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fix(core): add missing `get_serial_number` handler

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Roman Zeyde

77/100 · Adequate
fix(core): add missing `get_serial_number` handler

Also, correct the `exclude` expression at `SConscript.unix`.
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit fixes a build configuration issue for the Trezor T3W1 hardware wallet. The device supports reading a unique serial number, but the build system was not correctly advertising that capability. As a result, the Python module that handles the 'get serial number' command was accidentally excluded from the firmware image, so the feature would not work at runtime. The patch adds the missing capability flag for the T3W1 (emulator and three hardware revisions) and fixes a related list-concatenation bug in the build script that could have caused other feature exclusions to behave incorrectly. There is no direct evidence in the commit of a security vulnerability; it reads as a functionality/availability fix.

Recommended action

Treat as a low-severity build fix. Verify that T3W1 firmware images now include get_serial_number.py and that the serial-number feature works on device and emulator. Review whether any shipped firmware builds were produced with the buggy SConscript.unix expression and, if so, confirm that sd_protect/authenticate_device exclusions were not unintentionally affected. No urgent security response is indicated by the diff alone.

Security signals we found

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Build-system feature gating error caused a device-management command module to be omitted from firmware image.

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SConscript.unix precedence bug in chained conditional list concatenation could have affected other feature exclusions.

03

No direct code-level security flaw (e.g., buffer overflow, authentication bypass) is present in the diff.

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Missing serial-number handler is primarily a functional/availability issue, though serial number retrieval can be relevant to device identity/attestation workflows.

Risk score

Why this scored 16/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 2/30
Exploitability 1/25
Stealth signal 1/15
Affected reach 2/15
Confidence 7/10
Evidence quality 3/5
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