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@dgarske dgarske commented Mar 24, 2026

wolfCrypt SRAM PUF Support

Add SRAM PUF (Physically Unclonable Function) support to wolfCrypt. Derives device-unique cryptographic keys from the power-on state of SRAM memory using a BCH(127,64,t=10) fuzzy extractor with HKDF key derivation.

  • wolfCrypt PUF API (wolfcrypt/src/puf.c, wolfssl/wolfcrypt/puf.h)
    • wc_PufInit, wc_PufReadSram, wc_PufEnroll, wc_PufReconstruct
    • wc_PufDeriveKey (HKDF-SHA256), wc_PufGetIdentity (SHA-256 device fingerprint)
    • wc_PufZeroize (secure context cleanup)
    • wc_PufSetTestData (synthetic SRAM for testing without hardware)
  • BCH(127,64,t=10) error-correcting codec - corrects up to 10 bit flips per 127-bit codeword across 16 codewords
  • WC_PUF_SHA3 build option - select SHA3-256 instead of SHA-256 for identity hash and HKDF (default: SHA-256)
  • Precomputed GF(2^7) tables - const arrays in .rodata (no runtime init, thread-safe, flash-resident on embedded)
  • ./configure --enable-puf (auto-enables HKDF dependency)
  • CMake: WOLFSSL_PUF=yes
  • WOLFSSL_USER_SETTINGS: define WOLFSSL_PUF and WOLFSSL_PUF_SRAM
  • See wolfssl-examples/puf for example implementation on STM32 NUCLEO-H563ZI (Cortex-M33, STM32H563ZI)
  • Supports test mode (synthetic SRAM)
  • Builds to ~13KB .elf
  • Tested on NUCLEO-H563ZI: enrollment, noisy reconstruction, key derivation all pass
  • .github/workflows/puf.yml: host build + test workflow for PUF feature
  • Doxygen API docs for all 8 public functions
  • PUF group added to doxygen_groups.h

See example at: wolfSSL/wolfssl-examples#565

@dgarske dgarske self-assigned this Mar 24, 2026
Add SRAM PUF (Physically Unclonable Function) support to wolfCrypt. Derives device-unique cryptographic keys from the power-on state of SRAM memory using a BCH(127,64,t=10) fuzzy extractor with HKDF key derivation.

- **wolfCrypt PUF API** (`wolfcrypt/src/puf.c`, `wolfssl/wolfcrypt/puf.h`)
  - `wc_PufInit`, `wc_PufReadSram`, `wc_PufEnroll`, `wc_PufReconstruct`
  - `wc_PufDeriveKey` (HKDF-SHA256), `wc_PufGetIdentity` (SHA-256 device fingerprint)
  - `wc_PufZeroize` (secure context cleanup)
  - `wc_PufSetTestData` (synthetic SRAM for testing without hardware)
- **BCH(127,64,t=10) error-correcting codec** - corrects up to 10 bit flips per 127-bit codeword across 16 codewords
- **`WC_PUF_SHA3` build option** - select SHA3-256 instead of SHA-256 for identity hash and HKDF (default: SHA-256)
- **Precomputed GF(2^7) tables** - `const` arrays in `.rodata` (no runtime init, thread-safe, flash-resident on embedded)
- `./configure --enable-puf` (auto-enables HKDF dependency)
- CMake: `WOLFSSL_PUF=yes`
- `WOLFSSL_USER_SETTINGS`: define `WOLFSSL_PUF` and `WOLFSSL_PUF_SRAM`
- See wolfssl-examples/puf for example implementation on STM32 NUCLEO-H563ZI (Cortex-M33, STM32H563ZI)
- Supports test mode (synthetic SRAM)
- Builds to ~13KB `.elf`
- Tested on NUCLEO-H563ZI: enrollment, noisy reconstruction, key derivation all pass
- `.github/workflows/puf.yml`: host build + test workflow for PUF feature
- Doxygen API docs for all 8 public functions
- PUF group added to `doxygen_groups.h`
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