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paymentsdb: implement InitPayment for sql backend

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Authored by ziggie

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paymentsdb: implement InitPayment for sql backend
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit adds a new database method called InitPayment for the SQL backend of the Lightning Network Daemon (LND). It is a feature implementation that creates a new payment record while checking whether a payment with the same hash already exists. If an existing payment failed, it deletes the old record and allows a retry; otherwise it returns an error. There is no direct evidence in the commit that this fixes a security vulnerability, but it does touch payment lifecycle logic and transaction handling, which are security-sensitive areas.

Recommended action

Review the InitPayment logic for race conditions between FetchPayment and InsertPayment, verify that cascading deletes properly remove all sensitive payment artifacts, and ensure the transaction isolation level prevents concurrent double-initialization of the same payment hash. Consider whether additional tests cover concurrent InitPayment calls.

Security signals we found

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Payment lifecycle state validation before re-initialization

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Use of database transaction (ExecTx) for atomic payment creation

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Cascading delete of failed payment records on retry

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Change to InsertPayment return signature to support relational inserts

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No explicit security context, CVE, or bug fix language in commit

Risk score

Why this scored 26/100

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