verified. The 64-bit argument, low-32-bit lookup, messages and shared numeric fallback follow LibreSSL 2.5.4, the version identified in published firmware 13.40 measurements. Console modifications and other firmware versions remain unverified. Unknown-code results share an overwritten static buffer and are not safe for concurrent use, as in that release; code 1 and codes above 54 use the numeric fallback.
  • RAND_add, RAND_bytes, RAND_status, RAND_load_file, RAND_file_name, CRYPTO_malloc, CRYPTO_free, CRYPTO_set_mem_functions (libSceLibreSsl) - follow LibreSSL's rand_lib.c, randfile.c and malloc-wrapper.c, which are the same in 2.6.5 (3.4.3 linked); nothing is checked on the console. RAND_bytes reads host entropy and CRYPTO_malloc and CRYPTO_free use the guest heap. CRYPTO_malloc returns null for a size of zero or less, as LibreSSL 2.5.4 to 3.4 do; later versions take a size_t size and call malloc. A null buffer with a positive length throws