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[GitHub] [hawq] huor commented on a change in pull request #1458: HAWQ-1729.fix memory wrong usage

huor commented on a change in pull request #1458: HAWQ-1729.fix memory wrong usage
URL: https://github.com/apache/hawq/pull/1458#discussion_r306109817
 
 

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 File path: src/backend/libpq/auth.c
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 @@ -383,12 +383,19 @@ internal_client_authentication(Port *port)
 			/* 
 			 * Internal connection via a domain socket -- use ident
 			 */
-			char *local_name;
+			char local_name[IDENT_USERNAME_MAX + 1];
 			char remote_name[IDENT_USERNAME_MAX + 1];
 			struct passwd *pw;
 
 			pw = getpwuid(geteuid());
-			local_name = pw->pw_name;
+
+			/*
+			 * copy local name out because another getpwuid call is performed in
+			 * ident_unix(), which causes memory freed referenced by pw
+			 */
+
+			local_name[IDENT_USERNAME_MAX + 1] = 0;
 
 Review comment:
   local_name[IDENT_USERNAME_MAX] = '\0';

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