From: | Greg Smith <greg(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com> |
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To: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
Cc: | Josh Kupershmidt <schmiddy(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Patch to allow users to kill their own queries |
Date: | 2011-12-16 14:19:52 |
Message-ID: | 4EEB5388.50504@2ndQuadrant.com |
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On 12/16/2011 08:42 AM, Robert Haas wrote:
> the proposed patch would potentially result - in the extremely
> unlikely event of a
> super-fast PID wraparound - in someone cancelling a query they
> otherwise wouldn't have been able to cancel.
>
So how might this get exploited?
-Attach a debugger and put a breakpoint between the check and the kill
-Fork processes to get close to your target
-Wait for a process you want to mess with to appear at the PID you're
waiting for. If you miss it, repeat fork bomb and try again.
-Resume the debugger to kill the other user's process
If I had enough access to launch this sort of attack, I think I'd find
mayhem elsewhere more a more profitable effort. Crazy queries, work_mem
abuse, massive temp file generation, trying to get the OOM killer
involved; seems like there's bigger holes than this already.
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Greg Smith 2ndQuadrant US greg(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com Baltimore, MD
PostgreSQL Training, Services, and 24x7 Support www.2ndQuadrant.us
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