stratummine (rpc/mining.cpp), a test-only reference miner, was registered
unconditionally behind a bare #ifndef WIN32 with okSafeMode=true, so it shipped
as a live RPC on every non-Windows release build. Four fixes:
- Gated behind an explicit, default-off -stratummine, with regtest exempt so
qa/rpc-tests can still drive it. Deliberately NOT gated on fExperimentalMode:
that defaults to TRUE (init.cpp:1195), so such a gate is a no-op -- an error
made and caught while testing this change.
- mining.notify's three hash fields went straight into uint256(ParseHex(...)).
uint256's vector ctor asserts on a wrong size (uint256.cpp:30) and NDEBUG is
defined nowhere in this build, so that assert is live in release; ParseHex
also truncates silently at the first non-hex character. A short or garbled
field therefore ABORTED THE DAEMON. Added StratumHex256(), which requires 64
hex chars and a 32-byte result, and all three fields are validated before any
is committed so a bad job is rejected rather than half-applied.
- processLine ran inside the window where the RandomX cache, the VM and the
socket are live, all released on the normal path only, and every get_str()
throws on a type mismatch -- so a malformed message leaked 256 MB and the fd.
Body wrapped in try/catch: ignore the line, keep mining.
- Caller-supplied timeout clamped to [1, 3600]; it was unbounded, pinning an
RPC worker and the cache indefinitely. okSafeMode -> false.
Verified against a hostile stratum server on regtest:
- 4 malformed mining.notify payloads (short hex, non-hex, wrong JSON type,
31 bytes) -> all rejected, daemon alive, 0 assertions. The 31-byte case is
the one that previously hit the uint256 assert.
- valid job first (so RandomX actually allocates) then garbage mid-mine ->
RSS delta +2.2 MB, i.e. cache and VM released, not the ~256 MB a leak leaves.
- regtest exemption confirmed: stratummine runs past the gate there.
The non-regtest refusal path is by code reading only -- a testnet node on this
host collides with the production daemon's RPC port, so it was not exercised.
hush_utils.h: stop injecting the mainnet node1-node10.dragonx.is addnode seeds
when -regtest or -testnet is set. regtest reuses mainnet's network magic, so a
supposedly isolated node was handshaking production peers and pulling their
headers into its own index. Gated at the injection site only -- isdragonx itself
must stay true, because it also selects ac_private, ac_algo, blocktime and the
reward/halving schedule (an earlier version of this patch gated isdragonx itself
and silently turned ac_private off on regtest). hush_args() runs between
ParseParameters() and ReadConfigFile() (bitcoind.cpp:115/144/158), so this sees a
command-line -regtest, as qa/rpc-tests uses, but not a config-file regtest=1.
hush_nSPV_fullnode.h: initialize `filter` at both sites. It was assigned only on
the len-11 request form; the other two passed uninitialized stack memory to
NSPV_getaddressutxos/NSPV_getaddresstxids, remotely reachable since
HUSH_NSPV_FULLNODE is on by default.
getblocktemplate_proposals.py still passes.
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Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01FU87LdsJZiZkfq1eXubpeo
From the Phase-6 structural scoping: land the verified behavioral bugs and
the safe quick-wins/dedups now; the large refactors (monolith splits, ~180
header globals) and consensus-adjacent items stay deferred. Built clean;
self-mined; verifychain=true.
BUGS (verified by reading the code):
- net.cpp CNode::Ban: a braceless `if (subNet.Match(...))` left
`pnode->fDisconnect = true;` OUTSIDE the guard, so banning any one subnet
marked EVERY connected peer for disconnect (dropped the whole peer set).
Wrapped the two statements in braces. (LIVE, high severity.)
- rpcdump.cpp importwallet: the `!fGood -> throw "Error adding some keys"`
check was trapped inside the `if (fRescan)` block, so importwallet with
rescan=false silently reported success when key import failed. Hoisted the
check before the rescan branch and cleaned the garbled braces/indentation.
- wallet.cpp CommitTransaction: ignored AddToWallet()'s return, so a failed
disk-persist of a just-signed spend was swallowed while the tx broadcast.
Now logs a hard error on failure.
- hush_nSPV_fullnode.h: the UTXOS branch declared `uint8_t filter` while the
twin TXIDS branch uses `uint32_t filter`; dragon_rwnum switches on
sizeof(filter), so the utxos path parsed only 1 of 4 wire filter bytes.
Widened to uint32_t.
- asyncrpcoperation_sweep.cpp: LogPrintf("%s ... %s", one-arg) read a missing
vararg; added the __func__ argument.
- rpcdump.cpp importprivkey: inner `auto secret_key` shadowed the outer
uint8_t and changed the type into DecodeCustomSecret; dropped the shadow.
- rpcdump.cpp getrescaninfo: char[8] + sprintf("%.4f") overflows when the
ratio >= 10.0 (transient reorg); widened to char[16] + snprintf.
QUICK WINS: removed the duplicate DRAGON_MAXSCRIPTSIZE #define; pinned the
dead HUSH3-branch NOTARISATION_SCAN_LIMIT_BLOCKS to 1440; fixed init typos
(fRequestShutdown, RPC warmup).
DEDUP: extracted the 19-line try/catch error-mapping block — copy-pasted
identically into all six async operations — into
AsyncRPCOperation::set_error_from_current_exception(), so the mapping is
edited in one place. Behavior-identical (verified all six blocks were byte-
identical first).
Deferred (endorsed by the scoping, better as their own PRs): addrman Select_
dedup, the pow.cpp powLimit helper (consensus file), the miner CreateNewBlock
lock-asymmetry, the wallet monolith splits, and the ~180-global / consensus-
retarget / Komodo-heritage work.
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Fifth phase of the code-hygiene remediation, done per-file (18 files) via an
18-agent Workflow with strict guardrails. No consensus or security VALUES
changed (verified: pow/hush_utils/hush_bitcoind/net.h/crypter/stratum have
zero non-comment numeric changes); built clean, self-mined, verifychain=true.
Totals: 57 stale comments corrected, 46 user-facing branding fixes, 6
behavior-preserving named constants, 4 stratum warnings, 77 items deliberately
left (consensus/security values, copyright headers).
- Stale comments -> DragonX: corrected HUSH3/HUSH/Komodo/Equihash/Arrakis
leftovers that misdescribed the active chain (pow AWT/lwma notes, txdb
"Equihash solution" -> RandomX, wallet CLTV/overwinter/Sapling@1 notes,
util datadir provenance, crypter's stale mapSproutSpendingKeys invariant).
Replaced unprofessional/editorializing comments (profane TODOs, "developers
are elite") with neutral technical notes, preserving the real design info.
- User-facing branding: dumpwallet header "created by Hush" -> "DragonX";
RPC help text hushd/hush-cli/hushprivkey/hushaddress/Agama -> dragonx*;
rebranded provably-dead "HUSH3" symbol-fallback literals to DRAGONX.
- Named constants (same values, non-consensus/non-security): addrman
peer-selection factors (kChanceFactorGrowth/kChanceScale/deprioritize),
sietch MIN_ZOUTS, an init notarization-DB cache size.
- Left the security macros (ECC/TFM_TIMING_RESISTANT=420, comment-clarified
only), the consensus subsidy/commission literals + 128/129 TRANSITION
(comment only), and copyright headers untouched.
- Added a prominent WARNING that the stratum server is Equihash-era and NOT
updated for DragonX's RandomX PoW (flagged, not rewritten).
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Third phase of the code-hygiene remediation: remove provably-dead code.
Each in-file deletion was adversarially verified (a per-finding investigator
plus a skeptic that greps the tree to refute deletability); the sanity grep
confirms zero dangling references, and the tree builds and self-mines clean.
Removed wholesale:
- src/cc/dapps/ (9 files, ~6,939 lines): a git-tracked but never-built Komodo
DEX / z-migration tool (hushdex.c, zmigrate.c, cJSON.c, ...). Nothing in
Makefile.am/configure.ac references it.
In-file dead code:
- pow.cpp: the `#ifdef original_algo` oldRT_CST_RST function (the macro is
never defined in source or build flags) and two `if ( 0 )` debug blocks.
- walletdb.cpp: the "orphaned staking transaction" cleanup path (deadTxns) —
DragonX is RandomX PoW with no staking, so the guard is always false and the
block never runs; also drop the now-unused static/extern decls.
- cc/eval.h: the ProcessCC / Eval::ImportCoin / ImportPayout / DisputePayout
declarations that have no definition anywhere in the tree.
- rpc/crosschain.cpp: the crosschainproof stub RPC (returned {} unconditionally)
and its registrations in rpc/server.cpp, rpc/server.h, rpc/client.cpp.
- coins.cpp: the commented-out `//TODO: delete` Sprout PushAnchor template.
- wallet.cpp: the permanently-zero KMD `interest2` term in CreateTransaction.
- rpc/net.cpp: hush_longestchain's always-zero `n` var (num > (n>>1) => num>0)
and its `if ( 0 )` debug branch.
- hush_nSPV.h / hush_nSPV_fullnode.h: three `if ( 0 && ... )` dead debug branches.
- net.cpp, crypter.h, saplingconsolidation.cpp (dup set_error_code),
shieldcoinbase.cpp (`donation < 0` on a uint8_t), cclib.cpp (unused
FAUCET2SIZE): single-line dead-code fixes.
Deliberately NOT touched (verification refuted the audit's "dead on DragonX"
premise): the ~2,250-line HUSH3 checkpoint block, the miner notary/timelock
paths, and hush_gateway.h — all reachable at runtime via -ac_name / -ac_*
args (the inherited Komodo assetchain model), and hush_gateway's
hush_opretvalidate is called from ConnectBlock (consensus). Dropping those
requires a deliberate decision to remove HAC/HUSH3 mode, tracked separately.
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nSPV handlers (gated behind non-default -nspv_msg) read request[1]/vopret[1]
before confirming the peer sent >=2 bytes:
#6 (MEDIUM) NSPV_UTXOS/NSPV_TXIDS evaluated request[1] whenever len<69 (incl
len==1); the 4351d5b73 value-clamp left this lower bound open. The TXIDS/MEMPOOL
else-branch debug prints also read request[1] unconditionally. Add len>=2 guards
/ drop request[1] from the prints.
#7 (LOW) NSPV_MEMPOOL_CCEVALCODE read vopret[1] on a possibly-1-byte vector.
Guard with vopret.size()>=2.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
hush_nSPV_fullnode.h: bound the REMOTERPC method strcpy and json memcpy to their
fixed buffers (method[64], json[11000]); add lower-length and memcpy-source bounds
to the UTXOS/TXIDS coinaddr[64] copies and the MEMPOOL handler. These paths
deserialize attacker-controlled request bytes -> stack overflow / OOB read. The
nSPV server is opt-in via -nspv_msg (off by default; DragonX uses lightwalletd).
rpc/blockchain.cpp: getchaintxstats null-checks pwalletMain (crash under -disablewallet).
wallet/rpcwallet.cpp: z_sendmany initializes nFee to the default miners fee (was read
uninitialized when no fee param supplied).
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