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nettle: restrict output size of HKDF-Expand to 255 * HashLen

Daiki Ueno requested to merge dueno/gnutls:wip/dueno/hkdf-limit into master

nettle: restrict output size of HKDF-Expand to 255 * HashLen

RFC 5869 2.3 requires that requested output length of HKDF-Expand to be equal to or less than 255 times hash output size.

Inspired by the report by Guido Vranken in: https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gcrypt-devel/2022-June/005328.html

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  • Commits have Signed-off-by: with name/author being identical to the commit author
  • Code modified for feature
  • Test suite updated with functionality tests
  • Test suite updated with negative tests
  • Documentation updated / NEWS entry present (for non-trivial changes)
  • CI timeout is 2h or higher (see Settings/CICD/General pipelines/Timeout)

Reviewer's checklist:

  • Any issues marked for closing are addressed
  • There is a test suite reasonably covering new functionality or modifications
  • Function naming, parameters, return values, types, etc., are consistent and according to CONTRIBUTION.md
  • This feature/change has adequate documentation added
  • No obvious mistakes in the code
Edited by Alexander Sosedkin

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