Merge pull request #1111 from obscuren/neg_tx_check

core: check negative value transactions. Closes #1109

4 files changed, 20 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/core/chain_manager.go b/core/chain_manager.go
index 2b86bb794..ec479db25 100644
--- a/core/chain_manager.go
+++ b/core/chain_manager.go
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ out:
 
 func blockErr(block *types.Block, err error) {
 	h := block.Header()
-	glog.V(logger.Error).Infof("INVALID block #%v (%x)\n", h.Number, h.Hash().Bytes())
+	glog.V(logger.Error).Infof("Bad block #%v (%x)\n", h.Number, h.Hash().Bytes())
 	glog.V(logger.Error).Infoln(err)
 	glog.V(logger.Debug).Infoln(block)
 }
diff --git a/core/transaction_pool.go b/core/transaction_pool.go
index e68f7406a..c896488d1 100644
--- a/core/transaction_pool.go
+++ b/core/transaction_pool.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ var (
 	ErrInsufficientFunds  = errors.New("Insufficient funds for gas * price + value")
 	ErrIntrinsicGas       = errors.New("Intrinsic gas too low")
 	ErrGasLimit           = errors.New("Exceeds block gas limit")
+	ErrNegativeValue      = errors.New("Negative value")
 )
 
 const txPoolQueueSize = 50
@@ -125,6 +126,10 @@ func (pool *TxPool) ValidateTransaction(tx *types.Transaction) error {
 		return ErrGasLimit
 	}
 
+	if tx.Amount.Cmp(common.Big0) < 0 {
+		return ErrNegativeValue
+	}
+
 	total := new(big.Int).Mul(tx.Price, tx.GasLimit)
 	total.Add(total, tx.Value())
 	if pool.currentState().GetBalance(from).Cmp(total) < 0 {
diff --git a/core/transaction_pool_test.go b/core/transaction_pool_test.go
index 49224be5b..d6ea4a2a9 100644
--- a/core/transaction_pool_test.go
+++ b/core/transaction_pool_test.go
@@ -138,3 +138,17 @@ func TestRemoveTx(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error("expected txs to be 0, got", len(pool.txs))
 	}
 }
+
+func TestNegativeValue(t *testing.T) {
+	pool, key := setupTxPool()
+
+	tx := transaction()
+	tx.Value().Set(big.NewInt(-1))
+	tx.SignECDSA(key)
+	from, _ := tx.From()
+	pool.currentState().AddBalance(from, big.NewInt(1))
+	err := pool.Add(tx)
+	if err != ErrNegativeValue {
+		t.Error("expected", ErrNegativeValue, "got", err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/eth/sync.go b/eth/sync.go
index d93f83a78..cf549f852 100644
--- a/eth/sync.go
+++ b/eth/sync.go
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ func (pm *ProtocolManager) processBlocks() error {
 		// Try to inset the blocks, drop the originating peer if there's an error
 		index, err := pm.chainman.InsertChain(raw)
 		if err != nil {
-			glog.V(logger.Warn).Infof("Block insertion failed: %v", err)
 			pm.removePeer(blocks[index].OriginPeer)
 			pm.downloader.Cancel()
 			return err