core, core/types: refactored tx chain id checking (#3257)

* core, core/types: refactored tx chain id checking

Refactored explicit chain id checking in to the Sender deriviation method

* cmd/utils, params: define chain ids

cmd/utils/flags.go

@@ -906,6 +906,13 @@ func MakeChainConfigFromDb(ctx *cli.Context, db ethdb.Database) *params.ChainCon
 				config.EIP158Block = params.MainNetSpuriousDragon
 			}
 		}
+		if config.ChainId.BitLen() == 0 {
+			if ctx.GlobalBool(TestNetFlag.Name) {
+				config.ChainId = params.TestNetChainID
+			} else {
+				config.ChainId = params.MainNetChainID
+			}
+		}
 		config.DAOForkSupport = true
 	}
 

core/blockchain_test.go

@@ -1226,11 +1226,8 @@ func TestEIP155Transition(t *testing.T) {
 			block.AddTx(tx)
 		}
 	})
-	errExp := "Invalid transaction chain id. Current chain id: 1 tx chain id: 2"
 	_, err := blockchain.InsertChain(blocks)
-	if err == nil {
+	if err != types.ErrInvalidChainId {
-		t.Error("expected transaction chain id error")
+		t.Error("expected error:", types.ErrInvalidChainId)
-	} else if err.Error() != errExp {
-		t.Error("expected:", errExp, "got:", err)
 	}
 }

core/state_processor.go

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 package core
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"math/big"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/state"
@@ -73,10 +72,6 @@ func (p *StateProcessor) Process(block *types.Block, statedb *state.StateDB, cfg
 	}
 	// Iterate over and process the individual transactions
 	for i, tx := range block.Transactions() {
-		if tx.Protected() && tx.ChainId().Cmp(p.config.ChainId) != 0 {
-			return nil, nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("Invalid transaction chain id. Current chain id: %v tx chain id: %v", p.config.ChainId, tx.ChainId())
-		}
-
 		statedb.StartRecord(tx.Hash(), block.Hash(), i)
 		receipt, logs, _, err := ApplyTransaction(p.config, p.bc, gp, statedb, header, tx, totalUsedGas, cfg)
 		if err != nil {

core/types/transaction_signing.go

@@ -21,13 +21,14 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"math/big"
-	"reflect"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
 )
 
+var ErrInvalidChainId = errors.New("invalid chaid id for signer")
+
 // sigCache is used to cache the derived sender and contains
 // the signer used to derive it.
 type sigCache struct {
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ func Sender(signer Signer, tx *Transaction) (common.Address, error) {
 		// If the signer used to derive from in a previous
 		// call is not the same as used current, invalidate
 		// the cache.
-		if reflect.TypeOf(sigCache.signer) == reflect.TypeOf(signer) {
+		if sigCache.signer.Equal(signer) {
 			return sigCache.from, nil
 		}
 	}
@@ -104,6 +105,8 @@ type Signer interface {
 	SignECDSA(tx *Transaction, prv *ecdsa.PrivateKey) (*Transaction, error)
 	// WithSignature returns a copy of the transaction with the given signature
 	WithSignature(tx *Transaction, sig []byte) (*Transaction, error)
+	// Checks for equality on the signers
+	Equal(Signer) bool
 }
 
 // EIP155Transaction implements TransactionInterface using the
@@ -121,6 +124,11 @@ func NewEIP155Signer(chainId *big.Int) EIP155Signer {
 	}
 }
 
+func (s EIP155Signer) Equal(s2 Signer) bool {
+	eip155, ok := s2.(EIP155Signer)
+	return ok && eip155.chainId.Cmp(s.chainId) == 0
+}
+
 func (s EIP155Signer) SignECDSA(tx *Transaction, prv *ecdsa.PrivateKey) (*Transaction, error) {
 	return SignECDSA(s, tx, prv)
 }
@@ -131,6 +139,10 @@ func (s EIP155Signer) PublicKey(tx *Transaction) ([]byte, error) {
 		return (HomesteadSigner{}).PublicKey(tx)
 	}
 
+	if tx.ChainId().Cmp(s.chainId) != 0 {
+		return nil, ErrInvalidChainId
+	}
+
 	V := normaliseV(s, tx.data.V)
 	if !crypto.ValidateSignatureValues(V, tx.data.R, tx.data.S, true) {
 		return nil, ErrInvalidSig
@@ -200,6 +212,11 @@ func (s EIP155Signer) SigECDSA(tx *Transaction, prv *ecdsa.PrivateKey) (*Transac
 // homestead rules.
 type HomesteadSigner struct{ FrontierSigner }
 
+func (s HomesteadSigner) Equal(s2 Signer) bool {
+	_, ok := s2.(HomesteadSigner)
+	return ok
+}
+
 // WithSignature returns a new transaction with the given snature.
 // This snature needs to be formatted as described in the yellow paper (v+27).
 func (hs HomesteadSigner) WithSignature(tx *Transaction, sig []byte) (*Transaction, error) {
@@ -251,6 +268,11 @@ func (hs HomesteadSigner) PublicKey(tx *Transaction) ([]byte, error) {
 
 type FrontierSigner struct{}
 
+func (s FrontierSigner) Equal(s2 Signer) bool {
+	_, ok := s2.(FrontierSigner)
+	return ok
+}
+
 // WithSignature returns a new transaction with the given snature.
 // This snature needs to be formatted as described in the yellow paper (v+27).
 func (fs FrontierSigner) WithSignature(tx *Transaction, sig []byte) (*Transaction, error) {

core/types/transaction_signing_test.go

@@ -114,3 +114,25 @@ func TestEIP155SigningVitalik(t *testing.T) {
 
 	}
 }
+
+func TestChainId(t *testing.T) {
+	key, _ := defaultTestKey()
+
+	tx := NewTransaction(0, common.Address{}, new(big.Int), new(big.Int), new(big.Int), nil)
+
+	var err error
+	tx, err = tx.SignECDSA(NewEIP155Signer(big.NewInt(1)), key)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	_, err = Sender(NewEIP155Signer(big.NewInt(2)), tx)
+	if err != ErrInvalidChainId {
+		t.Error("expected error:", ErrInvalidChainId)
+	}
+
+	_, err = Sender(NewEIP155Signer(big.NewInt(1)), tx)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error("expected no error")
+	}
+}

params/util.go

@@ -37,4 +37,7 @@ var (
 
 	TestNetSpuriousDragon = big.NewInt(3000000)
 	MainNetSpuriousDragon = big.NewInt(3000000)
+
+	TestNetChainID = big.NewInt(2) // Test net default chain ID
+	MainNetChainID = big.NewInt(1) // main net default chain ID
 )