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	sae: fix usage of compressed points (after ELL is fixed)
SAE was also relying on the ELL bug which was incorrectly performing a subtraction on the Y coordinate based on the compressed point type. Correct this and make the point type more clear (rather than something like "is_odd + 2").
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							| @ -511,7 +511,29 @@ static struct l_ecc_point *sae_compute_pwe(const struct l_ecc_curve *curve, | ||||
| 		return NULL; | ||||
| 	} | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| 	pwe = l_ecc_point_from_data(curve, !is_odd + 2, x, bytes); | ||||
| 	/*
 | ||||
| 	 * The 802.11 spec requires the point be solved unambiguously (since | ||||
| 	 * solving for Y results in two solutions). The correct Y value | ||||
| 	 * is chosen based on the LSB of the pwd-seed: | ||||
| 	 * | ||||
| 	 *     if (LSB(y) == LSB(pwd-seed)) | ||||
| 	 *     then | ||||
| 	 *         PWE = (x, y) | ||||
| 	 *     else | ||||
| 	 *         PWE = (x, p-y) | ||||
| 	 * | ||||
| 	 * The ELL API (somewhat hidden from view here) automatically | ||||
| 	 * performs a subtraction (P - Y) when: | ||||
| 	 *     - Y is even and BIT1 | ||||
| 	 *     - Y is odd and BIT0 | ||||
| 	 * | ||||
| 	 * So we choose the point type which matches the parity of | ||||
| 	 * pwd-seed. This means a subtraction will be performed (P - Y) | ||||
| 	 * if the parity of pwd-seed and the computed Y do not match. | ||||
| 	 */ | ||||
| 	pwe = l_ecc_point_from_data(curve, | ||||
| 				is_odd ? L_ECC_POINT_TYPE_COMPRESSED_BIT1 : | ||||
| 				L_ECC_POINT_TYPE_COMPRESSED_BIT0, x, bytes); | ||||
| 	if (!pwe) | ||||
| 		l_error("computing y failed, was x quadratic residue?"); | ||||
| 
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