Use ereport(ERROR), not Assert(), for publisher tuples missing columns.
Noah Misch <noah@leadboat.com>
Use ereport(ERROR), not Assert(), for publisher tuples missing columns. Three locations use Assert() to guard against a mismatch between the number of columns advertised in the RELATION message and the number actually received in the subsequent INSERT/UPDATE tuple message. Since these values originate from the publisher, the check must survive into production builds. A malicious or buggy publisher can send a RELATION claiming N columns and an INSERT claiming M < N columns. The subscriber's apply worker indexes into colvalues[]/colstatus[] using column indices from the RELATION message's attribute map, causing a heap out-of-bounds read when the tuple's column array is smaller than expected. We've looked, without success, for a scenario in which the publisher holds sufficient control over these out-of-bounds bytes to exploit this or even to reach a SIGSEGV. Despite not finding one, the code has been fragile. Back-patch to v14 (all supported versions). Reported-by: Varik Matevosyan <varikmatevosyan@gmail.com> Author: Varik Matevosyan <varikmatevosyan@gmail.com> Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CA+bBoog3cCogktzfLb9bppUByu-10B3CFp8u=iKXG_OvtAguCw@mail.gmail.com Backpatch-through: 14
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| src/backend/replication/logical/worker.c | modified | +19 −4 |
Discussion
- [PATCH] Replace debug-only Asserts with runtime checks in logical replication apply worker 2 messages · 2026-05-16 → 2026-05-17