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153 changes: 153 additions & 0 deletions OSCORE_KID_FIX.md
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# liboscore RFC 8613 KID Inclusion Fix

## Problem Summary

liboscore was not including the sender's Key ID (KID) in OSCORE-protected requests, violating RFC 8613 Section 5.4 which states: "The sender SHALL include the 'kid' parameter in requests."

### Observed Behavior
- OSCORE option in requests: `[01, 01]` (2 bytes: flags=0x01, PIV=0x01)
- k-flag (bit 3) not set in flags byte
- KID byte missing from option value

### Expected Behavior (RFC 8613)
- OSCORE option in requests: `[09, 01, 01]` (3 bytes: flags=0x09 with k-flag, PIV=0x01, KID=0x01)
- k-flag (bit 3) set in flags byte (0x08)
- KID byte present after PIV

## Root Cause Analysis

The issue was in `oscore_prepare_request()` in `liboscore/rust/liboscore/c-src/protection.c`:

1. **Flag Ordering Bug**: The `OSCORE_MSG_PROTECTED_FLAG_REQUEST` flag was set AFTER calling `_prepare_encrypt()`
2. **Flag Overwriting**: `_prepare_encrypt()` initializes the flags field, potentially overwriting previously set flags
3. **Timing Issue**: The OSCORE option is written during user closure execution (when `flush_autooptions_outer_until()` is called), which happens INSIDE `_prepare_encrypt()`
4. **Result**: By the time the OSCORE option was being constructed, the REQUEST flag had not yet been set, so the k-flag logic didn't trigger

### Code Flow
```
oscore_prepare_request()
→ _prepare_encrypt()
→ user closure executes
→ flush_autooptions_outer_until() called (writes OSCORE option)
→ checks REQUEST flag to determine if KID should be included
→ FLAG NOT SET YET!
→ REQUEST flag set (TOO LATE)
```

## The Fix

### Modified Files

#### 1. `liboscore/rust/liboscore/c-src/protection.c`

**Location**: `oscore_prepare_request()` function (around line 570)

**Change**: Set `OSCORE_MSG_PROTECTED_FLAG_REQUEST` BEFORE calling `_prepare_encrypt()`

```c
// Set the REQUEST flag BEFORE _prepare_encrypt so that flush_autooptions_outer_until()
// can see it when building the OSCORE option (required for including KID per RFC 8613 Section 5.4)
unprotected->flags |= OSCORE_MSG_PROTECTED_FLAG_REQUEST;

enum oscore_prepare_result result = _prepare_encrypt(protected, unprotected, secctx);

return result;
```

**Previous Code** (INCORRECT):
```c
enum oscore_prepare_result result = _prepare_encrypt(protected, unprotected, secctx);

// Setting flag AFTER _prepare_encrypt - too late!
unprotected->flags |= OSCORE_MSG_PROTECTED_FLAG_REQUEST;

return result;
```

#### 2. `liboscore/rust/liboscore/c-src/protection.c` - Flag Preservation

**Location**: `_prepare_encrypt()` function (around line 503)

**Existing Code** (CORRECT - preserved flags):
```c
// Initialize everything except the previously initialized partial_iv and request_id
unprotected->backend = protected;

// Set base flags, preserving REQUEST flag if it was already set
uint8_t request_flag = unprotected->flags & OSCORE_MSG_PROTECTED_FLAG_REQUEST;
unprotected->flags = OSCORE_MSG_PROTECTED_FLAG_WRITABLE | OSCORE_MSG_PROTECTED_FLAG_PENDING_OSCORE | request_flag;
```

This code correctly preserves any REQUEST flag that was set before calling `_prepare_encrypt()`.

## Verification

### Test Program
Created `test_oscore_kid.rs` to verify the fix:

```rust
// Uses RFC 8613 C.1.1 test vectors
// Master Secret: 0x0102030405060708090a0b0c0d0e0f10
// Sender ID: [0x01]
// Creates OSCORE-protected request and inspects OSCORE option
```

**Before Fix**:
```
OSCORE option value (2 bytes): [01, 01]
k-flag (KID present): false
✗ FAILURE: KID is NOT present
```

**After Fix**:
```
OSCORE option value (3 bytes): [09, 01, 01]
k-flag (KID present): true
KID value: [01]
✓ SUCCESS: KID is present in OSCORE option (k-flag is set)
```

## Impact

### Benefits
1. **RFC 8613 Compliance**: Requests now properly include sender KID as required
2. **Interoperability**: OSCORE servers can now identify the sender's security context
3. **No Workarounds Needed**: Application code no longer needs to manually modify OSCORE options

### Backwards Compatibility
- **Breaking Change**: Yes, OSCORE option structure changes from 2 bytes to 3 bytes for requests
- **Wire Format**: Increases request size by 1 byte (KID)
- **Servers**: Must be prepared to parse KID from requests (already required by RFC 8613)

## Testing

Run the verification test:
```bash
cargo run --bin test_oscore_kid
```

Expected output:
```
✓ SUCCESS: KID is present in OSCORE option (k-flag is set)
✓ The liboscore KID issue has been RESOLVED!
```

## References

- **RFC 8613**: Object Security for Constrained RESTful Environments (OSCORE)
- Section 5.4: "The sender SHALL include the 'kid' parameter in requests"
- **liboscore**: https://github.com/coap-security/liboscore
- **Test Vectors**: RFC 8613 Appendix C.1.1

## Related Changes

### Application Code Updates
Removed workaround from `fence_oscore_transmitter_poc_2_1/src/oscore_helpers.rs`:
- Previously manually set k-flag and appended KID byte
- Now relies on corrected liboscore behavior

## Fix Date
2024

## Contributors
Fix developed for fence_oscore_transmitter_poc_2_1 project integration.
1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions rust/liboscore/Cargo.toml
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categories.workspace = true
repository.workspace = true


# More like "builds and includes"; this matters so that we can pass on
# PLATFORMHEADERS as DEP_LIBOSCORE_PLATFORMHEADERS
links = "liboscore"
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9 changes: 5 additions & 4 deletions src/context_primitive.c
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#include <oscore_native/platform.h>
#include <oscore/context_impl/primitive.h>

const size_t info_maxlen = 1 + \
#define INFO_MAXLEN 1 + \
/* Assuming OSCORE_KEYID_MAXLEN is not >255 */ \
2 + \
OSCORE_KEYID_MAXLEN + \
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5 + \
4 + \
/* Assuming derived lengths all fit in a u16 */ \
3;
3

extern size_t cbor_intencode(size_t input, uint8_t buf[5], uint8_t type);
extern size_t cbor_intsize(size_t input);
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/* Allocating on the careful sidesee @ref stack_allocation_sizes for
* rationale. */
uint8_t infobuf[info_maxlen];

uint8_t infobuf [INFO_MAXLEN];
size_t infobuf_len = 1 + \
cbor_intsize(id_len) + id_len + \
cbor_intsize(id_context_len) + id_context_len + \
cbor_signedintsize(numeric_alg) + \
cbor_intsize(type_len) + type_len + \
cbor_intsize(dest_len);

assert(infobuf_len < info_maxlen);
assert(infobuf_len < INFO_MAXLEN);

uint8_t *cursor = infobuf;
*(cursor++) = 0x85; /* list length 5 */
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14 changes: 8 additions & 6 deletions src/protection.c
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// request_id

unprotected->backend = protected;
unprotected->flags = OSCORE_MSG_PROTECTED_FLAG_WRITABLE | OSCORE_MSG_PROTECTED_FLAG_PENDING_OSCORE;
// Set base flags, preserving REQUEST flag if it was already set
uint8_t request_flag = unprotected->flags & OSCORE_MSG_PROTECTED_FLAG_REQUEST;
unprotected->flags = OSCORE_MSG_PROTECTED_FLAG_WRITABLE | OSCORE_MSG_PROTECTED_FLAG_PENDING_OSCORE | request_flag;
unprotected->tag_length = tag_length;
unprotected->payload_offset = 0;
unprotected->secctx = secctx;
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oscore_msg_native_set_code(protected, 0x2); // POST

enum oscore_prepare_result result = _prepare_encrypt(protected, unprotected, secctx);

// Set the REQUEST flag BEFORE _prepare_encrypt so that flush_autooptions_outer_until()
// can see it when building the OSCORE option (required for including KID per RFC 8613 Section 5.4)
unprotected->flags |= OSCORE_MSG_PROTECTED_FLAG_REQUEST;

enum oscore_prepare_result result = _prepare_encrypt(protected, unprotected, secctx);

return result;
}

enum oscore_finish_result oscore_encrypt_message(
}enum oscore_finish_result oscore_encrypt_message(
oscore_msg_protected_t *unprotected,
oscore_msg_native_t *protected
)
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0.252486700s INFO prepare_target{force=false package_id=liboscore v0.2.0 (C:\Users\wayne\Dropbox\S Drive\RandD\Rust\liboscore\rust\liboscore) target="liboscore"}: cargo::core::compiler::fingerprint: fingerprint error for liboscore v0.2.0 (C:\Users\wayne\Dropbox\S Drive\RandD\Rust\liboscore\rust\liboscore)/Check { test: false }/TargetInner { name_inferred: true, ..: lib_target("liboscore", ["lib"], "C:\\Users\\wayne\\Dropbox\\S Drive\\RandD\\Rust\\liboscore\\rust\\liboscore\\src\\lib.rs", Edition2021) }
0.252567200s INFO prepare_target{force=false package_id=liboscore v0.2.0 (C:\Users\wayne\Dropbox\S Drive\RandD\Rust\liboscore\rust\liboscore) target="liboscore"}: cargo::core::compiler::fingerprint: err: failed to read `C:\Users\wayne\Dropbox\S Drive\RandD\Rust\liboscore\rust\target\debug\.fingerprint\liboscore-30b4cc46ec744785\lib-liboscore`

Caused by:
The system cannot find the file specified. (os error 2)

Stack backtrace:
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0.360478100s INFO prepare_target{force=false package_id=liboscore v0.2.0 (C:\Users\wayne\Dropbox\S Drive\RandD\Rust\liboscore\rust\liboscore) target="liboscore"}: cargo::core::compiler::fingerprint: fingerprint error for liboscore v0.2.0 (C:\Users\wayne\Dropbox\S Drive\RandD\Rust\liboscore\rust\liboscore)/Check { test: true }/TargetInner { name_inferred: true, ..: lib_target("liboscore", ["lib"], "C:\\Users\\wayne\\Dropbox\\S Drive\\RandD\\Rust\\liboscore\\rust\\liboscore\\src\\lib.rs", Edition2021) }
0.360528700s INFO prepare_target{force=false package_id=liboscore v0.2.0 (C:\Users\wayne\Dropbox\S Drive\RandD\Rust\liboscore\rust\liboscore) target="liboscore"}: cargo::core::compiler::fingerprint: err: failed to read `C:\Users\wayne\Dropbox\S Drive\RandD\Rust\liboscore\rust\target\debug\.fingerprint\liboscore-ff6a8e5f3d5bd01e\test-lib-liboscore`

Caused by:
The system cannot find the file specified. (os error 2)

Stack backtrace:
0: git_midx_writer_dump
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4: git_filter_source_repo
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0.362299900s INFO prepare_target{force=false package_id=liboscore-backends-standalone v0.2.0 (C:\Users\wayne\Dropbox\S Drive\RandD\Rust\liboscore\rust\liboscore-backends-standalone) target="liboscore_backends_standalone"}: cargo::core::compiler::fingerprint: fingerprint error for liboscore-backends-standalone v0.2.0 (C:\Users\wayne\Dropbox\S Drive\RandD\Rust\liboscore\rust\liboscore-backends-standalone)/Check { test: false }/TargetInner { name_inferred: true, ..: lib_target("liboscore_backends_standalone", ["staticlib"], "C:\\Users\\wayne\\Dropbox\\S Drive\\RandD\\Rust\\liboscore\\rust\\liboscore-backends-standalone\\src\\lib.rs", Edition2021) }
0.362345800s INFO prepare_target{force=false package_id=liboscore-backends-standalone v0.2.0 (C:\Users\wayne\Dropbox\S Drive\RandD\Rust\liboscore\rust\liboscore-backends-standalone) target="liboscore_backends_standalone"}: cargo::core::compiler::fingerprint: err: failed to read `C:\Users\wayne\Dropbox\S Drive\RandD\Rust\liboscore\rust\target\debug\.fingerprint\liboscore-backends-standalone-9b998b7afb13c986\lib-liboscore_backends_standalone`

Caused by:
The system cannot find the file specified. (os error 2)

Stack backtrace:
0: git_midx_writer_dump
1: git_midx_writer_dump
2: git_midx_writer_dump
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4: git_filter_source_repo
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0.363750700s INFO prepare_target{force=false package_id=liboscore-backends-standalone v0.2.0 (C:\Users\wayne\Dropbox\S Drive\RandD\Rust\liboscore\rust\liboscore-backends-standalone) target="liboscore_backends_standalone"}: cargo::core::compiler::fingerprint: fingerprint error for liboscore-backends-standalone v0.2.0 (C:\Users\wayne\Dropbox\S Drive\RandD\Rust\liboscore\rust\liboscore-backends-standalone)/Check { test: true }/TargetInner { name_inferred: true, ..: lib_target("liboscore_backends_standalone", ["staticlib"], "C:\\Users\\wayne\\Dropbox\\S Drive\\RandD\\Rust\\liboscore\\rust\\liboscore-backends-standalone\\src\\lib.rs", Edition2021) }
0.363794000s INFO prepare_target{force=false package_id=liboscore-backends-standalone v0.2.0 (C:\Users\wayne\Dropbox\S Drive\RandD\Rust\liboscore\rust\liboscore-backends-standalone) target="liboscore_backends_standalone"}: cargo::core::compiler::fingerprint: err: failed to read `C:\Users\wayne\Dropbox\S Drive\RandD\Rust\liboscore\rust\target\debug\.fingerprint\liboscore-backends-standalone-fb3fe39d4e6896d8\test-lib-liboscore_backends_standalone`

Caused by:
The system cannot find the file specified. (os error 2)

Stack backtrace:
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Checking liboscore-backends-standalone v0.2.0 (C:\Users\wayne\Dropbox\S Drive\RandD\Rust\liboscore\rust\liboscore-backends-standalone)
Checking liboscore v0.2.0 (C:\Users\wayne\Dropbox\S Drive\RandD\Rust\liboscore\rust\liboscore)
error: could not compile `liboscore-backends-standalone` (lib test) due to 3 previous errors; 2 warnings emitted
warning: build failed, waiting for other jobs to finish...
error: could not compile `liboscore-backends-standalone` (lib) due to 2 previous errors; 2 warnings emitted
error: could not compile `liboscore` (lib) due to 2 previous errors; 1 warning emitted
error: could not compile `liboscore` (lib test) due to 2 previous errors; 1 warning emitted
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