From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 17:13:57 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Force plperl and plperlu to run in separate interpreters. Create an error
X-Git-Tag: REL8_2_RC1~87
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Force plperl and plperlu to run in separate interpreters. Create an error
on an attempt to create the second interpreter if this is not supported by
the perl installation. Per recent -hackers discussion.
---

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/plperl.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/plperl.sgml
index b9668103ecd..a94163e7be6 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/plperl.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/plperl.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/plperl.sgml,v 2.58 2006/10/23 18:10:31 petere Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/plperl.sgml,v 2.59 2006/11/13 17:13:56 adunstan Exp $ -->
 
  <chapter id="plperl">
   <title>PL/Perl - Perl Procedural Language</title>
@@ -646,6 +646,25 @@ $$ LANGUAGE plperl;
    If the above function was created by a superuser using the language
    <literal>plperlu</>, execution would succeed.
   </para>
+
+  <note>
+    <para>
+	  For security reasons, to stop a leak of privileged operations from
+      <application>PL/PerlU</> to <application>PL/Perl</>, these two languages
+	  have to run in separate instances of the Perl interpreter. If your
+	  Perl installation has been appropriately compiled, this is not a problem.
+	  However, not all installations are compiled with the requisite flags.
+	  If <productname>PostgreSQL</> detects that this is the case then it will
+	  not start a second interpreter, but instead create an error. In
+	  consequence, in such an installation, you cannot use both 
+	  <application>PL/PerlU</> and <application>PL/Perl</> in the same backend
+	  process. The remedy for this is to obtain a Perl installation created
+	  with the appropriate flags, namely either <literal>usemultiplicity</> or
+	  both <literal>usethreads</> and <literal>useithreads</>. 
+	  For more details,see the <literal>perlembed</> manual page.
+    </para>
+  </note>
+  
  </sect1>
 
  <sect1 id="plperl-triggers">
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
index 58b4eaf50b0..78a72cea008 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.482 2006/11/06 17:00:27 tgl Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.483 2006/11/13 17:13:56 adunstan Exp $ -->
 <!--
 
 Typical markup:
@@ -407,6 +407,21 @@ links to the main documentation.
        </para>
       </listitem>
 
+	  <listitem>
+	    <para>
+		  Data can no longer be shared between a PL/Perl function and a 
+		  PL/PerlU function, and modules used by a /PerlU function are no 
+		  longer available to PL/Perl functions.
+		</para>
+		<para>
+		  Some perl installations have not been compiled with the correct flags
+		  to allow multiple interpreters to exist within a single process.
+		  In this situation PL/Perl and PL/PerlU cannot both be used in a 
+		  single backend. The solution is to get a Perl installation which 
+		  supports multiple interpreters. (Andrew)  
+ 	    </para>
+      </listitem>
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         In <filename>contrib/xml2/</>, rename <function>xml_valid()</> to
@@ -1743,8 +1758,21 @@ links to the main documentation.
        <para>
         Previously, it was lexical, which caused unexpected sharing
         violations.
-       </para>
-      </listitem>
+       </para>	   
+      </listitem>
+
+	  <listitem>
+	    <para>
+		  Run PL/Perl and PL/PerlU in separate interpreters, for security 
+		  reasons.
+		</para>
+		<para>
+		  In consequence, they can no longer share data nor loaded modules.
+		  Also, if Perl has not been compiled with the requisite flags to
+		  allow multiple interpreters, only one of these lamguages can be used
+		  in any given backend process. (Andrew)
+	    </para>
+	  </listitem>
 
      </itemizedlist>
 
diff --git a/src/pl/plperl/plperl.c b/src/pl/plperl/plperl.c
index 83332b92cde..0ca7f9b1f64 100644
--- a/src/pl/plperl/plperl.c
+++ b/src/pl/plperl/plperl.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /**********************************************************************
  * plperl.c - perl as a procedural language for PostgreSQL
  *
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/pl/plperl/plperl.c,v 1.121 2006/10/19 18:32:47 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/pl/plperl/plperl.c,v 1.122 2006/11/13 17:13:57 adunstan Exp $
  *
  **********************************************************************/
 
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "utils/lsyscache.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/typcache.h"
+#include "utils/hsearch.h"
 
 /* perl stuff */
 #include "plperl.h"
@@ -55,6 +56,14 @@ typedef struct plperl_proc_desc
 	SV		   *reference;
 } plperl_proc_desc;
 
+/* hash table entry for proc desc  */
+
+typedef struct plperl_proc_entry
+{
+	char proc_name[NAMEDATALEN];
+	plperl_proc_desc *proc_data;
+} plperl_proc_entry;
+
 /*
  * The information we cache for the duration of a single call to a
  * function.
@@ -82,13 +91,38 @@ typedef struct plperl_query_desc
 	Oid		   *argtypioparams;
 } plperl_query_desc;
 
+/* hash table entry for query desc  */
+
+typedef struct plperl_query_entry
+{
+	char query_name[NAMEDATALEN];
+	plperl_query_desc *query_data;
+} plperl_query_entry;
+
 /**********************************************************************
  * Global data
  **********************************************************************/
+
+typedef enum
+{
+	INTERP_NONE,
+	INTERP_HELD,
+	INTERP_TRUSTED,
+	INTERP_UNTRUSTED,
+	INTERP_BOTH
+} InterpState;
+
+static InterpState interp_state = INTERP_NONE;
+static bool can_run_two = false;
+
 static bool plperl_safe_init_done = false;
-static PerlInterpreter *plperl_interp = NULL;
-static HV  *plperl_proc_hash = NULL;
-static HV  *plperl_query_hash = NULL;
+static PerlInterpreter *plperl_trusted_interp = NULL;
+static PerlInterpreter *plperl_untrusted_interp = NULL;
+static PerlInterpreter *plperl_held_interp = NULL;
+static bool can_run_two;
+static bool trusted_context;
+static HTAB  *plperl_proc_hash = NULL;
+static HTAB  *plperl_query_hash = NULL;
 
 static bool plperl_use_strict = false;
 
@@ -144,6 +178,7 @@ _PG_init(void)
 {
 	/* Be sure we do initialization only once (should be redundant now) */
 	static bool inited = false;
+    HASHCTL     hash_ctl;
 
 	if (inited)
 		return;
@@ -157,6 +192,22 @@ _PG_init(void)
 
 	EmitWarningsOnPlaceholders("plperl");
 
+	MemSet(&hash_ctl, 0, sizeof(hash_ctl));
+
+	hash_ctl.keysize = NAMEDATALEN;
+	hash_ctl.entrysize = sizeof(plperl_proc_entry);
+
+	plperl_proc_hash = hash_create("PLPerl Procedures",
+								   32,
+								   &hash_ctl,
+								   HASH_ELEM);
+
+	hash_ctl.entrysize = sizeof(plperl_query_entry);
+	plperl_query_hash = hash_create("PLPerl Queries",
+									32,
+									&hash_ctl,
+									HASH_ELEM);
+
 	plperl_init_interp();
 
 	inited = true;
@@ -235,6 +286,90 @@ _PG_init(void)
 	"      elog(ERROR,'trusted Perl functions disabled - " \
 	"      please upgrade Perl Safe module to version 2.09 or later');}]); }"
 
+#define TEST_FOR_MULTI \
+	"use Config; " \
+	"$Config{usemultiplicity} eq 'define' or "  \
+    "($Config{usethreads} eq 'define' " \
+	" and $Config{useithreads} eq 'define')"
+
+
+/********************************************************************
+ *
+ * We start out by creating a "held" interpreter that we can use in
+ * trusted or untrusted mode (but not both) as the need arises. Later, we
+ * assign that interpreter if it is available to either the trusted or 
+ * untrusted interpreter. If it has already been assigned, and we need to
+ * create the other interpreter, we do that if we can, or error out.
+ * We detect if it is safe to run two interpreters during the setup of the
+ * dummy interpreter.
+ */
+
+
+static void 
+check_interp(bool trusted)
+{
+	if (interp_state == INTERP_HELD)
+	{
+		if (trusted)
+		{
+			plperl_trusted_interp = plperl_held_interp;
+			interp_state = INTERP_TRUSTED;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			plperl_untrusted_interp = plperl_held_interp;
+			interp_state = INTERP_UNTRUSTED;
+		}
+		plperl_held_interp = NULL;
+		trusted_context = trusted;
+	}
+	else if (interp_state == INTERP_BOTH || 
+			 (trusted && interp_state == INTERP_TRUSTED) ||
+			 (!trusted && interp_state == INTERP_UNTRUSTED))
+	{
+		if (trusted_context != trusted)
+		{
+			if (trusted)
+				PERL_SET_CONTEXT(plperl_trusted_interp);
+			else
+				PERL_SET_CONTEXT(plperl_untrusted_interp);
+			trusted_context = trusted;
+		}
+	}
+	else if (can_run_two)
+	{
+		PERL_SET_CONTEXT(plperl_held_interp);
+		plperl_init_interp();
+		if (trusted)
+			plperl_trusted_interp = plperl_held_interp;
+		else
+			plperl_untrusted_interp = plperl_held_interp;
+		interp_state = INTERP_BOTH;
+		plperl_held_interp = NULL;
+		trusted_context = trusted;
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		elog(ERROR, 
+			 "can not allocate second Perl interpreter on this platform");
+
+	}
+	
+}
+
+
+static void
+restore_context (bool old_context)
+{
+	if (trusted_context != old_context)
+	{
+		if (old_context)
+			PERL_SET_CONTEXT(plperl_trusted_interp);
+		else
+			PERL_SET_CONTEXT(plperl_untrusted_interp);
+		trusted_context = old_context;
+	}
+}
 
 static void
 plperl_init_interp(void)
@@ -285,16 +420,24 @@ plperl_init_interp(void)
 	save_time = loc ? pstrdup(loc) : NULL;
 #endif
 
-	plperl_interp = perl_alloc();
-	if (!plperl_interp)
+
+	plperl_held_interp = perl_alloc();
+	if (!plperl_held_interp)
 		elog(ERROR, "could not allocate Perl interpreter");
 
-	perl_construct(plperl_interp);
-	perl_parse(plperl_interp, plperl_init_shared_libs, 3, embedding, NULL);
-	perl_run(plperl_interp);
+	perl_construct(plperl_held_interp);
+	perl_parse(plperl_held_interp, plperl_init_shared_libs, 
+			   3, embedding, NULL);
+	perl_run(plperl_held_interp);
 
-	plperl_proc_hash = newHV();
-	plperl_query_hash = newHV();
+	if (interp_state == INTERP_NONE)
+	{
+		SV *res;
+
+		res = eval_pv(TEST_FOR_MULTI,TRUE);
+		can_run_two = SvIV(res); 
+		interp_state = INTERP_HELD;
+	}
 
 #ifdef WIN32
 
@@ -1009,6 +1152,7 @@ plperl_func_handler(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	Datum		retval;
 	ReturnSetInfo *rsi;
 	SV		   *array_ret = NULL;
+	bool       oldcontext = trusted_context;
 
 	/*
 	 * Create the call_data beforing connecting to SPI, so that it is not
@@ -1037,6 +1181,8 @@ plperl_func_handler(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 							"cannot accept a set")));
 	}
 
+	check_interp(prodesc->lanpltrusted);
+
 	perlret = plperl_call_perl_func(prodesc, fcinfo);
 
 	/************************************************************
@@ -1146,6 +1292,8 @@ plperl_func_handler(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 		SvREFCNT_dec(perlret);
 
 	current_call_data = NULL;
+	restore_context(oldcontext);
+
 	return retval;
 }
 
@@ -1158,6 +1306,7 @@ plperl_trigger_handler(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	Datum		retval;
 	SV		   *svTD;
 	HV		   *hvTD;
+	bool       oldcontext = trusted_context;
 
 	/*
 	 * Create the call_data beforing connecting to SPI, so that it is not
@@ -1174,6 +1323,8 @@ plperl_trigger_handler(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	prodesc = compile_plperl_function(fcinfo->flinfo->fn_oid, true);
 	current_call_data->prodesc = prodesc;
 
+	check_interp(prodesc->lanpltrusted);
+
 	svTD = plperl_trigger_build_args(fcinfo);
 	perlret = plperl_call_perl_trigger_func(prodesc, fcinfo, svTD);
 	hvTD = (HV *) SvRV(svTD);
@@ -1244,6 +1395,7 @@ plperl_trigger_handler(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 		SvREFCNT_dec(perlret);
 
 	current_call_data = NULL;
+	restore_context(oldcontext);
 	return retval;
 }
 
@@ -1256,7 +1408,9 @@ compile_plperl_function(Oid fn_oid, bool is_trigger)
 	char		internal_proname[64];
 	plperl_proc_desc *prodesc = NULL;
 	int			i;
-	SV		  **svp;
+	plperl_proc_entry *hash_entry;
+	bool found;
+	bool oldcontext = trusted_context;
 
 	/* We'll need the pg_proc tuple in any case... */
 	procTup = SearchSysCache(PROCOID,
@@ -1277,12 +1431,14 @@ compile_plperl_function(Oid fn_oid, bool is_trigger)
 	/************************************************************
 	 * Lookup the internal proc name in the hashtable
 	 ************************************************************/
-	svp = hv_fetch_string(plperl_proc_hash, internal_proname);
-	if (svp)
+	hash_entry = hash_search(plperl_proc_hash, internal_proname, 
+							 HASH_FIND, NULL);
+
+	if (hash_entry)
 	{
 		bool		uptodate;
 
-		prodesc = INT2PTR(plperl_proc_desc *, SvUV(*svp));
+		prodesc = hash_entry->proc_data;
 
 		/************************************************************
 		 * If it's present, must check whether it's still up to date.
@@ -1294,8 +1450,10 @@ compile_plperl_function(Oid fn_oid, bool is_trigger)
 
 		if (!uptodate)
 		{
-			/* need we delete old entry? */
+			free(prodesc); /* are we leaking memory here? */
 			prodesc = NULL;
+			hash_search(plperl_proc_hash, internal_proname,
+						HASH_REMOVE,NULL);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1469,7 +1627,13 @@ compile_plperl_function(Oid fn_oid, bool is_trigger)
 		/************************************************************
 		 * Create the procedure in the interpreter
 		 ************************************************************/
+
+		check_interp(prodesc->lanpltrusted);
+
 		prodesc->reference = plperl_create_sub(proc_source, prodesc->lanpltrusted);
+
+		restore_context(oldcontext);
+
 		pfree(proc_source);
 		if (!prodesc->reference)	/* can this happen? */
 		{
@@ -1479,8 +1643,9 @@ compile_plperl_function(Oid fn_oid, bool is_trigger)
 				 internal_proname);
 		}
 
-		hv_store_string(plperl_proc_hash, internal_proname,
-						newSVuv(PTR2UV(prodesc)));
+		hash_entry = hash_search(plperl_proc_hash, internal_proname,
+								 HASH_ENTER, &found);
+		hash_entry->proc_data = prodesc;
 	}
 
 	ReleaseSysCache(procTup);
@@ -1939,6 +2104,8 @@ SV *
 plperl_spi_prepare(char *query, int argc, SV **argv)
 {
 	plperl_query_desc *qdesc;
+	plperl_query_entry *hash_entry;
+	bool        found;
 	void	   *plan;
 	int			i;
 
@@ -2051,7 +2218,10 @@ plperl_spi_prepare(char *query, int argc, SV **argv)
 	 * Insert a hashtable entry for the plan and return
 	 * the key to the caller.
 	 ************************************************************/
-	hv_store_string(plperl_query_hash, qdesc->qname, newSVuv(PTR2UV(qdesc)));
+
+	hash_entry = hash_search(plperl_query_hash, qdesc->qname,
+							 HASH_ENTER,&found);
+	hash_entry->query_data = qdesc;
 
 	return newSVstring(qdesc->qname);
 }
@@ -2067,6 +2237,7 @@ plperl_spi_exec_prepared(char *query, HV *attr, int argc, SV **argv)
 	char	   *nulls;
 	Datum	   *argvalues;
 	plperl_query_desc *qdesc;
+	plperl_query_entry *hash_entry;
 
 	/*
 	 * Execute the query inside a sub-transaction, so we can cope with errors
@@ -2084,13 +2255,14 @@ plperl_spi_exec_prepared(char *query, HV *attr, int argc, SV **argv)
 		/************************************************************
 		 * Fetch the saved plan descriptor, see if it's o.k.
 		 ************************************************************/
-		sv = hv_fetch_string(plperl_query_hash, query);
-		if (sv == NULL)
+
+		hash_entry = hash_search(plperl_query_hash, query,
+										 HASH_FIND,NULL);
+		if (hash_entry == NULL)
 			elog(ERROR, "spi_exec_prepared: Invalid prepared query passed");
-		if (*sv == NULL || !SvOK(*sv))
-			elog(ERROR, "spi_exec_prepared: panic - plperl_query_hash value corrupted");
 
-		qdesc = INT2PTR(plperl_query_desc *, SvUV(*sv));
+		qdesc = hash_entry->query_data;
+
 		if (qdesc == NULL)
 			elog(ERROR, "spi_exec_prepared: panic - plperl_query_hash value vanished");
 
@@ -2201,11 +2373,11 @@ plperl_spi_exec_prepared(char *query, HV *attr, int argc, SV **argv)
 SV *
 plperl_spi_query_prepared(char *query, int argc, SV **argv)
 {
-	SV		  **sv;
 	int			i;
 	char	   *nulls;
 	Datum	   *argvalues;
 	plperl_query_desc *qdesc;
+	plperl_query_entry *hash_entry;
 	SV		   *cursor;
 	Portal		portal = NULL;
 
@@ -2225,13 +2397,13 @@ plperl_spi_query_prepared(char *query, int argc, SV **argv)
 		/************************************************************
 		 * Fetch the saved plan descriptor, see if it's o.k.
 		 ************************************************************/
-		sv = hv_fetch_string(plperl_query_hash, query);
-		if (sv == NULL)
-			elog(ERROR, "spi_query_prepared: Invalid prepared query passed");
-		if (*sv == NULL || !SvOK(*sv))
-			elog(ERROR, "spi_query_prepared: panic - plperl_query_hash value corrupted");
+		hash_entry = hash_search(plperl_query_hash, query,
+										 HASH_FIND,NULL);
+		if (hash_entry == NULL)
+			elog(ERROR, "spi_exec_prepared: Invalid prepared query passed");
+
+		qdesc = hash_entry->query_data;
 
-		qdesc = INT2PTR(plperl_query_desc *, SvUV(*sv));
 		if (qdesc == NULL)
 			elog(ERROR, "spi_query_prepared: panic - plperl_query_hash value vanished");
 
@@ -2335,17 +2507,17 @@ plperl_spi_query_prepared(char *query, int argc, SV **argv)
 void
 plperl_spi_freeplan(char *query)
 {
-	SV		  **sv;
 	void	   *plan;
 	plperl_query_desc *qdesc;
+	plperl_query_entry *hash_entry;
 
-	sv = hv_fetch_string(plperl_query_hash, query);
-	if (sv == NULL)
-		elog(ERROR, "spi_exec_freeplan: Invalid prepared query passed");
-	if (*sv == NULL || !SvOK(*sv))
-		elog(ERROR, "spi_exec_freeplan: panic - plperl_query_hash value corrupted");
+	hash_entry = hash_search(plperl_query_hash, query,
+										 HASH_FIND,NULL);
+	if (hash_entry == NULL)
+		elog(ERROR, "spi_exec_prepared: Invalid prepared query passed");
+
+	qdesc = hash_entry->query_data;
 
-	qdesc = INT2PTR(plperl_query_desc *, SvUV(*sv));
 	if (qdesc == NULL)
 		elog(ERROR, "spi_exec_freeplan: panic - plperl_query_hash value vanished");
 
@@ -2353,7 +2525,9 @@ plperl_spi_freeplan(char *query)
 	 * free all memory before SPI_freeplan, so if it dies, nothing will be
 	 * left over
 	 */
-	hv_delete(plperl_query_hash, query, strlen(query), G_DISCARD);
+	hash_search(plperl_query_hash, query, 
+				HASH_REMOVE,NULL);
+
 	plan = qdesc->plan;
 	free(qdesc->argtypes);
 	free(qdesc->arginfuncs);