Re: [Patch] Invalid permission check in pg_stats for functional indexes

Hi Pierre,

On 12/26/19 6:46 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Awhile back I wrote:
>> Actually ... maybe we don't need to change the view definition at all,
>> but instead just make has_column_privilege() do something different
>> for indexes than it does for other relation types. It's dubious that
>> applying that function to an index yields anything meaningful today,
>> so we could redefine what it returns without (probably) breaking
>> anything. That would at least give us an option to back-patch, too,
>> though the end result might be complex enough that we don't care to
>> risk it.
>
> In hopes of resurrecting this thread, here's a draft patch that does
> it like that (and also fixes row_security_active(), as otherwise this
> probably creates a security hole in pg_stats).

Do you know when you will have a chance to look at this patch?

Tom made a suggestion up-thread about where the regression tests could go.

Regards,
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-David
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