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kvdb/sqlbase: add postgres migration bulk support

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Authored by ziggie

78/100 · Adequate
kvdb/sqlbase: add postgres migration bulk support

This commit implements MigrationBulkKVStore for Postgres/pgx. The
Postgres wrapper is available through an explicit constructor, so
regular Postgres and shared SQLite backends do not expose the migration
capability accidentally.

The bulk load transaction pins a dedicated *sql.Conn. InsertLeaves streams
rows through pgx COPY inside that transaction. The copied row count is
checked against the input to catch partial loads. Bucket rows are inserted
individually with RETURNING id so nested buckets can reference their parent.

Verification uses a read-only repeatable-read transaction. It fetches
children of a parent-id batch with a native pgx bigint-array and a single
ANY($1) query.

Migration transactions honor the WithTxLevelLock used by regular
transactions. Loads take the write lock and verification takes the
read lock. Commit and Rollback release both the lock and the dedicated
connection. Rollback is idempotent and tolerates an already-closed
transaction.
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit adds a new internal-only Postgres bulk-loading helper for database migrations in LND. It is not a routine user-facing feature; it is a migration tool that copies key/value data efficiently into a Postgres backend. The code introduces a dedicated transaction path with table truncation, bulk COPY, and verification queries. There is no direct evidence in the commit that this fixes a known security bug; it reads as a performance/reliability improvement for migrating LND's database backend to Postgres.

Recommended action

Treat this as a code-quality and hardening review item rather than an urgent security patch. Reviewers should verify that NewMigrationBackend is only invoked from migration tooling and never exposed to RPC or normal runtime paths, confirm that table-name values are constrained to safe identifiers, and ensure that TruncateTargetTable cannot be triggered accidentally. Consider adding tests for partial COPY detection, rollback idempotency, and lock release on error paths.

Security signals we found

01

SQL string concatenation for table names in TruncateTargetTable, CheckEmpty, InsertBucket, InsertLeaves (via CopyFrom identifier), FetchTopLevel, and FetchChildren

02

New TRUNCATE TABLE capability exposed only through migration-only constructor

03

New bulk COPY path bypasses normal walletdb insert flow and performs direct table writes

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Use of serializable write transaction and repeatable-read read-only verification transaction

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Idempotent Rollback with sql.ErrTxDone tolerance

06

Explicit copied-row count validation after COPY to detect partial loads

07

Build-tag gated file (kvdb_postgres) limits exposure to Postgres builds

Risk score

Why this scored 28/100

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