From 4c35d93e49ef9eab825996bacc3aa230b4fe11f4 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-14.sgml | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-14.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-14.sgml index b714f75c900..13393f36e2e 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release-14.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-14.sgml @@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ 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.