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Paul Reichert 57915af218
fix: reducing Nat.pow, kernel interprets constant as Nat literal (#8060)
This PR fixes a bug in the Lean kernel. During reduction of `Nat.pow`,
the kernel did not validate that the WHNF of the first argument is a
`Nat` literal before interpreting it as an `mpz` number. This PR adds
the missing check.

### Explanation

In `type_checker::reduce_pow`, an expression was interpreted as a `Nat`
literal without previously validating that it actually was a `Nat`
literal.

We (@TwoFX and me) noticed this while fuzzing the Lean kernel with GMP
and Mimalloc disabled. Until now, the fuzzer found one crash, leading us
to this issue.

What are the consequences? If GMP is disabled, the Lean kernel will
crash on some inputs after the memory allocator returns `null`. (MPZ
tries to clone the `.const` expression in disguise of a `Nat` literal
which accidentally has a size field indicating that the number has 88
trillion `mpz` digits. This is too much for every allocator.) If GMP is
enabled, it is possible to [prove
`False`](https://live.lean-lang.org/#codez=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)
because the kernel doesn't crash on a memory allocation and instead just
happily interprets the `.const` expression as a GMP number.

Importantly, this is _not_ a flaw in Lean's type theory. It is an
implementation bug in the built-in kernel, related to the efficient
reduction of `Nat.pow`, that will be fixed with this PR; see the test
file. Because Lean's kernel is relatively small, there are third-party
kernel implementations such as `lean4lean` and `nanoda`. `lean4lean`
catches the bogus proof, and looking at its code `nanoda` will, too, but
I haven't tried it yet.
2025-04-23 13:55:20 +00:00
.github chore: CI: reset reldebug check level 2025-04-23 14:31:59 +02:00
doc chore: updates to release_checklist.md (#7817) 2025-04-04 03:45:36 +00:00
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releases_drafts chore: updates to release_checklist.md (#7817) 2025-04-04 03:45:36 +00:00
script feat: LLVM 15 -> 19 (#6063) 2025-04-21 17:18:18 +00:00
src fix: reducing Nat.pow, kernel interprets constant as Nat literal (#8060) 2025-04-23 13:55:20 +00:00
stage0 chore: update stage0 2025-04-22 11:08:24 +00:00
tests fix: reducing Nat.pow, kernel interprets constant as Nat literal (#8060) 2025-04-23 13:55:20 +00:00
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.gitignore chore: update .gitignore for release checklist scripts (#7810) 2025-04-03 23:55:48 +00:00
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