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Low 45 Cryptographic libraries

cryptonote_protocol: include pruned weights in sync sizing

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Authored by selsta

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cryptonote_protocol: include pruned weights in sync sizing
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This Monero commit changes how a node calculates the size of upcoming block batches during sync. Previously, when a peer sent 'pruned' blocks (a compressed form), the node did not fully count those blocks toward its sync-size budget and only checked that their reported weight was non-zero. The patch makes the node use the pruned blocks' reported weights in its size calculations and verifies those weights against data already stored in its own chain. The main effect is to prevent a malicious or buggy peer from making the node request far more data than expected, which could slow or disrupt syncing. It is a hardening/DoS-mitigation change rather than a direct coin-theft bug.

Recommended action

Treat as a recommended stability and DoS-resistance patch for nodes that perform pruned sync. Operators and downstream wallets/nodes should update to include this commit, especially if they rely on adaptive block-sync sizing. No immediate emergency response is indicated by the diff alone, but the change addresses a real protocol-handling weakness.

Security signals we found

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Denial-of-service hardening: prevents under-counting of pruned block data during sync, which could cause a node to request oversized batches

02

Input validation: pruned block weights are now cross-checked against prevalidated on-chain weights instead of only being checked for non-zero

03

Integer-overflow avoidance: sync-size threshold comparison is restructured to avoid projected_blocksize * BLOCKS_MAX_WINDOW overflowing

04

Locking consistency: new weight check is performed under CRITICAL_REGION_LOCAL(m_blockchain_lock)

Risk score

Why this scored 45/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 12/30
Exploitability 8/25
Stealth signal 6/15
Affected reach 10/15
Confidence 6/10
Evidence quality 3/5
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