Re: Fix search_path for all maintenance commands

Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com>

From: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com>

To: Noah Misch <noah@leadboat.com>

Cc: "David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>, Gurjeet Singh <gurjeet@singh.im>, Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Greg Stark <stark@mit.edu>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

Date: 2023-07-17T17:58:13Z

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Fix search_path to a safe value during maintenance operations.
- 2af07e2f749a 17.0 landed
- 05e173735171 16.0 landed
Make relation-enumerating operations be security-restricted operations.
- a117cebd638d 15.0 cited

On Sat, Jul 15, 2023 at 02:13:33PM -0700, Noah Misch wrote:
> The 2018 security fixes instigated many function repairs that $SUBJECT would
> otherwise instigate.  That wasn't too painful.  The net new pain of $SUBJECT
> will be less, since the 2018 security fixes prepared the path.  Hence, I
> remain +1 for the latest Davis proposal.

I concur.

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