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Buffer interactive-tx initial commitment signed from counterparty

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Wilmer Paulino

73/100 · Adequate
Buffer interactive-tx initial commitment signed from counterparty

This is crucial to enable the splice cancellation use case. When we
process the initial commitment signed from our counterparty, we queue a
monitor update that cannot be undone. To give the user a chance to abort
the splice negotiation before it's committed to, we buffer the message
until a successful call to `Channel::funding_transaction_signed` and
process it then.

Note that this is currently only done for splice and RBF attempts, as
if we want to abort a dual funding negotiation, we can just force close
the channel as it hasn't been funded yet.
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This change is a defensive fix for the Lightning Dev Kit's handling of channel splicing. Previously, when a counterparty sent their initial commitment signature during a splice negotiation, LDK would immediately apply an irreversible monitor update. That made it impossible for the user to safely cancel the splice if they changed their mind. The patch buffers that counterparty message and only processes it after the user explicitly approves the splice by calling funding_transaction_signed. This prevents a state where a splice could be partially committed to before the user actually wanted to proceed.

Recommended action

Review as a hardening fix for splice cancellation. No immediate emergency action is indicated, but downstream users relying on interactive-tx splicing/RBF should ensure they upgrade to avoid the prior behavior where a counterparty commitment_signed could prematurely commit an irreversible monitor update.

Security signals we found

01

State-machine change to defer irreversible monitor update until user approval

02

New buffer field initial_commitment_signed_from_counterparty in FundingNegotiation::AwaitingSignatures

03

funding_transaction_signed now processes buffered counterparty commitment_signed and can trigger monitor update or force-close

04

ChannelManager updated to route buffered-message result through handle_new_monitor_update and locked_handle_funded_force_close

05

Tests added for both valid buffered signature flow and invalid signature force-close path

Risk score

Why this scored 37/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 8/30
Exploitability 5/25
Stealth signal 6/15
Affected reach 7/15
Confidence 7/10
Evidence quality 4/5
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