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Informational 18 Bitcoin

rpc: Add in_memory option to dumptxoutset with rollback

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Fabian Jahr

50/100 · Thin
rpc: Add in_memory option to dumptxoutset with rollback
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit adds a new optional 'in_memory' flag to the Bitcoin Core 'dumptxoutset' RPC command. When enabled, the temporary database used during rollback snapshot creation is kept in RAM instead of written to disk. This is a performance feature, not a security fix. There is no direct evidence in the commit that it addresses a vulnerability, and the change does not appear to introduce an obvious security flaw. The main risk is operational: a user could run out of memory if they enable this on mainnet without sufficient RAM.

Recommended action

No immediate security action required. Operators should ensure RPC access remains restricted and document that 'in_memory=true' can consume large amounts of RAM. Reviewers may want to confirm that memory-only LevelDB failure modes (e.g., OOM handling) do not corrupt the main chainstate or snapshot file.

Security signals we found

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New RPC option added to existing privileged command

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Memory-only database path selected under user control

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No input validation changes beyond boolean parsing

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No security-relevant bug fix language in commit message or diff

Risk score

Why this scored 18/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 2/30
Exploitability 1/25
Stealth signal 1/15
Affected reach 2/15
Confidence 8/10
Evidence quality 4/5
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