What does Intel IPP status -174 (ippStsIvalidPrivateKey) mean?

 
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ippStsIvalidPrivateKey

This status indicates that the private scalar supplied to an ECC IPP primitive failed validation. Correct byte length alone is not enough; the scalar must be in the allowed range for the curve order and must match the context domain.

It often appears after manual import/export, endian conversion, or storage migration. If the public key was derived from a different curve or stale domain parameters, the private key can be rejected even when its buffer length looks correct.

Useful checks

  • Scalar range against the curve order.
  • Endian conversion at import/export boundaries.
  • Whether the context was initialized for the same curve as the stored key.

Intel IPP Error Reporting · Intel IPP Cryptography Reference · NIST SP 800-56A private-key requirements


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