8 files changed, 36 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/src/crypto/aes.h b/src/crypto/aes.h
index 8cae357c1..e9f1b52e7 100644
--- a/src/crypto/aes.h
+++ b/src/crypto/aes.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2015 The Bitcoin Core developers
+// Copyright (c) 2015-2016 The Bitcoin Core developers
 // Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 // file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 //
diff --git a/src/crypto/common.h b/src/crypto/common.h
index 580c72f5a..4a9d1150b 100644
--- a/src/crypto/common.h
+++ b/src/crypto/common.h
@@ -10,57 +10,73 @@
 #endif
 
 #include <stdint.h>
+#include <string.h>
 
 #include "compat/endian.h"
 
 uint16_t static inline ReadLE16(const unsigned char* ptr)
 {
-    return le16toh(*((uint16_t*)ptr));
+    uint16_t x;
+    memcpy((char*)&x, ptr, 2);
+    return le16toh(x);
 }
 
 uint32_t static inline ReadLE32(const unsigned char* ptr)
 {
-    return le32toh(*((uint32_t*)ptr));
+    uint32_t x;
+    memcpy((char*)&x, ptr, 4);
+    return le32toh(x);
 }
 
 uint64_t static inline ReadLE64(const unsigned char* ptr)
 {
-    return le64toh(*((uint64_t*)ptr));
+    uint64_t x;
+    memcpy((char*)&x, ptr, 8);
+    return le64toh(x);
 }
 
 void static inline WriteLE16(unsigned char* ptr, uint16_t x)
 {
-    *((uint16_t*)ptr) = htole16(x);
+    uint16_t v = htole16(x);
+    memcpy(ptr, (char*)&v, 2);
 }
 
 void static inline WriteLE32(unsigned char* ptr, uint32_t x)
 {
-    *((uint32_t*)ptr) = htole32(x);
+    uint32_t v = htole32(x);
+    memcpy(ptr, (char*)&v, 4);
 }
 
 void static inline WriteLE64(unsigned char* ptr, uint64_t x)
 {
-    *((uint64_t*)ptr) = htole64(x);
+    uint64_t v = htole64(x);
+    memcpy(ptr, (char*)&v, 8);
 }
 
 uint32_t static inline ReadBE32(const unsigned char* ptr)
 {
-    return be32toh(*((uint32_t*)ptr));
+    uint32_t x;
+    memcpy((char*)&x, ptr, 4);
+    return be32toh(x);
 }
 
 uint64_t static inline ReadBE64(const unsigned char* ptr)
 {
-    return be64toh(*((uint64_t*)ptr));
+    uint64_t x;
+    memcpy((char*)&x, ptr, 8);
+    return be64toh(x);
 }
 
 void static inline WriteBE32(unsigned char* ptr, uint32_t x)
 {
-    *((uint32_t*)ptr) = htobe32(x);
+    uint32_t v = htobe32(x);
+    memcpy(ptr, (char*)&v, 4);
 }
 
 void static inline WriteBE64(unsigned char* ptr, uint64_t x)
 {
-    *((uint64_t*)ptr) = htobe64(x);
+    uint64_t v = htobe64(x);
+    memcpy(ptr, (char*)&v, 8);
 }
 
 #endif // BITCOIN_CRYPTO_COMMON_H
diff --git a/src/crypto/ctaes/ctaes.c b/src/crypto/ctaes/ctaes.c
index 2389fc0bb..55962bf25 100644
--- a/src/crypto/ctaes/ctaes.c
+++ b/src/crypto/ctaes/ctaes.c
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ static void SubBytes(AES_state *s, int inv) {
         D = U7;
     }
 
-    /* Non-linear transformation (identical to the code in SubBytes) */
+    /* Non-linear transformation (shared between the forward and backward case) */
     M1 = T13 & T6;
     M6 = T3 & T16;
     M11 = T1 & T15;
@@ -469,9 +469,9 @@ static void AES_encrypt(const AES_state* rounds, int nrounds, unsigned char* cip
 
 static void AES_decrypt(const AES_state* rounds, int nrounds, unsigned char* plain16, const unsigned char* cipher16) {
     /* Most AES decryption implementations use the alternate scheme
-     * (the Equivalent Inverse Cipher), which looks more like encryption, but
-     * needs different round constants. We can't reuse any code here anyway, so
-     * don't bother. */
+     * (the Equivalent Inverse Cipher), which allows for more code reuse between
+     * the encryption and decryption code, but requires separate setup for both.
+     */
     AES_state s = {{0}};
     int round;
 
diff --git a/src/crypto/ctaes/test.c b/src/crypto/ctaes/test.c
index fce1696ac..21439a16f 100644
--- a/src/crypto/ctaes/test.c
+++ b/src/crypto/ctaes/test.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ int main(void) {
         }
     }
     if (fail == 0) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "All tests succesful\n");
+        fprintf(stderr, "All tests successful\n");
     } else {
         fprintf(stderr, "%i tests failed\n", fail);
     }
diff --git a/src/crypto/ripemd160.h b/src/crypto/ripemd160.h
index bd41f0250..38ea375c1 100644
--- a/src/crypto/ripemd160.h
+++ b/src/crypto/ripemd160.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2014 The Bitcoin Core developers
+// Copyright (c) 2014-2016 The Bitcoin Core developers
 // Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 // file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 
diff --git a/src/crypto/sha1.h b/src/crypto/sha1.h
index 8fb20810b..8b4568ee1 100644
--- a/src/crypto/sha1.h
+++ b/src/crypto/sha1.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2014 The Bitcoin Core developers
+// Copyright (c) 2014-2016 The Bitcoin Core developers
 // Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 // file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 
diff --git a/src/crypto/sha256.h b/src/crypto/sha256.h
index 5b15b6a23..127e62a22 100644
--- a/src/crypto/sha256.h
+++ b/src/crypto/sha256.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2014 The Bitcoin Core developers
+// Copyright (c) 2014-2016 The Bitcoin Core developers
 // Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 // file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 
diff --git a/src/crypto/sha512.h b/src/crypto/sha512.h
index 614681fae..cd1023bc8 100644
--- a/src/crypto/sha512.h
+++ b/src/crypto/sha512.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2014 The Bitcoin Core developers
+// Copyright (c) 2014-2016 The Bitcoin Core developers
 // Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 // file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.