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common: implement tal_arr_append and tal_arr_appendn, and use them.

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Authored by Rusty Russell

73/100 · Adequate
common: implement tal_arr_append and tal_arr_appendn, and use them.

These are useful for the common pattern of "append these bytes to this tal array".

As a bonus, we do memcheck() on all these callers, for extra checking
under valgrind.

Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit is a routine code cleanup: it introduces two helper functions, tal_arr_append and tal_arr_appendn, to replace repeated open-coded patterns of resizing a memory array and copying data into it. The change touches many files but does not fix any reported security bug. It adds extra memory-checking under Valgrind and a new unit test. There is no indication this patch is a security fix or that it addresses a known vulnerability.

Recommended action

No security action required. Treat as normal code-quality/maintenance commit. Reviewers may optionally verify that the new helper's TAKES semantics and memcheck behavior match all converted call sites, and that the new unit test covers empty, non-empty, partial, zero-length, struct, and take() cases.

Security signals we found

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Refactoring only: replaces explicit tal_resize/memcpy pairs with a common helper

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Adds memcheck() on appended buffers for extra Valgrind coverage

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Adds unit tests for the new helper functions

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No change to input validation, parsing, or cryptographic operations

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No vendor disclosure or CVE reference present

Risk score

Why this scored 19/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 2/30
Exploitability 1/25
Stealth signal 1/15
Affected reach 3/15
Confidence 8/10
Evidence quality 4/5
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