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       1                 :             : // Copyright (c) 2015-present The Bitcoin Core developers
       2                 :             : // Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
       3                 :             : // file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
       4                 :             : 
       5                 :             : #include <consensus/merkle.h>
       6                 :             : 
       7                 :             : #include <crypto/sha256.h>
       8                 :             : #include <hash.h>
       9                 :             : #include <primitives/block.h>
      10                 :             : #include <primitives/transaction.h>
      11                 :             : #include <util/check.h>
      12                 :             : 
      13                 :             : #include <cstddef>
      14                 :             : #include <utility>
      15                 :             : 
      16                 :             : /*     WARNING! If you're reading this because you're learning about crypto
      17                 :             :        and/or designing a new system that will use merkle trees, keep in mind
      18                 :             :        that the following merkle tree algorithm has a serious flaw related to
      19                 :             :        duplicate txids, resulting in a vulnerability (CVE-2012-2459).
      20                 :             : 
      21                 :             :        The reason is that if the number of hashes in the list at a given level
      22                 :             :        is odd, the last one is duplicated before computing the next level (which
      23                 :             :        is unusual in Merkle trees). This results in certain sequences of
      24                 :             :        transactions leading to the same merkle root. For example, these two
      25                 :             :        trees:
      26                 :             : 
      27                 :             :                     A               A
      28                 :             :                   /  \            /   \
      29                 :             :                 B     C         B       C
      30                 :             :                / \    |        / \     / \
      31                 :             :               D   E   F       D   E   F   F
      32                 :             :              / \ / \ / \     / \ / \ / \ / \
      33                 :             :              1 2 3 4 5 6     1 2 3 4 5 6 5 6
      34                 :             : 
      35                 :             :        for transaction lists [1,2,3,4,5,6] and [1,2,3,4,5,6,5,6] (where 5 and
      36                 :             :        6 are repeated) result in the same root hash A (because the hash of both
      37                 :             :        of (F) and (F,F) is C).
      38                 :             : 
      39                 :             :        The vulnerability results from being able to send a block with such a
      40                 :             :        transaction list, with the same merkle root, and the same block hash as
      41                 :             :        the original without duplication, resulting in failed validation. If the
      42                 :             :        receiving node proceeds to mark that block as permanently invalid
      43                 :             :        however, it will fail to accept further unmodified (and thus potentially
      44                 :             :        valid) versions of the same block. We defend against this by detecting
      45                 :             :        the case where we would hash two identical hashes at the end of the list
      46                 :             :        together, and treating that identically to the block having an invalid
      47                 :             :        merkle root. Assuming no double-SHA256 collisions, this will detect all
      48                 :             :        known ways of changing the transactions without affecting the merkle
      49                 :             :        root.
      50                 :             : */
      51                 :      390058 : uint256 ComputeMerkleRoot(std::vector<uint256> hashes, bool* mutated) {
      52                 :      390058 :     bool mutation = false;
      53   [ -  +  +  + ]:      427290 :     while (hashes.size() > 1) {
      54         [ +  + ]:       37232 :         if (mutated) {
      55                 :             :             // Check every level because equal pairs can appear above the leaves,
      56                 :             :             // as in the [1,2,3,4,5,6,5,6] construction described above.
      57                 :             :             // Continuing after finding one is redundant, but mutated blocks should
      58                 :             :             // not propagate through the network anyway, and the total number of
      59                 :             :             // comparisons is the same as for an unmutated input of the same length.
      60         [ +  + ]:      379543 :             for (size_t pos = 0; pos + 1 < hashes.size(); pos += 2) {
      61         [ +  + ]:      359361 :                 if (hashes[pos] == hashes[pos + 1]) mutation = true;
      62                 :             :             }
      63                 :             :         }
      64         [ +  + ]:       37232 :         if (hashes.size() & 1) {
      65                 :       10263 :             hashes.push_back(hashes.back());
      66                 :             :         }
      67         [ -  + ]:       37232 :         SHA256D64(hashes[0].begin(), hashes[0].begin(), hashes.size() / 2);
      68         [ -  + ]:       37232 :         hashes.resize(hashes.size() / 2);
      69                 :             :     }
      70         [ +  + ]:      390058 :     if (mutated) *mutated = mutation;
      71   [ -  +  +  + ]:      390058 :     if (hashes.size() == 0) return uint256();
      72                 :      390052 :     return hashes[0];
      73                 :             : }
      74                 :             : 
      75                 :             : 
      76                 :      221802 : uint256 BlockMerkleRoot(const CBlock& block, bool* mutated)
      77                 :             : {
      78                 :      221802 :     std::vector<uint256> leaves;
      79   [ -  +  +  - ]:      221802 :     leaves.reserve((block.vtx.size() + 1) & ~1ULL); // capacity rounded up to even
      80   [ -  +  +  + ]:      821201 :     for (size_t s = 0; s < block.vtx.size(); s++) {
      81         [ +  - ]:      599399 :         leaves.push_back(block.vtx[s]->GetHash().ToUint256());
      82                 :             :     }
      83         [ +  - ]:      443604 :     return ComputeMerkleRoot(std::move(leaves), mutated);
      84                 :      221802 : }
      85                 :             : 
      86                 :      168227 : uint256 BlockWitnessMerkleRoot(const CBlock& block)
      87                 :             : {
      88                 :      168227 :     std::vector<uint256> leaves;
      89   [ -  +  +  - ]:      168227 :     leaves.reserve((block.vtx.size() + 1) & ~1ULL); // capacity rounded up to even
      90         [ +  - ]:      168227 :     leaves.emplace_back(); // The witness hash of the coinbase is 0.
      91   [ -  +  +  + ]:      252097 :     for (size_t s = 1; s < block.vtx.size(); s++) {
      92         [ +  - ]:       83870 :         leaves.push_back(block.vtx[s]->GetWitnessHash().ToUint256());
      93                 :             :     }
      94         [ +  - ]:      336454 :     return ComputeMerkleRoot(std::move(leaves));
      95                 :      168227 : }
      96                 :             : 
      97                 :             : /* This implements a constant-space merkle path calculator, limited to 2^32 leaves. */
      98                 :         377 : static void MerkleComputation(const std::vector<uint256>& leaves, uint32_t leaf_pos, std::vector<uint256>& path)
      99                 :             : {
     100         [ -  + ]:         377 :     path.clear();
     101   [ -  +  +  + ]:         377 :     Assume(leaves.size() <= UINT32_MAX);
     102         [ +  + ]:         377 :     if (leaves.size() == 0) {
     103                 :             :         return;
     104                 :             :     }
     105                 :             :     // count is the number of leaves processed so far.
     106                 :         376 :     uint32_t count = 0;
     107                 :             :     // inner is an array of eagerly computed subtree hashes, indexed by tree
     108                 :             :     // level (0 being the leaves).
     109                 :             :     // For example, when count is 25 (11001 in binary), inner[4] is the hash of
     110                 :             :     // the first 16 leaves, inner[3] of the next 8 leaves, and inner[0] equal to
     111                 :             :     // the last leaf. The other inner entries are undefined.
     112                 :         376 :     uint256 inner[32];
     113                 :             :     // Which position in inner is a hash that depends on the matching leaf.
     114                 :         376 :     int matchlevel = -1;
     115                 :             :     // First process all leaves into 'inner' values.
     116   [ -  +  +  + ]:      591280 :     while (count < leaves.size()) {
     117                 :      590904 :         uint256 h = leaves[count];
     118                 :      590904 :         bool matchh = count == leaf_pos;
     119                 :      590904 :         count++;
     120                 :      590904 :         int level;
     121                 :             :         // For each of the lower bits in count that are 0, do 1 step. Each
     122                 :             :         // corresponds to an inner value that existed before processing the
     123                 :             :         // current leaf, and each needs a hash to combine it.
     124         [ +  + ]:     1180020 :         for (level = 0; !(count & ((uint32_t{1}) << level)); level++) {
     125         [ +  + ]:      589116 :             if (matchh) {
     126                 :        1329 :                 path.push_back(inner[level]);
     127         [ +  + ]:      587787 :             } else if (matchlevel == level) {
     128                 :        1365 :                 path.push_back(h);
     129                 :        1365 :                 matchh = true;
     130                 :             :             }
     131                 :      589116 :             h = Hash(inner[level], h);
     132                 :             :         }
     133                 :             :         // Store the resulting hash at inner position level.
     134                 :      590904 :         inner[level] = h;
     135         [ +  + ]:      590904 :         if (matchh) {
     136                 :        1741 :             matchlevel = level;
     137                 :             :         }
     138                 :             :     }
     139                 :             :     // Do a final 'sweep' over the rightmost branch of the tree to process
     140                 :             :     // odd levels, and reduce everything to a single top value.
     141                 :             :     // Level is the level (counted from the bottom) up to which we've sweeped.
     142                 :             :     int level = 0;
     143                 :             :     // As long as bit number level in count is zero, skip it. It means there
     144                 :             :     // is nothing left at this level.
     145         [ +  + ]:         768 :     while (!(count & ((uint32_t{1}) << level))) {
     146                 :         392 :         level++;
     147                 :             :     }
     148                 :         376 :     uint256 h = inner[level];
     149                 :         376 :     bool matchh = matchlevel == level;
     150         [ +  + ]:        1802 :     while (count != ((uint32_t{1}) << level)) {
     151                 :             :         // If we reach this point, h is an inner value that is not the top.
     152                 :             :         // We combine it with itself (Bitcoin's special rule for odd levels in
     153                 :             :         // the tree) to produce a higher level one.
     154         [ +  + ]:        1426 :         if (matchh) {
     155                 :          65 :             path.push_back(h);
     156                 :             :         }
     157                 :        1426 :         h = Hash(h, h);
     158                 :             :         // Increment count to the value it would have if two entries at this
     159                 :             :         // level had existed.
     160                 :        1426 :         count += ((uint32_t{1}) << level);
     161                 :        1426 :         level++;
     162                 :             :         // And propagate the result upwards accordingly.
     163         [ +  + ]:        2838 :         while (!(count & ((uint32_t{1}) << level))) {
     164         [ +  + ]:        1412 :             if (matchh) {
     165                 :         143 :                 path.push_back(inner[level]);
     166         [ +  + ]:        1269 :             } else if (matchlevel == level) {
     167                 :         328 :                 path.push_back(h);
     168                 :         328 :                 matchh = true;
     169                 :             :             }
     170                 :        1412 :             h = Hash(inner[level], h);
     171                 :        1412 :             level++;
     172                 :             :         }
     173                 :             :     }
     174                 :             : }
     175                 :             : 
     176                 :         377 : static std::vector<uint256> ComputeMerklePath(const std::vector<uint256>& leaves, uint32_t position) {
     177                 :         377 :     std::vector<uint256> ret;
     178         [ +  - ]:         377 :     MerkleComputation(leaves, position, ret);
     179                 :         377 :     return ret;
     180                 :           0 : }
     181                 :             : 
     182                 :         377 : std::vector<uint256> TransactionMerklePath(const CBlock& block, uint32_t position)
     183                 :             : {
     184                 :         377 :     std::vector<uint256> leaves;
     185   [ -  +  +  - ]:         377 :     leaves.resize(block.vtx.size());
     186   [ -  +  +  + ]:      591281 :     for (size_t s = 0; s < block.vtx.size(); s++) {
     187                 :      590904 :         leaves[s] = block.vtx[s]->GetHash().ToUint256();
     188                 :             :     }
     189         [ +  - ]:         377 :     return ComputeMerklePath(leaves, position);
     190                 :         377 : }
        

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