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Merge pull request #11023 from ellemouton/update-fee-log

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Authored by Yong

73/100 · Adequate
Merge pull request #11023 from ellemouton/update-fee-log

lnwallet+htlcswitch: align update_fee handling with BOLT 2
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit hardens how LND handles Lightning channel fee updates and mailbox message admission. It enforces the protocol rule that only the channel opener can send fee updates, prevents uncommitted fee updates from piling up in the update log, limits how many queued messages a peer can stuff into a channel's mailbox, and makes the link disconnect if the mailbox is full so messages are not silently dropped. These changes reduce ways a misbehaving or buggy peer could disrupt a channel or waste resources.

Recommended action

Review and merge if tests pass. Monitor for any peer-disconnect regressions caused by the new mailbox limits, and consider whether maxWireMessages/maxWireBytes need tuning for high-traffic nodes.

Security signals we found

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BOLT 2 role validation for UpdateFee sender

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Replacement of uncommitted fee updates to prevent log bloat and index gaps

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Bounded mailbox wire-message queue (count and bytes)

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Disconnect peer on mailbox admission failure to preserve ordered message stream

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Log deduplication for non-fatal/unknown messages

Risk score

Why this scored 59/100

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