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Handle PG_INT32_MIN negation overflow in right()

A negative n means "return all but the first |n| characters", so
text_right() negates n before clipping.  Negating PG_INT32_MIN
overflows; with -fwrapv the result is PG_INT32_MIN again, still
negative, and pg_mbcharcliplen() then returns an offset of zero,
so the whole string is returned where the correct answer is an
empty string:

  SELECT right('abcdef', (-2147483648)::int4); -- 'abcdef', want ''
  SELECT right('abcdef', -2147483647);         -- '', correct

Clamp to PG_INT32_MAX instead.  Any n whose absolute value is at
least the string's length skips all of it, and a text value cannot
be longer than PG_INT32_MAX, so this gives the same answer for every
other input.  Erroring out, as text_format_string_conversion() does
for a width of INT_MIN, would not be correct here: unlike a format
width, an out-of-range skip count has a well-defined result.

Using pg_neg_s32_overflow() would be a slightly more optimal fix but
as it's only available in PostgreSQL 18 and later the decision was
taken to apply the same fix to all backbranches.

Backpatch to all supported versions.

Author: Ewan Young <kdbase.hack@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>
Reviewed-by: Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker <ilmari@ilmari.org>
Reviewed-by: David Rowley <dgrowleyml@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Chao Li <li.evan.chao@gmail.com>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAON2xHNnBz-AcPJgDmd5_39+8qR5AUKEZk4X3ZM-0zdsATn8kQ@mail.gmail.com
Backpatch-through: 14
This commit is contained in:
Daniel Gustafsson
2026-09-01 10:13:30 +02:00
parent f1c6f7ec95
commit 858fb27b69
3 changed files with 22 additions and 1 deletions

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@@ -5673,7 +5673,17 @@ text_right(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
int off;
if (n < 0)
n = -n;
{
/*
* Negating PG_INT32_MIN would overflow, so clamp instead. Any n whose
* absolute value is at least the string's length skips the whole
* string, and len can't exceed PG_INT32_MAX, so this is equivalent.
*/
if (unlikely(n == PG_INT32_MIN))
n = PG_INT32_MAX;
else
n = -n;
}
else
n = pg_mbstrlen_with_len(p, len) - n;
off = pg_mbcharcliplen(p, len, n);

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@@ -118,6 +118,14 @@ select i, left('ahoj', i), right('ahoj', i) from generate_series(-5, 5) t(i) ord
5 | ahoj | ahoj
(11 rows)
-- the most negative value must skip the whole string, same as any other n
-- whose absolute value exceeds its length
select left('ahoj', (-2147483648)::int4), right('ahoj', (-2147483648)::int4);
left | right
------+-------
|
(1 row)
select quote_literal('');
quote_literal
---------------

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@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ select concat_ws('',10,20,null,30);
select concat_ws(NULL,10,20,null,30) is null;
select reverse('abcde');
select i, left('ahoj', i), right('ahoj', i) from generate_series(-5, 5) t(i) order by i;
-- the most negative value must skip the whole string, same as any other n
-- whose absolute value exceeds its length
select left('ahoj', (-2147483648)::int4), right('ahoj', (-2147483648)::int4);
select quote_literal('');
select quote_literal('abc''');
select quote_literal(e'\\');