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TEA in ECB and CBC modes decryption failure #553

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Description

The TEA cipher in ECB and CBC modes does not encrypt, then decrypt into the original plaintext.

Steps to Reproduce

This is a reproducer for TEA+ECB. It should decrypt into the original plaintext (16 zero bytes), but instead it decrypts into:

89 0B D3 76 28 BB E5 C2 89 0B D3 76 28 BB E5 C2
#include <tomcrypt.h>

#define CF_CHECK_EQ(expr, res) if ( (expr) != (res) ) { goto end; }
#define CF_CHECK_NE(expr, res) if ( (expr) == (res) ) { goto end; }

int main(void)
{
    const unsigned char in[16] = {0};
    const unsigned char key[16] = {0};
    unsigned char encrypted[16], decrypted[16];
    symmetric_ECB ecb1, ecb2;

    CF_CHECK_NE(register_all_ciphers(), -1);

    CF_CHECK_EQ(ecb_start(find_cipher("tea"), key, sizeof(key), 0, &ecb1), CRYPT_OK);
    CF_CHECK_EQ(ecb_encrypt(in, encrypted, sizeof(in), &ecb1), CRYPT_OK);
    CF_CHECK_EQ(ecb_done(&ecb1), CRYPT_OK);

    printf("Encrypted:\n");
    for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(encrypted); i++) {
        printf("%02X ", encrypted[i]);
    }
    printf("\n");

    CF_CHECK_EQ(ecb_start(find_cipher("tea"), key, sizeof(key), 0, &ecb2), CRYPT_OK);
    CF_CHECK_EQ(ecb_decrypt(encrypted, decrypted, sizeof(encrypted), &ecb2), CRYPT_OK);
    CF_CHECK_EQ(ecb_done(&ecb2), CRYPT_OK);

    printf("Decrypted:\n");
    for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(decrypted); i++) {
        printf("%02X ", decrypted[i]);
    }
    printf("\n");

end:
    return 0;
}

Version

Latest develop branch checkout, Clang, Linux 64 bit.

Additional Information

I've been testing all combinations of ciphers + modes for correctness. All operate as expected, the sole exceptions are TEA+ECB and TEA+CBC.

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