Fix use of variable after pfree
Shlok Kyal <shlok.kyal.oss@gmail.com>
From: Shlok Kyal <shlok.kyal.oss@gmail.com>
To: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2025-09-02T07:32:23Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Attachments
- v1-0001-Fix-use-of-variable-after-pfree.patch (application/octet-stream) patch v1-0001
Hi,
While going through the code of the slot sync worker, I found that in
functions ReplSlotSyncWorkerMain and pg_sync_replication_slots the
variable app_name.data is being used after it is freed.
We can get logs as following:
2025-09-02 12:26:48.520 IST [3908359] ERROR: synchronization worker
"" could not connect to the primary server: connection to server at
"localhost" (127.0.0.1), port 5432 failed: Connection refused
Is the server running on that host and accepting TCP/IP connections?
I have moved the pfree(app_data.name) after its usage.
This change was introduced in PG_18.
The patch applies in the HEAD and REL_18_STABLE branches.
Thanks,
Shlok Kyal
Commits
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Fix use-after-free issue in slot synchronization.
- f2dbc83501d4 19 (unreleased) landed
- 8df3d355db0f 18.0 landed