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Ring/Module Learning with Errors under Linear Leakage - Hardness and Applications

Authors:
Zhedong Wang , School of Cyber Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Qiqi Lai , School of Computer Science, Shaanxi Normal University
Feng-Hao Liu , Washington State University
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Conference: PKC 2024
Abstract: This paper studies the hardness of decision Module Learning with Errors (MLWE) under linear leakage, which has been used as a foundation to derive more efficient lattice-based zero-knowledge proofs in a recent paradigm of Lyubashevsky, Nguyen, and Seiler (PKC 21). Unlike in the plain LWE setting, it was unknown whether this problem remains provably hard in the module/ring setting. This work shows a reduction from the search MLWE to decision MLWE with linear leakage. Thus, the main problem remains hard asymptotically as long as the non-leakage version of MLWE is hard. Additionally, we also refine the paradigm of Lyubashevsky, Nguyen, and Seiler (PKC 21) by showing a more fine-grained tradeoff between efficiency and leakage. This can lead to further optimizations of lattice proofs under the paradigm.
BibTeX
@inproceedings{pkc-2024-33745,
  title={Ring/Module Learning with Errors under Linear Leakage - Hardness and Applications},
  publisher={Springer-Verlag},
  author={Zhedong Wang and Qiqi Lai and Feng-Hao Liu},
  year=2024
}