BUG #7557: Transaction sees outdated grants.

From: zimnyx(at)gmail(dot)com
To: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: BUG #7557: Transaction sees outdated grants.
Date: 2012-09-19 11:09:57
Message-ID: E1TEIAH-00052c-RW@wrigleys.postgresql.org
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The following bug has been logged on the website:

Bug reference: 7557
Logged by: Piotr Czachur
Email address: zimnyx(at)gmail(dot)com
PostgreSQL version: 9.2.0
Operating system: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS
Description:

After upgrading from 9.1 to 9.2 I noticed that behaviour of veryfying table
permissions during transaction has changed, and may be just wrong.
I give you a simple example how this behaviour has changed from 9.1 to 9.2:

-- start admin session
-- sudo -u postgres psql postgres
DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS test;
DROP ROLE IF EXISTS joe;
CREATE USER joe WITH PASSWORD 'joe';
CREATE DATABASE test;
\c test
CREATE TABLE kingdoms
(
id serial NOT NULL,
name character varying,
CONSTRAINT university_pkey PRIMARY KEY (id)
);
CREATE TABLE wizards
(
id serial NOT NULL,
name character varying,
kingdom_id integer,
CONSTRAINT wizards_pkey PRIMARY KEY (id),
CONSTRAINT wizards_kingdom_id_fkey FOREIGN KEY (kingdom_id) REFERENCES
kingdoms (id)
);

GRANT ALL ON DATABASE test TO joe;
GRANT ALL ON ALL TABLES IN SCHEMA public TO joe;
GRANT ALL ON ALL SEQUENCES IN SCHEMA public TO joe;

-- start joe session
-- psql -h 127.0.0.1 -U joe test
BEGIN;
INSERT INTO "kingdoms" ("name") VALUES ('Mordor');

-- jump back to admin session
REVOKE INSERT ON table "kingdoms" FROM joe;

-- jump back to joe session
INSERT INTO "wizards" ("name", "kingdom_id") VALUES ('Gandalf', 1);

-- jump back to admin session
GRANT INSERT ON table "kingdoms" TO joe;

-- jump back to joe session (HERE IS THE ERROR)
INSERT INTO "kingdoms" ("name") VALUES ('Mordor');
-- ERROR: permission denied for relation kingdoms.
-- Why permission denied? We've granted INSERT in a previous statemtnt.
-- Error appears in 9.2, in 9.1 there is no error.
ROLLBACK;
INSERT INTO "kingdoms" ("name") VALUES ('Mordor'); -- INSERT 0 1
-- After rolling back INSERT succeeded.
-- Looks like transaction doesn't always see "fresh" grants.

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