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Submission Details
Severity: medium
Valid

After any refund, withdraw subtracts the stale amount_raised and underflows (bricking withdraw) or drains the fund's rent-exempt lamports

Refund-then-withdraw either bricks the fund or drains its rent / remaining contributor lamports

Description

Because refund (lib.rs:66-88) sends lamports back to a contributor without lowering fund.amount_raised, a later withdraw (lib.rs:90) computes amount = fund.amount_raised (lib.rs:91) — the pre-refund total — and subtracts that stale, too-large figure from the fund's now-smaller real balance.

pub fn withdraw(ctx: Context<FundWithdraw>) -> Result<()> {
let amount = ctx.accounts.fund.amount_raised; // @> stale, includes already-refunded lamports :91
**ctx.accounts.fund.to_account_info().try_borrow_mut_lamports()? =
ctx.accounts.fund.to_account_info().lamports()
.checked_sub(amount) // real balance < amount after refunds :93-96
.ok_or(ProgramError::InsufficientFunds)?;
// creator credited `amount` :98-101
Ok(())
}

Risk

Likelihood:

Triggers whenever a campaign sees at least one refund before the creator withdraws — a normal sequence for any fund with both refunds and a payout.

Impact:

Two bad outcomes, both high severity. If amount exceeds the fund's lamports, checked_sub returns None and withdraw errors with InsufficientFunds on every call — the creator's legitimate proceeds are permanently locked (funds bricked). If the account's rent-exempt reserve plus other contributors' still-held lamports happen to cover the gap, checked_sub succeeds and the creator drains lamports they never raised — stealing the rent reserve and other contributors' refundable balances.

Proof of Concept

Two contributors, refund one, then withdraw.

await contribute(userA, 1_000_000); // amount_raised = 1_000_000
await contribute(userB, 1_000_000); // amount_raised = 2_000_000
await refund(userA); // fund balance drops, amount_raised stays 2_000_000
await program.methods.withdraw().accounts({...}).rpc();
// withdraw tries to pull 2_000_000 though only ~1_000_000 was truly raised:
// -> InsufficientFunds (bricked), OR drains userB + rent if reserve covers it

Recommended Mitigation

Fix the root cause: decrement amount_raised on refund so withdraw reads a truthful total.

// in refund(), after 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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