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Informational 18 Bitcoin

common: hoist amount+currency parsing into common code.

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Rusty Russell

65/100 · Adequate
common: hoist amount+currency parsing into common code.

Currently used for offers, we will use it for repeatpay too.

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

What changed, and why it matters

This commit moves existing code that parses payment amounts (Bitcoin millisatoshis, 'any' amount, or fiat currency amounts) from one plugin file into a shared library so it can be reused by a future feature. It is a code refactoring with no obvious security bug introduced or fixed. The parsing logic is essentially unchanged, just relocated and slightly tightened.

Recommended action

No immediate action required. Treat as routine refactoring. If reviewing further, verify that the new str_to_u64-based parsing rejects the same malformed inputs as the previous json_to_u64-based parsing and that overflow checks cover all arithmetic paths.

Security signals we found

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Refactoring of amount-parsing code into a shared helper

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Addition of explicit u64 overflow guards (mul_overflows_u64, add_overflows_u64) in the new common code

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No change to wire protocol or RPC interface semantics

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No mention of vulnerability, CVE, bug fix, or security issue in commit message

Risk score

Why this scored 18/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 0/30
Exploitability 0/25
Stealth signal 0/15
Affected reach 5/15
Confidence 9/10
Evidence quality 4/5
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