evm: upgrade noble curves to 1.9.0 (#4018)

Author: gabrocheleau

package-lock.json

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     "@ethereumjs/statemanager": "^10.0.0-rc.1",
     "@ethereumjs/util": "^10.0.0-rc.1",
     "@ethereumjs/verkle": "^10.0.0-dev-rc.1",
-    "@noble/curves": "^1.8.2",
+    "@noble/curves": "^1.9.0",
     "@types/debug": "^4.1.12",
     "debug": "^4.4.0",
     "ethereum-cryptography": "^3.1.0",

packages/evm/package.json

@@ -44,18 +44,6 @@ export async function precompile10(opts: PrecompileInput): Promise<ExecResult> {
     if (opts._debug !== undefined) {
       opts._debug(`${pName} failed: ${e.message}`)
     }
-    // noble‑curves throws this for inputs that map to the point at infinity
-    if (e.message === 'bad point: ZERO') {
-      // return two zeroed field elements (x & y), each the same length as the input
-      const zeroPoint = new Uint8Array(opts.data.length * 2)
-      if (opts._debug !== undefined) {
-        opts._debug(`${pName} mapping to ZERO point, returning zero-filled output`)
-      }
-      return {
-        executionGasUsed: gasUsed,
-        returnValue: zeroPoint,
-      }
-    }
     return EVMErrorResult(e, opts.gasLimit)
   }