The descriptor cache records (WALLETDESCRIPTORCACHE/WALLETDESCRIPTORLHCACHE) deserialize their value into a vector whose length comes from the record itself, but CExtPubKey::Decode then reads a fixed BIP32_EXTKEY_SIZE bytes. A record encoding a shorter xpub makes Decode read past the vector (caught as a container-overflow under ASAN). Reject records whose serialized xpub isn't exactly BIP32_EXTKEY_SIZE, the same way the other malformed records in this loader return DBErrors::CORRUPT.
wallet: check descriptor cache xpub length before decoding #35440
pull alhudz wants to merge 1 commits into bitcoin:master from alhudz:walletdb-xpub-size-check changing 1 files +8 −0-
alhudz commented at 9:40 AM on June 2, 2026: none
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wallet: check descriptor cache xpub length before decoding 88fd911db1
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winterrdog commented at 1:56 PM on June 2, 2026: none
is there a reason as to why no tests were needed for these changes ?
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maflcko commented at 3:24 PM on June 2, 2026: member
Was this LLM generated? What are the steps to test this? What is the output before and after the changes here?
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alhudz commented at 5:28 PM on June 2, 2026: none
No, it's not LLM-generated. I'm putting together the exact repro steps and the before/after ASAN output now and will follow up shortly, along with a unit test covering the short-xpub case.
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