Make Uint::random_mod() work identically on 32- and 64-bit targets (#…

…285)

src/uint/rand.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! Random number generator support
 
 use super::Uint;
-use crate::{Limb, NonZero, Random, RandomMod};
+use crate::{Encoding, Limb, NonZero, Random, RandomMod};
 use rand_core::CryptoRngCore;
 use subtle::ConstantTimeLess;
 
@@ -30,18 +30,29 @@ impl<const LIMBS: usize> RandomMod for Uint<LIMBS> {
     /// issue so long as the underlying random number generator is truly a
     /// CSRNG, where previous outputs are unrelated to subsequent
     /// outputs and do not reveal information about the RNG's internal state.
-    fn random_mod(mut rng: &mut impl CryptoRngCore, modulus: &NonZero<Self>) -> Self {
+    fn random_mod(rng: &mut impl CryptoRngCore, modulus: &NonZero<Self>) -> Self {
         let mut n = Self::ZERO;
 
         let n_bits = modulus.as_ref().bits_vartime();
+        let n_bytes = (n_bits + 7) / 8;
         let n_limbs = (n_bits + Limb::BITS - 1) / Limb::BITS;
-        let mask = Limb::MAX >> (Limb::BITS * n_limbs - n_bits);
+        let hi_bytes = n_bytes - (n_limbs - 1) * Limb::BYTES;
+
+        let mut bytes = Limb::ZERO.to_le_bytes();
 
         loop {
-            for i in 0..n_limbs {
-                n.limbs[i] = Limb::random(&mut rng);
+            for i in 0..n_limbs - 1 {
+                rng.fill_bytes(bytes.as_mut());
+                // Need to deserialize from little-endian to make sure that two 32-bit limbs
+                // deserialized sequentially are equal to one 64-bit limb produced from the same
+                // byte stream.
+                n.limbs[i] = Limb::from_le_bytes(bytes);
             }
-            n.limbs[n_limbs - 1] = n.limbs[n_limbs - 1] & mask;
+
+            // Generate the high limb which may need to only be filled partially.
+            bytes.as_mut().fill(0);
+            rng.fill_bytes(&mut (bytes.as_mut()[0..hi_bytes]));
+            n.limbs[n_limbs - 1] = Limb::from_le_bytes(bytes);
 
             if n.ct_lt(modulus).into() {
                 return n;