fix(lean): bound block slot before the state transition in on_block - #1501
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What was wrong?
Based on leanEthereum/leanSpec#1182
Proposer for a block is
slot % num_validators. So a malicious proposer can sign a valid lean block at high slot number whereblock.slot % num_validators == validator_index.The
on_blockhas no upper bound on theblock.slotand when such a malicious block is imported, the following while loop runs for a huge number of iterations.ream/crates/common/consensus/lean/src/state.rs
Line 118 in c30a9c9
While it rejects later in
process_block_headerhowever honest validator has already burned CPU on high number of iterations due to the malicious block.How was it fixed?
Two guards are added in the
on_blockso that such a malicious block is rejected before it gets intostate_transitioncall.block.slot − parent.slot > MAX_HISTORICAL_BLOCK_HASHESi.e.2^18.block.slot > current_slot + 1, keeping far-future blocks out of the store.To-Do