Usually, if you change the cipher mode after the cipher has been initialized, then TDECCipher.SetMode should call Done on the cipher and re-initialize it.
GCM Encode requires that TGCM.Init is called and has set FEncryptionMethod := EncryptionMethod. However, if Ciper.Mode is set after the cipher has been initialized, then TGCM is created but TGCM.Init has not been called.
procedure TDECCipherModes.InitMode;
begin
if FMode = TCipherMode.cmGCM then
begin
if Context.BlockSize = 16 then
FGCM := TGCM.Create
else
// GCM requires a cipher with 128 bit block size
raise EDECCipherException.CreateResFmt(@sInvalidBlockSize,
[128, GetEnumName(TypeInfo(TCipherMode),
Integer(FMode))]);
end
else
if Assigned(FGCM) then
FreeAndNil(FGCM);
end;
The program flow if Mode has been set before init:
To Reproduce
Usually, if you change the cipher mode after the cipher has been initialized, then
TDECCipher.SetMode
should callDone
on the cipher and re-initialize it.GCM Encode requires that
TGCM.Init
is called and has setFEncryptionMethod := EncryptionMethod
. However, ifCiper.Mode
is set after the cipher has been initialized, thenTGCM
is created butTGCM.Init
has not been called.The program flow if Mode has been set before init:
FGCM.Init(self.DoEncode, OriginalInitVector)
)The program flow if Mode has been set after init:
OriginalInitVector
from )So... what do we do? We probably need to preserve the InitVector, so we can call TGCM.Init with the correct parameters.
The other solution is to forbid to change the mode after the cipher has been initialized. But this is a code breaking change.