Re: Allowing to create LEAKPROOF functions to non-superuser - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrey Borodin
Subject Re: Allowing to create LEAKPROOF functions to non-superuser
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Msg-id 598AC0FB-8D12-41D3-B0AA-ABF9FAF18451@yandex-team.ru
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In response to Re: Allowing to create LEAKPROOF functions to non-superuser  (Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>)
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> 13 апр. 2021 г., в 00:01, Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> написал(а):
>
> Hi,
>
> On 2021-04-12 23:51:02 +0300, Andrey Borodin wrote:
>> Do I risk having some extra superusers in my installation if I allow
>> everyone to create LEAKPROOF functions?
>
> I think that depends on what you define "superuser" to exactly
> be. Defining it as "has a path to executing arbitrary native code", I
> don't think, if implemented sensibly, allowing to set LEAKPROOF on new
> functions would equate superuser permissions.
Thanks!


> But you soon after might
> hit further limitations where lifting them would have such a risk,
> e.g. defining new types with in/out functions.

I think, real extensibility of a managed DB service is a very distant challenge.
Currently we just allow-list extensions.

Best regards, Andrey Borodin.


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