Re: COPY FROM ON_ERROR SET_NULL bypasses domain NOT NULL with partial column list

jian he <jian.universality@gmail.com>

From: jian he <jian.universality@gmail.com>
To: SATYANARAYANA NARLAPURAM <satyanarlapuram@gmail.com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2026-04-17T03:58:48Z
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On Fri, Apr 17, 2026 at 1:09 AM SATYANARAYANA NARLAPURAM
<satyanarlapuram@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> HI hackers,
>
> domain_with_constraint[] was allocated with list_length(attnumlist)
> elements and indexed sequentially via foreach_current_index(), but
> copyfromparse.c accesses it via attnum - 1 (physical attribute index).
> With a partial column list targeting high-numbered columns, this caused
> an out-of-bounds read that bypassed domain NOT NULL checks, silently
> inserting NULL into NOT NULL domain columns.
>
> Fix by allocating with num_phys_attrs and indexing by attnum - 1,
> consistent with all other per-column arrays in BeginCopyFrom().
>
> Patch is attached, and added a new test case to cover this scenario.
>

The patch looks good to me.
I simplified the tests.



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