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rpcperms: recover RPC handler panics

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Authored by yyforyongyu

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rpcperms: recover RPC handler panics
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit adds a safety net around LND's RPC handlers so that if a handler crashes (panics), the entire lnd process is no longer taken down. Instead, the crash is caught, logged with a stack trace, and the caller receives a generic 'internal server error.' This is a defensive hardening change that improves availability and makes it harder to turn a bug into a denial-of-service attack.

Recommended action

Treat this as a worthwhile availability hardening patch. Review whether any asynchronous goroutines spawned by RPC handlers are also covered by similar recovery, since this interceptor only catches synchronous panics in the handler/interceptor chain. Ensure logs from recovered panics are monitored for repeated exploitation attempts.

Security signals we found

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Adds panic recovery at the RPC boundary to prevent process crashes from handler bugs

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Converts unhandled panics into gRPC Internal errors, improving availability

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Logs recovered panics with stack traces for forensics

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Installs recovery as the outermost interceptor so it also protects later interceptors

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Includes unit tests for both unary and streaming paths

Risk score

Why this scored 61/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 18/30
Exploitability 12/25
Stealth signal 8/15
Affected reach 12/15
Confidence 7/10
Evidence quality 4/5
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