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da14531: export C API from bitbox-da14531

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Marko Bencun

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da14531: export C API from bitbox-da14531
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit exposes a Rust Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) chip control library to C code. It adds C-callable functions for powering down, resetting, setting product/name strings, and checking connection state. The change is primarily an interface/API export with no obvious security bug, but it introduces new unsafe C boundaries that must be used correctly by callers.

Recommended action

Review the C callers of these new FFI functions to ensure they validate pointers and buffer lifetimes before invocation. Consider adding null/length checks in the FFI boundary if not already present in callers. No immediate patch required for the commit itself.

Security signals we found

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New unsafe extern "C" FFI functions added with raw pointer parameters

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Pointer cast from RustByteQueue* to ByteQueue* without runtime type validation

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C callers must guarantee validity of uart_out pointer and byte buffer lifetimes

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No length validation change beyond existing assert(product.len() < 64)

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Refactoring of string setters to byte-slice setters may broaden input surface

Risk score

Why this scored 20/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 2/30
Exploitability 3/25
Stealth signal 2/15
Affected reach 3/15
Confidence 7/10
Evidence quality 3/5
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