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diff --git a/src/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp
index 6a26bf9baa..aec878891d 100644
--- a/src/validation.cpp
+++ b/src/validation.cpp
@@ -565,6 +565,13 @@ static bool CheckInputsFromMempoolAndCache(const CTransaction& tx, CValidationSt
return CheckInputs(tx, state, view, true, flags, cacheSigStore, true, txdata);
}
+/**
+ * @param[out] coins_to_uncache Return any outpoints which were not previously present in the
+ * coins cache, but were added as a result of validating the tx
+ * for mempool acceptance. This allows the caller to optionally
+ * remove the cache additions if the associated transaction ends
+ * up being rejected by the mempool.
+ */
static bool AcceptToMemoryPoolWorker(const CChainParams& chainparams, CTxMemPool& pool, CValidationState& state, const CTransactionRef& ptx,
bool* pfMissingInputs, int64_t nAcceptTime, std::list<CTransactionRef>* plTxnReplaced,
bool bypass_limits, const CAmount& nAbsurdFee, std::vector<COutPoint>& coins_to_uncache, bool test_accept) EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(cs_main)
@@ -660,6 +667,10 @@ static bool AcceptToMemoryPoolWorker(const CChainParams& chainparams, CTxMemPool
if (!pcoinsTip->HaveCoinInCache(txin.prevout)) {
coins_to_uncache.push_back(txin.prevout);
}
+
+ // Note: this call may add txin.prevout to the coins cache
+ // (pcoinsTip.cacheCoins) by way of FetchCoin(). It should be removed
+ // later (via coins_to_uncache) if this tx turns out to be invalid.
if (!view.HaveCoin(txin.prevout)) {
// Are inputs missing because we already have the tx?
for (size_t out = 0; out < tx.vout.size(); out++) {
@@ -981,6 +992,11 @@ static bool AcceptToMemoryPoolWithTime(const CChainParams& chainparams, CTxMemPo
std::vector<COutPoint> coins_to_uncache;
bool res = AcceptToMemoryPoolWorker(chainparams, pool, state, tx, pfMissingInputs, nAcceptTime, plTxnReplaced, bypass_limits, nAbsurdFee, coins_to_uncache, test_accept);
if (!res) {
+ // Remove coins that were not present in the coins cache before calling ATMPW;
+ // this is to prevent memory DoS in case we receive a large number of
+ // invalid transactions that attempt to overrun the in-memory coins cache
+ // (`CCoinsViewCache::cacheCoins`).
+
for (const COutPoint& hashTx : coins_to_uncache)
pcoinsTip->Uncache(hashTx);
}