Ensure Soundex difference() function handles empty input sanely.
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Ensure Soundex difference() function handles empty input sanely. fuzzystrmatch's difference() function assumes that _soundex() always initializes its output buffer fully. This was not so for the case of a string containing no alphabetic characters, resulting in unstable output and Valgrind complaints. Fix by using memset() to fill the whole buffer in the early-exit case. Also make some cosmetic improvements (I didn't care for the random switches between "instr[0]" and "*instr" notation). Report and diagnosis by Alexander Lakhin (bug #17935). Back-patch to all supported branches. Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/17935-b99316aa79c18513@postgresql.org
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| contrib/fuzzystrmatch/expected/fuzzystrmatch.out | modified | +6 −0 |
| contrib/fuzzystrmatch/fuzzystrmatch.c | modified | +8 −7 |
| contrib/fuzzystrmatch/sql/fuzzystrmatch.sql | modified | +1 −0 |
Discussion
- BUG #17935: Incorrect memory access in fuzzystrmatch/difference() 2 messages · 2023-05-16