CVE-2022-36025
Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types in Besu Ethereum Client
In short
Besu Ethereum client incorrectly handles gas calculations in contract calls due to a numeric type conversion error, allowing transactions to execute with more gas than requested or causing blockchain consensus failures across different Ethereum implementations.
Technical detail
A signed/unsigned 32-bit integer conversion flaw in CALL/DELEGATECALL gas computation causes incorrect gas values to be passed to called contracts and returned after execution. This results in state root mismatches across multiple EVM implementations (consensus failure) or excessive gas consumption in single-implementation networks, affecting transaction validity and network integrity.
Summary generated and translated by AI from the official description.
Besu is a Java-based Ethereum client. In versions newer than 22.1.3 and prior to 22.7.1, Besu is subject to an Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types. An error in 32 bit signed and unsigned types in the calculation of available gas in the CALL operations (including DELEGATECALL) results in incorrect gas being passed into called contracts and incorrect gas being returned after call execution. Where the amount of gas makes a difference in the success or failure, or if the gas is a negative 64 bit value, the execution will result in a different state root than expected, resulting in a consensus failure in networks with multiple EVM implementations. In networks with a single EVM implementation this can be used to execute with significantly more gas than then transaction requested, possibly exceeding gas limitations. This issue is patched in version 22.7.1. As a workaround, reverting to version 22.1.3 or earlier will prevent incorrect execution.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Affected products
hyperledger · besuWant to know if your infrastructure is exposed to this?
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