297-aave-v2-ethereum-freeze-CRV.md

Proposal 297. Aave v2 Ethereum - Freezing of CRV

Voting link

https://app.aave.com/governance/proposal/?proposalId=297

Governance forum discussion

https://governance.aave.com/t/arfc-gauntlet-recommendation-on-freezing-crv-for-aave-v2-ethereum/14428

BGD analysis

Proposal types

🧊 freeze-asset

Context

Following a de-risking plan from risk providers, this proposal freezes CRV on Aave v2 Ethereum.

Proposal creation

Transaction: https://etherscan.io/tx/0x40dd067d88bb53adc9b55d582e07bb9b24ddba3db369238c17c4aa936d05c6a5

- id: 297
- creator: 0x683a4f9915d6216f73d6df50151725036bd26c02
- executor: 0xee56e2b3d491590b5b31738cc34d5232f378a8d5
- targets: [0x311bb771e4f8952e6da169b425e7e92d6ac45756]
- values: [0]
- signatures: [freezeReserve(address)]
- calldatas: [0x000000000000000000000000d533a949740bb3306d119cc777fa900ba034cd52]
- withDelegatecalls: [false]
- startBlock: 17923213
- endBlock: 17942413
- strategy: 0xb7e383ef9b1e9189fc0f71fb30af8aa14377429e
- ipfsHash: 0x1c51cac5e659d29de16da2c0a97ec51a928bb2d9f3d7aba6a53335436e535086

Aave Seatbelt report

https://github.com/bgd-labs/seatbelt-for-ghosts/blob/main/reports/Aave/0xEC568fffba86c094cf06b22134B23074DFE2252c/297.md

Technical analysis

The proposal payload (submitted via calldata) interacts with the Aave v2 Ethereum Pool Configurator to call the freezeReserve() function on CRV, effectively allowing more supplying and borrowing (already disabled).

BGD validations

✅ The code on the proposal payload corresponds to the proposal specification.

❓ The proposal includes a proper tests suite, checking all necessary post-conditions.

❌ BGD reviewed the payload before the proposal was submitted.

❌ Only one payload used via delegatecall

❓ BGD reviewed the procedure followed to submit the proposal.