Research Article

New Linear Cryptanalysis of Chinese Commercial Block Cipher Standard SM4

Table 2

Summary of attacks on SM4.

RoundsAttack typeDataTimeMemorySource

13Integral—[6]
16Impossible differential[18]
18Rectangle[3]
18Boomerang[3]
22Multiple linear[19]
23Differential—[7]
23Multidimensional linear[9]
23Linear[9]
23LinearSection 4
24LinearSection 4