Support Falcon PADDED format

.CMake/alg_support.cmake

@@ -348,6 +348,28 @@ if(OQS_DIST_ARM64_V8_BUILD OR (OQS_USE_ARM_NEON_INSTRUCTIONS AND OQS_USE_ARM_NEO
 endif()
 endif()
 
+cmake_dependent_option(OQS_ENABLE_SIG_falcon_padded_512 "" ON "OQS_ENABLE_SIG_FALCON" OFF)
+if(OQS_DIST_X86_64_BUILD OR (OQS_USE_AVX2_INSTRUCTIONS))
+    cmake_dependent_option(OQS_ENABLE_SIG_falcon_padded_512_avx2 "" ON "OQS_ENABLE_SIG_falcon_padded_512" OFF)
+endif()
+
+if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux|Darwin")
+if(OQS_DIST_ARM64_V8_BUILD OR (OQS_USE_ARM_NEON_INSTRUCTIONS AND OQS_USE_ARM_NEON_INSTRUCTIONS))
+    cmake_dependent_option(OQS_ENABLE_SIG_falcon_padded_512_aarch64 "" ON "OQS_ENABLE_SIG_falcon_padded_512" OFF)
+endif()
+endif()
+
+cmake_dependent_option(OQS_ENABLE_SIG_falcon_padded_1024 "" ON "OQS_ENABLE_SIG_FALCON" OFF)
+if(OQS_DIST_X86_64_BUILD OR (OQS_USE_AVX2_INSTRUCTIONS))
+    cmake_dependent_option(OQS_ENABLE_SIG_falcon_padded_1024_avx2 "" ON "OQS_ENABLE_SIG_falcon_padded_1024" OFF)
+endif()
+
+if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux|Darwin")
+if(OQS_DIST_ARM64_V8_BUILD OR (OQS_USE_ARM_NEON_INSTRUCTIONS AND OQS_USE_ARM_NEON_INSTRUCTIONS))
+    cmake_dependent_option(OQS_ENABLE_SIG_falcon_padded_1024_aarch64 "" ON "OQS_ENABLE_SIG_falcon_padded_1024" OFF)
+endif()
+endif()
+
 
 option(OQS_ENABLE_SIG_SPHINCS "Enable sphincs algorithm family" ON)
 cmake_dependent_option(OQS_ENABLE_SIG_sphincs_sha2_128f_simple "" ON "OQS_ENABLE_SIG_SPHINCS" OFF)
@@ -448,7 +470,7 @@ if(NOT ((OQS_MINIMAL_BUILD STREQUAL "") OR (OQS_MINIMAL_BUILD STREQUAL "OFF")))
 	filter_algs("${OQS_MINIMAL_BUILD}")
 elseif (${OQS_ALGS_ENABLED} STREQUAL "STD")
 ##### OQS_COPY_FROM_UPSTREAM_FRAGMENT_LIST_STANDARDIZED_ALGS_START
-	filter_algs("KEM_ml_kem_512_ipd;KEM_ml_kem_512;KEM_ml_kem_768_ipd;KEM_ml_kem_768;KEM_ml_kem_1024_ipd;KEM_ml_kem_1024;SIG_ml_dsa_44_ipd;SIG_ml_dsa_44;SIG_ml_dsa_65_ipd;SIG_ml_dsa_65;SIG_ml_dsa_87_ipd;SIG_ml_dsa_87;SIG_falcon_512;SIG_falcon_1024;SIG_sphincs_sha2_128f_simple;SIG_sphincs_sha2_128s_simple;SIG_sphincs_sha2_192f_simple;SIG_sphincs_sha2_192s_simple;SIG_sphincs_sha2_256f_simple;SIG_sphincs_sha2_256s_simple;SIG_sphincs_shake_128f_simple;SIG_sphincs_shake_128s_simple;SIG_sphincs_shake_192f_simple;SIG_sphincs_shake_192s_simple;SIG_sphincs_shake_256f_simple;SIG_sphincs_shake_256s_simple")
+	filter_algs("KEM_ml_kem_512_ipd;KEM_ml_kem_512;KEM_ml_kem_768_ipd;KEM_ml_kem_768;KEM_ml_kem_1024_ipd;KEM_ml_kem_1024;SIG_ml_dsa_44_ipd;SIG_ml_dsa_44;SIG_ml_dsa_65_ipd;SIG_ml_dsa_65;SIG_ml_dsa_87_ipd;SIG_ml_dsa_87;SIG_falcon_512;SIG_falcon_1024;SIG_falcon_padded_512;SIG_falcon_padded_1024;SIG_sphincs_sha2_128f_simple;SIG_sphincs_sha2_128s_simple;SIG_sphincs_sha2_192f_simple;SIG_sphincs_sha2_192s_simple;SIG_sphincs_sha2_256f_simple;SIG_sphincs_sha2_256s_simple;SIG_sphincs_shake_128f_simple;SIG_sphincs_shake_128s_simple;SIG_sphincs_shake_192f_simple;SIG_sphincs_shake_192s_simple;SIG_sphincs_shake_256f_simple;SIG_sphincs_shake_256s_simple")
 ##### OQS_COPY_FROM_UPSTREAM_FRAGMENT_LIST_STANDARDIZED_ALGS_END
 elseif(${OQS_ALGS_ENABLED} STREQUAL "NIST_R4")
 	filter_algs("KEM_classic_mceliece_348864;KEM_classic_mceliece_348864f;KEM_classic_mceliece_460896;KEM_classic_mceliece_460896f;KEM_classic_mceliece_6688128;KEM_classic_mceliece_6688128f;KEM_classic_mceliece_6960119;KEM_classic_mceliece_6960119f;KEM_classic_mceliece_8192128;KEM_classic_mceliece_8192128f;KEM_hqc_128;KEM_hqc_192;KEM_hqc_256;KEM_bike_l1;KEM_bike_l3")

.circleci/config.yml

@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ jobs:
         # See https://github.com/open-quantum-safe/liboqs/issues/738#issuecomment-621394744
         default: --numprocesses=auto
     machine:
-      image: ubuntu-2004:202101-01
+      image: default # analogous to ubuntu-latest on GH Actions
     resource_class: arm.medium
     steps:
       - checkout

.github/workflows/weekly.yml

@@ -46,12 +46,10 @@ jobs:
             container: openquantumsafe/ci-ubuntu-focal-x86_64:latest
             CMAKE_ARGS: -DOQS_DIST_BUILD=OFF -DOQS_OPT_TARGET=generic
             PYTEST_ARGS: --numprocesses=auto -k 'test_kat_all'
-            SKIP_ALGS: 'Falcon-1024' # re-enable when #1561 is resolved
           - name: extensions
             container: openquantumsafe/ci-ubuntu-focal-x86_64:latest
             CMAKE_ARGS: -DOQS_DIST_BUILD=OFF -DOQS_OPT_TARGET=haswell
             PYTEST_ARGS: --numprocesses=auto -k 'test_kat_all'
-            SKIP_ALGS: 'Falcon-1024' # re-enable when #1561 is resolved
     container:
       image: ${{ matrix.container }}
     steps:

README.md

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ The list below indicates all algorithms supported by liboqs, but not all those a
 
 <!--- OQS_TEMPLATE_FRAGMENT_LIST_SIGS_START -->
 - **CRYSTALS-Dilithium**: Dilithium2, Dilithium3, Dilithium5
-- **Falcon**: Falcon-512, Falcon-1024
+- **Falcon**: Falcon-512, Falcon-1024, Falcon-padded-512, Falcon-padded-1024
 - **ML-DSA**: ML-DSA-44-ipd (alias: ML-DSA-44), ML-DSA-65-ipd (alias: ML-DSA-65), ML-DSA-87-ipd (alias: ML-DSA-87)
 - **SPHINCS+-SHA2**: SPHINCS+-SHA2-128f-simple, SPHINCS+-SHA2-128s-simple, SPHINCS+-SHA2-192f-simple, SPHINCS+-SHA2-192s-simple, SPHINCS+-SHA2-256f-simple, SPHINCS+-SHA2-256s-simple
 - **SPHINCS+-SHAKE**: SPHINCS+-SHAKE-128f-simple, SPHINCS+-SHAKE-128s-simple, SPHINCS+-SHAKE-192f-simple, SPHINCS+-SHAKE-192s-simple, SPHINCS+-SHAKE-256f-simple, SPHINCS+-SHAKE-256s-simple
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ liboqs includes some third party libraries or modules that are licensed differen
 - `src/kem/ml_kem/pqcrystals-*`: public domain (CC0) or Apache License v2.0
 - `src/sig/dilithium/pqcrystals-*`: public domain (CC0) or Apache License v2.0
 - `src/sig/dilithium/pqclean_*`: public domain (CC0), and public domain (CC0) or Apache License v2.0, and public domain (CC0) or MIT, and MIT
+-  src/sig/falcon/pqclean_\*\_aarch64 : Apache License v2.0
 - `src/sig/ml_dsa/pqcrystals-*`: public domain (CC0) or Apache License v2.0
 - `src/sig/sphincs/pqclean_*`: CC0 (public domain)
 

docs/algorithms/kem/classic_mceliece.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 - **Authors' website**: https://classic.mceliece.org
 - **Specification version**: SUPERCOP-20221025.
 - **Primary Source**<a name="primary-source"></a>:
-  - **Source**: https://github.com/PQClean/PQClean/commit/0657749a785db30e7f49e9435452cb042edb1852
+  - **Source**: https://github.com/PQClean/PQClean/commit/8e221ae797b229858a0b0d784577a8cb149d5789
   - **Implementation license (SPDX-Identifier)**: Public domain
 - **Ancestors of primary source**:
   - SUPERCOP-20221025 "clean" and "avx2" implementations

docs/algorithms/kem/classic_mceliece.yml

@@ -378,4 +378,4 @@ parameter-sets:
 auxiliary-submitters: []
 primary-upstream:
   spdx-license-identifier: Public domain
-  source: https://github.com/PQClean/PQClean/commit/0657749a785db30e7f49e9435452cb042edb1852
+  source: https://github.com/PQClean/PQClean/commit/8e221ae797b229858a0b0d784577a8cb149d5789

docs/algorithms/kem/hqc.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 - **Authors' website**: https://pqc-hqc.org/
 - **Specification version**: 2023-04-30.
 - **Primary Source**<a name="primary-source"></a>:
-  - **Source**: https://github.com/PQClean/PQClean/commit/0657749a785db30e7f49e9435452cb042edb1852
+  - **Source**: https://github.com/PQClean/PQClean/commit/8e221ae797b229858a0b0d784577a8cb149d5789
   - **Implementation license (SPDX-Identifier)**: Public domain
 - **Ancestors of primary source**:
   - https://github.com/SWilson4/package-pqclean/tree/8db1b24b/hqc, which takes it from:

docs/algorithms/kem/hqc.yml

@@ -76,4 +76,4 @@ parameter-sets:
     upstream: primary-upstream
 primary-upstream:
   spdx-license-identifier: Public domain
-  source: https://github.com/PQClean/PQClean/commit/0657749a785db30e7f49e9435452cb042edb1852
+  source: https://github.com/PQClean/PQClean/commit/8e221ae797b229858a0b0d784577a8cb149d5789

docs/algorithms/sig/falcon.md

@@ -7,36 +7,62 @@
 - **Authors' website**: https://falcon-sign.info
 - **Specification version**: 20211101.
 - **Primary Source**<a name="primary-source"></a>:
-  - **Source**: https://github.com/PQClean/PQClean/commit/0657749a785db30e7f49e9435452cb042edb1852
+  - **Source**: https://github.com/PQClean/PQClean/commit/8e221ae797b229858a0b0d784577a8cb149d5789
   - **Implementation license (SPDX-Identifier)**: MIT
+- **Optimized Implementation sources**: https://github.com/PQClean/PQClean/commit/8e221ae797b229858a0b0d784577a8cb149d5789
+  - **pqclean-aarch64**:<a name="pqclean-aarch64"></a>
+      - **Source**: https://github.com/PQClean/PQClean/commit/7707d1bcc8ae7f9ffd296dd13b1d76d2767d14f8
+      - **Implementation license (SPDX-Identifier)**: Apache-2.0
 
 
 ## Parameter set summary
 
-|  Parameter set  | Parameter set alias   | Security model   |   Claimed NIST Level |   Public key size (bytes) |   Secret key size (bytes) |   Signature size (bytes) |
-|:---------------:|:----------------------|:-----------------|---------------------:|--------------------------:|--------------------------:|-------------------------:|
-|   Falcon-512    | NA                    | EUF-CMA          |                    1 |                       897 |                      1281 |                      666 |
-|   Falcon-1024   | NA                    | EUF-CMA          |                    5 |                      1793 |                      2305 |                     1280 |
+|   Parameter set    | Parameter set alias   | Security model   |   Claimed NIST Level |   Public key size (bytes) |   Secret key size (bytes) |   Signature size (bytes) |
+|:------------------:|:----------------------|:-----------------|---------------------:|--------------------------:|--------------------------:|-------------------------:|
+|     Falcon-512     | NA                    | EUF-CMA          |                    1 |                       897 |                      1281 |                      752 |
+|    Falcon-1024     | NA                    | EUF-CMA          |                    5 |                      1793 |                      2305 |                     1462 |
+| Falcon-padded-512  | NA                    | EUF-CMA          |                    1 |                       897 |                      1281 |                      666 |
+| Falcon-padded-1024 | NA                    | EUF-CMA          |                    5 |                      1793 |                      2305 |                     1280 |
 
 ## Falcon-512 implementation characteristics
 
-|       Implementation source       | Identifier in upstream   | Supported architecture(s)   | Supported operating system(s)   | CPU extension(s) used   | No branching-on-secrets claimed?   | No branching-on-secrets checked by valgrind?   | Large stack usage?‡   |
-|:---------------------------------:|:-------------------------|:----------------------------|:--------------------------------|:------------------------|:-----------------------------------|:-----------------------------------------------|:----------------------|
-| [Primary Source](#primary-source) | clean                    | All                         | All                             | None                    | True                               | True                                           | False                 |
-| [Primary Source](#primary-source) | avx2                     | x86\_64                     | All                             | AVX2                    | False                              | False                                          | False                 |
-| [Primary Source](#primary-source) | aarch64                  | ARM64\_V8                   | Linux,Darwin                    | None                    | False                              | False                                          | False                 |
+|        Implementation source        | Identifier in upstream   | Supported architecture(s)   | Supported operating system(s)   | CPU extension(s) used   | No branching-on-secrets claimed?   | No branching-on-secrets checked by valgrind?   | Large stack usage?‡   |
+|:-----------------------------------:|:-------------------------|:----------------------------|:--------------------------------|:------------------------|:-----------------------------------|:-----------------------------------------------|:----------------------|
+|  [Primary Source](#primary-source)  | clean                    | All                         | All                             | None                    | True                               | True                                           | False                 |
+|  [Primary Source](#primary-source)  | avx2                     | x86\_64                     | All                             | AVX2                    | False                              | False                                          | False                 |
+| [pqclean-aarch64](#pqclean-aarch64) | aarch64                  | ARM64\_V8                   | Linux,Darwin                    | None                    | False                              | False                                          | False                 |
 
 Are implementations chosen based on runtime CPU feature detection? **Yes**.
 
  ‡For an explanation of what this denotes, consult the [Explanation of Terms](#explanation-of-terms) section at the end of this file.
 
 ## Falcon-1024 implementation characteristics
 
-|       Implementation source       | Identifier in upstream   | Supported architecture(s)   | Supported operating system(s)   | CPU extension(s) used   | No branching-on-secrets claimed?   | No branching-on-secrets checked by valgrind?   | Large stack usage?   |
-|:---------------------------------:|:-------------------------|:----------------------------|:--------------------------------|:------------------------|:-----------------------------------|:-----------------------------------------------|:---------------------|
-| [Primary Source](#primary-source) | clean                    | All                         | All                             | None                    | True                               | True                                           | False                |
-| [Primary Source](#primary-source) | avx2                     | x86\_64                     | All                             | AVX2                    | False                              | False                                          | False                |
-| [Primary Source](#primary-source) | aarch64                  | ARM64\_V8                   | Linux,Darwin                    | None                    | False                              | False                                          | False                |
+|        Implementation source        | Identifier in upstream   | Supported architecture(s)   | Supported operating system(s)   | CPU extension(s) used   | No branching-on-secrets claimed?   | No branching-on-secrets checked by valgrind?   | Large stack usage?   |
+|:-----------------------------------:|:-------------------------|:----------------------------|:--------------------------------|:------------------------|:-----------------------------------|:-----------------------------------------------|:---------------------|
+|  [Primary Source](#primary-source)  | clean                    | All                         | All                             | None                    | True                               | True                                           | False                |
+|  [Primary Source](#primary-source)  | avx2                     | x86\_64                     | All                             | AVX2                    | False                              | False                                          | False                |
+| [pqclean-aarch64](#pqclean-aarch64) | aarch64                  | ARM64\_V8                   | Linux,Darwin                    | None                    | False                              | False                                          | False                |
+
+Are implementations chosen based on runtime CPU feature detection? **Yes**.
+
+## Falcon-padded-512 implementation characteristics
+
+|        Implementation source        | Identifier in upstream   | Supported architecture(s)   | Supported operating system(s)   | CPU extension(s) used   | No branching-on-secrets claimed?   | No branching-on-secrets checked by valgrind?   | Large stack usage?   |
+|:-----------------------------------:|:-------------------------|:----------------------------|:--------------------------------|:------------------------|:-----------------------------------|:-----------------------------------------------|:---------------------|
+|  [Primary Source](#primary-source)  | clean                    | All                         | All                             | None                    | True                               | True                                           | False                |
+|  [Primary Source](#primary-source)  | avx2                     | x86\_64                     | All                             | AVX2                    | False                              | False                                          | False                |
+| [pqclean-aarch64](#pqclean-aarch64) | aarch64                  | ARM64\_V8                   | Linux,Darwin                    | None                    | False                              | False                                          | False                |
+
+Are implementations chosen based on runtime CPU feature detection? **Yes**.
+
+## Falcon-padded-1024 implementation characteristics
+
+|        Implementation source        | Identifier in upstream   | Supported architecture(s)   | Supported operating system(s)   | CPU extension(s) used   | No branching-on-secrets claimed?   | No branching-on-secrets checked by valgrind?   | Large stack usage?   |
+|:-----------------------------------:|:-------------------------|:----------------------------|:--------------------------------|:------------------------|:-----------------------------------|:-----------------------------------------------|:---------------------|
+|  [Primary Source](#primary-source)  | clean                    | All                         | All                             | None                    | True                               | True                                           | False                |
+|  [Primary Source](#primary-source)  | avx2                     | x86\_64                     | All                             | AVX2                    | False                              | False                                          | False                |
+| [pqclean-aarch64](#pqclean-aarch64) | aarch64                  | ARM64\_V8                   | Linux,Darwin                    | None                    | False                              | False                                          | False                |
 
 Are implementations chosen based on runtime CPU feature detection? **Yes**.