fix: enforce strict < modulus for native byte conversions #1635
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Enforce documented strict inequality in BytesToNative() and () by introducing assertBytesLt and using it when WithAllowOverflow is not set.
Prevents accepting byte arrays equal to the field modulus, which previously allowed a non-unique representation of zero and could be exploited by malicious hints.Adds a negative test for the “bytes == modulus” case in BytesToNative().
Emulated conversions already enforced strictness; bringing native conversions into alignment with docs and intent.
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Enforces strict less-than modulus in BytesToNative/NativeToBytes by extending assertBytesLeq with a disallowEquality flag and adds tests, while preserving overflow-allowed behavior.
BytesToNativeandNativeToBytesnow enforce strict< modulusby callingassertBytesLeq(api, ..., field, true).assertBytesLeqtoassertBytesLeq(api, b, bound, disallowEquality)to optionally forbid equality.WithAllowOverflow).AssertBytesLeqcircuit and test matrix to passdisallowEqualityand validate both strict and non-strict comparisons.Written by Cursor Bugbot for commit ba04639. This will update automatically on new commits. Configure here.