pgsql: Avoid multiple free_struct_lconv() calls on same data.

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: pgsql: Avoid multiple free_struct_lconv() calls on same data.
Date: 2016-02-29 04:40:56
Message-ID: E1aaFdg-0001rR-08@gemulon.postgresql.org
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Avoid multiple free_struct_lconv() calls on same data.

A failure partway through PGLC_localeconv() led to a situation where
the next call would call free_struct_lconv() a second time, leading
to free() on already-freed strings, typically leading to a core dump.
Add a flag to remember whether we need to do that.

Per report from Thom Brown. His example case only provokes the failure
as far back as 9.4, but nonetheless this code is obviously broken, so
back-patch to all supported branches.

Branch
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REL9_4_STABLE

Details
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http://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/80c925c7b4efcd80a8c648ca94ba1fabbd2863ae

Modified Files
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src/backend/utils/adt/pg_locale.c | 16 +++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

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