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Informational 18 Bitcoin

perf(zcash): hoist the shielded sighash out of the per-action loop

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Adam Tucker

62/100 · Adequate
perf(zcash): hoist the shielded sighash out of the per-action loop
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit is a small performance and code-clarity improvement for Zcash shielded transaction signing in a Keystone hardware wallet firmware component. It moves a repeated transaction-hash calculation out of a per-action loop so it is computed once per transaction instead of once per action, and replaces hard-coded byte-slice numbers with named constants. There is no direct evidence this fixes a security vulnerability, but it reduces the chance of accidental slicing mistakes when handling encrypted note data.

Recommended action

Treat as a routine performance/cleanup patch. No urgent security action is indicated by the diff alone. If this commit is part of a larger release, verify release notes for any associated security advisory, but the change itself does not warrant a security response.

Security signals we found

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Eliminates repeated recomputation of shielded transaction sighash inside per-action signing loop

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Replaces magic byte-slice boundaries for encrypted ciphertexts with named, documented constants

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No change to cryptographic algorithms, data included in hashes, or signature verification logic

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Constants made pub so other signing preconditions can reference the same lengths

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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