From d472bf14f2595926a96bf668936b2cc920b9a7d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Lane Date: Fri, 15 May 2026 18:32:33 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Doc: fix release-note typo. This mention of memcpy() should of course have said memcmp(). Reported-by: chris@chrullrich.net Author: Tom Lane Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/177883653690.764749.14038057906859461991@wrigleys.postgresql.org Backpatch-through: 14 --- doc/src/sgml/release-18.sgml | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-18.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-18.sgml index 9537f1932ec..222d884831b 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release-18.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-18.sgml @@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ Branch: REL_14_STABLE [b282280e9] 2026-05-11 05:13:51 -0700 Use timingsafe_bcmp() instead - of memcpy() or strcmp() + of memcmp() or strcmp() when checking passwords, hashes, etc. It is not known whether the data dependency of those functions is usefully exploitable in any of these places, but in the interests of safety, replace them.