util: Return empty vector on invalid hex encoding

src/test/util_tests.cpp

@@ -140,42 +140,52 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(parse_hex)
     // Basic test vector
     result = ParseHex("04678afdb0fe5548271967f1a67130b7105cd6a828e03909a67962e0ea1f61deb649f6bc3f4cef38c4f35504e51ec112de5c384df7ba0b8d578a4c702b6bf11d5f");
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL_COLLECTIONS(result.begin(), result.end(), expected.begin(), expected.end());
+    result = TryParseHex<uint8_t>("04678afdb0fe5548271967f1a67130b7105cd6a828e03909a67962e0ea1f61deb649f6bc3f4cef38c4f35504e51ec112de5c384df7ba0b8d578a4c702b6bf11d5f").value();
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL_COLLECTIONS(result.begin(), result.end(), expected.begin(), expected.end());
 
     // Spaces between bytes must be supported
     result = ParseHex("12 34 56 78");
     BOOST_CHECK(result.size() == 4 && result[0] == 0x12 && result[1] == 0x34 && result[2] == 0x56 && result[3] == 0x78);
+    result = TryParseHex<uint8_t>("12 34 56 78").value();
+    BOOST_CHECK(result.size() == 4 && result[0] == 0x12 && result[1] == 0x34 && result[2] == 0x56 && result[3] == 0x78);
 
     // Leading space must be supported (used in BerkeleyEnvironment::Salvage)
     result = ParseHex(" 89 34 56 78");
     BOOST_CHECK(result.size() == 4 && result[0] == 0x89 && result[1] == 0x34 && result[2] == 0x56 && result[3] == 0x78);
+    result = TryParseHex<uint8_t>(" 89 34 56 78").value();
+    BOOST_CHECK(result.size() == 4 && result[0] == 0x89 && result[1] == 0x34 && result[2] == 0x56 && result[3] == 0x78);
 
     // Mixed case and spaces are supported
     result = ParseHex("     Ff        aA    ");
     BOOST_CHECK(result.size() == 2 && result[0] == 0xff && result[1] == 0xaa);
+    result = TryParseHex<uint8_t>("     Ff        aA    ").value();
+    BOOST_CHECK(result.size() == 2 && result[0] == 0xff && result[1] == 0xaa);
 
     // Empty string is supported
     result = ParseHex("");
     BOOST_CHECK(result.size() == 0);
+    result = TryParseHex<uint8_t>("").value();
+    BOOST_CHECK(result.size() == 0);
 
-    // Spaces between nibbles is treated as end
+    // Spaces between nibbles is treated as invalid
-    result = ParseHex("AAF F");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(ParseHex("AAF F").size(), 0);
-    BOOST_CHECK(result.size() == 1 && result[0] == 0xaa);
+    BOOST_CHECK(!TryParseHex("AAF F").has_value());
 
-    // Embedded null is treated as end
+    // Embedded null is treated as invalid
     const std::string with_embedded_null{" 11 "s
                                          " \0 "
                                          " 22 "s};
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(with_embedded_null.size(), 11);
-    result = ParseHex(with_embedded_null);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(ParseHex(with_embedded_null).size(), 0);
-    BOOST_CHECK(result.size() == 1 && result[0] == 0x11);
+    BOOST_CHECK(!TryParseHex(with_embedded_null).has_value());
 
-    // Stop parsing at invalid value
+    // Non-hex is treated as invalid
-    result = ParseHex("1234 invalid 1234");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(ParseHex("1234 invalid 1234").size(), 0);
-    BOOST_CHECK(result.size() == 2 && result[0] == 0x12 && result[1] == 0x34);
+    BOOST_CHECK(!TryParseHex("1234 invalid 1234").has_value());
 
-    // Truncated input is treated as end
+    // Truncated input is treated as invalid
-    result = ParseHex("12 3");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(ParseHex("12 3").size(), 0);
-    BOOST_CHECK(result.size() == 1 && result[0] == 0x12);
+    BOOST_CHECK(!TryParseHex("12 3").has_value());
 }
 
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(util_HexStr)

src/util/strencodings.cpp

@@ -78,18 +78,19 @@ bool IsHexNumber(std::string_view str)
 }
 
 template <typename Byte>
-std::vector<Byte> ParseHex(std::string_view str)
+std::optional<std::vector<Byte>> TryParseHex(std::string_view str)
 {
     std::vector<Byte> vch;
     auto it = str.begin();
-    while (it != str.end() && it + 1 != str.end()) {
+    while (it != str.end()) {
         if (IsSpace(*it)) {
             ++it;
             continue;
         }
         auto c1 = HexDigit(*(it++));
+        if (it == str.end()) return std::nullopt;
         auto c2 = HexDigit(*(it++));
-        if (c1 < 0 || c2 < 0) break;
+        if (c1 < 0 || c2 < 0) return std::nullopt;
         vch.push_back(Byte(c1 << 4) | Byte(c2));
     }
     return vch;

src/util/strencodings.h

@@ -57,9 +57,15 @@ enum class ByteUnit : uint64_t {
 * @return           A new string without unsafe chars
 */
 std::string SanitizeString(std::string_view str, int rule = SAFE_CHARS_DEFAULT);
-/** Parse the hex string into bytes (uint8_t or std::byte). Ignores whitespace. */
+/** Parse the hex string into bytes (uint8_t or std::byte). Ignores whitespace. Returns nullopt on invalid input. */
+template <typename Byte = std::byte>
+std::optional<std::vector<Byte>> TryParseHex(std::string_view str);
+/** Like TryParseHex, but returns an empty vector on invalid input. */
 template <typename Byte = uint8_t>
-std::vector<Byte> ParseHex(std::string_view str);
+std::vector<Byte> ParseHex(std::string_view hex_str)
+{
+    return TryParseHex<Byte>(hex_str).value_or(std::vector<Byte>{});
+}
 signed char HexDigit(char c);
 /* Returns true if each character in str is a hex character, and has an even
  * number of hex digits.*/