core/vm: implement EIP-2681: Limit account nonce to 2^64-1 (#23853)

This retroactively implements requirements or EIP-2681 for the account nonce upper limit.

core/vm/errors.go

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ var (
 	ErrReturnDataOutOfBounds    = errors.New("return data out of bounds")
 	ErrGasUintOverflow          = errors.New("gas uint64 overflow")
 	ErrInvalidCode              = errors.New("invalid code: must not begin with 0xef")
+	ErrNonceUintOverflow        = errors.New("nonce uint64 overflow")
 )
 
 // ErrStackUnderflow wraps an evm error when the items on the stack less

core/vm/evm.go

@@ -424,6 +424,9 @@ func (evm *EVM) create(caller ContractRef, codeAndHash *codeAndHash, gas uint64,
 		return nil, common.Address{}, gas, ErrInsufficientBalance
 	}
 	nonce := evm.StateDB.GetNonce(caller.Address())
+	if nonce+1 < nonce {
+		return nil, common.Address{}, gas, ErrNonceUintOverflow
+	}
 	evm.StateDB.SetNonce(caller.Address(), nonce+1)
 	// We add this to the access list _before_ taking a snapshot. Even if the creation fails,
 	// the access-list change should not be rolled back