Hi,
On Fri, Feb 23, 2024 at 09:30:58AM +0000, Zhijie Hou (Fujitsu) wrote:
> On Friday, February 23, 2024 5:07 PM Bertrand Drouvot <bertranddrouvot.pg@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 23, 2024 at 02:15:11PM +0530, shveta malik wrote:
> > >
> > > Thanks for the details. I understand it now. We do not use '=' in our
> > > main slots-fetch query but we do use '=' in remote-validation query.
> > > See validate_remote_info().
> >
> > Oh, right, I missed it during the review.
> >
> > > Do you think instead of doing the above, we can override search-path
> > > with empty string in the slot-sync case.
> > > SImilar to logical apply worker and autovacuum worker case (see
> > > InitializeLogRepWorker(), AutoVacWorkerMain()).
> >
> > Yeah, we should definitively ensure that any operators being used in the query
> > is coming from the pg_catalog schema (could be by setting the search path or
> > using the up-thread proposal).
> >
> > Setting the search path would prevent any risks in case the query is changed
> > later on, so I'd vote for changing the search path in validate_remote_info() and
> > in synchronize_slots() to be on the safe side.
>
> I think to set secure search path for remote connection, the standard approach
> could be to extend the code in libpqrcv_connect[1], so that we don't need to schema
> qualify all the operators in the queries.
>
> And for local connection, I agree it's also needed to add a
> SetConfigOption("search_path", "" call in the slotsync worker.
>
> [1]
> libpqrcv_connect
> ...
> if (logical)
> ...
> res = libpqrcv_PQexec(conn->streamConn,
> ALWAYS_SECURE_SEARCH_PATH_SQL);
>
Agree, something like in the attached? (it's .txt to not disturb the CF bot).
Regards,
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Bertrand Drouvot
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