fix: resolve race condition in update_from_tx (PM-19905)#767
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fix: resolve race condition in update_from_tx (PM-19905)#767
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Race condition fix in update_from_tx (Least Authority Issue AJ) Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
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Summary
Fix a read-modify-write race condition in
LedgerContext::update_from_txwhere the ledger state is cloned outside the mutex then written back under a separate lock, enabling concurrent callers to overwrite each other's updates.🎫 Ticket 📐 Engineering
Motivation
The
tx_contextfunction clonesledger_stateunder the mutex then immediately releases it. The subsequentupdate_from_txmodifies the clone and re-acquires the mutex to write back, creating a window where concurrent callers can clone the same baseline, compute divergent results, and overwrite each other. This was identified as Issue AJ in the Least Authority audit report (October 2025), rated Low severity but potentially causing lost updates, inconsistentSyntheticCostaccumulation, and wallet/ledger divergence under concurrent toolkit usage.Changes
Implementation (coming next):
update_from_txto acquire theledger_statemutex at method entry and hold through write-backself.tx_context()call with inlineTransactionContextconstruction from the held guardtx_context()public method for backward compatibility📌 Submission Checklist
🔱 Fork Strategy
🗹 TODO before merging