Prevent access to other sessions' temp tables

Commit b7b0f3f272 ("Use streaming I/O in sequential scans") routed
sequential scans through read_stream_next_buffer(), bypassing the
RELATION_IS_OTHER_TEMP() check in ReadBufferExtended().  As a result,
a superuser can attempt to read or modify temp tables of other
sessions through the read-stream path.  When the query plan uses no index,
SELECT/UPDATE/DELETE/MERGE silently see no rows / report zero affected rows,
and COPY produces an empty output -- because the buffer manager has no
visibility into the owning session's local buffers and silently returns
nothing.  Any query plan that uses, for instance, a btree index
still errors out via the existing check in ReadBufferExtended(), which
is reached from hio.c and nbtree respectively, but this is incidental.

Fix by enforcing RELATION_IS_OTHER_TEMP() at the three additional
buffer-manager entry points:

- read_stream_begin_impl() rejects the read at stream setup time,
  covering sequential and bitmap scans that go through the
  read-stream path.
- ReadBuffer_common() becomes the canonical place for the check,
  consolidating the existing one previously kept in
  ReadBufferExtended().  All ReadBufferExtended() callers go through
  ReadBuffer_common(), so the consolidation is behavior-preserving.
- StartReadBuffersImpl() catches direct callers of StartReadBuffers()
  that bypass both of the above.  This is currently defense-in-depth,
  but documents the contract for future code.

The companion test in src/test/modules/test_misc was added in the
preceding commit; this commit updates the assertions for SELECT,
UPDATE, DELETE, MERGE, and COPY (which previously documented the
bug as silent success) to expect the new error.

Author: Jim Jones <jim.jones@uni-muenster.de>
Author: Daniil Davydov <3danissimo@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Alexander Korotkov <aekorotkov@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
Reviewed-by: Soumya S Murali <soumyamurali.work@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAJDiXghdFcZ8%3Dnh4G69te7iRr3Q0uFyXxb3ZdG09_GTNZXwH0g%40mail.gmail.com
Backpatch-through: 17
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Alexander Korotkov 2026-05-14 12:25:19 +03:00
parent 1cd37a7a8d
commit 1b0dd08157
4 changed files with 48 additions and 39 deletions

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@ -555,6 +555,16 @@ read_stream_begin_impl(int flags,
uint32 max_possible_buffer_limit;
Oid tablespace_id;
/*
* Reject attempts to read non-local temporary relations; we would be
* likely to get wrong data since we have no visibility into the owning
* session's local buffers.
*/
if (rel && RELATION_IS_OTHER_TEMP(rel))
ereport(ERROR,
(errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
errmsg("cannot access temporary tables of other sessions")));
/*
* Decide how many I/Os we will allow to run at the same time. This
* number also affects how far we look ahead for opportunities to start

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@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ PrefetchBuffer(Relation reln, ForkNumber forkNum, BlockNumber blockNum)
if (RelationUsesLocalBuffers(reln))
{
/* see comments in ReadBufferExtended */
/* see comments in ReadBuffer_common */
if (RELATION_IS_OTHER_TEMP(reln))
ereport(ERROR,
(errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
@ -807,19 +807,10 @@ ReadBufferExtended(Relation reln, ForkNumber forkNum, BlockNumber blockNum,
{
Buffer buf;
/*
* Reject attempts to read non-local temporary relations; we would be
* likely to get wrong data since we have no visibility into the owning
* session's local buffers.
*/
if (RELATION_IS_OTHER_TEMP(reln))
ereport(ERROR,
(errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
errmsg("cannot access temporary tables of other sessions")));
/*
* Read the buffer, and update pgstat counters to reflect a cache hit or
* miss.
* miss. The other-session temp-relation check is enforced by
* ReadBuffer_common().
*/
buf = ReadBuffer_common(reln, RelationGetSmgr(reln), 0,
forkNum, blockNum, mode, strategy);
@ -1200,6 +1191,18 @@ ReadBuffer_common(Relation rel, SMgrRelation smgr, char smgr_persistence,
int flags;
char persistence;
/*
* Reject attempts to read non-local temporary relations; we would be
* likely to get wrong data since we have no visibility into the owning
* session's local buffers. This is the canonical place for the check,
* covering the ReadBufferExtended() entry point and any other caller that
* supplies a Relation.
*/
if (rel && RELATION_IS_OTHER_TEMP(rel))
ereport(ERROR,
(errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
errmsg("cannot access temporary tables of other sessions")));
/*
* Backward compatibility path, most code should use ExtendBufferedRel()
* instead, as acquiring the extension lock inside ExtendBufferedRel()
@ -1274,6 +1277,12 @@ StartReadBuffersImpl(ReadBuffersOperation *operation,
Assert(*nblocks > 0);
Assert(*nblocks <= MAX_IO_COMBINE_LIMIT);
/* see comments in ReadBuffer_common */
if (operation->rel && RELATION_IS_OTHER_TEMP(operation->rel))
ereport(ERROR,
(errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
errmsg("cannot access temporary tables of other sessions")));
for (int i = 0; i < actual_nblocks; ++i)
{
bool found;

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@ -666,17 +666,12 @@ RelationCloseSmgr(Relation relation)
*
* Reading another session's temp-table data through never works right:
* the owning session keeps the data in its private local buffer pool,
* which we cannot access. The macro is therefore used at the buffer-manager
* level to reject such accesses, and by command-level code (TRUNCATE,
* ALTER TABLE, VACUUM, CLUSTER, REINDEX, ...) for command-specific error
* messages.
*
* Currenlty buffer manager checks include only ReadBufferExtended(), and
* PrefetchBuffer(); while ReadBuffer_common(), read_stream_begin_impl(), and
* StartReadBuffersImpl() are not covered. As a result, read paths that
* bypass ReadBufferExtended() -- notably sequential scans that go through
* the read-stream API -- silently return no rows when targeted at another
* session's temp table instead of failing.
* which we cannot access. Existing buffer-manager entry points
* (ReadBuffer_common(), StartReadBuffersImpl(), read_stream_begin_impl(),
* and PrefetchBuffer()) already enforce this; any new buffer-access entry
* points must do the same. Command-level code (TRUNCATE, ALTER TABLE,
* VACUUM, CLUSTER, REINDEX, ...) additionally uses this macro for
* command-specific error messages.
*
* Beware of multiple eval of argument
*/

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@ -56,25 +56,20 @@ my ($stdout, $stderr);
# DML and SELECT have to read the table's data and therefore go through
# the buffer manager. With no index on the table, the planner cannot
# use index access, so SELECT/UPDATE/DELETE/MERGE/COPY all run through
# the read-stream path.
#
# XXX: in current code, the read-stream path bypasses the
# RELATION_IS_OTHER_TEMP() check, so these commands silently see no
# rows / report zero affected rows -- the visible symptom of the bug
# this test suite documents. A follow-up patch will route the check
# through read_stream_begin_impl() and these assertions will be
# updated to expect "cannot access temporary tables of other sessions".
# the read-stream path and are caught by read_stream_begin_impl().
$node->psql(
'postgres',
"SELECT val FROM $tempschema.foo;",
stdout => \$stdout,
stderr => \$stderr);
is($stderr, '', 'SELECT (currently no error -- bug to be fixed)');
like(
$stderr,
qr/cannot access temporary tables of other sessions/,
'SELECT (seqscan via read_stream)');
# INSERT goes through hio.c which calls ReadBufferExtended() to find a
# page with free space; that hits the existing check before any data is
# written. This case currently errors as expected.
# page with free space; that hits the existing check before any data
# is written.
$node->psql(
'postgres',
"INSERT INTO $tempschema.foo VALUES (73);",
@ -88,21 +83,21 @@ $node->psql(
'postgres',
"UPDATE $tempschema.foo SET val = NULL;",
stderr => \$stderr);
is($stderr, '', 'UPDATE (currently no error -- bug to be fixed)');
like($stderr, qr/cannot access temporary tables of other sessions/, 'UPDATE');
$node->psql('postgres', "DELETE FROM $tempschema.foo;", stderr => \$stderr);
is($stderr, '', 'DELETE (currently no error -- bug to be fixed)');
like($stderr, qr/cannot access temporary tables of other sessions/, 'DELETE');
$node->psql(
'postgres',
"MERGE INTO $tempschema.foo USING (VALUES (42)) AS s(val) "
. "ON foo.val = s.val WHEN MATCHED THEN DELETE;",
stderr => \$stderr);
is($stderr, '', 'MERGE (currently no error -- bug to be fixed)');
like($stderr, qr/cannot access temporary tables of other sessions/, 'MERGE');
$node->psql('postgres', "COPY $tempschema.foo TO STDOUT;",
stderr => \$stderr);
is($stderr, '', 'COPY (currently no error -- bug to be fixed)');
like($stderr, qr/cannot access temporary tables of other sessions/, 'COPY');
# DDL and maintenance commands have their own command-specific checks
# (older than the buffer-manager check above), so they fail with