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-rw-r--r--src/net_processing.cpp15
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/net_processing.cpp b/src/net_processing.cpp
index c6eeeabbcc..5f1e7318f3 100644
--- a/src/net_processing.cpp
+++ b/src/net_processing.cpp
@@ -190,6 +190,15 @@ namespace {
* million to make it highly unlikely for users to have issues with this
* filter.
*
+ * We only need to add wtxids to this filter. For non-segwit
+ * transactions, the txid == wtxid, so this only prevents us from
+ * re-downloading non-segwit transactions when communicating with
+ * non-wtxidrelay peers -- which is important for avoiding malleation
+ * attacks that could otherwise interfere with transaction relay from
+ * non-wtxidrelay peers. For communicating with wtxidrelay peers, having
+ * the reject filter store wtxids is exactly what we want to avoid
+ * redownload of a rejected transaction.
+ *
* Memory used: 1.3 MB
*/
std::unique_ptr<CRollingBloomFilter> recentRejects GUARDED_BY(cs_main);
@@ -2033,6 +2042,7 @@ void static ProcessOrphanTx(CConnman& connman, CTxMemPool& mempool, std::set<uin
// Probably non-standard or insufficient fee
LogPrint(BCLog::MEMPOOL, " removed orphan tx %s\n", orphanHash.ToString());
if (orphan_state.GetResult() != TxValidationResult::TX_WITNESS_STRIPPED) {
+ // We can add the wtxid of this transaction to our reject filter.
// Do not add txids of witness transactions or witness-stripped
// transactions to the filter, as they can have been malleated;
// adding such txids to the reject filter would potentially
@@ -3004,11 +3014,16 @@ void ProcessMessage(
LogPrint(BCLog::MEMPOOL, "not keeping orphan with rejected parents %s\n",tx.GetHash().ToString());
// We will continue to reject this tx since it has rejected
// parents so avoid re-requesting it from other peers.
+ // Here we add both the txid and the wtxid, as we know that
+ // regardless of what witness is provided, we will not accept
+ // this, so we don't need to allow for redownload of this txid
+ // from any of our non-wtxidrelay peers.
recentRejects->insert(tx.GetHash());
recentRejects->insert(tx.GetWitnessHash());
}
} else {
if (state.GetResult() != TxValidationResult::TX_WITNESS_STRIPPED) {
+ // We can add the wtxid of this transaction to our reject filter.
// Do not add txids of witness transactions or witness-stripped
// transactions to the filter, as they can have been malleated;
// adding such txids to the reject filter would potentially