postgresql/src
Michael Paquier 3a0cced86d Improve error handling of cryptohash computations
The existing cryptohash facility was causing problems in some code paths
related to MD5 (frontend and backend) that relied on the fact that the
only type of error that could happen would be an OOM, as the MD5
implementation used in PostgreSQL ~13 (the in-core implementation is
used when compiling with or without OpenSSL in those older versions),
could fail only under this circumstance.

The new cryptohash facilities can fail for reasons other than OOMs, like
attempting MD5 when FIPS is enabled (upstream OpenSSL allows that up to
1.0.2, Fedora and Photon patch OpenSSL 1.1.1 to allow that), so this
would cause incorrect reports to show up.

This commit extends the cryptohash APIs so as callers of those routines
can fetch more context when an error happens, by using a new routine
called pg_cryptohash_error().  The error states are stored within each
implementation's internal context data, so as it is possible to extend
the logic depending on what's suited for an implementation.  The default
implementation requires few error states, but OpenSSL could report
various issues depending on its internal state so more is needed in
cryptohash_openssl.c, and the code is shaped so as we are always able to
grab the necessary information.

The core code is changed to adapt to the new error routine, painting
more "const" across the call stack where the static errors are stored,
particularly in authentication code paths on variables that provide
log details.  This way, any future changes would warn if attempting to
free these strings.  The MD5 authentication code was also a bit blurry
about the handling of "logdetail" (LOG sent to the postmaster), so
improve the comments related that, while on it.

The origin of the problem is 87ae969, that introduced the centralized
cryptohash facility.  Extra changes are done for pgcrypto in v14 for the
non-OpenSSL code path to cope with the improvements done by this
commit.

Reported-by: Michael Mühlbeyer
Author: Michael Paquier
Reviewed-by: Tom Lane
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/89B7F072-5BBE-4C92-903E-D83E865D9367@trivadis.com
Backpatch-through: 14
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backend Improve error handling of cryptohash computations 2022-01-11 09:55:24 +09:00
bin Fix issues with describe queries of extended statistics in psql 2022-01-08 16:45:14 +09:00
common Improve error handling of cryptohash computations 2022-01-11 09:55:24 +09:00
fe_utils Fix incautious handling of possibly-miscoded strings in client code. 2021-06-07 14:15:25 -04:00
include Improve error handling of cryptohash computations 2022-01-11 09:55:24 +09:00
interfaces Improve error handling of cryptohash computations 2022-01-11 09:55:24 +09:00
makefiles Add NO_INSTALL option to pgxs 2021-05-27 13:58:29 +02:00
pl Remove unneeded Python includes 2021-11-25 14:30:12 +01:00
port Fix compatibility thinko for fstat() on standard streams in win32stat.c 2021-11-30 09:55:56 +09:00
template Further tweaking of PG_SYSROOT heuristics for macOS. 2021-01-20 12:07:23 -05:00
test Prevent altering partitioned table's rowtype, if it's used elsewhere. 2022-01-06 16:46:46 -05:00
timezone Update time zone data files to tzdata release 2021e. 2021-10-29 11:38:32 -04:00
tools Improve error handling of cryptohash computations 2022-01-11 09:55:24 +09:00
tutorial doc: Prefer explicit JOIN syntax over old implicit syntax in tutorial 2021-04-08 10:51:26 +02:00
.gitignore Convert cvsignore to gitignore, and add .gitignore for build targets. 2010-09-22 12:57:04 +02:00
DEVELOPERS
Makefile Remove the option to build thread_test.c outside configure. 2020-10-21 12:08:48 -04:00
Makefile.global.in Add module build directory to the PATH for TAP tests 2021-10-22 09:50:16 -04:00
Makefile.shlib AIX: Fix missing libpq symbols by respecting SHLIB_EXPORTS. 2021-09-06 11:28:02 -07:00
nls-global.mk Add errhint_plural() function and make use of it 2021-03-31 09:16:25 +02:00