Submission Details
Severity:
Invalid `boostState.minBoost` setting in `BaseGauge` constructor
Summary
When the a gauge is deployed, it will utilize the BaseGauge constructor, to initialize the boostState. However, with the current settings, the boostState.minBoost is set to 1e18, instead of a valid BPS value. This will lead to reverts in the applyBoost() functions due to underflows.
Vulnerability Details
Code snippet:
constructor(
address _rewardToken,
address _stakingToken,
address _controller,
uint256 _maxEmission,
uint256 _periodDuration
) {
rewardToken = IERC20(_rewardToken);
stakingToken = IERC20(_stakingToken);
controller = _controller;
// Initialize roles
_grantRole(DEFAULT_ADMIN_ROLE, msg.sender);
_grantRole(CONTROLLER_ROLE, _controller);
// Initialize boost parameters
boostState.maxBoost = 25000; // 2.5x
boostState.minBoost = 1e18; //@audit 1e18 larger than maxBoost
boostState.boostWindow = 7 days;
uint256 currentTime = block.timestamp;
uint256 nextPeriod = ((currentTime / _periodDuration) * _periodDuration) + _periodDuration;
// Initialize period state
periodState.periodStartTime = nextPeriod;
periodState.emission = _maxEmission;
TimeWeightedAverage.createPeriod(
periodState.votingPeriod,
nextPeriod,
_periodDuration,
0,
10000 // VOTE_PRECISION
);
}
This will cause applyingBoost to the first staker of the gauge to revert. This will strip the user of future rewards.
function _applyBoost(address account, uint256 baseWeight) internal view virtual returns (uint256) {
if (baseWeight == 0) return 0;
IERC20 veToken = IERC20(IGaugeController(controller).veRAACToken());
uint256 veBalance = veToken.balanceOf(account);
uint256 totalVeSupply = veToken.totalSupply();
// Create BoostParameters struct from boostState
BoostCalculator.BoostParameters memory params = BoostCalculator.BoostParameters({
maxBoost: boostState.maxBoost,
minBoost: boostState.minBoost,
boostWindow: boostState.boostWindow,
totalWeight: boostState.totalWeight,
totalVotingPower: boostState.totalVotingPower,
votingPower: boostState.votingPower
});
uint256 boost = BoostCalculator.calculateBoost( //@audit calling calculate boost
veBalance,
totalVeSupply,
params
);
return (baseWeight * boost) / 1e18;
}
function calculateBoost(
uint256 veBalance,
uint256 totalVeSupply,
BoostParameters memory params
) internal pure returns (uint256) {
// Return base boost (1x = 10000 basis points) if no voting power
if (totalVeSupply == 0) {
return params.minBoost;
}
// Calculate voting power ratio with higher precision
uint256 votingPowerRatio = (veBalance * 1e18) / totalVeSupply;
// Calculate boost within min-max range
uint256 boostRange = params.maxBoost - params.minBoost; //@audit this will revert as
//25000 - 1e18 causes underflow
uint256 boost = params.minBoost + ((votingPowerRatio * boostRange) / 1e18);
// Ensure boost is within bounds
if (boost < params.minBoost) {
return params.minBoost;
}
if (boost > params.maxBoost) {
return params.maxBoost;
}
return boost;
}
Impact
DoS of the stake operation.
Tools Used
Manual review
Recommendations
Change the minBoost parameter to BIPS
Updates
Lead Judging Commences
inallhonesty 10 months ago
Submission Judgement Published Assigned finding tags:
boostState.minBoost is set to 1e18
Prize pool breakdown
Total prize
77,280 USDC
nSLOC
3,86420
USDC / LOC
74,000
3,280
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