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chore(python): add sanity check to `Struct`'s parsing

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Authored by M1nd3r

62/100 · Adequate
chore(python): add sanity check to `Struct`'s parsing

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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit adds a new optional sanity-check layer to the Python code that parses Trezor firmware files. It verifies that re-encoding a parsed firmware image produces the exact same bytes, and that any 'reserved' fields are all zeroes. The change is defensive: it can help detect malformed or tampered firmware images during analysis, but the strict mode is off by default, so existing behavior is preserved unless a caller explicitly opts in.

Recommended action

Treat this as a hardening/defensive patch rather than an active vulnerability fix. Review whether callers that validate or install firmware should enable `strict=True` to benefit from the new checks. No urgent user action is required, but downstream tools may want to expose the strict option.

Security signals we found

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Adds round-trip integrity check (parse-then-build byte equality) for firmware images

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Adds zero-byte validation for reserved/padding fields

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Replaces anonymous padding with named Reserved fields so they can be sanity-checked

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Strict checking is disabled by default, preserving backward-compatible parsing behavior

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No device-side or embedded firmware changes; change is limited to host-side Python tooling

Risk score

Why this scored 35/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 8/30
Exploitability 6/25
Stealth signal 5/15
Affected reach 7/15
Confidence 6/10
Evidence quality 3/5
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