BUG #15708: RLS 'using' running as wrong user when called from a view

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Subject: BUG #15708: RLS 'using' running as wrong user when called from a view
Date: 2019-03-20 23:53:56
Message-ID: 15708-d65cab2ce9b1717a@postgresql.org
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The following bug has been logged on the website:

Bug reference: 15708
Logged by: Daurnimator
Email address: quae(at)daurnimator(dot)com
PostgreSQL version: 11.2
Operating system: linux
Description:

(from https://gist.github.com/daurnimator/b1d2c16359e346a466b3093ae2757acf
)

This fails, seemingly because the RLS on 'bar' is being checked by alice,
instead of the view owner bob:
```sql
create role alice;

create table bar(a integer);
alter table bar enable row level security;
create table qux(b integer);

create role bob;
create policy blahblah on bar to bob
using(exists(select 1 from qux));
grant select on table bar to bob;
grant select on table qux to bob;

create view foo as select * from bar;
alter view foo owner to bob;
grant select on table foo to alice;
-- grant select on table qux to alice; -- shouldn't be required

set role alice;
select * from foo;
```

```
$ psql -f rls_trouble.sql
CREATE ROLE
CREATE TABLE
ALTER TABLE
CREATE TABLE
CREATE ROLE
CREATE POLICY
GRANT
GRANT
CREATE VIEW
ALTER VIEW
GRANT
SET
psql:rls_trouble.sql:18: ERROR: permission denied for table qux
```

If we add an indirection via another view, then I get the result I
expected...
```sql
create role alice;

create table bar(a integer);
alter table bar enable row level security;
create table qux(b integer);

-- if we add a layer of indirection it works.... wat?
create view indirection as select * from bar;

create role bob;
create policy blahblah on bar to bob
using(exists(select 1 from qux));
grant select on table bar to bob;
grant select on table indirection to bob;
grant select on table qux to bob;

create view foo as select * from indirection;
alter view foo owner to bob;
grant select on table foo to alice;

set role alice;
select * from foo;
```

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