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Informational 13 Bitcoin

feat(core): Introduce rtc event scheduler.

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Authored by kopecdav

57/100 · Thin
feat(core): Introduce rtc event scheduler.

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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit refactors the real-time clock (RTC) wakeup system in Trezor's embedded firmware so that multiple timed wakeup events can be queued and scheduled instead of only one at a time. It is a feature addition ("Introduce rtc event scheduler") with no changelog entry. The change is mostly architectural: it moves single-wakeup logic into a small scheduler and changes the timer API from a relative number of seconds to an absolute RTC timestamp. There is no direct evidence in the commit that this fixes a security vulnerability, and the vendor does not describe it as security-relevant.

Recommended action

Treat as a normal feature/refactor commit. If this commit is being evaluated in incident response, look for follow-up commits that harden the scheduler (e.g., bounds checking on timestamp delta, consistent IRQ locking around timer re-arming, or handling of full/empty queue edge cases). No immediate security patch action is indicated by the supplied materials.

Security signals we found

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API change from relative-second wakeup to absolute-timestamp wakeup

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New ring-buffer scheduler with bounded length (MAX_SCHEDULE_LEN = 16)

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IRQ handler no longer falls back to setting WAKEUP_FLAG_RTC; callback is now mandatory path

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Potential integer handling: delta computed as signed `event_timestamp - rtc_timestamp`, then used in `MAX(delta, 1)` and passed as uint32_t to HAL wakeup timer

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Potential race window: scheduler stops timer, reads head, then restarts timer outside critical section in `rtc_schedule_wakeup_event` and `rtc_cancel_wakeup_event`

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No explicit security claim, CVE, or advisory in commit or supplied references

Risk score

Why this scored 13/100

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