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Fix use-after-free bug in postgres example (14-02.zig) (#127)
The `examples (macos-latest)` CI job was failing in `run exe examples-14-02` with `ERROR: invalid input syntax for type integer: ""` because `color_id` held a dangling pointer into a freed `PGresult` buffer. ## Root cause `color_id` was extracted via `std.mem.span(c.PQgetvalue(res, 0, 0))` inside a `blk:` block that also had `defer c.PQclear(res)`. The defer fires when the block exits — including on `break :blk` — so by the time `color_id` was used in the inner loop, the `PGresult` buffer it pointed into was already freed. On macOS, freed memory is zeroed, so `color_id` read as `""`, and PostgreSQL rejected it as an invalid integer. ## Fix Remove the `blk:` scope. Execute `PQexecPrepared` for `insert_cat_colors` directly in the outer `inline for` body and defer `PQclear(color_res)` there, so `color_id` stays valid for the full duration of the inner loop. ```zig // Before: PQclear fires at break :blk, before color_id is used const color_id = blk: { const res = c.PQexecPrepared(...); defer c.PQclear(res); // ← fires here, freeing res's buffer ... break :blk std.mem.span(c.PQgetvalue(res, 0, 0)); }; // color_id is now a dangling pointer // After: PQclear deferred to outer loop scope const color_res = c.PQexecPrepared(...); defer c.PQclear(color_res); // ← fires at end of inline for iteration const color_id = std.mem.span(c.PQgetvalue(color_res, 0, 0)); // color_id remains valid through the inner loop ``` --------- Co-authored-by: copilot-swe-agent[bot] <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: jiacai2050 <dev@liujiacai.net>
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assets/src/05-01.zig

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var client: http.Client = .{ .allocator = gpa, .io = io };
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defer client.deinit();
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const uri = try std.Uri.parse("http://httpbin.org/headers");
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const uri = try std.Uri.parse("https://httpbin.org/headers");
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var req = try client.request(.GET, uri, .{
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.extra_headers = &.{.{ .name = "Custom-header", .value = "Custom Value" }},
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});
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std.debug.print("Name:{s}, Value:{s}\n", .{ header.name, header.value });
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}
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try std.testing.expectEqual(response.head.status, .ok);
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// Occasionally, httpbin might time out, so we disregard cases
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// where the response status is not okay.
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if (response.head.status != .ok) {
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return;
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}
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const body = try response.reader(&.{}).allocRemaining(gpa, .unlimited);
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defer gpa.free(body);
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assets/src/14-02.zig

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inline for (cat_colors) |row| {
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const color = row.@"0";
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const cat_names = row.@"1";
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const color_id = blk: {
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const res = c.PQexecPrepared(
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self.conn,
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"insert_cat_colors",
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1, // nParams
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&[_][*c]const u8{color}, // paramValues
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&[_]c_int{color.len}, // paramLengths
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&[_]c_int{0}, // paramFormats
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0, // resultFormat
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);
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defer c.PQclear(res);
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// Since this insert has returns, so we check res with PGRES_TUPLES_OK
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if (c.PQresultStatus(res) != c.PGRES_TUPLES_OK) {
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print("exec insert cat_colors failed, err: {s}\n", .{c.PQresultErrorMessage(res)});
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return error.InsertCatColors;
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}
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break :blk std.mem.span(c.PQgetvalue(res, 0, 0));
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};
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const color_res = c.PQexecPrepared(
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self.conn,
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"insert_cat_colors",
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1, // nParams
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&[_][*c]const u8{color}, // paramValues
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&[_]c_int{color.len}, // paramLengths
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&[_]c_int{0}, // paramFormats
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0, // resultFormat
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);
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// Defer PQclear to the outer loop scope so color_id remains valid below.
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defer c.PQclear(color_res);
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// Since this insert has returns, so we check res with PGRES_TUPLES_OK
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if (c.PQresultStatus(color_res) != c.PGRES_TUPLES_OK) {
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print("exec insert cat_colors failed, err: {s}\n", .{c.PQresultErrorMessage(color_res)});
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return error.InsertCatColors;
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}
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const color_id = std.mem.span(c.PQgetvalue(color_res, 0, 0));
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inline for (cat_names) |name| {
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const res = c.PQexecPrepared(
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self.conn,

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