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fix(sdk): align TDF3 IV construction - #412
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughTDF creation now uses a random eight-byte fixed field and a 32-bit invocation counter. One counter assigns invocation 0 to metadata and subsequent invocations to payload segments. The SDK adds an exception for counter exhaustion. ChangesTDF IV allocation
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Change: Bug fix Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant TDF as TDF.createTDF
participant Counter as IvCounter
participant Manifest as prepareManifest
TDF->>Counter: Request metadata IV at invocation 0
Counter-->>TDF: Return metadata IV
TDF->>Manifest: Pass metadata IV
loop Each payload segment
TDF->>Counter: Request next IV
Counter-->>TDF: Return IV with next invocation
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A rabbit watched the IVs flow,
Eight random bytes began the show.
Zero marked the metadata’s place,
Next came segments in steady pace.
At the limit, the counter said, “No more!”
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- Line 132: Update IvCounter’s generateFixedField method to use a shared default
SecureRandom instance instead of calling getInstanceStrong for each TDF. Remove
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…tests - Restore IvCounter javadoc for the NIST SP 800-38D 8.2.1 fixed field + invocation construction, the shared metadata/payload key with one split, and the fresh-payload-key precondition. - Draw the IV fixed field from a shared SecureRandom instead of getInstanceStrong(), which can block on /dev/random on some Linux hosts. - Make the exhaustion message self-contained and name the 2^32 limit. - Add tests for a fresh IV stream and payload key per TDF, multi-split metadata IVs, concurrent counter use, and carry into the top invocation byte; restore explanatory test comments. Signed-off-by: Dave Mihalcik <dmihalcik@virtru.com>
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…tion budget is spent (DSPX-4492) (#417) ## Summary Stacked on #412 (TDF3 IV construction). Review and merge that first. Adds `SDK.AesGcmExhaustedException` (extends `SDKException`, nested alongside `TamperException`, `KasInfoMissing`, etc.). `TDF.IvCounter.next()` now throws it instead of a generic `SDKException` once a payload key's AES-GCM invocation budget is spent. ## Why NIST SP 800-38D §8 caps the probability of an IV collision under one key at 2^-32. #412 builds IVs as a random 64-bit fixed field followed by a 32-bit invocation counter, so at most 2^32 invocations can share a key: IV 0 for key-access metadata and 2^32 − 1 for payload segments. The same budget keeps random 96-bit IVs under the §8 limit, since their birthday bound is P ≈ k²/2^97 ≤ 2^-32 for k ≤ ~2^32.5. See the DSPX-4492 ADR (AES GCM i.v. Collision Risk). #412 already refuses before it would issue an IV past the counter limit. That check runs before each segment is encrypted, on the only payload write path (`createTDF`), which also handles streams of unknown length. This PR gives that refusal a dedicated, catchable type so callers can tell it apart from other SDK failures. The partially written TDF must be discarded. ## Crypto-risk callout No behavior or wire-format change relative to #412: same limit, same check point, same IVs. Only the exception type changes, and it still extends `SDKException`, so existing `catch (SDKException)` blocks behave the same. At the 16 KiB minimum segment size, hitting the limit takes 64 TiB of input. ## Test plan - `mvn -pl sdk -am test` (JDK 21): 284 tests, 0 failures, 8 skipped - `TDFTest`'s `testIvCounterRejectsReuseAfterExhaustion` now asserts `SDK.AesGcmExhaustedException` (and that it is an `SDKException`) once invocation 2^32 − 1 has been issued. No test encrypts 2^32 segments. Signed-off-by: Dave Mihalcik <dmihalcik@virtru.com>
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sdk/src/test/java/io/opentdf/platform/sdk/TDFTest.java (1)
1017-1052: 🔒 Security & Privacy | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winMake the repeated-createTDF test compare payload keys directly.
The test removes the IV bytes before comparing ciphertext, but each run still uses a different GCM nonce because the fixed fields differ. Reusing the payload key would still produce different ciphertext for the same plaintext under different nonces. The assertion can therefore pass when the payload key is reused.
Compare the unwrapped single-split payload keys directly, or inject deterministic IVs for this key-reuse test. Keep the separate IV-stream assertions.
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- Around line 1017-1052: Update testEachTdfUsesAFreshIvStreamAndPayloadKey to
compare the unwrapped payload keys from each single-split TDF directly;
comparing ciphertext with different nonces cannot establish key freshness.
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Summary
SecureRandomrather thangetInstanceStrong(), which can block on/dev/randomon some Linux hosts.Rationale
This aligns java-sdk with the agreed TDF3 IV construction used by the other SDKs while preserving the existing 12-byte IV wire format. Readers take the IV from each ciphertext prefix, so TDFs written before and after this change both decrypt.
Tests
IvCounterunit tests: big-endian encoding and defensive copy, carry into the top invocation byte, input validation, exhaustion atMAX_INVOCATION(fromMAX - 1), distinct IVs across 8 concurrent threads, new fixed field per instance.createTDFcalls on oneTDFeach start at invocation 0 with different fixed fields and different ciphertext (fresh payload key).Test plan
mvn -pl sdk -Denforcer.skip=true -Dtest=TDFTest test(30 passed)mvn -pl sdk -Denforcer.skip=true test(284 run, 0 failures, 8 skipped)Public API
No public API or wire-format changes.
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