Merge #18466: rpc: fix invalid parameter error codes for {sign,verify}message RPCs

a5cfb40e27bd281354bd0d14d91f83efb6bfce9f doc: release note for changed {sign,verify}message error codes (Sebastian Falbesoner)
9e399b9b2d386b28c0c0ff59fc75d31dbec31d9c test: check parameter validity in rpc_signmessage.py (Sebastian Falbesoner)
e62f0c71f10def124b1c1219d790cef246a32c3e rpc: fix {sign,message}verify RPC errors for invalid address/signature (Sebastian Falbesoner)

Pull request description:

  RPCs that accept address parameters usually return the intended error code `RPC_INVALID_ADDRESS_OR_KEY` (-5) if a passed address is invalid. The two exceptions to the rule are `signmessage` and `verifymessage`, which return `RPC_TYPE_ERROR` (-3) in this case instead. Oddly enough `verifymessage` returns `RPC_INVALID_ADDRESS_OR_KEY` when the _signature_ was malformed, where `RPC_TYPE_ERROR` would be more approriate.

  This PR fixes these inaccuracies and as well adds tests to `rpc_signmessage.py` that check the parameter validity and error codes for the related RPCs `signmessagewithprivkey`, `signmessage` and `verifymessage`.

  master branch:
  ```
  $ ./bitcoin-cli signmessage invalid_addr message
  error code: -3
  error message:
  Invalid address
  $ ./bitcoin-cli verifymessage invalid_addr dummy_sig message
  error code: -3
  error message:
  Invalid address
  $ ./bitcoin-cli verifymessage 12c6DSiU4Rq3P4ZxziKxzrL5LmMBrzjrJX invalid_sig message
  error code: -5
  error message:
  Malformed base64 encoding
  ```
  PR branch:
  ```
  $ ./bitcoin-cli signmessage invalid_addr message
  error code: -5
  error message:
  Invalid address
  $ ./bitcoin-cli verifymessage invalid_addr dummy_sig message
  error code: -5
  error message:
  Invalid address
  $ ./bitcoin-cli verifymessage 12c6DSiU4Rq3P4ZxziKxzrL5LmMBrzjrJX invalid_sig message
  error code: -3
  error message:
  Malformed base64 encoding
  ```

ACKs for top commit:
  laanwj:
    Code review ACK a5cfb40e27bd281354bd0d14d91f83efb6bfce9f
  meshcollider:
    utACK a5cfb40e27bd281354bd0d14d91f83efb6bfce9f

Tree-SHA512: bae0c4595a2603cea66090f6033785601837b45fd853052312b3a39d8520566c581994b68f693dd247c22586c638c3b7689c849085cce548cc36b9bf0e119d2d

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/rpc/misc.cpp b/src/rpc/misc.cpp
index 38a0bddddb..143be1274e 100644
--- a/src/rpc/misc.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/misc.cpp
@@ -305,11 +305,11 @@ static RPCHelpMan verifymessage()
 
     switch (MessageVerify(strAddress, strSign, strMessage)) {
     case MessageVerificationResult::ERR_INVALID_ADDRESS:
-        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_TYPE_ERROR, "Invalid address");
+        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_ADDRESS_OR_KEY, "Invalid address");
     case MessageVerificationResult::ERR_ADDRESS_NO_KEY:
         throw JSONRPCError(RPC_TYPE_ERROR, "Address does not refer to key");
     case MessageVerificationResult::ERR_MALFORMED_SIGNATURE:
-        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_ADDRESS_OR_KEY, "Malformed base64 encoding");
+        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_TYPE_ERROR, "Malformed base64 encoding");
     case MessageVerificationResult::ERR_PUBKEY_NOT_RECOVERED:
     case MessageVerificationResult::ERR_NOT_SIGNED:
         return false;