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Merge pull request #10894 from f321x/fix_qml_use_after_free

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Merge pull request #10894 from f321x/fix_qml_use_after_free

qt/qml: handle RuntimeError when accessing deleted QObject
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit fixes a class of crash bugs in Electrum's Qt/QML graphical user interface. When a user closes a dialog or window while a background task is still running, the background task can try to talk to a Qt object that has already been destroyed, causing a RuntimeError and possibly crashing the app. The patch adds a helper that safely ignores these 'already destroyed' errors instead of letting them propagate. It does not appear to be a security vulnerability that an attacker can exploit to steal funds or run malicious code; it is a stability/robustness fix.

Recommended action

Treat as a normal stability fix. No urgent security response is indicated. Reviewers may want to confirm that ignore_if_destroyed does not mask genuine logic errors by verifying that sip.isdeleted() is checked before swallowing RuntimeError, which the diff shows it does. Continue monitoring for any related crash reports.

Security signals we found

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Use-after-free mitigation in Qt/QML Python wrappers

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RuntimeError suppression limited to sip.isdeleted() objects

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Async callback safety in QML dialogs

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Hardware wallet dialog lifecycle hardening

Risk score

Why this scored 33/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 8/30
Exploitability 3/25
Stealth signal 6/15
Affected reach 5/15
Confidence 7/10
Evidence quality 4/5
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