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Re: BUG #17935: Incorrect memory access in fuzzystrmatch/difference() - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: BUG #17935: Incorrect memory access in fuzzystrmatch/difference()
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Msg-id 2595015.1684246983@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to BUG #17935: Incorrect memory access in fuzzystrmatch/difference()  (PG Bug reporting form <noreply@postgresql.org>)
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PG Bug reporting form <noreply@postgresql.org> writes:
> In this case, _soundex() exits prematurely and sets only first and last
> char
> of it's parameter outstr, but difference() loops through SOUNDEX_LEN
> chars,
> and thus uses initialized data.

Yup, that's pretty sloppy, will fix.

            regards, tom lane

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