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test: add option for the simulator to write to file.

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Nikolas De Giorgis

95/100 · Strong
test: add option for the simulator to write to file.

If the env variable FAKE_MEMORY_FILEPATH is provided, the simulator will
write to file using three different files:

- ${FAKE_MEMORY_FILEPATH}_shared
- ${FAKE_MEMORY_FILEPATH}_app
- ${FAKE_MEMORY_FILEPATH}_eeprom

mimicking the behaviour used when reading/writing to memory.

This allows us to re-launch the simulator after making changes in the
BBApp (e.g. renaming the device, accounts etc) while testing, simulating
the effect that unplugging/replugging a device would have.
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit adds a testing-only feature to the BitBox02 simulator that lets it save and reload its pretend device memory from files on disk. It is meant to help developers test things like renaming a device without restarting from scratch. The change only affects test/simulator code, not the real hardware wallet firmware, and there is no indication it fixes or introduces a security vulnerability.

Recommended action

No security action required. Treat as a normal test-infrastructure enhancement. If reviewing for code quality, note that file I/O errors terminate the simulator process and that path construction is bounded by a 512-byte buffer with length checks.

Security signals we found

01

No security relevance claimed by the vendor in commit message or changelog

02

Change is confined to test/simulator fake memory implementation

03

Opt-in via environment variable, not enabled by default

04

No modifications to cryptographic, bootloader, or production firmware code

05

No CVE, advisory, researcher attribution, or security bug description present

Risk score

Why this scored 20/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 2/30
Exploitability 2/25
Stealth signal 1/15
Affected reach 2/15
Confidence 9/10
Evidence quality 4/5
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