transient storage consensus issue, Cancun

[namiloh]

Something related to TSTORE

Original finding

INFO [03-21|13:19:35.821] Shortcutting through abort
Consensus error
Testcase: /fuzztmp/00024752-mixed-1.json
- gethbatch-0: ./gethbatch-0-output.jsonl
  - command: /gethvm --json --noreturndata --nomemory statetest
- eelsbatch-0: ./eelsbatch-0-output.jsonl
  - command: /ethereum-spec-evm statetest --json --noreturndata --nomemory
- nethbatch-0: ./nethbatch-0-output.jsonl
  - command: /nethtest -x --trace -m
- besubatch-0: ./besubatch-0-output.jsonl
  - command: /evmtool/bin/evm --nomemory --notime --json state-test
- erigonbatch-0: ./erigonbatch-0-output.jsonl
  - command: /erigon_vm --json --noreturndata --nomemory statetest
- nimbus-0: ./nimbus-0-output.jsonl
  - command: /nimbvm --json --noreturndata --nomemory --nostorage /fuzztmp/00024752-mixed-1.json
- evmone-0: ./evmone-0-output.jsonl
  - command: /evmone --trace /fuzztmp/00024752-mixed-1.json
- revm-0: ./revm-0-output.jsonl
  - command: /revme statetest --json /fuzztmp/00024752-mixed-1.json
-------
prev:           both: {"depth":1,"pc":290,"gas":248898,"op":92,"opName":"TLOAD","stack":["0x4"]}
diff:    gethbatch-0: {"depth":1,"pc":291,"gas":248798,"op":80,"opName":"POP","stack":["0x0"]}
diff:    eelsbatch-0: {"depth":1,"pc":291,"gas":248798,"op":80,"opName":"POP","stack":["0x1"]}
INFO [03-21|13:19:36.110] Waiting for processes to exit

Explainer: they were both in agreement up to TLOAD, but in the next op they differed in the stack. I have verified that eels is the odd one out, the others agree with geth.

Here is the minimized test:

{
  "00024752-mixed-1": {
    "env": {
      "currentCoinbase": "b94f5374fce5edbc8e2a8697c15331677e6ebf0b",
      "currentDifficulty": "0x200000",
      "currentRandom": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000020000",
      "currentGasLimit": "0x26e1f476fe1e22",
      "currentNumber": "0x1",
      "currentTimestamp": "0x3e8",
      "previousHash": "0x044852b2a670ade5407e78fb2863c51de9fcb96542a07186fe3aeda6bb8a116d",
      "currentBaseFee": "0x10"
    },
    "pre": {
      "0x00000000000000000000000000000000000000f1": {
        "code": "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",
        "storage": {
          "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000007"
        },
        "balance": "0x0",
        "nonce": "0x0"
      },
      "0xa94f5374fce5edbc8e2a8697c15331677e6ebf0b": {
        "code": "0x",
        "storage": {},
        "balance": "0xffffffffff",
        "nonce": "0x0"
      }
    },
    "transaction": {
      "gasPrice": "0x10",
      "nonce": "0x0",
      "to": "0x00000000000000000000000000000000000000f1",
      "data": [
        "0x54209a9947898df95aec05ca1f6cb1d561b4211196025ee52cf812152c62e9b6aa348fadd9ac1095"
      ],
      "gasLimit": [
        "0x12c5f"
      ],
      "value": [
        "0x"
      ],
      "sender": "0xa94f5374fce5edbc8e2a8697c15331677e6ebf0b",
      "secretKey": "0x45a915e4d060149eb4365960e6a7a45f334393093061116b197e3240065ff2d8"
    },
    "out": "0x",
    "post": {
      "Cancun": [
        {
          "hash": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
          "logs": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
          "indexes": {
            "data": 0,
            "gas": 0,
            "value": 0
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Geth ends with

{"pc":287,"op":80,"gas":"0x69","gasCost":"0x2","memSize":160,"stack":["0x6981f674fbaf9d6f293eaffc5855402eb64b8cbd"],"depth":1,"refund":0,"opName":"POP"}
{"pc":288,"op":96,"gas":"0x67","gasCost":"0x3","memSize":160,"stack":[],"depth":1,"refund":0,"opName":"PUSH1"}
{"pc":290,"op":92,"gas":"0x64","gasCost":"0x64","memSize":160,"stack":["0x4"],"depth":1,"refund":0,"opName":"TLOAD"}
{"pc":291,"op":80,"gas":"0x0","gasCost":"0x2","memSize":160,"stack":["0x0"],"depth":1,"refund":0,"opName":"POP","error":"out of gas"}
{"output":"","gasUsed":"0xd7d7","error":"out of gas"}
{"stateRoot": "0x7bfb83635d46a6250419c942b189a6dec350d140ec57cf6cb8030a4d26747441"}

eels ends with

{"pc":286,"op":80,"gas":"0x6b","gasCost":"0x2","memSize":160,"stack":["0x6981f674fbaf9d6f293eaffc5855402eb64b8cbd","0x0"],"depth":1,"refund":0,"opName":"POP"}
{"pc":287,"op":80,"gas":"0x69","gasCost":"0x2","memSize":160,"stack":["0x6981f674fbaf9d6f293eaffc5855402eb64b8cbd"],"depth":1,"refund":0,"opName":"POP"}
{"pc":288,"op":96,"gas":"0x67","gasCost":"0x3","memSize":160,"stack":[],"depth":1,"refund":0,"opName":"PUSH1"}
{"pc":290,"op":92,"gas":"0x64","gasCost":"0x64","memSize":160,"stack":["0x4"],"depth":1,"refund":0,"opName":"TLOAD"}
{"pc":291,"op":80,"gas":"0x0","gasCost":"0x2","memSize":160,"stack":["0x1"],"depth":1,"refund":0,"opName":"POP","error":"OutOfGasError"}
{"output":"","gasUsed":"0xd7d7","error":"OutOfGasError"}
{"stateRoot": "0x7bfb83635d46a6250419c942b189a6dec350d140ec57cf6cb8030a4d26747441"}

---

Note, I don't think the out-of-error exit is related. Before minimizing the testcase:

geth

{"pc":287,"op":80,"gas":"0x3cc47","gasCost":"0x2","memSize":160,"stack":["0x6981f674fbaf9d6f293eaffc5855402eb64b8cbd"],"depth":1,"refund":0,"opName":"POP"}
{"pc":288,"op":96,"gas":"0x3cc45","gasCost":"0x3","memSize":160,"stack":[],"depth":1,"refund":0,"opName":"PUSH1"}
{"pc":290,"op":92,"gas":"0x3cc42","gasCost":"0x64","memSize":160,"stack":["0x4"],"depth":1,"refund":0,"opName":"TLOAD"}
{"pc":291,"op":80,"gas":"0x3cbde","gasCost":"0x2","memSize":160,"stack":["0x0"],"depth":1,"refund":0,"opName":"POP"}
{"pc":292,"op":96,"gas":"0x3cbdc","gasCost":"0x3","memSize":160,"stack":[],"depth":1,"refund":0,"opName":"PUSH1"}

eels

{"pc":287,"op":80,"gas":"0x3cc47","gasCost":"0x2","memSize":160,"stack":["0x6981f674fbaf9d6f293eaffc5855402eb64b8cbd"],"depth":1,"refund":0,"opName":"POP"}
{"pc":288,"op":96,"gas":"0x3cc45","gasCost":"0x3","memSize":160,"stack":[],"depth":1,"refund":0,"opName":"PUSH1"}
{"pc":290,"op":92,"gas":"0x3cc42","gasCost":"0x64","memSize":160,"stack":["0x4"],"depth":1,"refund":0,"opName":"TLOAD"}
{"pc":291,"op":80,"gas":"0x3cbde","gasCost":"0x2","memSize":160,"stack":["0x1"],"depth":1,"refund":0,"opName":"POP"}
{"pc":292,"op":96,"gas":"0x3cbdc","gasCost":"0x3","memSize":160,"stack":[],"depth":1,"refund":0,"opName":"PUSH1"}

[holiman]

Issue 911 too. Nice

[holiman]

The original TSTORE happens via a delegatecall, btw

[holiman]

Oops, wrong button

[gurukamath]

@holiman should be fixed in #912. Can be closed unless there are other outstanding issues.

[holiman]

I've tried to repro this, in order to produce a statetest with a differing stateroot (so we can add it to the reference-tests). The naive way, is to

1. A invokes B
2. B does a tstore on a value
3. B exits with error, e.g. revert
4. A does a tload on the value, and
5. puts it into the state via sstore.

However, I seem to be missing some nuance, because this simple flow does not trigger this. Could you please help me figure out what more is needed to trigger it ?

[gurukamath]

I've tried to repro this, in order to produce a statetest with a differing stateroot (so we can add it to the reference-tests).

I think the issue was that when a call was successful, we were not discarding the relevant snapshot (backup) of transient storage. So, when the parent call of the above mentioned call failed and we used the backups to restore, it was restoring the incorrect backup. So here is what I would suggest.

1. A invokes B using callcode
2. B does a tstore on a value and then invokes C
3. C is successful
4. B then fails with OutOfGasError
5. A then does a tload on the value
6. Puts the value from tload into state via sstore

[gurukamath]

@holiman Starting with the original test from the fuzzer, I have put together a test that does this and stores the differentiating value to state using SSTORE. Hope this helps.

env

{
  "currentCoinbase": "b94f5374fce5edbc8e2a8697c15331677e6ebf0b",
  "currentDifficulty": "0x0",
  "currentRandom": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000020000",
  "currentGasLimit": "0x26e1f476fe1e22",
  "currentNumber": "0x1",
  "currentTimestamp": "0x3e8",
  "previousHash": "0x044852b2a670ade5407e78fb2863c51de9fcb96542a07186fe3aeda6bb8a116d",
  "currentBaseFee": "0x10",
  "withdrawals": [],
  "parentBeaconBlockRoot": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
  "currentExcessBlobGas": "0x0"
}

Transaction

[
  {
    "gasPrice": "0x10",
    "nonce": "0x0",
    "to": "0x00000000000000000000000000000000000000f1",
    "input": "0x54209a9947898df95aec05ca1f6cb1d561b4211196025ee52cf812152c62e9b6aa348fadd9ac1095",
    "gas": "0x12c5f",
    "value": "0x0",
    "sender": "0xa94f5374fce5edbc8e2a8697c15331677e6ebf0b",
    "secretKey": "0x45a915e4d060149eb4365960e6a7a45f334393093061116b197e3240065ff2d8",
    "r": "0x0",
    "s": "0x0",
    "v": "0x0"
  }
]

alloc

{
  "0x00000000000000000000000000000000000000f1": {
    "code": "0x736981f674fbaf9d6f293eaffc5855402eb64b8cbd5f5f5f5f5f85610924f260045c600355",
    "storage": {
      "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000007"
    },
    "balance": "0x0",
    "nonce": "0x0"
  },
  "0x6981f674fbaf9d6f293eaffc5855402eb64b8cbd": {
    "nonce": "0x1",
    "balance": "0x0",
    "code": "0x600160045d5f5f5f5f5f6006610649f16001600255"
  },
  "0xa94f5374fce5edbc8e2a8697c15331677e6ebf0b": {
    "code": "0x",
    "balance": "0xffffffffff",
    "nonce": "0x0"
  }
}

[holiman]

Thanks. Yeah, I had tried that too, but didn't work. Turns out that I had mismatched 1/4 value vs slot on the tload :)