Make 64 byte txs consensus invalid

The 64-byte transaction check is executed in a new ContextualBlockPreCheck
which must be run before CheckBlock (at least in the final checking
before writing the block to disk).  This function is a bit awkward but
is seemingly the simplest way to implement the new check, with the caveat
that, because the new function is called before CheckBlock, it can never
return a non-CorruptionPossible error state.

Co-Authored-By: Matt Corallo <[email protected]>

Author: ajtowns

src/consensus/params.h

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ enum DeploymentPos : uint16_t {
     DEPLOYMENT_TESTDUMMY,
     DEPLOYMENT_CHECKTEMPLATEVERIFY, // Deployment of CTV (BIP 119)
     DEPLOYMENT_ANYPREVOUT,
+    DEPLOYMENT_64BYTETX,
     // NOTE: Also add new deployments to VersionBitsDeploymentInfo in deploymentinfo.cpp
     MAX_VERSION_BITS_DEPLOYMENTS
 };

src/deploymentinfo.cpp

@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ const struct VBDeploymentInfo VersionBitsDeploymentInfo[Consensus::MAX_VERSION_B
         /*.name =*/ "anyprevout",
         /*.gbt_force =*/ true,
     },
+    {
+        /*.name =*/ "64bytetx",
+        /*.gbt_force =*/ true,
+    },
 };
 
 std::string DeploymentName(Consensus::BuriedDeployment dep)

src/kernel/chainparams.cpp

@@ -461,6 +461,7 @@ class CRegTestParams : public CChainParams
         consensus.vDeployments[Consensus::DEPLOYMENT_TESTDUMMY] = SetupDeployment{.start = 0, .timeout = Consensus::HereticalDeployment::NO_TIMEOUT, .activate = 0x30000000, .abandon = 0x50000000};
         consensus.vDeployments[Consensus::DEPLOYMENT_CHECKTEMPLATEVERIFY] = SetupDeployment{.activate = 0x60007700, .abandon = 0x40007700, .always = true};
         consensus.vDeployments[Consensus::DEPLOYMENT_ANYPREVOUT] = SetupDeployment{.activate = 0x60007600, .abandon = 0x40007600, .always = true};
+        consensus.vDeployments[Consensus::DEPLOYMENT_64BYTETX] = SetupDeployment{.activate = 0x60000001, .abandon = 0x40000001, .always = true}; // needs BIN assigned
 
         consensus.nMinimumChainWork = uint256{};
         consensus.defaultAssumeValid = uint256{};

src/rpc/blockchain.cpp

@@ -1339,6 +1339,7 @@ UniValue DeploymentInfo(const CBlockIndex* blockindex, const ChainstateManager&
     SoftForkDescPushBack(blockindex, softforks, chainman, Consensus::DEPLOYMENT_TAPROOT);
     SoftForkDescPushBack(blockindex, softforks, chainman, Consensus::DEPLOYMENT_CHECKTEMPLATEVERIFY);
     SoftForkDescPushBack(blockindex, softforks, chainman, Consensus::DEPLOYMENT_ANYPREVOUT);
+    SoftForkDescPushBack(blockindex, softforks, chainman, Consensus::DEPLOYMENT_64BYTETX);
     return softforks;
 }
 } // anon namespace

src/validation.cpp

@@ -2020,6 +2020,7 @@ unsigned int GetBlockScriptFlags(const CBlockIndex& block_index, const Chainstat
     return flags;
 }
 
+static bool ContextualBlockPreCheck(const CBlock& block, BlockValidationState& state, const ChainstateManager& chainman, const CBlockIndex* pindexPrev);
 
 static SteadyClock::duration time_check{};
 static SteadyClock::duration time_forks{};
@@ -2046,6 +2047,10 @@ bool Chainstate::ConnectBlock(const CBlock& block, BlockValidationState& state,
     const auto time_start{SteadyClock::now()};
     const CChainParams& params{m_chainman.GetParams()};
 
+    if (!ContextualBlockPreCheck(block, state, m_chainman, pindex->pprev)) {
+        return error("%s: Consensus::ContextualBlockPreCheck: %s", __func__, state.ToString());
+    }
+
     // Check it again in case a previous version let a bad block in
     // NOTE: We don't currently (re-)invoke ContextualCheckBlock() or
     // ContextualCheckBlockHeader() here. This means that if we add a new
@@ -3605,6 +3610,28 @@ static bool ContextualCheckBlockHeader(const CBlockHeader& block, BlockValidatio
     return true;
 }
 
+/**
+ * We want to enforce certain rules (specifically the 64-byte transaction check)
+ * before we call CheckBlock to check the merkle root. This allows us to enforce
+ * malleability checks which may interact with other CheckBlock checks.
+ * This is currently called both in AcceptBlock prior to writing the block to
+ * disk and in ConnectBlock.
+ * Note that as this is called before merkle-tree checks so must never return a
+ * non-malleable error condition.
+ */
+static bool ContextualBlockPreCheck(const CBlock& block, BlockValidationState& state, const ChainstateManager& chainman, const CBlockIndex* pindexPrev)
+{
+    if (DeploymentActiveAfter(pindexPrev, chainman, Consensus::DEPLOYMENT_64BYTETX)) {
+      for (const auto& tx : block.vtx) {
+            if (::GetSerializeSize(tx, PROTOCOL_VERSION | SERIALIZE_TRANSACTION_NO_WITNESS) == 64) {
+                return state.Invalid(BlockValidationResult::BLOCK_MUTATED, "64-byte-transaction", strprintf("size of tx %s without witness is 64 bytes", tx->GetHash().ToString()));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
 /** NOTE: This function is not currently invoked by ConnectBlock(), so we
  *  should consider upgrade issues if we change which consensus rules are
  *  enforced in this function (eg by adding a new consensus rule). See comment
@@ -3910,7 +3937,8 @@ bool Chainstate::AcceptBlock(const std::shared_ptr<const CBlock>& pblock, BlockV
 
     const CChainParams& params{m_chainman.GetParams()};
 
-    if (!CheckBlock(block, state, params.GetConsensus()) ||
+    if (!ContextualBlockPreCheck(block, state, m_chainman, pindex->pprev) ||
+        !CheckBlock(block, state, params.GetConsensus()) ||
         !ContextualCheckBlock(block, state, m_chainman, pindex->pprev)) {
         if (state.IsInvalid() && state.GetResult() != BlockValidationResult::BLOCK_MUTATED) {
             pindex->nStatus |= BLOCK_FAILED_VALID;
@@ -4018,6 +4046,8 @@ bool TestBlockValidity(BlockValidationState& state,
     // NOTE: CheckBlockHeader is called by CheckBlock
     if (!ContextualCheckBlockHeader(block, state, chainstate.m_blockman, chainstate.m_chainman, pindexPrev, adjusted_time_callback()))
         return error("%s: Consensus::ContextualCheckBlockHeader: %s", __func__, state.ToString());
+    if (!ContextualBlockPreCheck(block, state, chainstate.m_chainman, pindexPrev))
+        return error("%s: Consensus::ContextualBlockPreCheck: %s", __func__, state.ToString());
     if (!CheckBlock(block, state, chainparams.GetConsensus(), fCheckPOW, fCheckMerkleRoot))
         return error("%s: Consensus::CheckBlock: %s", __func__, state.ToString());
     if (!ContextualCheckBlock(block, state, chainstate.m_chainman, pindexPrev))
@@ -4140,6 +4170,11 @@ VerifyDBResult CVerifyDB::VerifyDB(
             return VerifyDBResult::CORRUPTED_BLOCK_DB;
         }
         // check level 1: verify block validity
+        if (nCheckLevel >= 1 && !ContextualBlockPreCheck(block, state, chainstate.m_chainman, pindex->pprev)) {
+            LogPrintf("Verification error: found bad block at %d due to soft-fork, hash=%s (%s)\n",
+                         pindex->nHeight, pindex->GetBlockHash().ToString(), state.ToString());
+            return VerifyDBResult::CORRUPTED_BLOCK_DB;
+        }
         if (nCheckLevel >= 1 && !CheckBlock(block, state, consensus_params)) {
             LogPrintf("Verification error: found bad block at %d, hash=%s (%s)\n",
                       pindex->nHeight, pindex->GetBlockHash().ToString(), state.ToString());

test/functional/data/invalid_txs.py

@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ class BadTxTemplate:
     # the mempool (i.e. does it violate policy but not consensus)?
     valid_in_block = False
 
+    # Do we need a signature for this tx
+    wants_signature = True
+
     def __init__(self, *, spend_tx=None, spend_block=None):
         self.spend_tx = spend_block.vtx[0] if spend_block else spend_tx
         self.spend_avail = sum(o.nValue for o in self.spend_tx.vout)
@@ -101,6 +104,7 @@ def get_tx(self):
 class InputMissing(BadTxTemplate):
     reject_reason = "bad-txns-vin-empty"
     expect_disconnect = True
+    wants_signature = False
 
     # We use a blank transaction here to make sure
     # it is interpreted as a non-witness transaction.
@@ -118,7 +122,9 @@ def get_tx(self):
 class SizeExactly64(BadTxTemplate):
     reject_reason = "tx-size-small"
     expect_disconnect = False
-    valid_in_block = True
+    valid_in_block = False
+    wants_signature = False
+    block_reject_reason = "64-byte-transaction"
 
     def get_tx(self):
         tx = CTransaction()
@@ -133,6 +139,7 @@ class SizeSub64(BadTxTemplate):
     reject_reason = "tx-size-small"
     expect_disconnect = False
     valid_in_block = True
+    wants_signature = False
 
     def get_tx(self):
         tx = CTransaction()

test/functional/feature_block.py

@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ def run_test(self):
             blockname = f"for_invalid.{TxTemplate.__name__}"
             self.next_block(blockname)
             badtx = template.get_tx()
-            if TxTemplate != invalid_txs.InputMissing:
+            if template.wants_signature:
                 self.sign_tx(badtx, attempt_spend_tx)
             badtx.rehash()
             badblock = self.update_block(blockname, [badtx])

test/functional/rpc_blockchain.py

@@ -250,6 +250,21 @@ def check_signalling_deploymentinfo_result(self, gdi_result, height, blockhash):
                 'active': True,
                 'height': 0,
             },
+            '64bytetx': {
+                'type': 'heretical',
+                'heretical': {
+                    'bip': 0,
+                    'bip_version': 1,
+                    'start_time': -1,
+                    'timeout': 0x7fffffffffffffff,  # testdummy does not have a timeout so is set to the max int64 value
+                    'period': 144,
+                    'status': 'active',
+                    'status_next': 'active',
+                    'since': 0,
+                },
+                'active': True,
+                'height': 0,
+            },
           }
         })