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Merge remote-tracking branch 'agent/benma-agent/backup-buffer-zeroization'

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Marko Bencun

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Merge remote-tracking branch 'agent/benma-agent/backup-buffer-zeroization'
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit changes how the BitBox02 hardware wallet stores backup data so that the seed (the secret that protects cryptocurrency) is automatically wiped from temporary memory buffers after use. It also keeps the backup file format compatible with older firmware versions. The change is a defensive hardening improvement rather than a fix for an active attack, because the commit itself does not describe a specific vulnerability or incident.

Recommended action

Treat as a security-hardening improvement. Review that all other code paths that handle BackupData (restore, recovery, unit tests) also benefit from the new Drop zeroization, and verify that the generated protobuf code does not introduce unintended copies of the seed during encode/decode that would bypass zeroization.

Security signals we found

01

Sensitive seed material is now explicitly zeroized on Drop for the BackupData protobuf message.

02

Encoded backup buffer is wrapped in Zeroizing to clear ciphertext buffer after SD write.

03

Backup object is dropped before SD operations that could suspend or return early, reducing window where seed-bearing plaintext resides in RAM.

04

Wire format and checksum semantics are preserved for backward compatibility with existing backups.

05

Tests added for zeroization and legacy backup round-trip compatibility.

Risk score

Why this scored 48/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 12/30
Exploitability 8/25
Stealth signal 7/15
Affected reach 10/15
Confidence 7/10
Evidence quality 4/5
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