Re: [PATCH] Fix POSIX compliance in pgwin32_unsetenv()

On 10/19/25 20:02, Michael Paquier wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 18, 2025 at 01:26:40PM -0500, Bryan Green wrote:
>> I noticed that pgwin32_unsetenv() in src/port/win32env.c lacks the input
>> validation that its sibling function pgwin32_setenv() has (lines 126-132).
>>
>> Without these checks, the function will crash on NULL input via
>> strlen(NULL), and will accept empty strings or strings containing '=' in
>> violation of POSIX.1-2008.
>>
>> The attached patch adds the same validation that pgwin32_setenv already
>> does, making the two functions consistent. This is purely defensive - it
>> only affects callers passing invalid arguments.
>
> I presume that you have tried to use this routine on some external
> code on WIN32 to note that it was just crashing.
>
> The current state of pgwin32_unsetenv() dates back to 0154345078fb.
> The POSIX checks of setenv() are more recent than that, as in
> 7ca37fb0406b down to v14. I agree that the inconsistency in handling
> the input arguments is annoying, so if there are no objections let's
> apply the same checks down to v14 like the setenv() piece. It's
> better than a hard crash.
> --
> Michael

I have been going through all of the windows code line by line. That is
how I initially noticed this. I then wrote a program to exercise the
code and confirm the crash. I agree it should be backported.

BG