Re: [PATCH] Fix memory corruption in pg_shdepend.c

From: Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)bowt(dot)ie>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>
Cc: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>, Aleksander Alekseev <aleksander(at)timescale(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>, Sven Klemm <sven(at)timescale(dot)com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix memory corruption in pg_shdepend.c
Date: 2021-10-21 02:59:50
Message-ID: CAH2-Wz=QxFp=gAv0srgMzbwxtCA=zY_v3YNQAxBiXMZVRaZThg@mail.gmail.com
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On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 5:20 AM Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org> wrote:
> Ouch ... this means that pg_shdepends contents are broken for databases
> created with 14.0? hmm ... yes.

I think that EDB's pg_catcheck tool can detect problems like this one.
Perhaps it can be converted into an amcheck/pg_amcheck patch, and
submitted. That would give us very broad coverage.

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Peter Geoghegan

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