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/tmp/bitcoin/src/consensus/merkle.cpp
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// Copyright (c) 2015-present The Bitcoin Core developers
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// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
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// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
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#include <consensus/merkle.h>
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#include <crypto/sha256.h>
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#include <hash.h>
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#include <primitives/block.h>
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#include <primitives/transaction.h>
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#include <util/check.h>
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#include <cstddef>
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#include <memory>
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#include <utility>
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/*     WARNING! If you're reading this because you're learning about crypto
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       and/or designing a new system that will use merkle trees, keep in mind
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       that the following merkle tree algorithm has a serious flaw related to
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       duplicate txids, resulting in a vulnerability (CVE-2012-2459).
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       The reason is that if the number of hashes in the list at a given level
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       is odd, the last one is duplicated before computing the next level (which
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       is unusual in Merkle trees). This results in certain sequences of
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       transactions leading to the same merkle root. For example, these two
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       trees:
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                    A               A
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                  /  \            /   \
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                B     C         B       C
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               / \    |        / \     / \
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              D   E   F       D   E   F   F
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             / \ / \ / \     / \ / \ / \ / \
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             1 2 3 4 5 6     1 2 3 4 5 6 5 6
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       for transaction lists [1,2,3,4,5,6] and [1,2,3,4,5,6,5,6] (where 5 and
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       6 are repeated) result in the same root hash A (because the hash of both
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       of (F) and (F,F) is C).
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       The vulnerability results from being able to send a block with such a
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       transaction list, with the same merkle root, and the same block hash as
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       the original without duplication, resulting in failed validation. If the
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       receiving node proceeds to mark that block as permanently invalid
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       however, it will fail to accept further unmodified (and thus potentially
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       valid) versions of the same block. We defend against this by detecting
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       the case where we would hash two identical hashes at the end of the list
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       together, and treating that identically to the block having an invalid
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       merkle root. Assuming no double-SHA256 collisions, this will detect all
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       known ways of changing the transactions without affecting the merkle
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       root.
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*/
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uint256 ComputeMerkleRoot(std::vector<uint256> hashes, bool* mutated) {
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    bool mutation = false;
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    while (hashes.size() > 1) {
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        if (mutated) {
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            for (size_t pos = 0; pos + 1 < hashes.size(); pos += 2) {
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                if (hashes[pos] == hashes[pos + 1]) mutation = true;
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            }
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        }
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        if (hashes.size() & 1) {
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            hashes.push_back(hashes.back());
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        }
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        SHA256D64(hashes[0].begin(), hashes[0].begin(), hashes.size() / 2);
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        hashes.resize(hashes.size() / 2);
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    }
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    if (mutated) *mutated = mutation;
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    if (hashes.size() == 0) return uint256();
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    return hashes[0];
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}
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uint256 BlockMerkleRoot(const CBlock& block, bool* mutated)
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{
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    std::vector<uint256> leaves;
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    leaves.reserve((block.vtx.size() + 1) & ~1ULL); // capacity rounded up to even
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    for (size_t s = 0; s < block.vtx.size(); s++) {
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        leaves.push_back(block.vtx[s]->GetHash().ToUint256());
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    }
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    return ComputeMerkleRoot(std::move(leaves), mutated);
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}
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uint256 BlockWitnessMerkleRoot(const CBlock& block)
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{
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    std::vector<uint256> leaves;
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    leaves.reserve((block.vtx.size() + 1) & ~1ULL); // capacity rounded up to even
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    leaves.emplace_back(); // The witness hash of the coinbase is 0.
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    for (size_t s = 1; s < block.vtx.size(); s++) {
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        leaves.push_back(block.vtx[s]->GetWitnessHash().ToUint256());
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    }
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    return ComputeMerkleRoot(std::move(leaves));
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}
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/* This implements a constant-space merkle path calculator, limited to 2^32 leaves. */
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static void MerkleComputation(const std::vector<uint256>& leaves, uint32_t leaf_pos, std::vector<uint256>& path)
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{
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    path.clear();
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    Assume(leaves.size() <= UINT32_MAX);
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    if (leaves.size() == 0) {
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        return;
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    // count is the number of leaves processed so far.
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    uint32_t count = 0;
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    // inner is an array of eagerly computed subtree hashes, indexed by tree
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    // level (0 being the leaves).
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    // For example, when count is 25 (11001 in binary), inner[4] is the hash of
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    // the first 16 leaves, inner[3] of the next 8 leaves, and inner[0] equal to
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    // the last leaf. The other inner entries are undefined.
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    uint256 inner[32];
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    // Which position in inner is a hash that depends on the matching leaf.
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    int matchlevel = -1;
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    // First process all leaves into 'inner' values.
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    while (count < leaves.size()) {
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        uint256 h = leaves[count];
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        bool matchh = count == leaf_pos;
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        count++;
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        int level;
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        // For each of the lower bits in count that are 0, do 1 step. Each
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        // corresponds to an inner value that existed before processing the
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        // current leaf, and each needs a hash to combine it.
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        for (level = 0; !(count & ((uint32_t{1}) << level)); level++) {
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            if (matchh) {
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                path.push_back(inner[level]);
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            } else if (matchlevel == level) {
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                path.push_back(h);
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                matchh = true;
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            }
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            h = Hash(inner[level], h);
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        }
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        // Store the resulting hash at inner position level.
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        inner[level] = h;
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        if (matchh) {
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            matchlevel = level;
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        }
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    }
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    // Do a final 'sweep' over the rightmost branch of the tree to process
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    // odd levels, and reduce everything to a single top value.
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    // Level is the level (counted from the bottom) up to which we've sweeped.
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    int level = 0;
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    // As long as bit number level in count is zero, skip it. It means there
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    // is nothing left at this level.
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    while (!(count & ((uint32_t{1}) << level))) {
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        level++;
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    }
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    uint256 h = inner[level];
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    bool matchh = matchlevel == level;
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    while (count != ((uint32_t{1}) << level)) {
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        // If we reach this point, h is an inner value that is not the top.
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        // We combine it with itself (Bitcoin's special rule for odd levels in
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        // the tree) to produce a higher level one.
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        if (matchh) {
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            path.push_back(h);
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        }
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        h = Hash(h, h);
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        // Increment count to the value it would have if two entries at this
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        // level had existed.
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        count += ((uint32_t{1}) << level);
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        level++;
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        // And propagate the result upwards accordingly.
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        while (!(count & ((uint32_t{1}) << level))) {
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            if (matchh) {
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                path.push_back(inner[level]);
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            } else if (matchlevel == level) {
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                path.push_back(h);
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                matchh = true;
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            }
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            h = Hash(inner[level], h);
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            level++;
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        }
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    }
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}
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static std::vector<uint256> ComputeMerklePath(const std::vector<uint256>& leaves, uint32_t position) {
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    std::vector<uint256> ret;
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    MerkleComputation(leaves, position, ret);
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    return ret;
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}
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std::vector<uint256> TransactionMerklePath(const CBlock& block, uint32_t position)
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{
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    std::vector<uint256> leaves;
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    leaves.resize(block.vtx.size());
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    for (size_t s = 0; s < block.vtx.size(); s++) {
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        leaves[s] = block.vtx[s]->GetHash().ToUint256();
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    }
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    return ComputeMerklePath(leaves, position);
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}