Re: "buffer overflow detected" when running SHOW POOL_STATUS

On Tue, Dec 2, 2025 at 12:02 AM Tatsuo Ishii <ishii(at)postgresql(dot)org> wrote:
>
> >> Unfortunately, I was not able to reproduce the issue on my Ubuntu 24
> >> and Rocky Linux 10.1 box (pgpool is compiled from source code).
> >> So there are some questions:
> >>
> >> - Is the issue occurred even when you execute other pgpool command?
> >> (for example "show pool_processes")
> >
> > No. Only getting this issue when running SHOW POOL_STATUS
>
> I found a bug with SHOW POOL_STATUS (and pcp_pool_status). The bug
> broke the data segment used for the conversion from binary form of
> backend flag (in this case ALWAYS_PRIMARY. Other flag does not raise
> the issue) to string representation, which caused the buffer overflow
> issue.
>
> Attached is the patch to fix the issue.

Ishii-san

Thank you for finding the bug and fixing it...

I think this bug warrants a new patch release or a rebuild so we can
use the latest 4.6 in production...
Is it possible to release a new RPM build 4.6.4-2 or 4.6.5?

Regards
Z....

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