Rust Fund

AI First Flight #9
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Submission Details
Severity: medium
Valid

refund returns lamports but never decrements fund.amount_raised, desyncing the fund's recorded balance from its real lamports

refund never decrements fund.amount_raised, desynchronizing recorded total from real lamports

Description

When a contributor calls refund (lib.rs:66-88), the program moves contribution.amount lamports out of the fund and zeroes the per-contributor record at line 85, but it never reduces fund.amount_raised. The fund's recorded total therefore permanently overstates the lamports it actually holds.

pub fn refund(ctx: Context<FundRefund>) -> Result<()> {
let amount = ctx.accounts.contribution.amount;
// ... deadline check :69 ...
**ctx.accounts.fund.to_account_info().try_borrow_mut_lamports()? =
ctx.accounts.fund.to_account_info().lamports()
.checked_sub(amount) // fund loses `amount` lamports :73-76
.ok_or(ProgramError::InsufficientFunds)?;
// ... contributor credited :78-81 ...
ctx.accounts.contribution.amount = 0; // record reset :85
// @> fund.amount_raised is NEVER decremented here
Ok(())
}

Risk

Likelihood:

Every refund triggers it; there is no path through refund that updates amount_raised. Any campaign that processes even one refund ends in a corrupted state.

Impact:

amount_raised becomes a lie about the fund's balance. It is the value withdraw (lib.rs:91) pays out and the figure any UI/indexer reports as raised, so the corruption propagates into goal evaluation, accounting, and the withdrawal amount, breaking the core invariant amount_raised == lamports contributed and not yet refunded.

Proof of Concept

Contribute, refund, then read the account state.

await program.methods.contribute(new BN(1_000_000)).accounts({...}).rpc();
await program.methods.refund().accounts({...}).rpc();
const fund = await program.account.fund.fetch(fundPda);
// fund.amountRaised still == 1_000_000, but the fund returned the lamports
assert.notEqual(fund.amountRaised.toNumber(), 0); // bug

Recommended Mitigation

Decrement amount_raised by the refunded amount inside refund.

ctx.accounts.contribution.amount = 0;
+ ctx.accounts.fund.amount_raised = ctx.accounts.fund.amount_raised
+ .checked_sub(amount)
+ .ok_or(ErrorCode::CalculationOverflow)?;
Updates

Lead Judging Commences

ai-first-flight-judge Lead Judge about 3 hours ago
Submission Judgement Published
Validated
Assigned finding tags:

[M-03] Fund Creator Can't Withdraw If Someone Has Refunded Their Contribution

# \[H-02] Fund Creator Can't Withdraw If Someone Has Refunded Their Contribution ## Description The `refund` function does not update `fund.amount_raised`, causing an inconsistency between the fund's actual balance and the recorded raised amount. As a result, when the fund creator tries to withdraw funds, the transaction may fail due to insufficient balance, effectively locking funds in the contract. ## Vulnerability Details The issue arises in the `refund` function, which transfers funds back to the contributor but does not update the `amount_raised` field: ```rust pub fn refund(ctx: Context<FundRefund>) -> Result<()> { let amount = ctx.accounts.contribution.amount; if ctx.accounts.fund.deadline != 0 && ctx.accounts.fund.deadline > Clock::get().unwrap().unix_timestamp.try_into().unwrap() { return Err(ErrorCode::DeadlineNotReached.into()); } ctx.accounts.fund.to_account_info().try_borrow_mut_lamports()? = ctx.accounts.fund.to_account_info().lamports() .checked_sub(amount) .ok_or(ProgramError::InsufficientFunds)?; ctx.accounts.contributor.to_account_info().try_borrow_mut_lamports()? = ctx.accounts.contributor.to_account_info().lamports() .checked_add(amount) .ok_or(ErrorCode::CalculationOverflow)?; // Reset contribution amount after refund ctx.accounts.contribution.amount = 0; Ok(()) } ``` The issue becomes evident when the fund creator attempts to withdraw using the following function: ```rust pub fn withdraw(ctx: Context<FundWithdraw>) -> Result<()> { let amount = ctx.accounts.fund.amount_raised; ctx.accounts.fund.to_account_info().try_borrow_mut_lamports()? = ctx.accounts.fund.to_account_info().lamports() .checked_sub(amount) .ok_or(ProgramError::InsufficientFunds)?; ctx.accounts.creator.to_account_info().try_borrow_mut_lamports()? = ctx.accounts.creator.to_account_info().lamports() .checked_add(amount) .ok_or(ErrorCode::CalculationOverflow)?; Ok(()) } ``` Since `amount_raised` is never updated when a refund occurs, the creator will attempt to withdraw more than what actually exists in the fund, causing an insufficient funds error and failing the transaction. ## Impact - If any contributor requests a refund, the total balance in the fund decreases. However, `fund.amount_raised` remains unchanged, leading to an overestimated available balance. - When the fund creator calls `withdraw`, they attempt to transfer `fund.amount_raised`, which no longer matches the actual available balance. - This results in a failed transaction, effectively locking funds in the contract since the withdraw function will always fail if refunds have been processed. ## Proof of Concept This issue is not currently caught by tests because the `contribute` function itself has a bug (not updating `contribution.amount`), preventing the refund function from executing properly. Once the contribute function is fixed, the issue will be clearly visible in test cases. ## Recommendations The `refund` function must update `fund.amount_raised` to ensure the contract state reflects the actual balance after refunds. ### Fixed Code: ```diff pub fn refund(ctx: Context<FundRefund>) -> Result<()> { let amount = ctx.accounts.contribution.amount; if ctx.accounts.fund.deadline != 0 && ctx.accounts.fund.deadline > Clock::get().unwrap().unix_timestamp.try_into().unwrap() { return Err(ErrorCode::DeadlineNotReached.into()); } ctx.accounts.fund.to_account_info().try_borrow_mut_lamports()? = ctx.accounts.fund.to_account_info().lamports() .checked_sub(amount) .ok_or(ProgramError::InsufficientFunds)?; ctx.accounts.contributor.to_account_info().try_borrow_mut_lamports()? = ctx.accounts.contributor.to_account_info().lamports() .checked_add(amount) .ok_or(ErrorCode::CalculationOverflow)?; // Reset contribution amount after refund ctx.accounts.contribution.amount = 0; + // Fix: Decrease the fund's recorded amount_raised + let fund = &mut ctx.accounts.fund; + fund.amount_raised = fund.amount_raised.checked_sub(amount).ok_or(ErrorCode::CalculationOverflow)?; Ok(()) } ```

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