fix: three memcpy calls in src/types/query in query.c

[orbisai0security]

Summary

Fix critical severity security issue in src/types/query.c.

Vulnerability

Field	Value
ID	V-002
Severity	CRITICAL
Scanner	multi_agent_ai
Rule	V-002
File	src/types/query.c:210

Description: Three memcpy calls in src/types/query.c copy data into heap-allocated destination buffers using caller-supplied length values (index_name_len, lexeme_len, query_text_len) without validating that the source length fits within the destination allocation. A crafted oversized query or lexeme can overflow the heap buffer, overwriting adjacent memory and potentially hijacking control flow.

Changes

• src/types/query.c

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🔴 The new index_name_len >= NAMEDATALEN check at src/types/query.c:210 rejects schema-qualified index names like my_schema.my_long_index:query, even though tp_resolve_index_name_shared() in src/index/resolve.c explicitly supports them. A legitimate schema.relation string can be up to ~127 chars (two 63-char identifiers plus a dot), so this is a behavioral regression. The original palloc(N+1) + memcpy(N) was already safely sized — the V-002 finding was a false positive — so the check should either be removed entirely or applied to the parsed schema/relation components individually after stringToQualifiedNameList().

Extended reasoning...

What the bug is

The new pre-check if (index_name_len >= NAMEDATALEN) ereport(ERROR, ...) at src/types/query.c:210 is applied to the entire substring before the colon in a bm25query input literal. But that substring is not constrained to be a single PostgreSQL identifier — it can be a schema-qualified name like schema.index.

Why existing code doesn't prevent it

tp_resolve_index_name_shared() in src/index/resolve.c:62-103 explicitly looks for a . in the supplied name and, when found, calls stringToQualifiedNameList() to split into schema and relation components and resolves them via get_namespace_oid + get_relname_relid. Each component can independently be up to NAMEDATALEN-1 = 63 chars, so the combined string can legitimately be up to 127 chars (63 + 1 + 63). The NAMEDATALEN check is being applied to the combined length, not to either component.

Asymmetry with the function form

The same logical path via to_tpquery_text_index(text, text) (src/types/query.c:307) does not impose this limit — it passes the index name straight through to create_tpquery_from_name() → tp_resolve_index_name_shared(). So after this PR, the same valid schema-qualified name works through one entry point and fails through the other.

The original code was not vulnerable

The PR description cites V-002 (heap buffer overflow). But the pre-PR code was:

char *index_name = palloc(index_name_len + 1);
memcpy(index_name, str, index_name_len);
index_name[index_name_len] = '\0';

The same index_name_len value is used for the allocation size and the memcpy size — there is no source/destination length mismatch and no overflow possible. The scanner finding was a false positive, so the check provides no security benefit while introducing a real regression.

Step-by-step proof

Consider a user with a schema-qualified BM25 index accounting_reports_schema.bm25_full_text_index_for_documents:

1. The string accounting_reports_schema.bm25_full_text_index_for_documents is 61 characters — fits.
2. Now a more realistic case: accounting_quarterly_reports_schema.bm25_full_text_index_for_documents is 71 chars.
3. User runs: SELECT 'accounting_quarterly_reports_schema.bm25_full_text_index_for_documents:hello world'::bm25query.
4. tpquery_in() is called; colon points at the colon; index_name_len = 71.
5. The new check: 71 >= NAMEDATALEN (64) → ereport ERROR 'index name too long'.
6. The query fails — yet both accounting_quarterly_reports_schema (35 chars) and bm25_full_text_index_for_documents (35 chars) are valid PostgreSQL identifiers, and the equivalent call to_bm25query('hello world', 'accounting_quarterly_reports_schema.bm25_full_text_index_for_documents') works fine.

How to fix

Either (a) remove the length check entirely — palloc(index_name_len + 1) already correctly sizes the buffer to match the memcpy, and tp_resolve_index_name_shared() will reject anything that fails to resolve; or (b) defer length validation until after parsing into components (apply NAMEDATALEN to each of schema and relation individually), or (c) use a 2*NAMEDATALEN bound here if a pre-check is desired.

[anupamme]

@orbisai0security can you address code review comments?

[claude]

🟡 The new lexeme_len > MAXSTRLEN upper-bound check at src/types/query.c:912 is unreachable dead code: query_entries[q_i].len comes from PostgreSQL's WordEntry bitfield (uint32 len:11 in tsearch/ts_type.h), so lexeme_len is bounded by (1<<11)-1 = 2047, which is exactly MAXSTRLEN. The PR's "critical buffer overflow" framing is also misleading — the destination palloc(lexeme_len + 1) is sized from the same value passed to memcpy(..., lexeme_len), so there was never an overflow possibility for this site. Consider removing the > MAXSTRLEN half of the guard or adding a comment that the 11-bit bitfield invariant is what enforces the bound.

Extended reasoning...

The dead branch

The added validation at src/types/query.c:912 is:

if (lexeme_len <= 0 || lexeme_len > MAXSTRLEN)
    ereport(ERROR, ...);

where lexeme_len was assigned three lines earlier from query_entries[q_i].len. query_entries is the WordEntry * returned by ARRPTR() on a TSVector, and PostgreSQL defines WordEntry in tsearch/ts_type.h as:

typedef struct {
    uint32 haspos:1,
           len:11,
           pos:20;
} WordEntry;
#define MAXSTRLEN ((1<<11) - 1)   /* 2047 */

Because .len is an unsigned 11-bit bitfield, every value read out of it is in [0, 2047]. Since MAXSTRLEN == 2047, the comparison lexeme_len > MAXSTRLEN is provably always false. The compiler may even elide it.

The PR description is also misleading

The PR is justified as a fix for a CRITICAL V-002 finding describing a heap buffer overflow. But the original code was:

query_lexeme = palloc(lexeme_len + 1);
memcpy(query_lexeme, query_lexeme_raw, lexeme_len);

The destination size and copy length are derived from the same lexeme_len variable. There is no way for the source length to exceed the destination allocation by construction — this is a classic V-002 false positive. The same pattern (and same observation) applies to the index_name and query_text memcpys cited in the PR description; they each palloc(N+1) and memcpy(..., N) from one variable.

Step-by-step proof the branch is unreachable

1. The TSVector is built by to_tsvector_byid() in bm25_text_bm25query_score and stored normally in PG's TSVector format.
2. ARRPTR(query_tsvector) returns WordEntry *, where each entry has len declared as uint32 len:11.
3. The C language guarantees that reading an N-bit unsigned bitfield yields a value in [0, 2^N - 1]. So query_entries[q_i].len ∈ [0, 2047].
4. The assignment int lexeme_len = query_entries[q_i].len; is value-preserving (int is at least 16 bits, value ≤ 2047).
5. MAXSTRLEN is ((1<<11) - 1) == 2047.
6. Therefore lexeme_len > 2047 cannot hold, and the > MAXSTRLEN arm of the if is unreachable on any input PostgreSQL can produce.

The lexeme_len <= 0 half is similarly defensive: since the underlying value is an unsigned bitfield, only == 0 is reachable, not < 0. An == 0 lexeme is degenerate but not dangerous — palloc(1) + zero-byte memcpy is well-defined — though erroring on it is a reasonable defensive choice.

Impact

Harmless but reflects a misunderstanding of the bitfield bound. The PR's claim that this guards against a "critical severity heap overflow" overstates what the change accomplishes — the actual code change is essentially cosmetic. Severity: nit.

Suggested fix

Either drop the > MAXSTRLEN half, or keep it with a comment such as /* Defensive: WordEntry.len is an 11-bit bitfield, so this is always false today; the check is a guard against future struct layout changes. */ so the next reader doesn't waste time tracing what input would trigger it.

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