Thread: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Fix pnstrdup() to not memcpy() the maximum allowed length.

[COMMITTERS] pgsql: Fix pnstrdup() to not memcpy() the maximum allowed length.

From
Andres Freund
Date:
Fix pnstrdup() to not memcpy() the maximum allowed length.

The previous behaviour was dangerous if the length passed wasn't the
size of the underlying buffer, but the maximum size of the underlying
buffer.

Author: Andres Freund
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20161003215524.mwz5p45pcverrkyk@alap3.anarazel.de

Branch
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master

Details
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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/82c117cb90e6b6b79f06d61eb1ddf06e94e75b60

Modified Files
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src/backend/utils/mmgr/mcxt.c | 7 ++++++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)


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