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authorAndrew Chow <achow101-github@achow101.com>2018-02-20 16:08:36 -0500
committerAndrew Chow <achow101-github@achow101.com>2018-08-09 11:27:39 -0700
commitd7637c5a3f1d62922594cdfb6272e30dacf60ce9 (patch)
tree7b1647fd1c1e26914c1a7a41a7e37ee055df9ce4 /src/wallet/wallet.cpp
parent5d296ac810755dc47f105eb95b52b7e2bcb8aea8 (diff)
downloadbitcoin-d7637c5a3f1d62922594cdfb6272e30dacf60ce9.tar.xz
After encrypting the wallet, reload the database environment
Calls ReloadDbEnv after encrypting the wallet so that the database environment is flushed, closed, and reopened to prevent unencrypted keys from being saved on disk.
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diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
index 597d108aef..61d0686228 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
@@ -719,6 +719,11 @@ bool CWallet::EncryptWallet(const SecureString& strWalletPassphrase)
// bits of the unencrypted private key in slack space in the database file.
database->Rewrite();
+ // BDB seems to have a bad habit of writing old data into
+ // slack space in .dat files; that is bad if the old data is
+ // unencrypted private keys. So:
+ database->ReloadDbEnv();
+
}
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