Commit message · Ava ChowMerge bitcoin/bitcoin#31514: wallet: allow label for non-ranged external descriptor (if `internal=false`) & disallow label for ranged descriptors
664657ed134365588914c2cf6a3975ce368a4f49 bugfix: disallow label for ranged descriptors & allow external non-ranged descriptors to have label (scgbckbone)
Pull request description:
Motivation:
* ranged descriptors MUST not be able to have label (current impl allows it)
* external non-ranged descriptor MUST be able to have label (current impl disallows it, **if** `internal=false` is provided via importdescriptor user data)
Repro steps:
* create blank wallet and import descriptors
* external has `label=test` (not internal)
```
conn = bitcoind.create_wallet(wallet_name=w_name, disable_private_keys=True, blank=True,
passphrase=None, avoid_reuse=False, descriptors=True)
descriptors = [
{
"timestamp": "now",
"label": "test",
"active": True,
"desc": "wpkh([0f056943/84h/1h/0h]tpubDC7jGaaSE66Pn4dgtbAAstde4bCyhSUs4r3P8WhMVvPByvcRrzrwqSvpF9Ghx83Z1LfVugGRrSBko5UEKELCz9HoMv5qKmGq3fqnnbS5E9r/0/*)#erexmnep",
"internal": False
},
{
"desc": "wpkh([0f056943/84h/1h/0h]tpubDC7jGaaSE66Pn4dgtbAAstde4bCyhSUs4r3P8WhMVvPByvcRrzrwqSvpF9Ghx83Z1LfVugGRrSBko5UEKELCz9HoMv5qKmGq3fqnnbS5E9r/1/*)#ghu8xxfe",
"active": True,
"internal": True,
"timestamp": "now"
},
]
r = conn.importdescriptors(descriptors)
print(r)
```
response:
```
[{'error': {'code': -8,
'message': 'Internal addresses should not have a label'},
'success': False,
'warnings': ['Range not given, using default keypool range']},
{'success': True,
'warnings': ['Range not given, using default keypool range']}]
```
But in above, ONLY external has a label.
If you remove `internal: False` from external descriptor import object - it will import no problem:
```
[{'success': True,
'warnings': ['Range not given, using default keypool range']},
{'success': True,
'warnings': ['Range not given, using default keypool range']}]
```
Even tho it should NOT, as the descriptor is ranged. Current implementation relies on checking user provided data to decide whether desc is ranged.
ACKs for top commit:
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rkrux:
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AI analysis · Low 25/100This commit fixes a wallet bug in Bitcoin Core's importdescriptors RPC. Previously, the code incorrectly decided whether a descriptor was 'internal' (change addresses) or 'ranged' (HD-style many addresses) based on user-supplied data rather than the descriptor itself. This meant users could accidentally attach a label to a ranged descriptor, which is not supposed to be allowed, and could be blocked from labeling a normal external descriptor when they explicitly set internal=false. The patch makes the check inspect the actual descriptor, so labels are allowed only on non-ranged external descriptors and disallowed on ranged ones. It is a correctness/validation bug, not a direct theft-of-funds vulnerability.
