fix(math): NewUintFromBigInt argument mutation

math/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ Ref: https://github.com/commitizen/conventional-commit-types/blob/v3.0.0/index.j
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
+* [#18214](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/18214) Ensure that modifying the argument to `NewUIntFromBigInt` doesn't mutate the returned value.
 * [#17725](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/17725) Fix state break in ApproxRoot. This has been present since math/v1.0.1. It changed the rounding behavior at precision end in an intermediary division from banker's to truncation. The truncation occurs from binary right shift in the case of square roots. The change is now reverted back to banker's rounding universally for any root.
 
 ## [math/v1.1.2](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/releases/tag/math/v1.1.2) - 2023-08-21

math/uint.go

@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ func checkNewUint(i *big.Int) (Uint, error) {
 	if err := UintOverflow(i); err != nil {
 		return Uint{}, err
 	}
-	return Uint{i}, nil
+	return Uint{new(big.Int).Set(i)}, nil
 }
 
 // RelativePow raises x to the power of n, where x (and the result, z) are scaled by factor b

math/uint_test.go

@@ -261,6 +261,16 @@ func (s *uintTestSuite) TestParseUint() {
 	}
 }
 
+func (s *uintTestSuite) TestNewUintFromBigInt() {
+	r := big.NewInt(42)
+	i := sdkmath.NewUintFromBigInt(r)
+	s.Require().Equal(r, i.BigInt())
+
+	// modify r and ensure i doesn't change
+	r = r.SetInt64(100)
+	s.Require().NotEqual(r, i.BigInt())
+}
+
 func randuint() sdkmath.Uint {
 	return sdkmath.NewUint(rand.Uint64())
 }