From 4dfab1d904ac6b86a7452d011e86379fba86623b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Chao Li (Evan)" Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 09:46:16 +0800 Subject: [PATCH v3 2/2] Avoid exposing raw WAL receiver conninfo during timeline jumps When reusing an existing WAL receiver after it has reached WALRCV_WAITING, RequestXLogStreaming() copied PrimaryConnInfo into WalRcv->conninfo before switching the state to WALRCV_RESTARTING. At that point ready_to_display could still be true, so pg_stat_wal_receiver could expose the raw connection string, including sensitive fields. WALRCV_RESTARTING does not establish a new connection. The waiting WAL receiver reuses its existing connection and only needs a new startpoint and timeline, so there is no need to copy the raw connection string into shared memory again. Only copy conninfo when launching a new WAL receiver from WALRCV_STOPPED. Add coverage to the timeline-switch test to verify that the WAL receiver process remains visible in pg_stat_wal_receiver across the jump, while a raw password in primary_conninfo is not exposed. Author: Chao Li Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/EF91FF76-1E2B-4F3B-9162-290B4DC517FF@gmail.com --- src/backend/replication/walreceiverfuncs.c | 9 ++++----- src/test/recovery/t/004_timeline_switch.pl | 16 ++++++++++++++-- 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walreceiverfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/walreceiverfuncs.c index a0ed853e2f6..279c6c8a7e1 100644 --- a/src/backend/replication/walreceiverfuncs.c +++ b/src/backend/replication/walreceiverfuncs.c @@ -281,11 +281,6 @@ RequestXLogStreaming(TimeLineID tli, XLogRecPtr recptr, const char *conninfo, Assert(walrcv->walRcvState == WALRCV_STOPPED || walrcv->walRcvState == WALRCV_WAITING); - if (conninfo != NULL) - strlcpy(walrcv->conninfo, conninfo, MAXCONNINFO); - else - walrcv->conninfo[0] = '\0'; - /* * Use configured replication slot if present, and ignore the value of * create_temp_slot as the slot name should be persistent. Otherwise, use @@ -307,6 +302,10 @@ RequestXLogStreaming(TimeLineID tli, XLogRecPtr recptr, const char *conninfo, { launch = true; walrcv->walRcvState = WALRCV_STARTING; + if (conninfo != NULL) + strlcpy(walrcv->conninfo, conninfo, MAXCONNINFO); + else + walrcv->conninfo[0] = '\0'; } else walrcv->walRcvState = WALRCV_RESTARTING; diff --git a/src/test/recovery/t/004_timeline_switch.pl b/src/test/recovery/t/004_timeline_switch.pl index 5afd2f44466..eb7cfa9f8e0 100644 --- a/src/test/recovery/t/004_timeline_switch.pl +++ b/src/test/recovery/t/004_timeline_switch.pl @@ -47,11 +47,15 @@ $node_standby_1->psql( stdout => \$psql_out); is($psql_out, 't', "promotion of standby with pg_promote"); -# Switch standby 2 to replay from standby 1 +# Switch standby 2 to replay from standby 1. During the timeline switch, +# the WAL receiver process on standby 2 should not be stopped, and the +# new primary connection string should not be visible +# in pg_stat_wal_receiver. +my $secret = 'dont_show_me'; my $connstr_1 = $node_standby_1->connstr; $node_standby_2->append_conf( 'postgresql.conf', qq( -primary_conninfo='$connstr_1' +primary_conninfo='$connstr_1 password=$secret' )); # Rotate logfile before restarting, for the log checks done below. @@ -93,6 +97,14 @@ my $wr_pid_after_switch = $node_standby_2->safe_psql('postgres', is($wr_pid_before_switch, $wr_pid_after_switch, 'WAL receiver PID matches across timeline jumps'); +my $raw_conninfo_count = $node_standby_2->safe_psql( + 'postgres', + "SELECT count(*) FROM pg_stat_wal_receiver WHERE conninfo LIKE '%$secret%'"); + +is( + $raw_conninfo_count, '0', + 'raw primary_conninfo password is not visible after timeline jumps'); + # Ensure that a standby is able to follow a primary on a newer timeline # when WAL archiving is enabled. -- 2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)