cli: Detect port errors in rpcconnect and rpcport

src/bitcoin-cli.cpp

@@ -743,8 +743,41 @@ static UniValue CallRPC(BaseRequestHandler* rh, const std::string& strMethod, co
     //     2. port in -rpcconnect (ie following : in ipv4 or ]: in ipv6)
     //     3. default port for chain
     uint16_t port{BaseParams().RPCPort()};
-    SplitHostPort(gArgs.GetArg("-rpcconnect", DEFAULT_RPCCONNECT), port, host);
-    port = static_cast<uint16_t>(gArgs.GetIntArg("-rpcport", port));
+    {
+        uint16_t rpcconnect_port{0};
+        const std::string rpcconnect_str = gArgs.GetArg("-rpcconnect", DEFAULT_RPCCONNECT);
+        if (!SplitHostPort(rpcconnect_str, rpcconnect_port, host)) {
+            // Uses argument provided as-is
+            // (rather than value parsed)
+            // to aid the user in troubleshooting
+            throw std::runtime_error(strprintf("Invalid port provided in -rpcconnect: %s", rpcconnect_str));
+        } else {
+            if (rpcconnect_port != 0) {
+                // Use the valid port provided in rpcconnect
+                port = rpcconnect_port;
+            } // else, no port was provided in rpcconnect (continue using default one)
+        }
+
+        if (std::optional<std::string> rpcport_arg = gArgs.GetArg("-rpcport")) {
+            // -rpcport was specified
+            const uint16_t rpcport_int{ToIntegral<uint16_t>(rpcport_arg.value()).value_or(0)};
+            if (rpcport_int == 0) {
+                // Uses argument provided as-is
+                // (rather than value parsed)
+                // to aid the user in troubleshooting
+                throw std::runtime_error(strprintf("Invalid port provided in -rpcport: %s", rpcport_arg.value()));
+            }
+
+            // Use the valid port provided
+            port = rpcport_int;
+
+            // If there was a valid port provided in rpcconnect,
+            // rpcconnect_port is non-zero.
+            if (rpcconnect_port != 0) {
+                tfm::format(std::cerr, "Warning: Port specified in both -rpcconnect and -rpcport. Using -rpcport %u\n", port);
+            }
+        }
+    }
 
     // Obtain event base
     raii_event_base base = obtain_event_base();

test/functional/interface_bitcoin_cli.py

@@ -8,13 +8,15 @@
 import re
 
 from test_framework.blocktools import COINBASE_MATURITY
+from test_framework.netutil import test_ipv6_local
 from test_framework.test_framework import BitcoinTestFramework
 from test_framework.util import (
     assert_equal,
     assert_greater_than_or_equal,
     assert_raises_process_error,
     assert_raises_rpc_error,
     get_auth_cookie,
+    rpc_port,
 )
 import time
 
@@ -107,6 +109,53 @@ def run_test(self):
         self.log.info("Test connecting to a non-existing server")
         assert_raises_process_error(1, "Could not connect to the server", self.nodes[0].cli('-rpcport=1').echo)
 
+        self.log.info("Test handling of invalid ports in rpcconnect")
+        assert_raises_process_error(1, "Invalid port provided in -rpcconnect: 127.0.0.1:notaport", self.nodes[0].cli("-rpcconnect=127.0.0.1:notaport").echo)
+        assert_raises_process_error(1, "Invalid port provided in -rpcconnect: 127.0.0.1:-1", self.nodes[0].cli("-rpcconnect=127.0.0.1:-1").echo)
+        assert_raises_process_error(1, "Invalid port provided in -rpcconnect: 127.0.0.1:0", self.nodes[0].cli("-rpcconnect=127.0.0.1:0").echo)
+        assert_raises_process_error(1, "Invalid port provided in -rpcconnect: 127.0.0.1:65536", self.nodes[0].cli("-rpcconnect=127.0.0.1:65536").echo)
+
+        self.log.info("Checking for IPv6")
+        have_ipv6 = test_ipv6_local()
+        if not have_ipv6:
+            self.log.info("Skipping IPv6 tests")
+
+        if have_ipv6:
+            assert_raises_process_error(1, "Invalid port provided in -rpcconnect: [::1]:notaport", self.nodes[0].cli("-rpcconnect=[::1]:notaport").echo)
+            assert_raises_process_error(1, "Invalid port provided in -rpcconnect: [::1]:-1", self.nodes[0].cli("-rpcconnect=[::1]:-1").echo)
+            assert_raises_process_error(1, "Invalid port provided in -rpcconnect: [::1]:0", self.nodes[0].cli("-rpcconnect=[::1]:0").echo)
+            assert_raises_process_error(1, "Invalid port provided in -rpcconnect: [::1]:65536", self.nodes[0].cli("-rpcconnect=[::1]:65536").echo)
+
+        self.log.info("Test handling of invalid ports in rpcport")
+        assert_raises_process_error(1, "Invalid port provided in -rpcport: notaport", self.nodes[0].cli("-rpcport=notaport").echo)
+        assert_raises_process_error(1, "Invalid port provided in -rpcport: -1", self.nodes[0].cli("-rpcport=-1").echo)
+        assert_raises_process_error(1, "Invalid port provided in -rpcport: 0", self.nodes[0].cli("-rpcport=0").echo)
+        assert_raises_process_error(1, "Invalid port provided in -rpcport: 65536", self.nodes[0].cli("-rpcport=65536").echo)
+
+        self.log.info("Test port usage preferences")
+        node_rpc_port = rpc_port(self.nodes[0].index)
+        # Prevent bitcoin-cli from using existing rpcport in conf
+        conf_rpcport = "rpcport=" + str(node_rpc_port)
+        self.nodes[0].replace_in_config([(conf_rpcport, "#" + conf_rpcport)])
+        # prefer rpcport over rpcconnect
+        assert_raises_process_error(1, "Could not connect to the server 127.0.0.1:1", self.nodes[0].cli(f"-rpcconnect=127.0.0.1:{node_rpc_port}", "-rpcport=1").echo)
+        if have_ipv6:
+            assert_raises_process_error(1, "Could not connect to the server ::1:1", self.nodes[0].cli(f"-rpcconnect=[::1]:{node_rpc_port}", "-rpcport=1").echo)
+
+        assert_equal(BLOCKS, self.nodes[0].cli("-rpcconnect=127.0.0.1:18999", f'-rpcport={node_rpc_port}').getblockcount())
+        if have_ipv6:
+            assert_equal(BLOCKS, self.nodes[0].cli("-rpcconnect=[::1]:18999", f'-rpcport={node_rpc_port}').getblockcount())
+
+        # prefer rpcconnect port over default
+        assert_equal(BLOCKS, self.nodes[0].cli(f"-rpcconnect=127.0.0.1:{node_rpc_port}").getblockcount())
+        if have_ipv6:
+            assert_equal(BLOCKS, self.nodes[0].cli(f"-rpcconnect=[::1]:{node_rpc_port}").getblockcount())
+
+        # prefer rpcport over default
+        assert_equal(BLOCKS, self.nodes[0].cli(f'-rpcport={node_rpc_port}').getblockcount())
+        # Re-enable rpcport in conf if present
+        self.nodes[0].replace_in_config([("#" + conf_rpcport, conf_rpcport)])
+
         self.log.info("Test connecting with non-existing RPC cookie file")
         assert_raises_process_error(1, "Could not locate RPC credentials", self.nodes[0].cli('-rpccookiefile=does-not-exist', '-rpcpassword=').echo)