Pointer adress deser fix

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "cardano-serialization-lib",
-  "version": "15.0.0",
+  "version": "15.0.1",
   "description": "(De)serialization functions for the Cardano blockchain along with related utility functions",
   "scripts": {
     "publish-all:prod": "node scripts/build-helper.js publish-all --env prod",

rust/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "cardano-serialization-lib"
-version = "15.0.0"
+version = "15.0.1"
 edition = "2018"
 authors = ["EMURGO"]
 license = "MIT"

rust/src/protocol_types/address.rs

@@ -5,13 +5,19 @@ use ed25519_bip32::XPub;
 
 // returns (Number represented, bytes read) if valid encoding
 // or None if decoding prematurely finished
-pub(crate) fn variable_nat_decode(bytes: &[u8]) -> Option<(u64, usize)> {
+pub(crate) fn variable_nat_decode(bytes: &[u8], fallback_to_max: bool) -> Option<(u64, usize)> {
     let mut output = 0u128;
     let mut bytes_read = 0;
     for byte in bytes {
-        output = (output << 7) | (byte & 0x7F) as u128;
-        if output > u64::MAX.into() {
-            return None;
+        if output < u64::MAX.into() || !fallback_to_max {
+            output = (output << 7) | (byte & 0x7F) as u128;
+        }
+        //Since Conway era forbids pointer addresses, technically such large numbers would not make sense on mainnet
+        if output > u64::MAX.into(){
+            if !fallback_to_max {
+                return None;
+            }
+            output = u64::MAX.into();
         }
         bytes_read += 1;
         if (byte & 0x80) == 0 {
@@ -399,7 +405,10 @@ impl Address {
     fn from_bytes_impl_unsafe(data: &[u8]) -> Address {
         match Self::from_bytes_internal_impl(data, true) {
             Ok(addr) => addr,
-            Err(_) => Address(AddrType::Malformed(MalformedAddress(data.to_vec())))
+            Err(err) => {
+                println!("Address deserialization error: {:?}", err);
+                return Address(AddrType::Malformed(MalformedAddress(data.to_vec())));
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -540,19 +549,19 @@ impl Address {
 
     fn decode_pointer(data: &[u8]) -> Result<(Pointer, usize), DeserializeError> {
         let mut offset = 0;
-        let (slot, slot_bytes) = variable_nat_decode(&data).ok_or(DeserializeError::new(
+        let (slot, slot_bytes) = variable_nat_decode(&data, true).ok_or(DeserializeError::new(
             "Address.Pointer.slot",
             DeserializeFailure::VariableLenNatDecodeFailed,
         ))?;
         offset += slot_bytes;
         let (tx_index, tx_bytes) =
-            variable_nat_decode(&data[offset..]).ok_or(DeserializeError::new(
+            variable_nat_decode(&data[offset..], true).ok_or(DeserializeError::new(
                 "Address.Pointer.tx_index",
                 DeserializeFailure::VariableLenNatDecodeFailed,
             ))?;
         offset += tx_bytes;
         let (cert_index, cert_bytes) =
-            variable_nat_decode(&data[offset..]).ok_or(DeserializeError::new(
+            variable_nat_decode(&data[offset..], true).ok_or(DeserializeError::new(
                 "Address.Pointer.cert_index",
                 DeserializeFailure::VariableLenNatDecodeFailed,
             ))?;

rust/src/tests/address.rs

@@ -7,15 +7,21 @@ fn variable_nat_encoding() {
     let cases = [0u64, 127u64, 128u64, 255u64, 256275757658493284u64];
     for case in cases.iter() {
         let encoded = variable_nat_encode(*case);
-        let decoded = variable_nat_decode(&encoded).unwrap().0;
+        let decoded = variable_nat_decode(&encoded, true).unwrap().0;
         assert_eq!(*case, decoded);
     }
 }
 
 #[test]
 fn variable_nat_decode_too_big() {
     let too_big = [129, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 127];
-    assert_eq!(None, variable_nat_decode(&too_big));
+    assert_eq!(None, variable_nat_decode(&too_big, false));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn variable_nat_decode_too_big_fallback() {
+    let too_big = [129, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 127];
+    assert_eq!(Some((u64::MAX, 11usize)), variable_nat_decode(&too_big, true));
 }
 
 #[test]