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-rw-r--r--les/handler.go4
-rw-r--r--les/protocol.go8
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/les/handler.go b/les/handler.go
index d9d07f014..ea2ec3324 100644
--- a/les/handler.go
+++ b/les/handler.go
@@ -442,7 +442,9 @@ func (pm *ProtocolManager) handleMsg(p *peer) error {
if err := msg.Decode(&req); err != nil {
return errResp(ErrDecode, "%v: %v", msg, err)
}
-
+ if err := req.sanityCheck(); err != nil {
+ return err
+ }
update, size := req.Update.decode()
if p.rejectUpdate(size) {
return errResp(ErrRequestRejected, "")
diff --git a/les/protocol.go b/les/protocol.go
index ebf581473..5fdf32b74 100644
--- a/les/protocol.go
+++ b/les/protocol.go
@@ -149,6 +149,14 @@ type announceData struct {
Update keyValueList
}
+// sanityCheck verifies that the values are reasonable, as a DoS protection
+func (a *announceData) sanityCheck() error {
+ if tdlen := a.Td.BitLen(); tdlen > 100 {
+ return fmt.Errorf("too large block TD: bitlen %d", tdlen)
+ }
+ return nil
+}
+
// sign adds a signature to the block announcement by the given privKey
func (a *announceData) sign(privKey *ecdsa.PrivateKey) {
rlp, _ := rlp.EncodeToBytes(announceBlock{a.Hash, a.Number, a.Td})