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ota: share error handling code

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Jon Griffiths

60/100 · Adequate
ota: share error handling code

Attempt to be more careful about replying without a current message or
replying to a given message twice.
✓ Descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Provides an explanatory body
The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit refactors the firmware-update (OTA) error-handling code in Blockstream Jade so both the normal and delta update paths use the same cleanup logic. The stated goal is to avoid replying when there is no current message or replying to the same message twice. The change centralizes final checks and error replies, but the diff alone does not prove a specific exploitable vulnerability; it looks like a defensive code-quality fix.

Recommended action

Treat as a hardening/refactoring change. Review the new ota_finalize() path to confirm exactly one reply is sent in every error branch, and regression-test OTA failure scenarios (bad hash, wrong message, user decline, patch error) to ensure no double reply or missing reply occurs.

Security signals we found

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Refactoring to prevent duplicate or missing RPC replies during OTA failure paths

02

New OTA_ERR_PROTOCOL error code for unexpected messages

03

Centralized finalization now asserts validated_confirmed before acting

04

Loop now terminates when ota_return_status is no longer OTA_SUCCESS

Risk score

Why this scored 34/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 8/30
Exploitability 6/25
Stealth signal 5/15
Affected reach 7/15
Confidence 5/10
Evidence quality 3/5
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