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* [PATCH 1/3] stress test for repack concurrently
@ 2025-12-13 17:13 Mikhail Nikalayeu <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 509+ messages in thread

From: Mikhail Nikalayeu @ 2025-12-13 17:13 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 contrib/amcheck/meson.build       |   1 +
 contrib/amcheck/t/007_repack_1.pl | 121 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 doc/src/sgml/regress.sgml         |  16 ++++
 3 files changed, 138 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 contrib/amcheck/t/007_repack_1.pl

diff --git a/contrib/amcheck/meson.build b/contrib/amcheck/meson.build
index d5137ef691d..cb4bc32e98a 100644
--- a/contrib/amcheck/meson.build
+++ b/contrib/amcheck/meson.build
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ tests += {
       't/004_verify_nbtree_unique.pl',
       't/005_pitr.pl',
       't/006_verify_gin.pl',
+      't/007_repack_1.pl',
     ],
   },
 }
diff --git a/contrib/amcheck/t/007_repack_1.pl b/contrib/amcheck/t/007_repack_1.pl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..17f3caa3a38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/amcheck/t/007_repack_1.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2021-2026, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
+
+# Test REPACK CONCURRENTLY with concurrent modifications
+use strict;
+use warnings FATAL => 'all';
+
+use PostgreSQL::Test::Cluster;
+use PostgreSQL::Test::Utils;
+
+use Test::More;
+
+# PG_TEST_EXTRA carries a numerical stress value; 0 disables the test,
+# 1 means the test takes about 6 seconds, and the increase should be
+# roughly linear.
+my $matched = ($ENV{PG_TEST_EXTRA} // '') =~ /\bstress_concurrently(?:=(?<stressval>[0-9]*))?\b/;
+my $stressval = $+{stressval} // 1;
+if (!$matched or $stressval == 0)
+{
+	plan skip_all => 'skipping disabled REPACK CONCURRENTLY stress test';
+}
+
+note "stressval is $stressval";
+
+my $node;
+
+# Test set-up
+$node = PostgreSQL::Test::Cluster->new('CIC_test');
+$node->init;
+$node->append_conf('postgresql.conf',
+	'lock_timeout = ' . (1000 * $PostgreSQL::Test::Utils::timeout_default));
+$node->append_conf(
+	'postgresql.conf', qq(
+wal_level = logical
+));
+
+my $nrows = 10_000 * $stressval;
+my $duration = 6 * $stressval;
+my $no_hot = int(rand(2));
+
+$node->start;
+$node->safe_psql('postgres', q(CREATE TABLE tbl(id int PRIMARY KEY, val int)));
+
+if ($no_hot)
+{
+	$node->safe_psql('postgres', q(CREATE INDEX test_idx ON tbl(val);));
+}
+else
+{
+	$node->safe_psql('postgres', q(CREATE INDEX test_idx ON tbl(id);));
+}
+
+
+# Load amcheck
+$node->safe_psql('postgres', q(CREATE EXTENSION amcheck));
+
+# Insert $nrows rows into tbl
+$node->safe_psql('postgres', qq(
+	INSERT INTO tbl SELECT g, g FROM generate_series(1, $nrows) g
+));
+
+my $sum = $node->safe_psql('postgres', q(
+	SELECT SUM(val) AS sum FROM tbl
+));
+
+
+$node->pgbench(
+"--no-vacuum --client=30 --jobs=4 --exit-on-abort -T $duration",
+0,
+[qr{actually processed}],
+[qr{^$}],
+'concurrent operations with REINDEX/CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY',
+{
+	'concurrent_ops' => qq(
+		SELECT pg_try_advisory_lock(42)::integer AS gotlock \\gset
+		\\if :gotlock
+			REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) tbl USING INDEX tbl_pkey;
+			SELECT bt_index_parent_check('tbl_pkey', heapallindexed => true);
+			SELECT bt_index_parent_check('test_idx', heapallindexed => true);
+			\\sleep 10 ms
+
+			REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) tbl USING INDEX test_idx;
+			SELECT bt_index_parent_check('tbl_pkey', heapallindexed => true);
+			SELECT bt_index_parent_check('test_idx', heapallindexed => true);
+			\\sleep 10 ms
+
+			REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) tbl;
+			SELECT bt_index_parent_check('tbl_pkey', heapallindexed => true);
+			SELECT bt_index_parent_check('test_idx', heapallindexed => true);
+			\\sleep 10 ms
+
+			SELECT pg_advisory_unlock(42);
+		\\else
+			\\set num_a random(1, $nrows)
+			\\set num_b random(1, $nrows)
+			\\set diff random(1, 10000)
+			BEGIN;
+			UPDATE tbl SET val = val + :diff WHERE id = :num_a;
+			\\sleep 1 ms
+			UPDATE tbl SET val = val - :diff WHERE id = :num_b;
+			\\sleep 1 ms
+			COMMIT;
+
+			BEGIN
+			--TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL REPEATABLE READ
+			;
+			SELECT 1;
+			\\sleep 1 ms
+			SELECT COALESCE(SUM(val), 0) AS sum FROM tbl \\gset p_
+			\\if :p_sum != $sum
+				COMMIT;
+				SELECT (:p_sum) / 0;
+			\\endif
+
+			COMMIT;
+		\\endif
+	)
+});
+
+$node->stop;
+
+done_testing();
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/regress.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/regress.sgml
index c74941bfbf2..c5b1b79a60c 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/regress.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/regress.sgml
@@ -386,6 +386,22 @@ make check-world PG_TEST_EXTRA='kerberos ldap ssl load_balance libpq_encryption'
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
 
+    <varlistentry>
+     <term><literal>stress_concurrently</literal><optional>=VALUE</optional></term>
+     <listitem>
+      <para>
+       Run some additional, moderately expensive tests for commands with a
+       <literal>CONCURRENTLY</literal> option.  Optionally, an integer can be
+       given after an equal sign, which affects how long each such test
+       runs for.
+       Each test is calibrated so that, when given a value of 10,
+       it runs for approximately 60 seconds.
+       If no value is given, 1 is assumed.
+       Explicitly giving a value of 0 causes the test to be skipped.
+      </para>
+     </listitem>
+    </varlistentry>
+
     <varlistentry>
      <term><literal>wal_consistency_checking</literal></term>
      <listitem>
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v3 2/2] Protect role resolution in roleSpecsToIds() against concurrent DROP
@ 2026-07-06 08:28 Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 509+ messages in thread

From: Bertrand Drouvot @ 2026-07-06 08:28 UTC (permalink / raw)

roleSpecsToIds() resolves role names to OIDs without acquiring any lock.
A concurrent DROP ROLE that commits between this resolution and the caller's use
of the OID leaves the caller operating on a stale OID, which can create orphaned
pg_auth_members entries.

Fix this by acquiring AccessShareLock on each resolved role within
roleSpecsToIds(), ensuring the role cannot be dropped while any caller is using
its OID.

The AccessShareLock is held until end of transaction, so an open transaction
that performed GRANT, CREATE ROLE ... ROLE, or REASSIGN OWNED BY will block a
concurrent DROP ROLE on the same role until it commits.

Note that this introduces a potential deadlock between GRANT and DROP ROLE
when both target overlapping roles. The deadlock is detected and one session is
aborted with an error, which is preferable to the pre-patch behavior of silently
creating orphaned catalog entries.

Author: Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Virender Singla <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Surya Poondla <[email protected]>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/aki6fMNLUx6%2BBR8K%40bdtpg
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAM6Zo8woa62ZFHtMKox6a4jb8qQ%3Dw87R2L0K8347iE-juQL2EA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/commands/user.c                   | 21 +++++-
 .../expected/role-membership-drop-member.out  | 75 +++++++++++++++++++
 src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule         |  1 +
 .../specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec    | 51 +++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 147 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
  14.9% src/backend/commands/
  48.1% src/test/isolation/expected/
  36.1% src/test/isolation/specs/

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/user.c b/src/backend/commands/user.c
index 5b869e91c17..375fb527af2 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/user.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/user.c
@@ -1778,6 +1778,8 @@ ReassignOwnedObjects(ReassignOwnedStmt *stmt)
  * roleSpecsToIds
  *
  * Given a list of RoleSpecs, generate a list of role OIDs in the same order.
+ * Each role is locked with AccessShareLock to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE
+ * from removing it between resolution and the caller's catalog update.
  *
  * ROLESPEC_PUBLIC is not allowed.
  */
@@ -1792,7 +1794,24 @@ roleSpecsToIds(List *memberNames)
 		RoleSpec   *rolespec = lfirst_node(RoleSpec, l);
 		Oid			roleid;
 
-		roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+		if (rolespec->roletype == ROLESPEC_CSTRING)
+			roleid = RoleNameGetOid(rolespec->rolename,
+									AccessShareLock, false,
+									NULL, NULL);
+		else
+		{
+			roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+			LockSharedObject(AuthIdRelationId, roleid, 0,
+							 AccessShareLock);
+
+			/* Recheck that the role still exists after locking. */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(AUTHOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(roleid)))
+				ereport(ERROR,
+						(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_OBJECT),
+						 errmsg("role \"%s\" does not exist",
+								get_rolespec_name(rolespec))));
+		}
+
 		result = lappend_oid(result, roleid);
 	}
 	return result;
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5b267ea32c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_grant: GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_alter_add: ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_create_role: CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_drop_owned: DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_reassign_owned: REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
index b8ebe92553c..8fb8b52b77f 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
+++ b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
@@ -128,3 +128,4 @@ test: matview-write-skew
 test: lock-nowait
 test: for-portion-of
 test: ddl-dependency-locking
+test: role-membership-drop-member
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..989fe996249
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# Test that role membership commands properly lock the grantee/member
+# role to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE from creating orphaned pg_auth_members
+# entries, or from operating on a stale OID.
+
+setup
+{
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member;
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_new;
+}
+
+session s1
+step s1_begin		{ BEGIN; }
+step s1_grant		{ GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member; }
+step s1_alter_add	{ ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member; }
+step s1_create_role	{ CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s1_drop_owned	{ DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member; }
+step s1_reassign_owned	{ REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group; }
+step s1_commit		{ COMMIT; }
+
+session s2
+step s2_drop_member	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s2_check_orphans	{
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+}
+
+# GRANT role TO member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# ALTER GROUP ADD USER - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# CREATE ROLE ... ROLE member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# DROP OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# REASSIGN OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
-- 
2.34.1


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* [PATCH v2 2/2] Protect role resolution in roleSpecsToIds() against concurrent DROP
@ 2026-07-06 08:28 Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 509+ messages in thread

From: Bertrand Drouvot @ 2026-07-06 08:28 UTC (permalink / raw)

roleSpecsToIds() resolves role names to OIDs without acquiring any lock.
A concurrent DROP ROLE that commits between this resolution and the caller's use
of the OID leaves the caller operating on a stale OID, which can create orphaned
pg_auth_members entries.

Fix this by acquiring AccessShareLock on each resolved role within
roleSpecsToIds(), ensuring the role cannot be dropped while any caller is using
its OID.

Author: Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Virender Singla <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by:
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/aki6fMNLUx6%2BBR8K%40bdtpg
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAM6Zo8woa62ZFHtMKox6a4jb8qQ%3Dw87R2L0K8347iE-juQL2EA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/commands/user.c                   | 13 +++++-
 .../expected/role-membership-drop-member.out  | 36 ++++++++++++++++
 src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule         |  1 +
 .../specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec    | 43 +++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 92 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
  13.8% src/backend/commands/
  42.9% src/test/isolation/expected/
  42.2% src/test/isolation/specs/

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/user.c b/src/backend/commands/user.c
index 5b869e91c17..05ec753f4f0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/user.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/user.c
@@ -1778,6 +1778,8 @@ ReassignOwnedObjects(ReassignOwnedStmt *stmt)
  * roleSpecsToIds
  *
  * Given a list of RoleSpecs, generate a list of role OIDs in the same order.
+ * Each role is locked with AccessShareLock to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE
+ * from removing it between resolution and the caller's catalog update.
  *
  * ROLESPEC_PUBLIC is not allowed.
  */
@@ -1792,7 +1794,16 @@ roleSpecsToIds(List *memberNames)
 		RoleSpec   *rolespec = lfirst_node(RoleSpec, l);
 		Oid			roleid;
 
-		roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+		if (rolespec->roletype == ROLESPEC_CSTRING)
+			roleid = RoleNameGetOid(rolespec->rolename,
+									AccessShareLock, false,
+									NULL, NULL);
+		else
+		{
+			roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+			LockSharedObject(AuthIdRelationId, roleid, 0,
+							 AccessShareLock);
+		}
 		result = lappend_oid(result, roleid);
 	}
 	return result;
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e6cae59d2c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_grant: GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_alter_add: ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_create_role: CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_drop_owned: DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_reassign_owned: REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
index b8ebe92553c..8fb8b52b77f 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
+++ b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
@@ -128,3 +128,4 @@ test: matview-write-skew
 test: lock-nowait
 test: for-portion-of
 test: ddl-dependency-locking
+test: role-membership-drop-member
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e0140826e52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# Test that role membership commands properly lock the grantee/member
+# role to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE from creating orphaned # pg_auth_members
+# entries.
+
+setup
+{
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member;
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_new;
+}
+
+session s1
+step s1_begin		{ BEGIN; }
+step s1_grant		{ GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member; }
+step s1_alter_add	{ ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member; }
+step s1_create_role	{ CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s1_drop_owned	{ DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member; }
+step s1_reassign_owned	{ REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group; }
+step s1_commit		{ COMMIT; }
+
+session s2
+step s2_drop_member	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member; }
+
+# GRANT role TO member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# ALTER ROLE ADD USER - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# CREATE ROLE ... ROLE member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# DROP OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# REASSIGN OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
-- 
2.34.1


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* [PATCH v4 2/2] Protect role resolution in roleSpecsToIds() against concurrent DROP
@ 2026-07-06 08:28 Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 509+ messages in thread

From: Bertrand Drouvot @ 2026-07-06 08:28 UTC (permalink / raw)

roleSpecsToIds() resolves role names to OIDs without acquiring any lock.
A concurrent DROP ROLE that commits between this resolution and the caller's use
of the OID leaves the caller operating on a stale OID, which can create orphaned
pg_auth_members entries.

Fix this by acquiring AccessShareLock on each resolved role within
roleSpecsToIds(), ensuring the role cannot be dropped while any caller is using
its OID.

The AccessShareLock is held until end of transaction, so an open transaction
that performed GRANT, CREATE ROLE ... ROLE, or REASSIGN OWNED BY will block a
concurrent DROP ROLE on the same role until it commits.

Note that this introduces a potential deadlock between GRANT and DROP ROLE
when both target overlapping roles. The deadlock is detected and one session is
aborted with an error, which is preferable to the pre-patch behavior of silently
creating orphaned catalog entries.

Author: Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Virender Singla <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Surya Poondla <[email protected]>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/aki6fMNLUx6%2BBR8K%40bdtpg
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAM6Zo8woa62ZFHtMKox6a4jb8qQ%3Dw87R2L0K8347iE-juQL2EA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/commands/user.c                   | 20 +++-
 .../expected/role-membership-drop-member.out  | 97 +++++++++++++++++++
 src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule         |  1 +
 .../specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec    | 63 ++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 180 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
  11.5% src/backend/commands/
  49.2% src/test/isolation/expected/
  38.6% src/test/isolation/specs/

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/user.c b/src/backend/commands/user.c
index 5b869e91c17..ab3cfb0b13f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/user.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/user.c
@@ -1778,6 +1778,8 @@ ReassignOwnedObjects(ReassignOwnedStmt *stmt)
  * roleSpecsToIds
  *
  * Given a list of RoleSpecs, generate a list of role OIDs in the same order.
+ * Each role is locked with AccessShareLock to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE
+ * from removing it between resolution and the caller's catalog update.
  *
  * ROLESPEC_PUBLIC is not allowed.
  */
@@ -1792,7 +1794,23 @@ roleSpecsToIds(List *memberNames)
 		RoleSpec   *rolespec = lfirst_node(RoleSpec, l);
 		Oid			roleid;
 
-		roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+		if (rolespec->roletype == ROLESPEC_CSTRING)
+			roleid = RoleNameGetOid(rolespec->rolename,
+									AccessShareLock, false,
+									NULL, NULL);
+		else
+		{
+			roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+			LockSharedObject(AuthIdRelationId, roleid, 0,
+							 AccessShareLock);
+
+			/* Recheck that the role still exists after locking. */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(AUTHOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(roleid)))
+				ereport(ERROR,
+						(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_OBJECT),
+						 errmsg("role with OID %u does not exist", roleid)));
+		}
+
 		result = lappend_oid(result, roleid);
 	}
 	return result;
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7daf48395ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_grant: GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_alter_add: ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_create_role: CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_drop_owned: DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_reassign_owned: REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_set_role s1_grant_cu s2_drop_member_cu s1_commit s1_reset s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_set_role: SET ROLE regress_role_member_cu;
+step s1_grant_cu: GRANT regress_role_group_cu TO CURRENT_USER;
+step s2_drop_member_cu: DROP ROLE regress_role_member_cu; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member_cu: <... completed>
+step s1_reset: RESET ROLE;
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
index b8ebe92553c..8fb8b52b77f 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
+++ b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
@@ -128,3 +128,4 @@ test: matview-write-skew
 test: lock-nowait
 test: for-portion-of
 test: ddl-dependency-locking
+test: role-membership-drop-member
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..054326ac535
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+# Test that role membership commands properly lock the grantee/member
+# role to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE from creating orphaned pg_auth_members
+# entries, or from operating on a stale OID.
+
+setup
+{
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group_cu;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member_cu;
+	GRANT regress_role_group_cu TO regress_role_member_cu WITH ADMIN OPTION;
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_new;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member_cu;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group_cu;
+}
+
+session s1
+step s1_begin		{ BEGIN; }
+step s1_grant		{ GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member; }
+step s1_alter_add	{ ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member; }
+step s1_create_role	{ CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s1_drop_owned	{ DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member; }
+step s1_reassign_owned	{ REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group; }
+step s1_set_role	{ SET ROLE regress_role_member_cu; }
+step s1_grant_cu	{ GRANT regress_role_group_cu TO CURRENT_USER; }
+step s1_commit		{ COMMIT; }
+step s1_reset		{ RESET ROLE; }
+
+session s2
+step s2_drop_member	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s2_drop_member_cu	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member_cu; }
+step s2_check_orphans	{
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+}
+
+# GRANT role TO member and concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# ALTER GROUP ADD USER and concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# CREATE ROLE ... ROLE member and concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# DROP OWNED BY role and concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# REASSIGN OWNED BY role and concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# GRANT role TO CURRENT_USER and concurrent DROP of the current user
+permutation s1_begin s1_set_role s1_grant_cu s2_drop_member_cu s1_commit s1_reset s2_check_orphans
-- 
2.34.1


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* [PATCH v4 2/2] Protect role resolution in roleSpecsToIds() against concurrent DROP
@ 2026-07-06 08:28 Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 509+ messages in thread

From: Bertrand Drouvot @ 2026-07-06 08:28 UTC (permalink / raw)

roleSpecsToIds() resolves role names to OIDs without acquiring any lock.
A concurrent DROP ROLE that commits between this resolution and the caller's use
of the OID leaves the caller operating on a stale OID, which can create orphaned
pg_auth_members entries.

Fix this by acquiring AccessShareLock on each resolved role within
roleSpecsToIds(), ensuring the role cannot be dropped while any caller is using
its OID.

The AccessShareLock is held until end of transaction, so an open transaction
that performed GRANT, CREATE ROLE ... ROLE, or REASSIGN OWNED BY will block a
concurrent DROP ROLE on the same role until it commits.

Note that this introduces a potential deadlock between GRANT and DROP ROLE
when both target overlapping roles. The deadlock is detected and one session is
aborted with an error, which is preferable to the pre-patch behavior of silently
creating orphaned catalog entries.

Author: Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Virender Singla <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Surya Poondla <[email protected]>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/aki6fMNLUx6%2BBR8K%40bdtpg
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAM6Zo8woa62ZFHtMKox6a4jb8qQ%3Dw87R2L0K8347iE-juQL2EA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/commands/user.c                   | 20 +++-
 .../expected/role-membership-drop-member.out  | 97 +++++++++++++++++++
 src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule         |  1 +
 .../specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec    | 63 ++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 180 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
  11.5% src/backend/commands/
  49.2% src/test/isolation/expected/
  38.6% src/test/isolation/specs/

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/user.c b/src/backend/commands/user.c
index 5b869e91c17..ab3cfb0b13f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/user.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/user.c
@@ -1778,6 +1778,8 @@ ReassignOwnedObjects(ReassignOwnedStmt *stmt)
  * roleSpecsToIds
  *
  * Given a list of RoleSpecs, generate a list of role OIDs in the same order.
+ * Each role is locked with AccessShareLock to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE
+ * from removing it between resolution and the caller's catalog update.
  *
  * ROLESPEC_PUBLIC is not allowed.
  */
@@ -1792,7 +1794,23 @@ roleSpecsToIds(List *memberNames)
 		RoleSpec   *rolespec = lfirst_node(RoleSpec, l);
 		Oid			roleid;
 
-		roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+		if (rolespec->roletype == ROLESPEC_CSTRING)
+			roleid = RoleNameGetOid(rolespec->rolename,
+									AccessShareLock, false,
+									NULL, NULL);
+		else
+		{
+			roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+			LockSharedObject(AuthIdRelationId, roleid, 0,
+							 AccessShareLock);
+
+			/* Recheck that the role still exists after locking. */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(AUTHOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(roleid)))
+				ereport(ERROR,
+						(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_OBJECT),
+						 errmsg("role with OID %u does not exist", roleid)));
+		}
+
 		result = lappend_oid(result, roleid);
 	}
 	return result;
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7daf48395ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_grant: GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_alter_add: ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_create_role: CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_drop_owned: DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_reassign_owned: REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_set_role s1_grant_cu s2_drop_member_cu s1_commit s1_reset s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_set_role: SET ROLE regress_role_member_cu;
+step s1_grant_cu: GRANT regress_role_group_cu TO CURRENT_USER;
+step s2_drop_member_cu: DROP ROLE regress_role_member_cu; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member_cu: <... completed>
+step s1_reset: RESET ROLE;
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
index b8ebe92553c..8fb8b52b77f 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
+++ b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
@@ -128,3 +128,4 @@ test: matview-write-skew
 test: lock-nowait
 test: for-portion-of
 test: ddl-dependency-locking
+test: role-membership-drop-member
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..054326ac535
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+# Test that role membership commands properly lock the grantee/member
+# role to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE from creating orphaned pg_auth_members
+# entries, or from operating on a stale OID.
+
+setup
+{
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group_cu;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member_cu;
+	GRANT regress_role_group_cu TO regress_role_member_cu WITH ADMIN OPTION;
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_new;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member_cu;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group_cu;
+}
+
+session s1
+step s1_begin		{ BEGIN; }
+step s1_grant		{ GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member; }
+step s1_alter_add	{ ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member; }
+step s1_create_role	{ CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s1_drop_owned	{ DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member; }
+step s1_reassign_owned	{ REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group; }
+step s1_set_role	{ SET ROLE regress_role_member_cu; }
+step s1_grant_cu	{ GRANT regress_role_group_cu TO CURRENT_USER; }
+step s1_commit		{ COMMIT; }
+step s1_reset		{ RESET ROLE; }
+
+session s2
+step s2_drop_member	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s2_drop_member_cu	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member_cu; }
+step s2_check_orphans	{
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+}
+
+# GRANT role TO member and concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# ALTER GROUP ADD USER and concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# CREATE ROLE ... ROLE member and concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# DROP OWNED BY role and concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# REASSIGN OWNED BY role and concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# GRANT role TO CURRENT_USER and concurrent DROP of the current user
+permutation s1_begin s1_set_role s1_grant_cu s2_drop_member_cu s1_commit s1_reset s2_check_orphans
-- 
2.34.1


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* [PATCH v2 2/2] Protect role resolution in roleSpecsToIds() against concurrent DROP
@ 2026-07-06 08:28 Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
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From: Bertrand Drouvot @ 2026-07-06 08:28 UTC (permalink / raw)

roleSpecsToIds() resolves role names to OIDs without acquiring any lock.
A concurrent DROP ROLE that commits between this resolution and the caller's use
of the OID leaves the caller operating on a stale OID, which can create orphaned
pg_auth_members entries.

Fix this by acquiring AccessShareLock on each resolved role within
roleSpecsToIds(), ensuring the role cannot be dropped while any caller is using
its OID.

Author: Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Virender Singla <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by:
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/aki6fMNLUx6%2BBR8K%40bdtpg
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAM6Zo8woa62ZFHtMKox6a4jb8qQ%3Dw87R2L0K8347iE-juQL2EA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/commands/user.c                   | 13 +++++-
 .../expected/role-membership-drop-member.out  | 36 ++++++++++++++++
 src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule         |  1 +
 .../specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec    | 43 +++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 92 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
  13.8% src/backend/commands/
  42.9% src/test/isolation/expected/
  42.2% src/test/isolation/specs/

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/user.c b/src/backend/commands/user.c
index 5b869e91c17..05ec753f4f0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/user.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/user.c
@@ -1778,6 +1778,8 @@ ReassignOwnedObjects(ReassignOwnedStmt *stmt)
  * roleSpecsToIds
  *
  * Given a list of RoleSpecs, generate a list of role OIDs in the same order.
+ * Each role is locked with AccessShareLock to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE
+ * from removing it between resolution and the caller's catalog update.
  *
  * ROLESPEC_PUBLIC is not allowed.
  */
@@ -1792,7 +1794,16 @@ roleSpecsToIds(List *memberNames)
 		RoleSpec   *rolespec = lfirst_node(RoleSpec, l);
 		Oid			roleid;
 
-		roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+		if (rolespec->roletype == ROLESPEC_CSTRING)
+			roleid = RoleNameGetOid(rolespec->rolename,
+									AccessShareLock, false,
+									NULL, NULL);
+		else
+		{
+			roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+			LockSharedObject(AuthIdRelationId, roleid, 0,
+							 AccessShareLock);
+		}
 		result = lappend_oid(result, roleid);
 	}
 	return result;
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e6cae59d2c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_grant: GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_alter_add: ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_create_role: CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_drop_owned: DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_reassign_owned: REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
index b8ebe92553c..8fb8b52b77f 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
+++ b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
@@ -128,3 +128,4 @@ test: matview-write-skew
 test: lock-nowait
 test: for-portion-of
 test: ddl-dependency-locking
+test: role-membership-drop-member
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e0140826e52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# Test that role membership commands properly lock the grantee/member
+# role to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE from creating orphaned # pg_auth_members
+# entries.
+
+setup
+{
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member;
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_new;
+}
+
+session s1
+step s1_begin		{ BEGIN; }
+step s1_grant		{ GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member; }
+step s1_alter_add	{ ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member; }
+step s1_create_role	{ CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s1_drop_owned	{ DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member; }
+step s1_reassign_owned	{ REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group; }
+step s1_commit		{ COMMIT; }
+
+session s2
+step s2_drop_member	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member; }
+
+# GRANT role TO member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# ALTER ROLE ADD USER - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# CREATE ROLE ... ROLE member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# DROP OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# REASSIGN OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
-- 
2.34.1


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* [PATCH v3 2/2] Protect role resolution in roleSpecsToIds() against concurrent DROP
@ 2026-07-06 08:28 Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 509+ messages in thread

From: Bertrand Drouvot @ 2026-07-06 08:28 UTC (permalink / raw)

roleSpecsToIds() resolves role names to OIDs without acquiring any lock.
A concurrent DROP ROLE that commits between this resolution and the caller's use
of the OID leaves the caller operating on a stale OID, which can create orphaned
pg_auth_members entries.

Fix this by acquiring AccessShareLock on each resolved role within
roleSpecsToIds(), ensuring the role cannot be dropped while any caller is using
its OID.

The AccessShareLock is held until end of transaction, so an open transaction
that performed GRANT, CREATE ROLE ... ROLE, or REASSIGN OWNED BY will block a
concurrent DROP ROLE on the same role until it commits.

Note that this introduces a potential deadlock between GRANT and DROP ROLE
when both target overlapping roles. The deadlock is detected and one session is
aborted with an error, which is preferable to the pre-patch behavior of silently
creating orphaned catalog entries.

Author: Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Virender Singla <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Surya Poondla <[email protected]>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/aki6fMNLUx6%2BBR8K%40bdtpg
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAM6Zo8woa62ZFHtMKox6a4jb8qQ%3Dw87R2L0K8347iE-juQL2EA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/commands/user.c                   | 21 +++++-
 .../expected/role-membership-drop-member.out  | 75 +++++++++++++++++++
 src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule         |  1 +
 .../specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec    | 51 +++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 147 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
  14.9% src/backend/commands/
  48.1% src/test/isolation/expected/
  36.1% src/test/isolation/specs/

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/user.c b/src/backend/commands/user.c
index 5b869e91c17..375fb527af2 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/user.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/user.c
@@ -1778,6 +1778,8 @@ ReassignOwnedObjects(ReassignOwnedStmt *stmt)
  * roleSpecsToIds
  *
  * Given a list of RoleSpecs, generate a list of role OIDs in the same order.
+ * Each role is locked with AccessShareLock to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE
+ * from removing it between resolution and the caller's catalog update.
  *
  * ROLESPEC_PUBLIC is not allowed.
  */
@@ -1792,7 +1794,24 @@ roleSpecsToIds(List *memberNames)
 		RoleSpec   *rolespec = lfirst_node(RoleSpec, l);
 		Oid			roleid;
 
-		roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+		if (rolespec->roletype == ROLESPEC_CSTRING)
+			roleid = RoleNameGetOid(rolespec->rolename,
+									AccessShareLock, false,
+									NULL, NULL);
+		else
+		{
+			roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+			LockSharedObject(AuthIdRelationId, roleid, 0,
+							 AccessShareLock);
+
+			/* Recheck that the role still exists after locking. */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(AUTHOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(roleid)))
+				ereport(ERROR,
+						(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_OBJECT),
+						 errmsg("role \"%s\" does not exist",
+								get_rolespec_name(rolespec))));
+		}
+
 		result = lappend_oid(result, roleid);
 	}
 	return result;
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5b267ea32c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_grant: GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_alter_add: ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_create_role: CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_drop_owned: DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_reassign_owned: REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
index b8ebe92553c..8fb8b52b77f 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
+++ b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
@@ -128,3 +128,4 @@ test: matview-write-skew
 test: lock-nowait
 test: for-portion-of
 test: ddl-dependency-locking
+test: role-membership-drop-member
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..989fe996249
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# Test that role membership commands properly lock the grantee/member
+# role to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE from creating orphaned pg_auth_members
+# entries, or from operating on a stale OID.
+
+setup
+{
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member;
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_new;
+}
+
+session s1
+step s1_begin		{ BEGIN; }
+step s1_grant		{ GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member; }
+step s1_alter_add	{ ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member; }
+step s1_create_role	{ CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s1_drop_owned	{ DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member; }
+step s1_reassign_owned	{ REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group; }
+step s1_commit		{ COMMIT; }
+
+session s2
+step s2_drop_member	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s2_check_orphans	{
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+}
+
+# GRANT role TO member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# ALTER GROUP ADD USER - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# CREATE ROLE ... ROLE member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# DROP OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# REASSIGN OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
-- 
2.34.1


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* [PATCH v4 2/2] Protect role resolution in roleSpecsToIds() against concurrent DROP
@ 2026-07-06 08:28 Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 509+ messages in thread

From: Bertrand Drouvot @ 2026-07-06 08:28 UTC (permalink / raw)

roleSpecsToIds() resolves role names to OIDs without acquiring any lock.
A concurrent DROP ROLE that commits between this resolution and the caller's use
of the OID leaves the caller operating on a stale OID, which can create orphaned
pg_auth_members entries.

Fix this by acquiring AccessShareLock on each resolved role within
roleSpecsToIds(), ensuring the role cannot be dropped while any caller is using
its OID.

The AccessShareLock is held until end of transaction, so an open transaction
that performed GRANT, CREATE ROLE ... ROLE, or REASSIGN OWNED BY will block a
concurrent DROP ROLE on the same role until it commits.

Note that this introduces a potential deadlock between GRANT and DROP ROLE
when both target overlapping roles. The deadlock is detected and one session is
aborted with an error, which is preferable to the pre-patch behavior of silently
creating orphaned catalog entries.

Author: Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Virender Singla <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Surya Poondla <[email protected]>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/aki6fMNLUx6%2BBR8K%40bdtpg
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAM6Zo8woa62ZFHtMKox6a4jb8qQ%3Dw87R2L0K8347iE-juQL2EA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/commands/user.c                   | 20 +++-
 .../expected/role-membership-drop-member.out  | 97 +++++++++++++++++++
 src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule         |  1 +
 .../specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec    | 63 ++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 180 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
  11.5% src/backend/commands/
  49.2% src/test/isolation/expected/
  38.6% src/test/isolation/specs/

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/user.c b/src/backend/commands/user.c
index 5b869e91c17..ab3cfb0b13f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/user.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/user.c
@@ -1778,6 +1778,8 @@ ReassignOwnedObjects(ReassignOwnedStmt *stmt)
  * roleSpecsToIds
  *
  * Given a list of RoleSpecs, generate a list of role OIDs in the same order.
+ * Each role is locked with AccessShareLock to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE
+ * from removing it between resolution and the caller's catalog update.
  *
  * ROLESPEC_PUBLIC is not allowed.
  */
@@ -1792,7 +1794,23 @@ roleSpecsToIds(List *memberNames)
 		RoleSpec   *rolespec = lfirst_node(RoleSpec, l);
 		Oid			roleid;
 
-		roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+		if (rolespec->roletype == ROLESPEC_CSTRING)
+			roleid = RoleNameGetOid(rolespec->rolename,
+									AccessShareLock, false,
+									NULL, NULL);
+		else
+		{
+			roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+			LockSharedObject(AuthIdRelationId, roleid, 0,
+							 AccessShareLock);
+
+			/* Recheck that the role still exists after locking. */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(AUTHOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(roleid)))
+				ereport(ERROR,
+						(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_OBJECT),
+						 errmsg("role with OID %u does not exist", roleid)));
+		}
+
 		result = lappend_oid(result, roleid);
 	}
 	return result;
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7daf48395ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_grant: GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_alter_add: ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_create_role: CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_drop_owned: DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_reassign_owned: REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_set_role s1_grant_cu s2_drop_member_cu s1_commit s1_reset s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_set_role: SET ROLE regress_role_member_cu;
+step s1_grant_cu: GRANT regress_role_group_cu TO CURRENT_USER;
+step s2_drop_member_cu: DROP ROLE regress_role_member_cu; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member_cu: <... completed>
+step s1_reset: RESET ROLE;
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
index b8ebe92553c..8fb8b52b77f 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
+++ b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
@@ -128,3 +128,4 @@ test: matview-write-skew
 test: lock-nowait
 test: for-portion-of
 test: ddl-dependency-locking
+test: role-membership-drop-member
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..054326ac535
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+# Test that role membership commands properly lock the grantee/member
+# role to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE from creating orphaned pg_auth_members
+# entries, or from operating on a stale OID.
+
+setup
+{
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group_cu;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member_cu;
+	GRANT regress_role_group_cu TO regress_role_member_cu WITH ADMIN OPTION;
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_new;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member_cu;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group_cu;
+}
+
+session s1
+step s1_begin		{ BEGIN; }
+step s1_grant		{ GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member; }
+step s1_alter_add	{ ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member; }
+step s1_create_role	{ CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s1_drop_owned	{ DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member; }
+step s1_reassign_owned	{ REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group; }
+step s1_set_role	{ SET ROLE regress_role_member_cu; }
+step s1_grant_cu	{ GRANT regress_role_group_cu TO CURRENT_USER; }
+step s1_commit		{ COMMIT; }
+step s1_reset		{ RESET ROLE; }
+
+session s2
+step s2_drop_member	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s2_drop_member_cu	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member_cu; }
+step s2_check_orphans	{
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+}
+
+# GRANT role TO member and concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# ALTER GROUP ADD USER and concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# CREATE ROLE ... ROLE member and concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# DROP OWNED BY role and concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# REASSIGN OWNED BY role and concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# GRANT role TO CURRENT_USER and concurrent DROP of the current user
+permutation s1_begin s1_set_role s1_grant_cu s2_drop_member_cu s1_commit s1_reset s2_check_orphans
-- 
2.34.1


--fotX2lJRknAHpfH+--





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* [PATCH v4 2/2] Protect role resolution in roleSpecsToIds() against concurrent DROP
@ 2026-07-06 08:28 Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 509+ messages in thread

From: Bertrand Drouvot @ 2026-07-06 08:28 UTC (permalink / raw)

roleSpecsToIds() resolves role names to OIDs without acquiring any lock.
A concurrent DROP ROLE that commits between this resolution and the caller's use
of the OID leaves the caller operating on a stale OID, which can create orphaned
pg_auth_members entries.

Fix this by acquiring AccessShareLock on each resolved role within
roleSpecsToIds(), ensuring the role cannot be dropped while any caller is using
its OID.

The AccessShareLock is held until end of transaction, so an open transaction
that performed GRANT, CREATE ROLE ... ROLE, or REASSIGN OWNED BY will block a
concurrent DROP ROLE on the same role until it commits.

Note that this introduces a potential deadlock between GRANT and DROP ROLE
when both target overlapping roles. The deadlock is detected and one session is
aborted with an error, which is preferable to the pre-patch behavior of silently
creating orphaned catalog entries.

Author: Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Virender Singla <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Surya Poondla <[email protected]>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/aki6fMNLUx6%2BBR8K%40bdtpg
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAM6Zo8woa62ZFHtMKox6a4jb8qQ%3Dw87R2L0K8347iE-juQL2EA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/commands/user.c                   | 20 +++-
 .../expected/role-membership-drop-member.out  | 97 +++++++++++++++++++
 src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule         |  1 +
 .../specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec    | 63 ++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 180 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
  11.5% src/backend/commands/
  49.2% src/test/isolation/expected/
  38.6% src/test/isolation/specs/

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/user.c b/src/backend/commands/user.c
index 5b869e91c17..ab3cfb0b13f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/user.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/user.c
@@ -1778,6 +1778,8 @@ ReassignOwnedObjects(ReassignOwnedStmt *stmt)
  * roleSpecsToIds
  *
  * Given a list of RoleSpecs, generate a list of role OIDs in the same order.
+ * Each role is locked with AccessShareLock to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE
+ * from removing it between resolution and the caller's catalog update.
  *
  * ROLESPEC_PUBLIC is not allowed.
  */
@@ -1792,7 +1794,23 @@ roleSpecsToIds(List *memberNames)
 		RoleSpec   *rolespec = lfirst_node(RoleSpec, l);
 		Oid			roleid;
 
-		roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+		if (rolespec->roletype == ROLESPEC_CSTRING)
+			roleid = RoleNameGetOid(rolespec->rolename,
+									AccessShareLock, false,
+									NULL, NULL);
+		else
+		{
+			roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+			LockSharedObject(AuthIdRelationId, roleid, 0,
+							 AccessShareLock);
+
+			/* Recheck that the role still exists after locking. */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(AUTHOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(roleid)))
+				ereport(ERROR,
+						(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_OBJECT),
+						 errmsg("role with OID %u does not exist", roleid)));
+		}
+
 		result = lappend_oid(result, roleid);
 	}
 	return result;
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7daf48395ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_grant: GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_alter_add: ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_create_role: CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_drop_owned: DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_reassign_owned: REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_set_role s1_grant_cu s2_drop_member_cu s1_commit s1_reset s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_set_role: SET ROLE regress_role_member_cu;
+step s1_grant_cu: GRANT regress_role_group_cu TO CURRENT_USER;
+step s2_drop_member_cu: DROP ROLE regress_role_member_cu; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member_cu: <... completed>
+step s1_reset: RESET ROLE;
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
index b8ebe92553c..8fb8b52b77f 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
+++ b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
@@ -128,3 +128,4 @@ test: matview-write-skew
 test: lock-nowait
 test: for-portion-of
 test: ddl-dependency-locking
+test: role-membership-drop-member
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..054326ac535
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+# Test that role membership commands properly lock the grantee/member
+# role to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE from creating orphaned pg_auth_members
+# entries, or from operating on a stale OID.
+
+setup
+{
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group_cu;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member_cu;
+	GRANT regress_role_group_cu TO regress_role_member_cu WITH ADMIN OPTION;
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_new;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member_cu;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group_cu;
+}
+
+session s1
+step s1_begin		{ BEGIN; }
+step s1_grant		{ GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member; }
+step s1_alter_add	{ ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member; }
+step s1_create_role	{ CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s1_drop_owned	{ DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member; }
+step s1_reassign_owned	{ REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group; }
+step s1_set_role	{ SET ROLE regress_role_member_cu; }
+step s1_grant_cu	{ GRANT regress_role_group_cu TO CURRENT_USER; }
+step s1_commit		{ COMMIT; }
+step s1_reset		{ RESET ROLE; }
+
+session s2
+step s2_drop_member	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s2_drop_member_cu	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member_cu; }
+step s2_check_orphans	{
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+}
+
+# GRANT role TO member and concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# ALTER GROUP ADD USER and concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# CREATE ROLE ... ROLE member and concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# DROP OWNED BY role and concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# REASSIGN OWNED BY role and concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# GRANT role TO CURRENT_USER and concurrent DROP of the current user
+permutation s1_begin s1_set_role s1_grant_cu s2_drop_member_cu s1_commit s1_reset s2_check_orphans
-- 
2.34.1


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* [PATCH v2 2/2] Protect role resolution in roleSpecsToIds() against concurrent DROP
@ 2026-07-06 08:28 Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 509+ messages in thread

From: Bertrand Drouvot @ 2026-07-06 08:28 UTC (permalink / raw)

roleSpecsToIds() resolves role names to OIDs without acquiring any lock.
A concurrent DROP ROLE that commits between this resolution and the caller's use
of the OID leaves the caller operating on a stale OID, which can create orphaned
pg_auth_members entries.

Fix this by acquiring AccessShareLock on each resolved role within
roleSpecsToIds(), ensuring the role cannot be dropped while any caller is using
its OID.

Author: Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Virender Singla <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by:
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/aki6fMNLUx6%2BBR8K%40bdtpg
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAM6Zo8woa62ZFHtMKox6a4jb8qQ%3Dw87R2L0K8347iE-juQL2EA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/commands/user.c                   | 13 +++++-
 .../expected/role-membership-drop-member.out  | 36 ++++++++++++++++
 src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule         |  1 +
 .../specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec    | 43 +++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 92 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
  13.8% src/backend/commands/
  42.9% src/test/isolation/expected/
  42.2% src/test/isolation/specs/

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/user.c b/src/backend/commands/user.c
index 5b869e91c17..05ec753f4f0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/user.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/user.c
@@ -1778,6 +1778,8 @@ ReassignOwnedObjects(ReassignOwnedStmt *stmt)
  * roleSpecsToIds
  *
  * Given a list of RoleSpecs, generate a list of role OIDs in the same order.
+ * Each role is locked with AccessShareLock to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE
+ * from removing it between resolution and the caller's catalog update.
  *
  * ROLESPEC_PUBLIC is not allowed.
  */
@@ -1792,7 +1794,16 @@ roleSpecsToIds(List *memberNames)
 		RoleSpec   *rolespec = lfirst_node(RoleSpec, l);
 		Oid			roleid;
 
-		roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+		if (rolespec->roletype == ROLESPEC_CSTRING)
+			roleid = RoleNameGetOid(rolespec->rolename,
+									AccessShareLock, false,
+									NULL, NULL);
+		else
+		{
+			roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+			LockSharedObject(AuthIdRelationId, roleid, 0,
+							 AccessShareLock);
+		}
 		result = lappend_oid(result, roleid);
 	}
 	return result;
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e6cae59d2c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_grant: GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_alter_add: ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_create_role: CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_drop_owned: DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_reassign_owned: REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
index b8ebe92553c..8fb8b52b77f 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
+++ b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
@@ -128,3 +128,4 @@ test: matview-write-skew
 test: lock-nowait
 test: for-portion-of
 test: ddl-dependency-locking
+test: role-membership-drop-member
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e0140826e52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# Test that role membership commands properly lock the grantee/member
+# role to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE from creating orphaned # pg_auth_members
+# entries.
+
+setup
+{
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member;
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_new;
+}
+
+session s1
+step s1_begin		{ BEGIN; }
+step s1_grant		{ GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member; }
+step s1_alter_add	{ ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member; }
+step s1_create_role	{ CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s1_drop_owned	{ DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member; }
+step s1_reassign_owned	{ REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group; }
+step s1_commit		{ COMMIT; }
+
+session s2
+step s2_drop_member	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member; }
+
+# GRANT role TO member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# ALTER ROLE ADD USER - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# CREATE ROLE ... ROLE member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# DROP OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# REASSIGN OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
-- 
2.34.1


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* [PATCH v2 2/2] Protect role resolution in roleSpecsToIds() against concurrent DROP
@ 2026-07-06 08:28 Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 509+ messages in thread

From: Bertrand Drouvot @ 2026-07-06 08:28 UTC (permalink / raw)

roleSpecsToIds() resolves role names to OIDs without acquiring any lock.
A concurrent DROP ROLE that commits between this resolution and the caller's use
of the OID leaves the caller operating on a stale OID, which can create orphaned
pg_auth_members entries.

Fix this by acquiring AccessShareLock on each resolved role within
roleSpecsToIds(), ensuring the role cannot be dropped while any caller is using
its OID.

Author: Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Virender Singla <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by:
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/aki6fMNLUx6%2BBR8K%40bdtpg
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAM6Zo8woa62ZFHtMKox6a4jb8qQ%3Dw87R2L0K8347iE-juQL2EA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/commands/user.c                   | 13 +++++-
 .../expected/role-membership-drop-member.out  | 36 ++++++++++++++++
 src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule         |  1 +
 .../specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec    | 43 +++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 92 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
  13.8% src/backend/commands/
  42.9% src/test/isolation/expected/
  42.2% src/test/isolation/specs/

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/user.c b/src/backend/commands/user.c
index 5b869e91c17..05ec753f4f0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/user.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/user.c
@@ -1778,6 +1778,8 @@ ReassignOwnedObjects(ReassignOwnedStmt *stmt)
  * roleSpecsToIds
  *
  * Given a list of RoleSpecs, generate a list of role OIDs in the same order.
+ * Each role is locked with AccessShareLock to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE
+ * from removing it between resolution and the caller's catalog update.
  *
  * ROLESPEC_PUBLIC is not allowed.
  */
@@ -1792,7 +1794,16 @@ roleSpecsToIds(List *memberNames)
 		RoleSpec   *rolespec = lfirst_node(RoleSpec, l);
 		Oid			roleid;
 
-		roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+		if (rolespec->roletype == ROLESPEC_CSTRING)
+			roleid = RoleNameGetOid(rolespec->rolename,
+									AccessShareLock, false,
+									NULL, NULL);
+		else
+		{
+			roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+			LockSharedObject(AuthIdRelationId, roleid, 0,
+							 AccessShareLock);
+		}
 		result = lappend_oid(result, roleid);
 	}
 	return result;
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e6cae59d2c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_grant: GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_alter_add: ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_create_role: CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_drop_owned: DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_reassign_owned: REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
index b8ebe92553c..8fb8b52b77f 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
+++ b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
@@ -128,3 +128,4 @@ test: matview-write-skew
 test: lock-nowait
 test: for-portion-of
 test: ddl-dependency-locking
+test: role-membership-drop-member
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e0140826e52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# Test that role membership commands properly lock the grantee/member
+# role to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE from creating orphaned # pg_auth_members
+# entries.
+
+setup
+{
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member;
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_new;
+}
+
+session s1
+step s1_begin		{ BEGIN; }
+step s1_grant		{ GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member; }
+step s1_alter_add	{ ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member; }
+step s1_create_role	{ CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s1_drop_owned	{ DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member; }
+step s1_reassign_owned	{ REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group; }
+step s1_commit		{ COMMIT; }
+
+session s2
+step s2_drop_member	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member; }
+
+# GRANT role TO member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# ALTER ROLE ADD USER - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# CREATE ROLE ... ROLE member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# DROP OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# REASSIGN OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
-- 
2.34.1


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* [PATCH v4 2/2] Protect role resolution in roleSpecsToIds() against concurrent DROP
@ 2026-07-06 08:28 Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 509+ messages in thread

From: Bertrand Drouvot @ 2026-07-06 08:28 UTC (permalink / raw)

roleSpecsToIds() resolves role names to OIDs without acquiring any lock.
A concurrent DROP ROLE that commits between this resolution and the caller's use
of the OID leaves the caller operating on a stale OID, which can create orphaned
pg_auth_members entries.

Fix this by acquiring AccessShareLock on each resolved role within
roleSpecsToIds(), ensuring the role cannot be dropped while any caller is using
its OID.

The AccessShareLock is held until end of transaction, so an open transaction
that performed GRANT, CREATE ROLE ... ROLE, or REASSIGN OWNED BY will block a
concurrent DROP ROLE on the same role until it commits.

Note that this introduces a potential deadlock between GRANT and DROP ROLE
when both target overlapping roles. The deadlock is detected and one session is
aborted with an error, which is preferable to the pre-patch behavior of silently
creating orphaned catalog entries.

Author: Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Virender Singla <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Surya Poondla <[email protected]>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/aki6fMNLUx6%2BBR8K%40bdtpg
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAM6Zo8woa62ZFHtMKox6a4jb8qQ%3Dw87R2L0K8347iE-juQL2EA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/commands/user.c                   | 20 +++-
 .../expected/role-membership-drop-member.out  | 97 +++++++++++++++++++
 src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule         |  1 +
 .../specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec    | 63 ++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 180 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
  11.5% src/backend/commands/
  49.2% src/test/isolation/expected/
  38.6% src/test/isolation/specs/

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/user.c b/src/backend/commands/user.c
index 5b869e91c17..ab3cfb0b13f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/user.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/user.c
@@ -1778,6 +1778,8 @@ ReassignOwnedObjects(ReassignOwnedStmt *stmt)
  * roleSpecsToIds
  *
  * Given a list of RoleSpecs, generate a list of role OIDs in the same order.
+ * Each role is locked with AccessShareLock to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE
+ * from removing it between resolution and the caller's catalog update.
  *
  * ROLESPEC_PUBLIC is not allowed.
  */
@@ -1792,7 +1794,23 @@ roleSpecsToIds(List *memberNames)
 		RoleSpec   *rolespec = lfirst_node(RoleSpec, l);
 		Oid			roleid;
 
-		roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+		if (rolespec->roletype == ROLESPEC_CSTRING)
+			roleid = RoleNameGetOid(rolespec->rolename,
+									AccessShareLock, false,
+									NULL, NULL);
+		else
+		{
+			roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+			LockSharedObject(AuthIdRelationId, roleid, 0,
+							 AccessShareLock);
+
+			/* Recheck that the role still exists after locking. */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(AUTHOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(roleid)))
+				ereport(ERROR,
+						(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_OBJECT),
+						 errmsg("role with OID %u does not exist", roleid)));
+		}
+
 		result = lappend_oid(result, roleid);
 	}
 	return result;
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7daf48395ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_grant: GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_alter_add: ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_create_role: CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_drop_owned: DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_reassign_owned: REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_set_role s1_grant_cu s2_drop_member_cu s1_commit s1_reset s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_set_role: SET ROLE regress_role_member_cu;
+step s1_grant_cu: GRANT regress_role_group_cu TO CURRENT_USER;
+step s2_drop_member_cu: DROP ROLE regress_role_member_cu; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member_cu: <... completed>
+step s1_reset: RESET ROLE;
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
index b8ebe92553c..8fb8b52b77f 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
+++ b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
@@ -128,3 +128,4 @@ test: matview-write-skew
 test: lock-nowait
 test: for-portion-of
 test: ddl-dependency-locking
+test: role-membership-drop-member
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..054326ac535
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+# Test that role membership commands properly lock the grantee/member
+# role to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE from creating orphaned pg_auth_members
+# entries, or from operating on a stale OID.
+
+setup
+{
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group_cu;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member_cu;
+	GRANT regress_role_group_cu TO regress_role_member_cu WITH ADMIN OPTION;
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_new;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member_cu;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group_cu;
+}
+
+session s1
+step s1_begin		{ BEGIN; }
+step s1_grant		{ GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member; }
+step s1_alter_add	{ ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member; }
+step s1_create_role	{ CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s1_drop_owned	{ DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member; }
+step s1_reassign_owned	{ REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group; }
+step s1_set_role	{ SET ROLE regress_role_member_cu; }
+step s1_grant_cu	{ GRANT regress_role_group_cu TO CURRENT_USER; }
+step s1_commit		{ COMMIT; }
+step s1_reset		{ RESET ROLE; }
+
+session s2
+step s2_drop_member	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s2_drop_member_cu	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member_cu; }
+step s2_check_orphans	{
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+}
+
+# GRANT role TO member and concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# ALTER GROUP ADD USER and concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# CREATE ROLE ... ROLE member and concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# DROP OWNED BY role and concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# REASSIGN OWNED BY role and concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# GRANT role TO CURRENT_USER and concurrent DROP of the current user
+permutation s1_begin s1_set_role s1_grant_cu s2_drop_member_cu s1_commit s1_reset s2_check_orphans
-- 
2.34.1


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* [PATCH v3 2/2] Protect role resolution in roleSpecsToIds() against concurrent DROP
@ 2026-07-06 08:28 Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 509+ messages in thread

From: Bertrand Drouvot @ 2026-07-06 08:28 UTC (permalink / raw)

roleSpecsToIds() resolves role names to OIDs without acquiring any lock.
A concurrent DROP ROLE that commits between this resolution and the caller's use
of the OID leaves the caller operating on a stale OID, which can create orphaned
pg_auth_members entries.

Fix this by acquiring AccessShareLock on each resolved role within
roleSpecsToIds(), ensuring the role cannot be dropped while any caller is using
its OID.

The AccessShareLock is held until end of transaction, so an open transaction
that performed GRANT, CREATE ROLE ... ROLE, or REASSIGN OWNED BY will block a
concurrent DROP ROLE on the same role until it commits.

Note that this introduces a potential deadlock between GRANT and DROP ROLE
when both target overlapping roles. The deadlock is detected and one session is
aborted with an error, which is preferable to the pre-patch behavior of silently
creating orphaned catalog entries.

Author: Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Virender Singla <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Surya Poondla <[email protected]>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/aki6fMNLUx6%2BBR8K%40bdtpg
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAM6Zo8woa62ZFHtMKox6a4jb8qQ%3Dw87R2L0K8347iE-juQL2EA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/commands/user.c                   | 21 +++++-
 .../expected/role-membership-drop-member.out  | 75 +++++++++++++++++++
 src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule         |  1 +
 .../specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec    | 51 +++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 147 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
  14.9% src/backend/commands/
  48.1% src/test/isolation/expected/
  36.1% src/test/isolation/specs/

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/user.c b/src/backend/commands/user.c
index 5b869e91c17..375fb527af2 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/user.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/user.c
@@ -1778,6 +1778,8 @@ ReassignOwnedObjects(ReassignOwnedStmt *stmt)
  * roleSpecsToIds
  *
  * Given a list of RoleSpecs, generate a list of role OIDs in the same order.
+ * Each role is locked with AccessShareLock to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE
+ * from removing it between resolution and the caller's catalog update.
  *
  * ROLESPEC_PUBLIC is not allowed.
  */
@@ -1792,7 +1794,24 @@ roleSpecsToIds(List *memberNames)
 		RoleSpec   *rolespec = lfirst_node(RoleSpec, l);
 		Oid			roleid;
 
-		roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+		if (rolespec->roletype == ROLESPEC_CSTRING)
+			roleid = RoleNameGetOid(rolespec->rolename,
+									AccessShareLock, false,
+									NULL, NULL);
+		else
+		{
+			roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+			LockSharedObject(AuthIdRelationId, roleid, 0,
+							 AccessShareLock);
+
+			/* Recheck that the role still exists after locking. */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(AUTHOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(roleid)))
+				ereport(ERROR,
+						(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_OBJECT),
+						 errmsg("role \"%s\" does not exist",
+								get_rolespec_name(rolespec))));
+		}
+
 		result = lappend_oid(result, roleid);
 	}
 	return result;
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5b267ea32c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_grant: GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_alter_add: ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_create_role: CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_drop_owned: DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_reassign_owned: REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
index b8ebe92553c..8fb8b52b77f 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
+++ b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
@@ -128,3 +128,4 @@ test: matview-write-skew
 test: lock-nowait
 test: for-portion-of
 test: ddl-dependency-locking
+test: role-membership-drop-member
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..989fe996249
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# Test that role membership commands properly lock the grantee/member
+# role to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE from creating orphaned pg_auth_members
+# entries, or from operating on a stale OID.
+
+setup
+{
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member;
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_new;
+}
+
+session s1
+step s1_begin		{ BEGIN; }
+step s1_grant		{ GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member; }
+step s1_alter_add	{ ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member; }
+step s1_create_role	{ CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s1_drop_owned	{ DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member; }
+step s1_reassign_owned	{ REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group; }
+step s1_commit		{ COMMIT; }
+
+session s2
+step s2_drop_member	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s2_check_orphans	{
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+}
+
+# GRANT role TO member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# ALTER GROUP ADD USER - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# CREATE ROLE ... ROLE member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# DROP OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# REASSIGN OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
-- 
2.34.1


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* [PATCH v3 2/2] Protect role resolution in roleSpecsToIds() against concurrent DROP
@ 2026-07-06 08:28 Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 509+ messages in thread

From: Bertrand Drouvot @ 2026-07-06 08:28 UTC (permalink / raw)

roleSpecsToIds() resolves role names to OIDs without acquiring any lock.
A concurrent DROP ROLE that commits between this resolution and the caller's use
of the OID leaves the caller operating on a stale OID, which can create orphaned
pg_auth_members entries.

Fix this by acquiring AccessShareLock on each resolved role within
roleSpecsToIds(), ensuring the role cannot be dropped while any caller is using
its OID.

The AccessShareLock is held until end of transaction, so an open transaction
that performed GRANT, CREATE ROLE ... ROLE, or REASSIGN OWNED BY will block a
concurrent DROP ROLE on the same role until it commits.

Note that this introduces a potential deadlock between GRANT and DROP ROLE
when both target overlapping roles. The deadlock is detected and one session is
aborted with an error, which is preferable to the pre-patch behavior of silently
creating orphaned catalog entries.

Author: Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Virender Singla <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Surya Poondla <[email protected]>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/aki6fMNLUx6%2BBR8K%40bdtpg
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAM6Zo8woa62ZFHtMKox6a4jb8qQ%3Dw87R2L0K8347iE-juQL2EA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/commands/user.c                   | 21 +++++-
 .../expected/role-membership-drop-member.out  | 75 +++++++++++++++++++
 src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule         |  1 +
 .../specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec    | 51 +++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 147 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
  14.9% src/backend/commands/
  48.1% src/test/isolation/expected/
  36.1% src/test/isolation/specs/

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/user.c b/src/backend/commands/user.c
index 5b869e91c17..375fb527af2 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/user.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/user.c
@@ -1778,6 +1778,8 @@ ReassignOwnedObjects(ReassignOwnedStmt *stmt)
  * roleSpecsToIds
  *
  * Given a list of RoleSpecs, generate a list of role OIDs in the same order.
+ * Each role is locked with AccessShareLock to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE
+ * from removing it between resolution and the caller's catalog update.
  *
  * ROLESPEC_PUBLIC is not allowed.
  */
@@ -1792,7 +1794,24 @@ roleSpecsToIds(List *memberNames)
 		RoleSpec   *rolespec = lfirst_node(RoleSpec, l);
 		Oid			roleid;
 
-		roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+		if (rolespec->roletype == ROLESPEC_CSTRING)
+			roleid = RoleNameGetOid(rolespec->rolename,
+									AccessShareLock, false,
+									NULL, NULL);
+		else
+		{
+			roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+			LockSharedObject(AuthIdRelationId, roleid, 0,
+							 AccessShareLock);
+
+			/* Recheck that the role still exists after locking. */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(AUTHOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(roleid)))
+				ereport(ERROR,
+						(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_OBJECT),
+						 errmsg("role \"%s\" does not exist",
+								get_rolespec_name(rolespec))));
+		}
+
 		result = lappend_oid(result, roleid);
 	}
 	return result;
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5b267ea32c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_grant: GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_alter_add: ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_create_role: CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_drop_owned: DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_reassign_owned: REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
index b8ebe92553c..8fb8b52b77f 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
+++ b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
@@ -128,3 +128,4 @@ test: matview-write-skew
 test: lock-nowait
 test: for-portion-of
 test: ddl-dependency-locking
+test: role-membership-drop-member
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..989fe996249
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# Test that role membership commands properly lock the grantee/member
+# role to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE from creating orphaned pg_auth_members
+# entries, or from operating on a stale OID.
+
+setup
+{
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member;
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_new;
+}
+
+session s1
+step s1_begin		{ BEGIN; }
+step s1_grant		{ GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member; }
+step s1_alter_add	{ ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member; }
+step s1_create_role	{ CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s1_drop_owned	{ DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member; }
+step s1_reassign_owned	{ REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group; }
+step s1_commit		{ COMMIT; }
+
+session s2
+step s2_drop_member	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s2_check_orphans	{
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+}
+
+# GRANT role TO member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# ALTER GROUP ADD USER - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# CREATE ROLE ... ROLE member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# DROP OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# REASSIGN OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
-- 
2.34.1


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* [PATCH v2 2/2] Protect role resolution in roleSpecsToIds() against concurrent DROP
@ 2026-07-06 08:28 Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 509+ messages in thread

From: Bertrand Drouvot @ 2026-07-06 08:28 UTC (permalink / raw)

roleSpecsToIds() resolves role names to OIDs without acquiring any lock.
A concurrent DROP ROLE that commits between this resolution and the caller's use
of the OID leaves the caller operating on a stale OID, which can create orphaned
pg_auth_members entries.

Fix this by acquiring AccessShareLock on each resolved role within
roleSpecsToIds(), ensuring the role cannot be dropped while any caller is using
its OID.

Author: Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Virender Singla <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by:
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/aki6fMNLUx6%2BBR8K%40bdtpg
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAM6Zo8woa62ZFHtMKox6a4jb8qQ%3Dw87R2L0K8347iE-juQL2EA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/commands/user.c                   | 13 +++++-
 .../expected/role-membership-drop-member.out  | 36 ++++++++++++++++
 src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule         |  1 +
 .../specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec    | 43 +++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 92 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
  13.8% src/backend/commands/
  42.9% src/test/isolation/expected/
  42.2% src/test/isolation/specs/

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/user.c b/src/backend/commands/user.c
index 5b869e91c17..05ec753f4f0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/user.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/user.c
@@ -1778,6 +1778,8 @@ ReassignOwnedObjects(ReassignOwnedStmt *stmt)
  * roleSpecsToIds
  *
  * Given a list of RoleSpecs, generate a list of role OIDs in the same order.
+ * Each role is locked with AccessShareLock to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE
+ * from removing it between resolution and the caller's catalog update.
  *
  * ROLESPEC_PUBLIC is not allowed.
  */
@@ -1792,7 +1794,16 @@ roleSpecsToIds(List *memberNames)
 		RoleSpec   *rolespec = lfirst_node(RoleSpec, l);
 		Oid			roleid;
 
-		roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+		if (rolespec->roletype == ROLESPEC_CSTRING)
+			roleid = RoleNameGetOid(rolespec->rolename,
+									AccessShareLock, false,
+									NULL, NULL);
+		else
+		{
+			roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+			LockSharedObject(AuthIdRelationId, roleid, 0,
+							 AccessShareLock);
+		}
 		result = lappend_oid(result, roleid);
 	}
 	return result;
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e6cae59d2c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_grant: GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_alter_add: ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_create_role: CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_drop_owned: DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_reassign_owned: REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
index b8ebe92553c..8fb8b52b77f 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
+++ b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
@@ -128,3 +128,4 @@ test: matview-write-skew
 test: lock-nowait
 test: for-portion-of
 test: ddl-dependency-locking
+test: role-membership-drop-member
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e0140826e52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# Test that role membership commands properly lock the grantee/member
+# role to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE from creating orphaned # pg_auth_members
+# entries.
+
+setup
+{
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member;
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_new;
+}
+
+session s1
+step s1_begin		{ BEGIN; }
+step s1_grant		{ GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member; }
+step s1_alter_add	{ ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member; }
+step s1_create_role	{ CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s1_drop_owned	{ DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member; }
+step s1_reassign_owned	{ REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group; }
+step s1_commit		{ COMMIT; }
+
+session s2
+step s2_drop_member	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member; }
+
+# GRANT role TO member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# ALTER ROLE ADD USER - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# CREATE ROLE ... ROLE member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# DROP OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# REASSIGN OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
-- 
2.34.1


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* [PATCH v3 2/2] Protect role resolution in roleSpecsToIds() against concurrent DROP
@ 2026-07-06 08:28 Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 509+ messages in thread

From: Bertrand Drouvot @ 2026-07-06 08:28 UTC (permalink / raw)

roleSpecsToIds() resolves role names to OIDs without acquiring any lock.
A concurrent DROP ROLE that commits between this resolution and the caller's use
of the OID leaves the caller operating on a stale OID, which can create orphaned
pg_auth_members entries.

Fix this by acquiring AccessShareLock on each resolved role within
roleSpecsToIds(), ensuring the role cannot be dropped while any caller is using
its OID.

The AccessShareLock is held until end of transaction, so an open transaction
that performed GRANT, CREATE ROLE ... ROLE, or REASSIGN OWNED BY will block a
concurrent DROP ROLE on the same role until it commits.

Note that this introduces a potential deadlock between GRANT and DROP ROLE
when both target overlapping roles. The deadlock is detected and one session is
aborted with an error, which is preferable to the pre-patch behavior of silently
creating orphaned catalog entries.

Author: Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Virender Singla <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Surya Poondla <[email protected]>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/aki6fMNLUx6%2BBR8K%40bdtpg
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAM6Zo8woa62ZFHtMKox6a4jb8qQ%3Dw87R2L0K8347iE-juQL2EA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/commands/user.c                   | 21 +++++-
 .../expected/role-membership-drop-member.out  | 75 +++++++++++++++++++
 src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule         |  1 +
 .../specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec    | 51 +++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 147 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
  14.9% src/backend/commands/
  48.1% src/test/isolation/expected/
  36.1% src/test/isolation/specs/

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/user.c b/src/backend/commands/user.c
index 5b869e91c17..375fb527af2 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/user.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/user.c
@@ -1778,6 +1778,8 @@ ReassignOwnedObjects(ReassignOwnedStmt *stmt)
  * roleSpecsToIds
  *
  * Given a list of RoleSpecs, generate a list of role OIDs in the same order.
+ * Each role is locked with AccessShareLock to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE
+ * from removing it between resolution and the caller's catalog update.
  *
  * ROLESPEC_PUBLIC is not allowed.
  */
@@ -1792,7 +1794,24 @@ roleSpecsToIds(List *memberNames)
 		RoleSpec   *rolespec = lfirst_node(RoleSpec, l);
 		Oid			roleid;
 
-		roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+		if (rolespec->roletype == ROLESPEC_CSTRING)
+			roleid = RoleNameGetOid(rolespec->rolename,
+									AccessShareLock, false,
+									NULL, NULL);
+		else
+		{
+			roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+			LockSharedObject(AuthIdRelationId, roleid, 0,
+							 AccessShareLock);
+
+			/* Recheck that the role still exists after locking. */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(AUTHOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(roleid)))
+				ereport(ERROR,
+						(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_OBJECT),
+						 errmsg("role \"%s\" does not exist",
+								get_rolespec_name(rolespec))));
+		}
+
 		result = lappend_oid(result, roleid);
 	}
 	return result;
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5b267ea32c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_grant: GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_alter_add: ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_create_role: CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_drop_owned: DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_reassign_owned: REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
index b8ebe92553c..8fb8b52b77f 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
+++ b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
@@ -128,3 +128,4 @@ test: matview-write-skew
 test: lock-nowait
 test: for-portion-of
 test: ddl-dependency-locking
+test: role-membership-drop-member
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..989fe996249
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# Test that role membership commands properly lock the grantee/member
+# role to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE from creating orphaned pg_auth_members
+# entries, or from operating on a stale OID.
+
+setup
+{
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member;
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_new;
+}
+
+session s1
+step s1_begin		{ BEGIN; }
+step s1_grant		{ GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member; }
+step s1_alter_add	{ ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member; }
+step s1_create_role	{ CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s1_drop_owned	{ DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member; }
+step s1_reassign_owned	{ REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group; }
+step s1_commit		{ COMMIT; }
+
+session s2
+step s2_drop_member	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s2_check_orphans	{
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+}
+
+# GRANT role TO member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# ALTER GROUP ADD USER - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# CREATE ROLE ... ROLE member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# DROP OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# REASSIGN OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
-- 
2.34.1


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* [PATCH v3 2/2] Protect role resolution in roleSpecsToIds() against concurrent DROP
@ 2026-07-06 08:28 Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 509+ messages in thread

From: Bertrand Drouvot @ 2026-07-06 08:28 UTC (permalink / raw)

roleSpecsToIds() resolves role names to OIDs without acquiring any lock.
A concurrent DROP ROLE that commits between this resolution and the caller's use
of the OID leaves the caller operating on a stale OID, which can create orphaned
pg_auth_members entries.

Fix this by acquiring AccessShareLock on each resolved role within
roleSpecsToIds(), ensuring the role cannot be dropped while any caller is using
its OID.

The AccessShareLock is held until end of transaction, so an open transaction
that performed GRANT, CREATE ROLE ... ROLE, or REASSIGN OWNED BY will block a
concurrent DROP ROLE on the same role until it commits.

Note that this introduces a potential deadlock between GRANT and DROP ROLE
when both target overlapping roles. The deadlock is detected and one session is
aborted with an error, which is preferable to the pre-patch behavior of silently
creating orphaned catalog entries.

Author: Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Virender Singla <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Surya Poondla <[email protected]>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/aki6fMNLUx6%2BBR8K%40bdtpg
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAM6Zo8woa62ZFHtMKox6a4jb8qQ%3Dw87R2L0K8347iE-juQL2EA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/commands/user.c                   | 21 +++++-
 .../expected/role-membership-drop-member.out  | 75 +++++++++++++++++++
 src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule         |  1 +
 .../specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec    | 51 +++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 147 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
  14.9% src/backend/commands/
  48.1% src/test/isolation/expected/
  36.1% src/test/isolation/specs/

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/user.c b/src/backend/commands/user.c
index 5b869e91c17..375fb527af2 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/user.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/user.c
@@ -1778,6 +1778,8 @@ ReassignOwnedObjects(ReassignOwnedStmt *stmt)
  * roleSpecsToIds
  *
  * Given a list of RoleSpecs, generate a list of role OIDs in the same order.
+ * Each role is locked with AccessShareLock to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE
+ * from removing it between resolution and the caller's catalog update.
  *
  * ROLESPEC_PUBLIC is not allowed.
  */
@@ -1792,7 +1794,24 @@ roleSpecsToIds(List *memberNames)
 		RoleSpec   *rolespec = lfirst_node(RoleSpec, l);
 		Oid			roleid;
 
-		roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+		if (rolespec->roletype == ROLESPEC_CSTRING)
+			roleid = RoleNameGetOid(rolespec->rolename,
+									AccessShareLock, false,
+									NULL, NULL);
+		else
+		{
+			roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+			LockSharedObject(AuthIdRelationId, roleid, 0,
+							 AccessShareLock);
+
+			/* Recheck that the role still exists after locking. */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(AUTHOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(roleid)))
+				ereport(ERROR,
+						(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_OBJECT),
+						 errmsg("role \"%s\" does not exist",
+								get_rolespec_name(rolespec))));
+		}
+
 		result = lappend_oid(result, roleid);
 	}
 	return result;
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5b267ea32c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_grant: GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_alter_add: ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_create_role: CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_drop_owned: DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_reassign_owned: REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
index b8ebe92553c..8fb8b52b77f 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
+++ b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
@@ -128,3 +128,4 @@ test: matview-write-skew
 test: lock-nowait
 test: for-portion-of
 test: ddl-dependency-locking
+test: role-membership-drop-member
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..989fe996249
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# Test that role membership commands properly lock the grantee/member
+# role to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE from creating orphaned pg_auth_members
+# entries, or from operating on a stale OID.
+
+setup
+{
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member;
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_new;
+}
+
+session s1
+step s1_begin		{ BEGIN; }
+step s1_grant		{ GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member; }
+step s1_alter_add	{ ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member; }
+step s1_create_role	{ CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s1_drop_owned	{ DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member; }
+step s1_reassign_owned	{ REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group; }
+step s1_commit		{ COMMIT; }
+
+session s2
+step s2_drop_member	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s2_check_orphans	{
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+}
+
+# GRANT role TO member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# ALTER GROUP ADD USER - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# CREATE ROLE ... ROLE member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# DROP OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# REASSIGN OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
-- 
2.34.1


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* [PATCH v2 2/2] Protect role resolution in roleSpecsToIds() against concurrent DROP
@ 2026-07-06 08:28 Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 509+ messages in thread

From: Bertrand Drouvot @ 2026-07-06 08:28 UTC (permalink / raw)

roleSpecsToIds() resolves role names to OIDs without acquiring any lock.
A concurrent DROP ROLE that commits between this resolution and the caller's use
of the OID leaves the caller operating on a stale OID, which can create orphaned
pg_auth_members entries.

Fix this by acquiring AccessShareLock on each resolved role within
roleSpecsToIds(), ensuring the role cannot be dropped while any caller is using
its OID.

Author: Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Virender Singla <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by:
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/aki6fMNLUx6%2BBR8K%40bdtpg
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAM6Zo8woa62ZFHtMKox6a4jb8qQ%3Dw87R2L0K8347iE-juQL2EA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/commands/user.c                   | 13 +++++-
 .../expected/role-membership-drop-member.out  | 36 ++++++++++++++++
 src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule         |  1 +
 .../specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec    | 43 +++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 92 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
  13.8% src/backend/commands/
  42.9% src/test/isolation/expected/
  42.2% src/test/isolation/specs/

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/user.c b/src/backend/commands/user.c
index 5b869e91c17..05ec753f4f0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/user.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/user.c
@@ -1778,6 +1778,8 @@ ReassignOwnedObjects(ReassignOwnedStmt *stmt)
  * roleSpecsToIds
  *
  * Given a list of RoleSpecs, generate a list of role OIDs in the same order.
+ * Each role is locked with AccessShareLock to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE
+ * from removing it between resolution and the caller's catalog update.
  *
  * ROLESPEC_PUBLIC is not allowed.
  */
@@ -1792,7 +1794,16 @@ roleSpecsToIds(List *memberNames)
 		RoleSpec   *rolespec = lfirst_node(RoleSpec, l);
 		Oid			roleid;
 
-		roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+		if (rolespec->roletype == ROLESPEC_CSTRING)
+			roleid = RoleNameGetOid(rolespec->rolename,
+									AccessShareLock, false,
+									NULL, NULL);
+		else
+		{
+			roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+			LockSharedObject(AuthIdRelationId, roleid, 0,
+							 AccessShareLock);
+		}
 		result = lappend_oid(result, roleid);
 	}
 	return result;
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e6cae59d2c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_grant: GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_alter_add: ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_create_role: CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_drop_owned: DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_reassign_owned: REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
index b8ebe92553c..8fb8b52b77f 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
+++ b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
@@ -128,3 +128,4 @@ test: matview-write-skew
 test: lock-nowait
 test: for-portion-of
 test: ddl-dependency-locking
+test: role-membership-drop-member
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e0140826e52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# Test that role membership commands properly lock the grantee/member
+# role to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE from creating orphaned # pg_auth_members
+# entries.
+
+setup
+{
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member;
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_new;
+}
+
+session s1
+step s1_begin		{ BEGIN; }
+step s1_grant		{ GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member; }
+step s1_alter_add	{ ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member; }
+step s1_create_role	{ CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s1_drop_owned	{ DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member; }
+step s1_reassign_owned	{ REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group; }
+step s1_commit		{ COMMIT; }
+
+session s2
+step s2_drop_member	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member; }
+
+# GRANT role TO member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# ALTER ROLE ADD USER - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# CREATE ROLE ... ROLE member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# DROP OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# REASSIGN OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
-- 
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* [PATCH v3 2/2] Protect role resolution in roleSpecsToIds() against concurrent DROP
@ 2026-07-06 08:28 Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 509+ messages in thread

From: Bertrand Drouvot @ 2026-07-06 08:28 UTC (permalink / raw)

roleSpecsToIds() resolves role names to OIDs without acquiring any lock.
A concurrent DROP ROLE that commits between this resolution and the caller's use
of the OID leaves the caller operating on a stale OID, which can create orphaned
pg_auth_members entries.

Fix this by acquiring AccessShareLock on each resolved role within
roleSpecsToIds(), ensuring the role cannot be dropped while any caller is using
its OID.

The AccessShareLock is held until end of transaction, so an open transaction
that performed GRANT, CREATE ROLE ... ROLE, or REASSIGN OWNED BY will block a
concurrent DROP ROLE on the same role until it commits.

Note that this introduces a potential deadlock between GRANT and DROP ROLE
when both target overlapping roles. The deadlock is detected and one session is
aborted with an error, which is preferable to the pre-patch behavior of silently
creating orphaned catalog entries.

Author: Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Virender Singla <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Surya Poondla <[email protected]>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/aki6fMNLUx6%2BBR8K%40bdtpg
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAM6Zo8woa62ZFHtMKox6a4jb8qQ%3Dw87R2L0K8347iE-juQL2EA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/commands/user.c                   | 21 +++++-
 .../expected/role-membership-drop-member.out  | 75 +++++++++++++++++++
 src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule         |  1 +
 .../specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec    | 51 +++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 147 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
  14.9% src/backend/commands/
  48.1% src/test/isolation/expected/
  36.1% src/test/isolation/specs/

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/user.c b/src/backend/commands/user.c
index 5b869e91c17..375fb527af2 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/user.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/user.c
@@ -1778,6 +1778,8 @@ ReassignOwnedObjects(ReassignOwnedStmt *stmt)
  * roleSpecsToIds
  *
  * Given a list of RoleSpecs, generate a list of role OIDs in the same order.
+ * Each role is locked with AccessShareLock to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE
+ * from removing it between resolution and the caller's catalog update.
  *
  * ROLESPEC_PUBLIC is not allowed.
  */
@@ -1792,7 +1794,24 @@ roleSpecsToIds(List *memberNames)
 		RoleSpec   *rolespec = lfirst_node(RoleSpec, l);
 		Oid			roleid;
 
-		roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+		if (rolespec->roletype == ROLESPEC_CSTRING)
+			roleid = RoleNameGetOid(rolespec->rolename,
+									AccessShareLock, false,
+									NULL, NULL);
+		else
+		{
+			roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+			LockSharedObject(AuthIdRelationId, roleid, 0,
+							 AccessShareLock);
+
+			/* Recheck that the role still exists after locking. */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(AUTHOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(roleid)))
+				ereport(ERROR,
+						(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_OBJECT),
+						 errmsg("role \"%s\" does not exist",
+								get_rolespec_name(rolespec))));
+		}
+
 		result = lappend_oid(result, roleid);
 	}
 	return result;
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5b267ea32c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_grant: GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_alter_add: ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_create_role: CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_drop_owned: DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_reassign_owned: REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
index b8ebe92553c..8fb8b52b77f 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
+++ b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
@@ -128,3 +128,4 @@ test: matview-write-skew
 test: lock-nowait
 test: for-portion-of
 test: ddl-dependency-locking
+test: role-membership-drop-member
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..989fe996249
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# Test that role membership commands properly lock the grantee/member
+# role to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE from creating orphaned pg_auth_members
+# entries, or from operating on a stale OID.
+
+setup
+{
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member;
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_new;
+}
+
+session s1
+step s1_begin		{ BEGIN; }
+step s1_grant		{ GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member; }
+step s1_alter_add	{ ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member; }
+step s1_create_role	{ CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s1_drop_owned	{ DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member; }
+step s1_reassign_owned	{ REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group; }
+step s1_commit		{ COMMIT; }
+
+session s2
+step s2_drop_member	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s2_check_orphans	{
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+}
+
+# GRANT role TO member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# ALTER GROUP ADD USER - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# CREATE ROLE ... ROLE member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# DROP OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# REASSIGN OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
-- 
2.34.1


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* [PATCH v2 2/2] Protect role resolution in roleSpecsToIds() against concurrent DROP
@ 2026-07-06 08:28 Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 509+ messages in thread

From: Bertrand Drouvot @ 2026-07-06 08:28 UTC (permalink / raw)

roleSpecsToIds() resolves role names to OIDs without acquiring any lock.
A concurrent DROP ROLE that commits between this resolution and the caller's use
of the OID leaves the caller operating on a stale OID, which can create orphaned
pg_auth_members entries.

Fix this by acquiring AccessShareLock on each resolved role within
roleSpecsToIds(), ensuring the role cannot be dropped while any caller is using
its OID.

Author: Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Virender Singla <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by:
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/aki6fMNLUx6%2BBR8K%40bdtpg
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAM6Zo8woa62ZFHtMKox6a4jb8qQ%3Dw87R2L0K8347iE-juQL2EA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/commands/user.c                   | 13 +++++-
 .../expected/role-membership-drop-member.out  | 36 ++++++++++++++++
 src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule         |  1 +
 .../specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec    | 43 +++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 92 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
  13.8% src/backend/commands/
  42.9% src/test/isolation/expected/
  42.2% src/test/isolation/specs/

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/user.c b/src/backend/commands/user.c
index 5b869e91c17..05ec753f4f0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/user.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/user.c
@@ -1778,6 +1778,8 @@ ReassignOwnedObjects(ReassignOwnedStmt *stmt)
  * roleSpecsToIds
  *
  * Given a list of RoleSpecs, generate a list of role OIDs in the same order.
+ * Each role is locked with AccessShareLock to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE
+ * from removing it between resolution and the caller's catalog update.
  *
  * ROLESPEC_PUBLIC is not allowed.
  */
@@ -1792,7 +1794,16 @@ roleSpecsToIds(List *memberNames)
 		RoleSpec   *rolespec = lfirst_node(RoleSpec, l);
 		Oid			roleid;
 
-		roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+		if (rolespec->roletype == ROLESPEC_CSTRING)
+			roleid = RoleNameGetOid(rolespec->rolename,
+									AccessShareLock, false,
+									NULL, NULL);
+		else
+		{
+			roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+			LockSharedObject(AuthIdRelationId, roleid, 0,
+							 AccessShareLock);
+		}
 		result = lappend_oid(result, roleid);
 	}
 	return result;
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e6cae59d2c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_grant: GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_alter_add: ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_create_role: CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_drop_owned: DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_reassign_owned: REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
index b8ebe92553c..8fb8b52b77f 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
+++ b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
@@ -128,3 +128,4 @@ test: matview-write-skew
 test: lock-nowait
 test: for-portion-of
 test: ddl-dependency-locking
+test: role-membership-drop-member
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e0140826e52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# Test that role membership commands properly lock the grantee/member
+# role to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE from creating orphaned # pg_auth_members
+# entries.
+
+setup
+{
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member;
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_new;
+}
+
+session s1
+step s1_begin		{ BEGIN; }
+step s1_grant		{ GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member; }
+step s1_alter_add	{ ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member; }
+step s1_create_role	{ CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s1_drop_owned	{ DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member; }
+step s1_reassign_owned	{ REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group; }
+step s1_commit		{ COMMIT; }
+
+session s2
+step s2_drop_member	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member; }
+
+# GRANT role TO member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# ALTER ROLE ADD USER - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# CREATE ROLE ... ROLE member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# DROP OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# REASSIGN OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
-- 
2.34.1


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* [PATCH v4 2/2] Protect role resolution in roleSpecsToIds() against concurrent DROP
@ 2026-07-06 08:28 Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 509+ messages in thread

From: Bertrand Drouvot @ 2026-07-06 08:28 UTC (permalink / raw)

roleSpecsToIds() resolves role names to OIDs without acquiring any lock.
A concurrent DROP ROLE that commits between this resolution and the caller's use
of the OID leaves the caller operating on a stale OID, which can create orphaned
pg_auth_members entries.

Fix this by acquiring AccessShareLock on each resolved role within
roleSpecsToIds(), ensuring the role cannot be dropped while any caller is using
its OID.

The AccessShareLock is held until end of transaction, so an open transaction
that performed GRANT, CREATE ROLE ... ROLE, or REASSIGN OWNED BY will block a
concurrent DROP ROLE on the same role until it commits.

Note that this introduces a potential deadlock between GRANT and DROP ROLE
when both target overlapping roles. The deadlock is detected and one session is
aborted with an error, which is preferable to the pre-patch behavior of silently
creating orphaned catalog entries.

Author: Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Virender Singla <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Surya Poondla <[email protected]>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/aki6fMNLUx6%2BBR8K%40bdtpg
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAM6Zo8woa62ZFHtMKox6a4jb8qQ%3Dw87R2L0K8347iE-juQL2EA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/commands/user.c                   | 20 +++-
 .../expected/role-membership-drop-member.out  | 97 +++++++++++++++++++
 src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule         |  1 +
 .../specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec    | 63 ++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 180 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
  11.5% src/backend/commands/
  49.2% src/test/isolation/expected/
  38.6% src/test/isolation/specs/

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/user.c b/src/backend/commands/user.c
index 5b869e91c17..ab3cfb0b13f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/user.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/user.c
@@ -1778,6 +1778,8 @@ ReassignOwnedObjects(ReassignOwnedStmt *stmt)
  * roleSpecsToIds
  *
  * Given a list of RoleSpecs, generate a list of role OIDs in the same order.
+ * Each role is locked with AccessShareLock to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE
+ * from removing it between resolution and the caller's catalog update.
  *
  * ROLESPEC_PUBLIC is not allowed.
  */
@@ -1792,7 +1794,23 @@ roleSpecsToIds(List *memberNames)
 		RoleSpec   *rolespec = lfirst_node(RoleSpec, l);
 		Oid			roleid;
 
-		roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+		if (rolespec->roletype == ROLESPEC_CSTRING)
+			roleid = RoleNameGetOid(rolespec->rolename,
+									AccessShareLock, false,
+									NULL, NULL);
+		else
+		{
+			roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+			LockSharedObject(AuthIdRelationId, roleid, 0,
+							 AccessShareLock);
+
+			/* Recheck that the role still exists after locking. */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(AUTHOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(roleid)))
+				ereport(ERROR,
+						(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_OBJECT),
+						 errmsg("role with OID %u does not exist", roleid)));
+		}
+
 		result = lappend_oid(result, roleid);
 	}
 	return result;
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7daf48395ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_grant: GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_alter_add: ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_create_role: CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_drop_owned: DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_reassign_owned: REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_set_role s1_grant_cu s2_drop_member_cu s1_commit s1_reset s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_set_role: SET ROLE regress_role_member_cu;
+step s1_grant_cu: GRANT regress_role_group_cu TO CURRENT_USER;
+step s2_drop_member_cu: DROP ROLE regress_role_member_cu; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member_cu: <... completed>
+step s1_reset: RESET ROLE;
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
index b8ebe92553c..8fb8b52b77f 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
+++ b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
@@ -128,3 +128,4 @@ test: matview-write-skew
 test: lock-nowait
 test: for-portion-of
 test: ddl-dependency-locking
+test: role-membership-drop-member
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..054326ac535
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+# Test that role membership commands properly lock the grantee/member
+# role to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE from creating orphaned pg_auth_members
+# entries, or from operating on a stale OID.
+
+setup
+{
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group_cu;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member_cu;
+	GRANT regress_role_group_cu TO regress_role_member_cu WITH ADMIN OPTION;
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_new;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member_cu;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group_cu;
+}
+
+session s1
+step s1_begin		{ BEGIN; }
+step s1_grant		{ GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member; }
+step s1_alter_add	{ ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member; }
+step s1_create_role	{ CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s1_drop_owned	{ DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member; }
+step s1_reassign_owned	{ REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group; }
+step s1_set_role	{ SET ROLE regress_role_member_cu; }
+step s1_grant_cu	{ GRANT regress_role_group_cu TO CURRENT_USER; }
+step s1_commit		{ COMMIT; }
+step s1_reset		{ RESET ROLE; }
+
+session s2
+step s2_drop_member	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s2_drop_member_cu	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member_cu; }
+step s2_check_orphans	{
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+}
+
+# GRANT role TO member and concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# ALTER GROUP ADD USER and concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# CREATE ROLE ... ROLE member and concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# DROP OWNED BY role and concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# REASSIGN OWNED BY role and concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# GRANT role TO CURRENT_USER and concurrent DROP of the current user
+permutation s1_begin s1_set_role s1_grant_cu s2_drop_member_cu s1_commit s1_reset s2_check_orphans
-- 
2.34.1


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* [PATCH v2 2/2] Protect role resolution in roleSpecsToIds() against concurrent DROP
@ 2026-07-06 08:28 Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 509+ messages in thread

From: Bertrand Drouvot @ 2026-07-06 08:28 UTC (permalink / raw)

roleSpecsToIds() resolves role names to OIDs without acquiring any lock.
A concurrent DROP ROLE that commits between this resolution and the caller's use
of the OID leaves the caller operating on a stale OID, which can create orphaned
pg_auth_members entries.

Fix this by acquiring AccessShareLock on each resolved role within
roleSpecsToIds(), ensuring the role cannot be dropped while any caller is using
its OID.

Author: Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Virender Singla <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by:
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/aki6fMNLUx6%2BBR8K%40bdtpg
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAM6Zo8woa62ZFHtMKox6a4jb8qQ%3Dw87R2L0K8347iE-juQL2EA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/commands/user.c                   | 13 +++++-
 .../expected/role-membership-drop-member.out  | 36 ++++++++++++++++
 src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule         |  1 +
 .../specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec    | 43 +++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 92 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
  13.8% src/backend/commands/
  42.9% src/test/isolation/expected/
  42.2% src/test/isolation/specs/

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/user.c b/src/backend/commands/user.c
index 5b869e91c17..05ec753f4f0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/user.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/user.c
@@ -1778,6 +1778,8 @@ ReassignOwnedObjects(ReassignOwnedStmt *stmt)
  * roleSpecsToIds
  *
  * Given a list of RoleSpecs, generate a list of role OIDs in the same order.
+ * Each role is locked with AccessShareLock to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE
+ * from removing it between resolution and the caller's catalog update.
  *
  * ROLESPEC_PUBLIC is not allowed.
  */
@@ -1792,7 +1794,16 @@ roleSpecsToIds(List *memberNames)
 		RoleSpec   *rolespec = lfirst_node(RoleSpec, l);
 		Oid			roleid;
 
-		roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+		if (rolespec->roletype == ROLESPEC_CSTRING)
+			roleid = RoleNameGetOid(rolespec->rolename,
+									AccessShareLock, false,
+									NULL, NULL);
+		else
+		{
+			roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+			LockSharedObject(AuthIdRelationId, roleid, 0,
+							 AccessShareLock);
+		}
 		result = lappend_oid(result, roleid);
 	}
 	return result;
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e6cae59d2c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_grant: GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_alter_add: ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_create_role: CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_drop_owned: DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_reassign_owned: REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
index b8ebe92553c..8fb8b52b77f 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
+++ b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
@@ -128,3 +128,4 @@ test: matview-write-skew
 test: lock-nowait
 test: for-portion-of
 test: ddl-dependency-locking
+test: role-membership-drop-member
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e0140826e52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# Test that role membership commands properly lock the grantee/member
+# role to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE from creating orphaned # pg_auth_members
+# entries.
+
+setup
+{
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member;
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_new;
+}
+
+session s1
+step s1_begin		{ BEGIN; }
+step s1_grant		{ GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member; }
+step s1_alter_add	{ ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member; }
+step s1_create_role	{ CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s1_drop_owned	{ DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member; }
+step s1_reassign_owned	{ REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group; }
+step s1_commit		{ COMMIT; }
+
+session s2
+step s2_drop_member	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member; }
+
+# GRANT role TO member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# ALTER ROLE ADD USER - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# CREATE ROLE ... ROLE member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# DROP OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# REASSIGN OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
-- 
2.34.1


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* [PATCH v2 2/2] Protect role resolution in roleSpecsToIds() against concurrent DROP
@ 2026-07-06 08:28 Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 509+ messages in thread

From: Bertrand Drouvot @ 2026-07-06 08:28 UTC (permalink / raw)

roleSpecsToIds() resolves role names to OIDs without acquiring any lock.
A concurrent DROP ROLE that commits between this resolution and the caller's use
of the OID leaves the caller operating on a stale OID, which can create orphaned
pg_auth_members entries.

Fix this by acquiring AccessShareLock on each resolved role within
roleSpecsToIds(), ensuring the role cannot be dropped while any caller is using
its OID.

Author: Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Virender Singla <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by:
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/aki6fMNLUx6%2BBR8K%40bdtpg
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAM6Zo8woa62ZFHtMKox6a4jb8qQ%3Dw87R2L0K8347iE-juQL2EA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/commands/user.c                   | 13 +++++-
 .../expected/role-membership-drop-member.out  | 36 ++++++++++++++++
 src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule         |  1 +
 .../specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec    | 43 +++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 92 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
  13.8% src/backend/commands/
  42.9% src/test/isolation/expected/
  42.2% src/test/isolation/specs/

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/user.c b/src/backend/commands/user.c
index 5b869e91c17..05ec753f4f0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/user.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/user.c
@@ -1778,6 +1778,8 @@ ReassignOwnedObjects(ReassignOwnedStmt *stmt)
  * roleSpecsToIds
  *
  * Given a list of RoleSpecs, generate a list of role OIDs in the same order.
+ * Each role is locked with AccessShareLock to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE
+ * from removing it between resolution and the caller's catalog update.
  *
  * ROLESPEC_PUBLIC is not allowed.
  */
@@ -1792,7 +1794,16 @@ roleSpecsToIds(List *memberNames)
 		RoleSpec   *rolespec = lfirst_node(RoleSpec, l);
 		Oid			roleid;
 
-		roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+		if (rolespec->roletype == ROLESPEC_CSTRING)
+			roleid = RoleNameGetOid(rolespec->rolename,
+									AccessShareLock, false,
+									NULL, NULL);
+		else
+		{
+			roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+			LockSharedObject(AuthIdRelationId, roleid, 0,
+							 AccessShareLock);
+		}
 		result = lappend_oid(result, roleid);
 	}
 	return result;
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e6cae59d2c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_grant: GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_alter_add: ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_create_role: CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_drop_owned: DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_reassign_owned: REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
index b8ebe92553c..8fb8b52b77f 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
+++ b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
@@ -128,3 +128,4 @@ test: matview-write-skew
 test: lock-nowait
 test: for-portion-of
 test: ddl-dependency-locking
+test: role-membership-drop-member
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e0140826e52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# Test that role membership commands properly lock the grantee/member
+# role to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE from creating orphaned # pg_auth_members
+# entries.
+
+setup
+{
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member;
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_new;
+}
+
+session s1
+step s1_begin		{ BEGIN; }
+step s1_grant		{ GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member; }
+step s1_alter_add	{ ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member; }
+step s1_create_role	{ CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s1_drop_owned	{ DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member; }
+step s1_reassign_owned	{ REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group; }
+step s1_commit		{ COMMIT; }
+
+session s2
+step s2_drop_member	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member; }
+
+# GRANT role TO member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# ALTER ROLE ADD USER - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# CREATE ROLE ... ROLE member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# DROP OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# REASSIGN OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
-- 
2.34.1


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* [PATCH v2 2/2] Protect role resolution in roleSpecsToIds() against concurrent DROP
@ 2026-07-06 08:28 Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 509+ messages in thread

From: Bertrand Drouvot @ 2026-07-06 08:28 UTC (permalink / raw)

roleSpecsToIds() resolves role names to OIDs without acquiring any lock.
A concurrent DROP ROLE that commits between this resolution and the caller's use
of the OID leaves the caller operating on a stale OID, which can create orphaned
pg_auth_members entries.

Fix this by acquiring AccessShareLock on each resolved role within
roleSpecsToIds(), ensuring the role cannot be dropped while any caller is using
its OID.

Author: Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Virender Singla <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by:
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/aki6fMNLUx6%2BBR8K%40bdtpg
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAM6Zo8woa62ZFHtMKox6a4jb8qQ%3Dw87R2L0K8347iE-juQL2EA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/commands/user.c                   | 13 +++++-
 .../expected/role-membership-drop-member.out  | 36 ++++++++++++++++
 src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule         |  1 +
 .../specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec    | 43 +++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 92 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
  13.8% src/backend/commands/
  42.9% src/test/isolation/expected/
  42.2% src/test/isolation/specs/

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/user.c b/src/backend/commands/user.c
index 5b869e91c17..05ec753f4f0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/user.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/user.c
@@ -1778,6 +1778,8 @@ ReassignOwnedObjects(ReassignOwnedStmt *stmt)
  * roleSpecsToIds
  *
  * Given a list of RoleSpecs, generate a list of role OIDs in the same order.
+ * Each role is locked with AccessShareLock to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE
+ * from removing it between resolution and the caller's catalog update.
  *
  * ROLESPEC_PUBLIC is not allowed.
  */
@@ -1792,7 +1794,16 @@ roleSpecsToIds(List *memberNames)
 		RoleSpec   *rolespec = lfirst_node(RoleSpec, l);
 		Oid			roleid;
 
-		roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+		if (rolespec->roletype == ROLESPEC_CSTRING)
+			roleid = RoleNameGetOid(rolespec->rolename,
+									AccessShareLock, false,
+									NULL, NULL);
+		else
+		{
+			roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+			LockSharedObject(AuthIdRelationId, roleid, 0,
+							 AccessShareLock);
+		}
 		result = lappend_oid(result, roleid);
 	}
 	return result;
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e6cae59d2c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_grant: GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_alter_add: ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_create_role: CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_drop_owned: DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_reassign_owned: REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
index b8ebe92553c..8fb8b52b77f 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
+++ b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
@@ -128,3 +128,4 @@ test: matview-write-skew
 test: lock-nowait
 test: for-portion-of
 test: ddl-dependency-locking
+test: role-membership-drop-member
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e0140826e52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# Test that role membership commands properly lock the grantee/member
+# role to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE from creating orphaned # pg_auth_members
+# entries.
+
+setup
+{
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member;
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_new;
+}
+
+session s1
+step s1_begin		{ BEGIN; }
+step s1_grant		{ GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member; }
+step s1_alter_add	{ ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member; }
+step s1_create_role	{ CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s1_drop_owned	{ DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member; }
+step s1_reassign_owned	{ REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group; }
+step s1_commit		{ COMMIT; }
+
+session s2
+step s2_drop_member	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member; }
+
+# GRANT role TO member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# ALTER ROLE ADD USER - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# CREATE ROLE ... ROLE member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# DROP OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# REASSIGN OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
-- 
2.34.1


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* [PATCH v3 2/2] Protect role resolution in roleSpecsToIds() against concurrent DROP
@ 2026-07-06 08:28 Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 509+ messages in thread

From: Bertrand Drouvot @ 2026-07-06 08:28 UTC (permalink / raw)

roleSpecsToIds() resolves role names to OIDs without acquiring any lock.
A concurrent DROP ROLE that commits between this resolution and the caller's use
of the OID leaves the caller operating on a stale OID, which can create orphaned
pg_auth_members entries.

Fix this by acquiring AccessShareLock on each resolved role within
roleSpecsToIds(), ensuring the role cannot be dropped while any caller is using
its OID.

The AccessShareLock is held until end of transaction, so an open transaction
that performed GRANT, CREATE ROLE ... ROLE, or REASSIGN OWNED BY will block a
concurrent DROP ROLE on the same role until it commits.

Note that this introduces a potential deadlock between GRANT and DROP ROLE
when both target overlapping roles. The deadlock is detected and one session is
aborted with an error, which is preferable to the pre-patch behavior of silently
creating orphaned catalog entries.

Author: Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Virender Singla <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Surya Poondla <[email protected]>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/aki6fMNLUx6%2BBR8K%40bdtpg
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAM6Zo8woa62ZFHtMKox6a4jb8qQ%3Dw87R2L0K8347iE-juQL2EA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/commands/user.c                   | 21 +++++-
 .../expected/role-membership-drop-member.out  | 75 +++++++++++++++++++
 src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule         |  1 +
 .../specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec    | 51 +++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 147 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
  14.9% src/backend/commands/
  48.1% src/test/isolation/expected/
  36.1% src/test/isolation/specs/

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/user.c b/src/backend/commands/user.c
index 5b869e91c17..375fb527af2 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/user.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/user.c
@@ -1778,6 +1778,8 @@ ReassignOwnedObjects(ReassignOwnedStmt *stmt)
  * roleSpecsToIds
  *
  * Given a list of RoleSpecs, generate a list of role OIDs in the same order.
+ * Each role is locked with AccessShareLock to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE
+ * from removing it between resolution and the caller's catalog update.
  *
  * ROLESPEC_PUBLIC is not allowed.
  */
@@ -1792,7 +1794,24 @@ roleSpecsToIds(List *memberNames)
 		RoleSpec   *rolespec = lfirst_node(RoleSpec, l);
 		Oid			roleid;
 
-		roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+		if (rolespec->roletype == ROLESPEC_CSTRING)
+			roleid = RoleNameGetOid(rolespec->rolename,
+									AccessShareLock, false,
+									NULL, NULL);
+		else
+		{
+			roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+			LockSharedObject(AuthIdRelationId, roleid, 0,
+							 AccessShareLock);
+
+			/* Recheck that the role still exists after locking. */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(AUTHOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(roleid)))
+				ereport(ERROR,
+						(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_OBJECT),
+						 errmsg("role \"%s\" does not exist",
+								get_rolespec_name(rolespec))));
+		}
+
 		result = lappend_oid(result, roleid);
 	}
 	return result;
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5b267ea32c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_grant: GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_alter_add: ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_create_role: CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_drop_owned: DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_reassign_owned: REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
index b8ebe92553c..8fb8b52b77f 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
+++ b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
@@ -128,3 +128,4 @@ test: matview-write-skew
 test: lock-nowait
 test: for-portion-of
 test: ddl-dependency-locking
+test: role-membership-drop-member
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..989fe996249
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# Test that role membership commands properly lock the grantee/member
+# role to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE from creating orphaned pg_auth_members
+# entries, or from operating on a stale OID.
+
+setup
+{
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member;
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_new;
+}
+
+session s1
+step s1_begin		{ BEGIN; }
+step s1_grant		{ GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member; }
+step s1_alter_add	{ ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member; }
+step s1_create_role	{ CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s1_drop_owned	{ DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member; }
+step s1_reassign_owned	{ REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group; }
+step s1_commit		{ COMMIT; }
+
+session s2
+step s2_drop_member	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s2_check_orphans	{
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+}
+
+# GRANT role TO member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# ALTER GROUP ADD USER - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# CREATE ROLE ... ROLE member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# DROP OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# REASSIGN OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
-- 
2.34.1


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* [PATCH v2 2/2] Protect role resolution in roleSpecsToIds() against concurrent DROP
@ 2026-07-06 08:28 Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 509+ messages in thread

From: Bertrand Drouvot @ 2026-07-06 08:28 UTC (permalink / raw)

roleSpecsToIds() resolves role names to OIDs without acquiring any lock.
A concurrent DROP ROLE that commits between this resolution and the caller's use
of the OID leaves the caller operating on a stale OID, which can create orphaned
pg_auth_members entries.

Fix this by acquiring AccessShareLock on each resolved role within
roleSpecsToIds(), ensuring the role cannot be dropped while any caller is using
its OID.

Author: Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Virender Singla <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by:
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/aki6fMNLUx6%2BBR8K%40bdtpg
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAM6Zo8woa62ZFHtMKox6a4jb8qQ%3Dw87R2L0K8347iE-juQL2EA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/commands/user.c                   | 13 +++++-
 .../expected/role-membership-drop-member.out  | 36 ++++++++++++++++
 src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule         |  1 +
 .../specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec    | 43 +++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 92 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
  13.8% src/backend/commands/
  42.9% src/test/isolation/expected/
  42.2% src/test/isolation/specs/

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/user.c b/src/backend/commands/user.c
index 5b869e91c17..05ec753f4f0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/user.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/user.c
@@ -1778,6 +1778,8 @@ ReassignOwnedObjects(ReassignOwnedStmt *stmt)
  * roleSpecsToIds
  *
  * Given a list of RoleSpecs, generate a list of role OIDs in the same order.
+ * Each role is locked with AccessShareLock to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE
+ * from removing it between resolution and the caller's catalog update.
  *
  * ROLESPEC_PUBLIC is not allowed.
  */
@@ -1792,7 +1794,16 @@ roleSpecsToIds(List *memberNames)
 		RoleSpec   *rolespec = lfirst_node(RoleSpec, l);
 		Oid			roleid;
 
-		roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+		if (rolespec->roletype == ROLESPEC_CSTRING)
+			roleid = RoleNameGetOid(rolespec->rolename,
+									AccessShareLock, false,
+									NULL, NULL);
+		else
+		{
+			roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+			LockSharedObject(AuthIdRelationId, roleid, 0,
+							 AccessShareLock);
+		}
 		result = lappend_oid(result, roleid);
 	}
 	return result;
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e6cae59d2c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_grant: GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_alter_add: ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_create_role: CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_drop_owned: DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_reassign_owned: REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
index b8ebe92553c..8fb8b52b77f 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
+++ b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
@@ -128,3 +128,4 @@ test: matview-write-skew
 test: lock-nowait
 test: for-portion-of
 test: ddl-dependency-locking
+test: role-membership-drop-member
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e0140826e52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# Test that role membership commands properly lock the grantee/member
+# role to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE from creating orphaned # pg_auth_members
+# entries.
+
+setup
+{
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member;
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_new;
+}
+
+session s1
+step s1_begin		{ BEGIN; }
+step s1_grant		{ GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member; }
+step s1_alter_add	{ ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member; }
+step s1_create_role	{ CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s1_drop_owned	{ DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member; }
+step s1_reassign_owned	{ REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group; }
+step s1_commit		{ COMMIT; }
+
+session s2
+step s2_drop_member	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member; }
+
+# GRANT role TO member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# ALTER ROLE ADD USER - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# CREATE ROLE ... ROLE member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# DROP OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# REASSIGN OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
-- 
2.34.1


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* [PATCH v4 2/2] Protect role resolution in roleSpecsToIds() against concurrent DROP
@ 2026-07-06 08:28 Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 509+ messages in thread

From: Bertrand Drouvot @ 2026-07-06 08:28 UTC (permalink / raw)

roleSpecsToIds() resolves role names to OIDs without acquiring any lock.
A concurrent DROP ROLE that commits between this resolution and the caller's use
of the OID leaves the caller operating on a stale OID, which can create orphaned
pg_auth_members entries.

Fix this by acquiring AccessShareLock on each resolved role within
roleSpecsToIds(), ensuring the role cannot be dropped while any caller is using
its OID.

The AccessShareLock is held until end of transaction, so an open transaction
that performed GRANT, CREATE ROLE ... ROLE, or REASSIGN OWNED BY will block a
concurrent DROP ROLE on the same role until it commits.

Note that this introduces a potential deadlock between GRANT and DROP ROLE
when both target overlapping roles. The deadlock is detected and one session is
aborted with an error, which is preferable to the pre-patch behavior of silently
creating orphaned catalog entries.

Author: Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Virender Singla <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Surya Poondla <[email protected]>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/aki6fMNLUx6%2BBR8K%40bdtpg
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAM6Zo8woa62ZFHtMKox6a4jb8qQ%3Dw87R2L0K8347iE-juQL2EA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/commands/user.c                   | 20 +++-
 .../expected/role-membership-drop-member.out  | 97 +++++++++++++++++++
 src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule         |  1 +
 .../specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec    | 63 ++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 180 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
  11.5% src/backend/commands/
  49.2% src/test/isolation/expected/
  38.6% src/test/isolation/specs/

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/user.c b/src/backend/commands/user.c
index 5b869e91c17..ab3cfb0b13f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/user.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/user.c
@@ -1778,6 +1778,8 @@ ReassignOwnedObjects(ReassignOwnedStmt *stmt)
  * roleSpecsToIds
  *
  * Given a list of RoleSpecs, generate a list of role OIDs in the same order.
+ * Each role is locked with AccessShareLock to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE
+ * from removing it between resolution and the caller's catalog update.
  *
  * ROLESPEC_PUBLIC is not allowed.
  */
@@ -1792,7 +1794,23 @@ roleSpecsToIds(List *memberNames)
 		RoleSpec   *rolespec = lfirst_node(RoleSpec, l);
 		Oid			roleid;
 
-		roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+		if (rolespec->roletype == ROLESPEC_CSTRING)
+			roleid = RoleNameGetOid(rolespec->rolename,
+									AccessShareLock, false,
+									NULL, NULL);
+		else
+		{
+			roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+			LockSharedObject(AuthIdRelationId, roleid, 0,
+							 AccessShareLock);
+
+			/* Recheck that the role still exists after locking. */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(AUTHOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(roleid)))
+				ereport(ERROR,
+						(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_OBJECT),
+						 errmsg("role with OID %u does not exist", roleid)));
+		}
+
 		result = lappend_oid(result, roleid);
 	}
 	return result;
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7daf48395ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_grant: GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_alter_add: ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_create_role: CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_drop_owned: DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_reassign_owned: REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_set_role s1_grant_cu s2_drop_member_cu s1_commit s1_reset s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_set_role: SET ROLE regress_role_member_cu;
+step s1_grant_cu: GRANT regress_role_group_cu TO CURRENT_USER;
+step s2_drop_member_cu: DROP ROLE regress_role_member_cu; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member_cu: <... completed>
+step s1_reset: RESET ROLE;
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
index b8ebe92553c..8fb8b52b77f 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
+++ b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
@@ -128,3 +128,4 @@ test: matview-write-skew
 test: lock-nowait
 test: for-portion-of
 test: ddl-dependency-locking
+test: role-membership-drop-member
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..054326ac535
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+# Test that role membership commands properly lock the grantee/member
+# role to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE from creating orphaned pg_auth_members
+# entries, or from operating on a stale OID.
+
+setup
+{
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group_cu;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member_cu;
+	GRANT regress_role_group_cu TO regress_role_member_cu WITH ADMIN OPTION;
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_new;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member_cu;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group_cu;
+}
+
+session s1
+step s1_begin		{ BEGIN; }
+step s1_grant		{ GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member; }
+step s1_alter_add	{ ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member; }
+step s1_create_role	{ CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s1_drop_owned	{ DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member; }
+step s1_reassign_owned	{ REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group; }
+step s1_set_role	{ SET ROLE regress_role_member_cu; }
+step s1_grant_cu	{ GRANT regress_role_group_cu TO CURRENT_USER; }
+step s1_commit		{ COMMIT; }
+step s1_reset		{ RESET ROLE; }
+
+session s2
+step s2_drop_member	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s2_drop_member_cu	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member_cu; }
+step s2_check_orphans	{
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+}
+
+# GRANT role TO member and concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# ALTER GROUP ADD USER and concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# CREATE ROLE ... ROLE member and concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# DROP OWNED BY role and concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# REASSIGN OWNED BY role and concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# GRANT role TO CURRENT_USER and concurrent DROP of the current user
+permutation s1_begin s1_set_role s1_grant_cu s2_drop_member_cu s1_commit s1_reset s2_check_orphans
-- 
2.34.1


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* [PATCH v4 2/2] Protect role resolution in roleSpecsToIds() against concurrent DROP
@ 2026-07-06 08:28 Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 509+ messages in thread

From: Bertrand Drouvot @ 2026-07-06 08:28 UTC (permalink / raw)

roleSpecsToIds() resolves role names to OIDs without acquiring any lock.
A concurrent DROP ROLE that commits between this resolution and the caller's use
of the OID leaves the caller operating on a stale OID, which can create orphaned
pg_auth_members entries.

Fix this by acquiring AccessShareLock on each resolved role within
roleSpecsToIds(), ensuring the role cannot be dropped while any caller is using
its OID.

The AccessShareLock is held until end of transaction, so an open transaction
that performed GRANT, CREATE ROLE ... ROLE, or REASSIGN OWNED BY will block a
concurrent DROP ROLE on the same role until it commits.

Note that this introduces a potential deadlock between GRANT and DROP ROLE
when both target overlapping roles. The deadlock is detected and one session is
aborted with an error, which is preferable to the pre-patch behavior of silently
creating orphaned catalog entries.

Author: Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Virender Singla <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Surya Poondla <[email protected]>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/aki6fMNLUx6%2BBR8K%40bdtpg
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAM6Zo8woa62ZFHtMKox6a4jb8qQ%3Dw87R2L0K8347iE-juQL2EA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/commands/user.c                   | 20 +++-
 .../expected/role-membership-drop-member.out  | 97 +++++++++++++++++++
 src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule         |  1 +
 .../specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec    | 63 ++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 180 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
  11.5% src/backend/commands/
  49.2% src/test/isolation/expected/
  38.6% src/test/isolation/specs/

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/user.c b/src/backend/commands/user.c
index 5b869e91c17..ab3cfb0b13f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/user.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/user.c
@@ -1778,6 +1778,8 @@ ReassignOwnedObjects(ReassignOwnedStmt *stmt)
  * roleSpecsToIds
  *
  * Given a list of RoleSpecs, generate a list of role OIDs in the same order.
+ * Each role is locked with AccessShareLock to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE
+ * from removing it between resolution and the caller's catalog update.
  *
  * ROLESPEC_PUBLIC is not allowed.
  */
@@ -1792,7 +1794,23 @@ roleSpecsToIds(List *memberNames)
 		RoleSpec   *rolespec = lfirst_node(RoleSpec, l);
 		Oid			roleid;
 
-		roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+		if (rolespec->roletype == ROLESPEC_CSTRING)
+			roleid = RoleNameGetOid(rolespec->rolename,
+									AccessShareLock, false,
+									NULL, NULL);
+		else
+		{
+			roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+			LockSharedObject(AuthIdRelationId, roleid, 0,
+							 AccessShareLock);
+
+			/* Recheck that the role still exists after locking. */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(AUTHOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(roleid)))
+				ereport(ERROR,
+						(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_OBJECT),
+						 errmsg("role with OID %u does not exist", roleid)));
+		}
+
 		result = lappend_oid(result, roleid);
 	}
 	return result;
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7daf48395ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_grant: GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_alter_add: ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_create_role: CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_drop_owned: DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_reassign_owned: REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_set_role s1_grant_cu s2_drop_member_cu s1_commit s1_reset s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_set_role: SET ROLE regress_role_member_cu;
+step s1_grant_cu: GRANT regress_role_group_cu TO CURRENT_USER;
+step s2_drop_member_cu: DROP ROLE regress_role_member_cu; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member_cu: <... completed>
+step s1_reset: RESET ROLE;
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
index b8ebe92553c..8fb8b52b77f 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
+++ b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
@@ -128,3 +128,4 @@ test: matview-write-skew
 test: lock-nowait
 test: for-portion-of
 test: ddl-dependency-locking
+test: role-membership-drop-member
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..054326ac535
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+# Test that role membership commands properly lock the grantee/member
+# role to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE from creating orphaned pg_auth_members
+# entries, or from operating on a stale OID.
+
+setup
+{
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group_cu;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member_cu;
+	GRANT regress_role_group_cu TO regress_role_member_cu WITH ADMIN OPTION;
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_new;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member_cu;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group_cu;
+}
+
+session s1
+step s1_begin		{ BEGIN; }
+step s1_grant		{ GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member; }
+step s1_alter_add	{ ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member; }
+step s1_create_role	{ CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s1_drop_owned	{ DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member; }
+step s1_reassign_owned	{ REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group; }
+step s1_set_role	{ SET ROLE regress_role_member_cu; }
+step s1_grant_cu	{ GRANT regress_role_group_cu TO CURRENT_USER; }
+step s1_commit		{ COMMIT; }
+step s1_reset		{ RESET ROLE; }
+
+session s2
+step s2_drop_member	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s2_drop_member_cu	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member_cu; }
+step s2_check_orphans	{
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+}
+
+# GRANT role TO member and concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# ALTER GROUP ADD USER and concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# CREATE ROLE ... ROLE member and concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# DROP OWNED BY role and concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# REASSIGN OWNED BY role and concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# GRANT role TO CURRENT_USER and concurrent DROP of the current user
+permutation s1_begin s1_set_role s1_grant_cu s2_drop_member_cu s1_commit s1_reset s2_check_orphans
-- 
2.34.1


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* [PATCH v2 2/2] Protect role resolution in roleSpecsToIds() against concurrent DROP
@ 2026-07-06 08:28 Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 509+ messages in thread

From: Bertrand Drouvot @ 2026-07-06 08:28 UTC (permalink / raw)

roleSpecsToIds() resolves role names to OIDs without acquiring any lock.
A concurrent DROP ROLE that commits between this resolution and the caller's use
of the OID leaves the caller operating on a stale OID, which can create orphaned
pg_auth_members entries.

Fix this by acquiring AccessShareLock on each resolved role within
roleSpecsToIds(), ensuring the role cannot be dropped while any caller is using
its OID.

Author: Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Virender Singla <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by:
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/aki6fMNLUx6%2BBR8K%40bdtpg
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAM6Zo8woa62ZFHtMKox6a4jb8qQ%3Dw87R2L0K8347iE-juQL2EA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/commands/user.c                   | 13 +++++-
 .../expected/role-membership-drop-member.out  | 36 ++++++++++++++++
 src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule         |  1 +
 .../specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec    | 43 +++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 92 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
  13.8% src/backend/commands/
  42.9% src/test/isolation/expected/
  42.2% src/test/isolation/specs/

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/user.c b/src/backend/commands/user.c
index 5b869e91c17..05ec753f4f0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/user.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/user.c
@@ -1778,6 +1778,8 @@ ReassignOwnedObjects(ReassignOwnedStmt *stmt)
  * roleSpecsToIds
  *
  * Given a list of RoleSpecs, generate a list of role OIDs in the same order.
+ * Each role is locked with AccessShareLock to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE
+ * from removing it between resolution and the caller's catalog update.
  *
  * ROLESPEC_PUBLIC is not allowed.
  */
@@ -1792,7 +1794,16 @@ roleSpecsToIds(List *memberNames)
 		RoleSpec   *rolespec = lfirst_node(RoleSpec, l);
 		Oid			roleid;
 
-		roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+		if (rolespec->roletype == ROLESPEC_CSTRING)
+			roleid = RoleNameGetOid(rolespec->rolename,
+									AccessShareLock, false,
+									NULL, NULL);
+		else
+		{
+			roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+			LockSharedObject(AuthIdRelationId, roleid, 0,
+							 AccessShareLock);
+		}
 		result = lappend_oid(result, roleid);
 	}
 	return result;
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e6cae59d2c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_grant: GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_alter_add: ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_create_role: CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_drop_owned: DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_reassign_owned: REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
index b8ebe92553c..8fb8b52b77f 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
+++ b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
@@ -128,3 +128,4 @@ test: matview-write-skew
 test: lock-nowait
 test: for-portion-of
 test: ddl-dependency-locking
+test: role-membership-drop-member
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e0140826e52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# Test that role membership commands properly lock the grantee/member
+# role to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE from creating orphaned # pg_auth_members
+# entries.
+
+setup
+{
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member;
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_new;
+}
+
+session s1
+step s1_begin		{ BEGIN; }
+step s1_grant		{ GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member; }
+step s1_alter_add	{ ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member; }
+step s1_create_role	{ CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s1_drop_owned	{ DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member; }
+step s1_reassign_owned	{ REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group; }
+step s1_commit		{ COMMIT; }
+
+session s2
+step s2_drop_member	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member; }
+
+# GRANT role TO member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# ALTER ROLE ADD USER - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# CREATE ROLE ... ROLE member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# DROP OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# REASSIGN OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
-- 
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* [PATCH v3 2/2] Protect role resolution in roleSpecsToIds() against concurrent DROP
@ 2026-07-06 08:28 Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 509+ messages in thread

From: Bertrand Drouvot @ 2026-07-06 08:28 UTC (permalink / raw)

roleSpecsToIds() resolves role names to OIDs without acquiring any lock.
A concurrent DROP ROLE that commits between this resolution and the caller's use
of the OID leaves the caller operating on a stale OID, which can create orphaned
pg_auth_members entries.

Fix this by acquiring AccessShareLock on each resolved role within
roleSpecsToIds(), ensuring the role cannot be dropped while any caller is using
its OID.

The AccessShareLock is held until end of transaction, so an open transaction
that performed GRANT, CREATE ROLE ... ROLE, or REASSIGN OWNED BY will block a
concurrent DROP ROLE on the same role until it commits.

Note that this introduces a potential deadlock between GRANT and DROP ROLE
when both target overlapping roles. The deadlock is detected and one session is
aborted with an error, which is preferable to the pre-patch behavior of silently
creating orphaned catalog entries.

Author: Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Virender Singla <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Surya Poondla <[email protected]>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/aki6fMNLUx6%2BBR8K%40bdtpg
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAM6Zo8woa62ZFHtMKox6a4jb8qQ%3Dw87R2L0K8347iE-juQL2EA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/commands/user.c                   | 21 +++++-
 .../expected/role-membership-drop-member.out  | 75 +++++++++++++++++++
 src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule         |  1 +
 .../specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec    | 51 +++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 147 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
  14.9% src/backend/commands/
  48.1% src/test/isolation/expected/
  36.1% src/test/isolation/specs/

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/user.c b/src/backend/commands/user.c
index 5b869e91c17..375fb527af2 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/user.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/user.c
@@ -1778,6 +1778,8 @@ ReassignOwnedObjects(ReassignOwnedStmt *stmt)
  * roleSpecsToIds
  *
  * Given a list of RoleSpecs, generate a list of role OIDs in the same order.
+ * Each role is locked with AccessShareLock to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE
+ * from removing it between resolution and the caller's catalog update.
  *
  * ROLESPEC_PUBLIC is not allowed.
  */
@@ -1792,7 +1794,24 @@ roleSpecsToIds(List *memberNames)
 		RoleSpec   *rolespec = lfirst_node(RoleSpec, l);
 		Oid			roleid;
 
-		roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+		if (rolespec->roletype == ROLESPEC_CSTRING)
+			roleid = RoleNameGetOid(rolespec->rolename,
+									AccessShareLock, false,
+									NULL, NULL);
+		else
+		{
+			roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+			LockSharedObject(AuthIdRelationId, roleid, 0,
+							 AccessShareLock);
+
+			/* Recheck that the role still exists after locking. */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(AUTHOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(roleid)))
+				ereport(ERROR,
+						(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_OBJECT),
+						 errmsg("role \"%s\" does not exist",
+								get_rolespec_name(rolespec))));
+		}
+
 		result = lappend_oid(result, roleid);
 	}
 	return result;
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5b267ea32c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_grant: GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_alter_add: ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_create_role: CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_drop_owned: DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_reassign_owned: REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
index b8ebe92553c..8fb8b52b77f 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
+++ b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
@@ -128,3 +128,4 @@ test: matview-write-skew
 test: lock-nowait
 test: for-portion-of
 test: ddl-dependency-locking
+test: role-membership-drop-member
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..989fe996249
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# Test that role membership commands properly lock the grantee/member
+# role to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE from creating orphaned pg_auth_members
+# entries, or from operating on a stale OID.
+
+setup
+{
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member;
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_new;
+}
+
+session s1
+step s1_begin		{ BEGIN; }
+step s1_grant		{ GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member; }
+step s1_alter_add	{ ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member; }
+step s1_create_role	{ CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s1_drop_owned	{ DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member; }
+step s1_reassign_owned	{ REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group; }
+step s1_commit		{ COMMIT; }
+
+session s2
+step s2_drop_member	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s2_check_orphans	{
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+}
+
+# GRANT role TO member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# ALTER GROUP ADD USER - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# CREATE ROLE ... ROLE member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# DROP OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# REASSIGN OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
-- 
2.34.1


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* [PATCH v2 2/2] Protect role resolution in roleSpecsToIds() against concurrent DROP
@ 2026-07-06 08:28 Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 509+ messages in thread

From: Bertrand Drouvot @ 2026-07-06 08:28 UTC (permalink / raw)

roleSpecsToIds() resolves role names to OIDs without acquiring any lock.
A concurrent DROP ROLE that commits between this resolution and the caller's use
of the OID leaves the caller operating on a stale OID, which can create orphaned
pg_auth_members entries.

Fix this by acquiring AccessShareLock on each resolved role within
roleSpecsToIds(), ensuring the role cannot be dropped while any caller is using
its OID.

Author: Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Virender Singla <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by:
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/aki6fMNLUx6%2BBR8K%40bdtpg
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAM6Zo8woa62ZFHtMKox6a4jb8qQ%3Dw87R2L0K8347iE-juQL2EA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/commands/user.c                   | 13 +++++-
 .../expected/role-membership-drop-member.out  | 36 ++++++++++++++++
 src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule         |  1 +
 .../specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec    | 43 +++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 92 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
  13.8% src/backend/commands/
  42.9% src/test/isolation/expected/
  42.2% src/test/isolation/specs/

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/user.c b/src/backend/commands/user.c
index 5b869e91c17..05ec753f4f0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/user.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/user.c
@@ -1778,6 +1778,8 @@ ReassignOwnedObjects(ReassignOwnedStmt *stmt)
  * roleSpecsToIds
  *
  * Given a list of RoleSpecs, generate a list of role OIDs in the same order.
+ * Each role is locked with AccessShareLock to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE
+ * from removing it between resolution and the caller's catalog update.
  *
  * ROLESPEC_PUBLIC is not allowed.
  */
@@ -1792,7 +1794,16 @@ roleSpecsToIds(List *memberNames)
 		RoleSpec   *rolespec = lfirst_node(RoleSpec, l);
 		Oid			roleid;
 
-		roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+		if (rolespec->roletype == ROLESPEC_CSTRING)
+			roleid = RoleNameGetOid(rolespec->rolename,
+									AccessShareLock, false,
+									NULL, NULL);
+		else
+		{
+			roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+			LockSharedObject(AuthIdRelationId, roleid, 0,
+							 AccessShareLock);
+		}
 		result = lappend_oid(result, roleid);
 	}
 	return result;
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e6cae59d2c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_grant: GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_alter_add: ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_create_role: CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_drop_owned: DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_reassign_owned: REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
index b8ebe92553c..8fb8b52b77f 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
+++ b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
@@ -128,3 +128,4 @@ test: matview-write-skew
 test: lock-nowait
 test: for-portion-of
 test: ddl-dependency-locking
+test: role-membership-drop-member
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e0140826e52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# Test that role membership commands properly lock the grantee/member
+# role to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE from creating orphaned # pg_auth_members
+# entries.
+
+setup
+{
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member;
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_new;
+}
+
+session s1
+step s1_begin		{ BEGIN; }
+step s1_grant		{ GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member; }
+step s1_alter_add	{ ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member; }
+step s1_create_role	{ CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s1_drop_owned	{ DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member; }
+step s1_reassign_owned	{ REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group; }
+step s1_commit		{ COMMIT; }
+
+session s2
+step s2_drop_member	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member; }
+
+# GRANT role TO member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# ALTER ROLE ADD USER - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# CREATE ROLE ... ROLE member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# DROP OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# REASSIGN OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
-- 
2.34.1


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* [PATCH v3 2/2] Protect role resolution in roleSpecsToIds() against concurrent DROP
@ 2026-07-06 08:28 Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 509+ messages in thread

From: Bertrand Drouvot @ 2026-07-06 08:28 UTC (permalink / raw)

roleSpecsToIds() resolves role names to OIDs without acquiring any lock.
A concurrent DROP ROLE that commits between this resolution and the caller's use
of the OID leaves the caller operating on a stale OID, which can create orphaned
pg_auth_members entries.

Fix this by acquiring AccessShareLock on each resolved role within
roleSpecsToIds(), ensuring the role cannot be dropped while any caller is using
its OID.

The AccessShareLock is held until end of transaction, so an open transaction
that performed GRANT, CREATE ROLE ... ROLE, or REASSIGN OWNED BY will block a
concurrent DROP ROLE on the same role until it commits.

Note that this introduces a potential deadlock between GRANT and DROP ROLE
when both target overlapping roles. The deadlock is detected and one session is
aborted with an error, which is preferable to the pre-patch behavior of silently
creating orphaned catalog entries.

Author: Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Virender Singla <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Surya Poondla <[email protected]>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/aki6fMNLUx6%2BBR8K%40bdtpg
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAM6Zo8woa62ZFHtMKox6a4jb8qQ%3Dw87R2L0K8347iE-juQL2EA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/commands/user.c                   | 21 +++++-
 .../expected/role-membership-drop-member.out  | 75 +++++++++++++++++++
 src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule         |  1 +
 .../specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec    | 51 +++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 147 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
  14.9% src/backend/commands/
  48.1% src/test/isolation/expected/
  36.1% src/test/isolation/specs/

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/user.c b/src/backend/commands/user.c
index 5b869e91c17..375fb527af2 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/user.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/user.c
@@ -1778,6 +1778,8 @@ ReassignOwnedObjects(ReassignOwnedStmt *stmt)
  * roleSpecsToIds
  *
  * Given a list of RoleSpecs, generate a list of role OIDs in the same order.
+ * Each role is locked with AccessShareLock to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE
+ * from removing it between resolution and the caller's catalog update.
  *
  * ROLESPEC_PUBLIC is not allowed.
  */
@@ -1792,7 +1794,24 @@ roleSpecsToIds(List *memberNames)
 		RoleSpec   *rolespec = lfirst_node(RoleSpec, l);
 		Oid			roleid;
 
-		roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+		if (rolespec->roletype == ROLESPEC_CSTRING)
+			roleid = RoleNameGetOid(rolespec->rolename,
+									AccessShareLock, false,
+									NULL, NULL);
+		else
+		{
+			roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+			LockSharedObject(AuthIdRelationId, roleid, 0,
+							 AccessShareLock);
+
+			/* Recheck that the role still exists after locking. */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(AUTHOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(roleid)))
+				ereport(ERROR,
+						(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_OBJECT),
+						 errmsg("role \"%s\" does not exist",
+								get_rolespec_name(rolespec))));
+		}
+
 		result = lappend_oid(result, roleid);
 	}
 	return result;
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5b267ea32c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_grant: GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_alter_add: ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_create_role: CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_drop_owned: DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_reassign_owned: REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
index b8ebe92553c..8fb8b52b77f 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
+++ b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
@@ -128,3 +128,4 @@ test: matview-write-skew
 test: lock-nowait
 test: for-portion-of
 test: ddl-dependency-locking
+test: role-membership-drop-member
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..989fe996249
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# Test that role membership commands properly lock the grantee/member
+# role to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE from creating orphaned pg_auth_members
+# entries, or from operating on a stale OID.
+
+setup
+{
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member;
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_new;
+}
+
+session s1
+step s1_begin		{ BEGIN; }
+step s1_grant		{ GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member; }
+step s1_alter_add	{ ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member; }
+step s1_create_role	{ CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s1_drop_owned	{ DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member; }
+step s1_reassign_owned	{ REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group; }
+step s1_commit		{ COMMIT; }
+
+session s2
+step s2_drop_member	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s2_check_orphans	{
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+}
+
+# GRANT role TO member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# ALTER GROUP ADD USER - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# CREATE ROLE ... ROLE member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# DROP OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# REASSIGN OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
-- 
2.34.1


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* [PATCH v2 2/2] Protect role resolution in roleSpecsToIds() against concurrent DROP
@ 2026-07-06 08:28 Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 509+ messages in thread

From: Bertrand Drouvot @ 2026-07-06 08:28 UTC (permalink / raw)

roleSpecsToIds() resolves role names to OIDs without acquiring any lock.
A concurrent DROP ROLE that commits between this resolution and the caller's use
of the OID leaves the caller operating on a stale OID, which can create orphaned
pg_auth_members entries.

Fix this by acquiring AccessShareLock on each resolved role within
roleSpecsToIds(), ensuring the role cannot be dropped while any caller is using
its OID.

Author: Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Virender Singla <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by:
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/aki6fMNLUx6%2BBR8K%40bdtpg
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAM6Zo8woa62ZFHtMKox6a4jb8qQ%3Dw87R2L0K8347iE-juQL2EA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/commands/user.c                   | 13 +++++-
 .../expected/role-membership-drop-member.out  | 36 ++++++++++++++++
 src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule         |  1 +
 .../specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec    | 43 +++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 92 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
  13.8% src/backend/commands/
  42.9% src/test/isolation/expected/
  42.2% src/test/isolation/specs/

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/user.c b/src/backend/commands/user.c
index 5b869e91c17..05ec753f4f0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/user.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/user.c
@@ -1778,6 +1778,8 @@ ReassignOwnedObjects(ReassignOwnedStmt *stmt)
  * roleSpecsToIds
  *
  * Given a list of RoleSpecs, generate a list of role OIDs in the same order.
+ * Each role is locked with AccessShareLock to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE
+ * from removing it between resolution and the caller's catalog update.
  *
  * ROLESPEC_PUBLIC is not allowed.
  */
@@ -1792,7 +1794,16 @@ roleSpecsToIds(List *memberNames)
 		RoleSpec   *rolespec = lfirst_node(RoleSpec, l);
 		Oid			roleid;
 
-		roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+		if (rolespec->roletype == ROLESPEC_CSTRING)
+			roleid = RoleNameGetOid(rolespec->rolename,
+									AccessShareLock, false,
+									NULL, NULL);
+		else
+		{
+			roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+			LockSharedObject(AuthIdRelationId, roleid, 0,
+							 AccessShareLock);
+		}
 		result = lappend_oid(result, roleid);
 	}
 	return result;
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e6cae59d2c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_grant: GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_alter_add: ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_create_role: CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_drop_owned: DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_reassign_owned: REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
index b8ebe92553c..8fb8b52b77f 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
+++ b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
@@ -128,3 +128,4 @@ test: matview-write-skew
 test: lock-nowait
 test: for-portion-of
 test: ddl-dependency-locking
+test: role-membership-drop-member
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e0140826e52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# Test that role membership commands properly lock the grantee/member
+# role to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE from creating orphaned # pg_auth_members
+# entries.
+
+setup
+{
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member;
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_new;
+}
+
+session s1
+step s1_begin		{ BEGIN; }
+step s1_grant		{ GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member; }
+step s1_alter_add	{ ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member; }
+step s1_create_role	{ CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s1_drop_owned	{ DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member; }
+step s1_reassign_owned	{ REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group; }
+step s1_commit		{ COMMIT; }
+
+session s2
+step s2_drop_member	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member; }
+
+# GRANT role TO member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# ALTER ROLE ADD USER - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# CREATE ROLE ... ROLE member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# DROP OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# REASSIGN OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
-- 
2.34.1


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* [PATCH v2 2/2] Protect role resolution in roleSpecsToIds() against concurrent DROP
@ 2026-07-06 08:28 Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 509+ messages in thread

From: Bertrand Drouvot @ 2026-07-06 08:28 UTC (permalink / raw)

roleSpecsToIds() resolves role names to OIDs without acquiring any lock.
A concurrent DROP ROLE that commits between this resolution and the caller's use
of the OID leaves the caller operating on a stale OID, which can create orphaned
pg_auth_members entries.

Fix this by acquiring AccessShareLock on each resolved role within
roleSpecsToIds(), ensuring the role cannot be dropped while any caller is using
its OID.

Author: Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Virender Singla <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by:
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/aki6fMNLUx6%2BBR8K%40bdtpg
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAM6Zo8woa62ZFHtMKox6a4jb8qQ%3Dw87R2L0K8347iE-juQL2EA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/commands/user.c                   | 13 +++++-
 .../expected/role-membership-drop-member.out  | 36 ++++++++++++++++
 src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule         |  1 +
 .../specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec    | 43 +++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 92 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
  13.8% src/backend/commands/
  42.9% src/test/isolation/expected/
  42.2% src/test/isolation/specs/

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/user.c b/src/backend/commands/user.c
index 5b869e91c17..05ec753f4f0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/user.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/user.c
@@ -1778,6 +1778,8 @@ ReassignOwnedObjects(ReassignOwnedStmt *stmt)
  * roleSpecsToIds
  *
  * Given a list of RoleSpecs, generate a list of role OIDs in the same order.
+ * Each role is locked with AccessShareLock to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE
+ * from removing it between resolution and the caller's catalog update.
  *
  * ROLESPEC_PUBLIC is not allowed.
  */
@@ -1792,7 +1794,16 @@ roleSpecsToIds(List *memberNames)
 		RoleSpec   *rolespec = lfirst_node(RoleSpec, l);
 		Oid			roleid;
 
-		roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+		if (rolespec->roletype == ROLESPEC_CSTRING)
+			roleid = RoleNameGetOid(rolespec->rolename,
+									AccessShareLock, false,
+									NULL, NULL);
+		else
+		{
+			roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+			LockSharedObject(AuthIdRelationId, roleid, 0,
+							 AccessShareLock);
+		}
 		result = lappend_oid(result, roleid);
 	}
 	return result;
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e6cae59d2c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_grant: GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_alter_add: ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_create_role: CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_drop_owned: DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_reassign_owned: REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
index b8ebe92553c..8fb8b52b77f 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
+++ b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
@@ -128,3 +128,4 @@ test: matview-write-skew
 test: lock-nowait
 test: for-portion-of
 test: ddl-dependency-locking
+test: role-membership-drop-member
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e0140826e52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# Test that role membership commands properly lock the grantee/member
+# role to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE from creating orphaned # pg_auth_members
+# entries.
+
+setup
+{
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member;
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_new;
+}
+
+session s1
+step s1_begin		{ BEGIN; }
+step s1_grant		{ GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member; }
+step s1_alter_add	{ ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member; }
+step s1_create_role	{ CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s1_drop_owned	{ DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member; }
+step s1_reassign_owned	{ REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group; }
+step s1_commit		{ COMMIT; }
+
+session s2
+step s2_drop_member	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member; }
+
+# GRANT role TO member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# ALTER ROLE ADD USER - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# CREATE ROLE ... ROLE member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# DROP OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# REASSIGN OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
-- 
2.34.1


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* [PATCH v4 2/2] Protect role resolution in roleSpecsToIds() against concurrent DROP
@ 2026-07-06 08:28 Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 509+ messages in thread

From: Bertrand Drouvot @ 2026-07-06 08:28 UTC (permalink / raw)

roleSpecsToIds() resolves role names to OIDs without acquiring any lock.
A concurrent DROP ROLE that commits between this resolution and the caller's use
of the OID leaves the caller operating on a stale OID, which can create orphaned
pg_auth_members entries.

Fix this by acquiring AccessShareLock on each resolved role within
roleSpecsToIds(), ensuring the role cannot be dropped while any caller is using
its OID.

The AccessShareLock is held until end of transaction, so an open transaction
that performed GRANT, CREATE ROLE ... ROLE, or REASSIGN OWNED BY will block a
concurrent DROP ROLE on the same role until it commits.

Note that this introduces a potential deadlock between GRANT and DROP ROLE
when both target overlapping roles. The deadlock is detected and one session is
aborted with an error, which is preferable to the pre-patch behavior of silently
creating orphaned catalog entries.

Author: Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Virender Singla <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Surya Poondla <[email protected]>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/aki6fMNLUx6%2BBR8K%40bdtpg
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAM6Zo8woa62ZFHtMKox6a4jb8qQ%3Dw87R2L0K8347iE-juQL2EA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/commands/user.c                   | 20 +++-
 .../expected/role-membership-drop-member.out  | 97 +++++++++++++++++++
 src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule         |  1 +
 .../specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec    | 63 ++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 180 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
  11.5% src/backend/commands/
  49.2% src/test/isolation/expected/
  38.6% src/test/isolation/specs/

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/user.c b/src/backend/commands/user.c
index 5b869e91c17..ab3cfb0b13f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/user.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/user.c
@@ -1778,6 +1778,8 @@ ReassignOwnedObjects(ReassignOwnedStmt *stmt)
  * roleSpecsToIds
  *
  * Given a list of RoleSpecs, generate a list of role OIDs in the same order.
+ * Each role is locked with AccessShareLock to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE
+ * from removing it between resolution and the caller's catalog update.
  *
  * ROLESPEC_PUBLIC is not allowed.
  */
@@ -1792,7 +1794,23 @@ roleSpecsToIds(List *memberNames)
 		RoleSpec   *rolespec = lfirst_node(RoleSpec, l);
 		Oid			roleid;
 
-		roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+		if (rolespec->roletype == ROLESPEC_CSTRING)
+			roleid = RoleNameGetOid(rolespec->rolename,
+									AccessShareLock, false,
+									NULL, NULL);
+		else
+		{
+			roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+			LockSharedObject(AuthIdRelationId, roleid, 0,
+							 AccessShareLock);
+
+			/* Recheck that the role still exists after locking. */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(AUTHOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(roleid)))
+				ereport(ERROR,
+						(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_OBJECT),
+						 errmsg("role with OID %u does not exist", roleid)));
+		}
+
 		result = lappend_oid(result, roleid);
 	}
 	return result;
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7daf48395ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_grant: GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_alter_add: ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_create_role: CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_drop_owned: DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_reassign_owned: REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_set_role s1_grant_cu s2_drop_member_cu s1_commit s1_reset s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_set_role: SET ROLE regress_role_member_cu;
+step s1_grant_cu: GRANT regress_role_group_cu TO CURRENT_USER;
+step s2_drop_member_cu: DROP ROLE regress_role_member_cu; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member_cu: <... completed>
+step s1_reset: RESET ROLE;
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
index b8ebe92553c..8fb8b52b77f 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
+++ b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
@@ -128,3 +128,4 @@ test: matview-write-skew
 test: lock-nowait
 test: for-portion-of
 test: ddl-dependency-locking
+test: role-membership-drop-member
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..054326ac535
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+# Test that role membership commands properly lock the grantee/member
+# role to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE from creating orphaned pg_auth_members
+# entries, or from operating on a stale OID.
+
+setup
+{
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group_cu;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member_cu;
+	GRANT regress_role_group_cu TO regress_role_member_cu WITH ADMIN OPTION;
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_new;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member_cu;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group_cu;
+}
+
+session s1
+step s1_begin		{ BEGIN; }
+step s1_grant		{ GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member; }
+step s1_alter_add	{ ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member; }
+step s1_create_role	{ CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s1_drop_owned	{ DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member; }
+step s1_reassign_owned	{ REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group; }
+step s1_set_role	{ SET ROLE regress_role_member_cu; }
+step s1_grant_cu	{ GRANT regress_role_group_cu TO CURRENT_USER; }
+step s1_commit		{ COMMIT; }
+step s1_reset		{ RESET ROLE; }
+
+session s2
+step s2_drop_member	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s2_drop_member_cu	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member_cu; }
+step s2_check_orphans	{
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+}
+
+# GRANT role TO member and concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# ALTER GROUP ADD USER and concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# CREATE ROLE ... ROLE member and concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# DROP OWNED BY role and concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# REASSIGN OWNED BY role and concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# GRANT role TO CURRENT_USER and concurrent DROP of the current user
+permutation s1_begin s1_set_role s1_grant_cu s2_drop_member_cu s1_commit s1_reset s2_check_orphans
-- 
2.34.1


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* [PATCH v3 2/2] Protect role resolution in roleSpecsToIds() against concurrent DROP
@ 2026-07-06 08:28 Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 509+ messages in thread

From: Bertrand Drouvot @ 2026-07-06 08:28 UTC (permalink / raw)

roleSpecsToIds() resolves role names to OIDs without acquiring any lock.
A concurrent DROP ROLE that commits between this resolution and the caller's use
of the OID leaves the caller operating on a stale OID, which can create orphaned
pg_auth_members entries.

Fix this by acquiring AccessShareLock on each resolved role within
roleSpecsToIds(), ensuring the role cannot be dropped while any caller is using
its OID.

The AccessShareLock is held until end of transaction, so an open transaction
that performed GRANT, CREATE ROLE ... ROLE, or REASSIGN OWNED BY will block a
concurrent DROP ROLE on the same role until it commits.

Note that this introduces a potential deadlock between GRANT and DROP ROLE
when both target overlapping roles. The deadlock is detected and one session is
aborted with an error, which is preferable to the pre-patch behavior of silently
creating orphaned catalog entries.

Author: Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Virender Singla <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Surya Poondla <[email protected]>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/aki6fMNLUx6%2BBR8K%40bdtpg
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAM6Zo8woa62ZFHtMKox6a4jb8qQ%3Dw87R2L0K8347iE-juQL2EA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/commands/user.c                   | 21 +++++-
 .../expected/role-membership-drop-member.out  | 75 +++++++++++++++++++
 src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule         |  1 +
 .../specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec    | 51 +++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 147 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
  14.9% src/backend/commands/
  48.1% src/test/isolation/expected/
  36.1% src/test/isolation/specs/

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/user.c b/src/backend/commands/user.c
index 5b869e91c17..375fb527af2 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/user.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/user.c
@@ -1778,6 +1778,8 @@ ReassignOwnedObjects(ReassignOwnedStmt *stmt)
  * roleSpecsToIds
  *
  * Given a list of RoleSpecs, generate a list of role OIDs in the same order.
+ * Each role is locked with AccessShareLock to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE
+ * from removing it between resolution and the caller's catalog update.
  *
  * ROLESPEC_PUBLIC is not allowed.
  */
@@ -1792,7 +1794,24 @@ roleSpecsToIds(List *memberNames)
 		RoleSpec   *rolespec = lfirst_node(RoleSpec, l);
 		Oid			roleid;
 
-		roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+		if (rolespec->roletype == ROLESPEC_CSTRING)
+			roleid = RoleNameGetOid(rolespec->rolename,
+									AccessShareLock, false,
+									NULL, NULL);
+		else
+		{
+			roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+			LockSharedObject(AuthIdRelationId, roleid, 0,
+							 AccessShareLock);
+
+			/* Recheck that the role still exists after locking. */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(AUTHOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(roleid)))
+				ereport(ERROR,
+						(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_OBJECT),
+						 errmsg("role \"%s\" does not exist",
+								get_rolespec_name(rolespec))));
+		}
+
 		result = lappend_oid(result, roleid);
 	}
 	return result;
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5b267ea32c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_grant: GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_alter_add: ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_create_role: CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_drop_owned: DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_reassign_owned: REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
index b8ebe92553c..8fb8b52b77f 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
+++ b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
@@ -128,3 +128,4 @@ test: matview-write-skew
 test: lock-nowait
 test: for-portion-of
 test: ddl-dependency-locking
+test: role-membership-drop-member
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..989fe996249
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# Test that role membership commands properly lock the grantee/member
+# role to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE from creating orphaned pg_auth_members
+# entries, or from operating on a stale OID.
+
+setup
+{
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member;
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_new;
+}
+
+session s1
+step s1_begin		{ BEGIN; }
+step s1_grant		{ GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member; }
+step s1_alter_add	{ ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member; }
+step s1_create_role	{ CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s1_drop_owned	{ DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member; }
+step s1_reassign_owned	{ REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group; }
+step s1_commit		{ COMMIT; }
+
+session s2
+step s2_drop_member	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s2_check_orphans	{
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+}
+
+# GRANT role TO member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# ALTER GROUP ADD USER - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# CREATE ROLE ... ROLE member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# DROP OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# REASSIGN OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
-- 
2.34.1


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* [PATCH v3 2/2] Protect role resolution in roleSpecsToIds() against concurrent DROP
@ 2026-07-06 08:28 Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 509+ messages in thread

From: Bertrand Drouvot @ 2026-07-06 08:28 UTC (permalink / raw)

roleSpecsToIds() resolves role names to OIDs without acquiring any lock.
A concurrent DROP ROLE that commits between this resolution and the caller's use
of the OID leaves the caller operating on a stale OID, which can create orphaned
pg_auth_members entries.

Fix this by acquiring AccessShareLock on each resolved role within
roleSpecsToIds(), ensuring the role cannot be dropped while any caller is using
its OID.

The AccessShareLock is held until end of transaction, so an open transaction
that performed GRANT, CREATE ROLE ... ROLE, or REASSIGN OWNED BY will block a
concurrent DROP ROLE on the same role until it commits.

Note that this introduces a potential deadlock between GRANT and DROP ROLE
when both target overlapping roles. The deadlock is detected and one session is
aborted with an error, which is preferable to the pre-patch behavior of silently
creating orphaned catalog entries.

Author: Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Virender Singla <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Surya Poondla <[email protected]>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/aki6fMNLUx6%2BBR8K%40bdtpg
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAM6Zo8woa62ZFHtMKox6a4jb8qQ%3Dw87R2L0K8347iE-juQL2EA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/commands/user.c                   | 21 +++++-
 .../expected/role-membership-drop-member.out  | 75 +++++++++++++++++++
 src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule         |  1 +
 .../specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec    | 51 +++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 147 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
  14.9% src/backend/commands/
  48.1% src/test/isolation/expected/
  36.1% src/test/isolation/specs/

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/user.c b/src/backend/commands/user.c
index 5b869e91c17..375fb527af2 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/user.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/user.c
@@ -1778,6 +1778,8 @@ ReassignOwnedObjects(ReassignOwnedStmt *stmt)
  * roleSpecsToIds
  *
  * Given a list of RoleSpecs, generate a list of role OIDs in the same order.
+ * Each role is locked with AccessShareLock to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE
+ * from removing it between resolution and the caller's catalog update.
  *
  * ROLESPEC_PUBLIC is not allowed.
  */
@@ -1792,7 +1794,24 @@ roleSpecsToIds(List *memberNames)
 		RoleSpec   *rolespec = lfirst_node(RoleSpec, l);
 		Oid			roleid;
 
-		roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+		if (rolespec->roletype == ROLESPEC_CSTRING)
+			roleid = RoleNameGetOid(rolespec->rolename,
+									AccessShareLock, false,
+									NULL, NULL);
+		else
+		{
+			roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+			LockSharedObject(AuthIdRelationId, roleid, 0,
+							 AccessShareLock);
+
+			/* Recheck that the role still exists after locking. */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(AUTHOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(roleid)))
+				ereport(ERROR,
+						(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_OBJECT),
+						 errmsg("role \"%s\" does not exist",
+								get_rolespec_name(rolespec))));
+		}
+
 		result = lappend_oid(result, roleid);
 	}
 	return result;
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5b267ea32c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_grant: GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_alter_add: ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_create_role: CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_drop_owned: DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_reassign_owned: REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
index b8ebe92553c..8fb8b52b77f 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
+++ b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
@@ -128,3 +128,4 @@ test: matview-write-skew
 test: lock-nowait
 test: for-portion-of
 test: ddl-dependency-locking
+test: role-membership-drop-member
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..989fe996249
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# Test that role membership commands properly lock the grantee/member
+# role to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE from creating orphaned pg_auth_members
+# entries, or from operating on a stale OID.
+
+setup
+{
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member;
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_new;
+}
+
+session s1
+step s1_begin		{ BEGIN; }
+step s1_grant		{ GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member; }
+step s1_alter_add	{ ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member; }
+step s1_create_role	{ CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s1_drop_owned	{ DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member; }
+step s1_reassign_owned	{ REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group; }
+step s1_commit		{ COMMIT; }
+
+session s2
+step s2_drop_member	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s2_check_orphans	{
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+}
+
+# GRANT role TO member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# ALTER GROUP ADD USER - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# CREATE ROLE ... ROLE member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# DROP OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# REASSIGN OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
-- 
2.34.1


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* [PATCH v4 2/2] Protect role resolution in roleSpecsToIds() against concurrent DROP
@ 2026-07-06 08:28 Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 509+ messages in thread

From: Bertrand Drouvot @ 2026-07-06 08:28 UTC (permalink / raw)

roleSpecsToIds() resolves role names to OIDs without acquiring any lock.
A concurrent DROP ROLE that commits between this resolution and the caller's use
of the OID leaves the caller operating on a stale OID, which can create orphaned
pg_auth_members entries.

Fix this by acquiring AccessShareLock on each resolved role within
roleSpecsToIds(), ensuring the role cannot be dropped while any caller is using
its OID.

The AccessShareLock is held until end of transaction, so an open transaction
that performed GRANT, CREATE ROLE ... ROLE, or REASSIGN OWNED BY will block a
concurrent DROP ROLE on the same role until it commits.

Note that this introduces a potential deadlock between GRANT and DROP ROLE
when both target overlapping roles. The deadlock is detected and one session is
aborted with an error, which is preferable to the pre-patch behavior of silently
creating orphaned catalog entries.

Author: Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Virender Singla <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Surya Poondla <[email protected]>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/aki6fMNLUx6%2BBR8K%40bdtpg
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAM6Zo8woa62ZFHtMKox6a4jb8qQ%3Dw87R2L0K8347iE-juQL2EA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/commands/user.c                   | 20 +++-
 .../expected/role-membership-drop-member.out  | 97 +++++++++++++++++++
 src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule         |  1 +
 .../specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec    | 63 ++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 180 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
  11.5% src/backend/commands/
  49.2% src/test/isolation/expected/
  38.6% src/test/isolation/specs/

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/user.c b/src/backend/commands/user.c
index 5b869e91c17..ab3cfb0b13f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/user.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/user.c
@@ -1778,6 +1778,8 @@ ReassignOwnedObjects(ReassignOwnedStmt *stmt)
  * roleSpecsToIds
  *
  * Given a list of RoleSpecs, generate a list of role OIDs in the same order.
+ * Each role is locked with AccessShareLock to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE
+ * from removing it between resolution and the caller's catalog update.
  *
  * ROLESPEC_PUBLIC is not allowed.
  */
@@ -1792,7 +1794,23 @@ roleSpecsToIds(List *memberNames)
 		RoleSpec   *rolespec = lfirst_node(RoleSpec, l);
 		Oid			roleid;
 
-		roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+		if (rolespec->roletype == ROLESPEC_CSTRING)
+			roleid = RoleNameGetOid(rolespec->rolename,
+									AccessShareLock, false,
+									NULL, NULL);
+		else
+		{
+			roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+			LockSharedObject(AuthIdRelationId, roleid, 0,
+							 AccessShareLock);
+
+			/* Recheck that the role still exists after locking. */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(AUTHOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(roleid)))
+				ereport(ERROR,
+						(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_OBJECT),
+						 errmsg("role with OID %u does not exist", roleid)));
+		}
+
 		result = lappend_oid(result, roleid);
 	}
 	return result;
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7daf48395ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_grant: GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_alter_add: ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_create_role: CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_drop_owned: DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_reassign_owned: REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_set_role s1_grant_cu s2_drop_member_cu s1_commit s1_reset s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_set_role: SET ROLE regress_role_member_cu;
+step s1_grant_cu: GRANT regress_role_group_cu TO CURRENT_USER;
+step s2_drop_member_cu: DROP ROLE regress_role_member_cu; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member_cu: <... completed>
+step s1_reset: RESET ROLE;
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
index b8ebe92553c..8fb8b52b77f 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
+++ b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
@@ -128,3 +128,4 @@ test: matview-write-skew
 test: lock-nowait
 test: for-portion-of
 test: ddl-dependency-locking
+test: role-membership-drop-member
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..054326ac535
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+# Test that role membership commands properly lock the grantee/member
+# role to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE from creating orphaned pg_auth_members
+# entries, or from operating on a stale OID.
+
+setup
+{
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group_cu;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member_cu;
+	GRANT regress_role_group_cu TO regress_role_member_cu WITH ADMIN OPTION;
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_new;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member_cu;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group_cu;
+}
+
+session s1
+step s1_begin		{ BEGIN; }
+step s1_grant		{ GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member; }
+step s1_alter_add	{ ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member; }
+step s1_create_role	{ CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s1_drop_owned	{ DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member; }
+step s1_reassign_owned	{ REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group; }
+step s1_set_role	{ SET ROLE regress_role_member_cu; }
+step s1_grant_cu	{ GRANT regress_role_group_cu TO CURRENT_USER; }
+step s1_commit		{ COMMIT; }
+step s1_reset		{ RESET ROLE; }
+
+session s2
+step s2_drop_member	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s2_drop_member_cu	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member_cu; }
+step s2_check_orphans	{
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+}
+
+# GRANT role TO member and concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# ALTER GROUP ADD USER and concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# CREATE ROLE ... ROLE member and concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# DROP OWNED BY role and concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# REASSIGN OWNED BY role and concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# GRANT role TO CURRENT_USER and concurrent DROP of the current user
+permutation s1_begin s1_set_role s1_grant_cu s2_drop_member_cu s1_commit s1_reset s2_check_orphans
-- 
2.34.1


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* [PATCH v2 2/2] Protect role resolution in roleSpecsToIds() against concurrent DROP
@ 2026-07-06 08:28 Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 509+ messages in thread

From: Bertrand Drouvot @ 2026-07-06 08:28 UTC (permalink / raw)

roleSpecsToIds() resolves role names to OIDs without acquiring any lock.
A concurrent DROP ROLE that commits between this resolution and the caller's use
of the OID leaves the caller operating on a stale OID, which can create orphaned
pg_auth_members entries.

Fix this by acquiring AccessShareLock on each resolved role within
roleSpecsToIds(), ensuring the role cannot be dropped while any caller is using
its OID.

Author: Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Virender Singla <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by:
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/aki6fMNLUx6%2BBR8K%40bdtpg
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAM6Zo8woa62ZFHtMKox6a4jb8qQ%3Dw87R2L0K8347iE-juQL2EA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/commands/user.c                   | 13 +++++-
 .../expected/role-membership-drop-member.out  | 36 ++++++++++++++++
 src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule         |  1 +
 .../specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec    | 43 +++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 92 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
  13.8% src/backend/commands/
  42.9% src/test/isolation/expected/
  42.2% src/test/isolation/specs/

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/user.c b/src/backend/commands/user.c
index 5b869e91c17..05ec753f4f0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/user.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/user.c
@@ -1778,6 +1778,8 @@ ReassignOwnedObjects(ReassignOwnedStmt *stmt)
  * roleSpecsToIds
  *
  * Given a list of RoleSpecs, generate a list of role OIDs in the same order.
+ * Each role is locked with AccessShareLock to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE
+ * from removing it between resolution and the caller's catalog update.
  *
  * ROLESPEC_PUBLIC is not allowed.
  */
@@ -1792,7 +1794,16 @@ roleSpecsToIds(List *memberNames)
 		RoleSpec   *rolespec = lfirst_node(RoleSpec, l);
 		Oid			roleid;
 
-		roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+		if (rolespec->roletype == ROLESPEC_CSTRING)
+			roleid = RoleNameGetOid(rolespec->rolename,
+									AccessShareLock, false,
+									NULL, NULL);
+		else
+		{
+			roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+			LockSharedObject(AuthIdRelationId, roleid, 0,
+							 AccessShareLock);
+		}
 		result = lappend_oid(result, roleid);
 	}
 	return result;
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e6cae59d2c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_grant: GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_alter_add: ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_create_role: CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_drop_owned: DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_reassign_owned: REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
index b8ebe92553c..8fb8b52b77f 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
+++ b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
@@ -128,3 +128,4 @@ test: matview-write-skew
 test: lock-nowait
 test: for-portion-of
 test: ddl-dependency-locking
+test: role-membership-drop-member
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e0140826e52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# Test that role membership commands properly lock the grantee/member
+# role to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE from creating orphaned # pg_auth_members
+# entries.
+
+setup
+{
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member;
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_new;
+}
+
+session s1
+step s1_begin		{ BEGIN; }
+step s1_grant		{ GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member; }
+step s1_alter_add	{ ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member; }
+step s1_create_role	{ CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s1_drop_owned	{ DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member; }
+step s1_reassign_owned	{ REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group; }
+step s1_commit		{ COMMIT; }
+
+session s2
+step s2_drop_member	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member; }
+
+# GRANT role TO member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# ALTER ROLE ADD USER - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# CREATE ROLE ... ROLE member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# DROP OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# REASSIGN OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
-- 
2.34.1


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* [PATCH v4 2/2] Protect role resolution in roleSpecsToIds() against concurrent DROP
@ 2026-07-06 08:28 Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 509+ messages in thread

From: Bertrand Drouvot @ 2026-07-06 08:28 UTC (permalink / raw)

roleSpecsToIds() resolves role names to OIDs without acquiring any lock.
A concurrent DROP ROLE that commits between this resolution and the caller's use
of the OID leaves the caller operating on a stale OID, which can create orphaned
pg_auth_members entries.

Fix this by acquiring AccessShareLock on each resolved role within
roleSpecsToIds(), ensuring the role cannot be dropped while any caller is using
its OID.

The AccessShareLock is held until end of transaction, so an open transaction
that performed GRANT, CREATE ROLE ... ROLE, or REASSIGN OWNED BY will block a
concurrent DROP ROLE on the same role until it commits.

Note that this introduces a potential deadlock between GRANT and DROP ROLE
when both target overlapping roles. The deadlock is detected and one session is
aborted with an error, which is preferable to the pre-patch behavior of silently
creating orphaned catalog entries.

Author: Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Virender Singla <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Surya Poondla <[email protected]>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/aki6fMNLUx6%2BBR8K%40bdtpg
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAM6Zo8woa62ZFHtMKox6a4jb8qQ%3Dw87R2L0K8347iE-juQL2EA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/commands/user.c                   | 20 +++-
 .../expected/role-membership-drop-member.out  | 97 +++++++++++++++++++
 src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule         |  1 +
 .../specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec    | 63 ++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 180 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
  11.5% src/backend/commands/
  49.2% src/test/isolation/expected/
  38.6% src/test/isolation/specs/

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/user.c b/src/backend/commands/user.c
index 5b869e91c17..ab3cfb0b13f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/user.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/user.c
@@ -1778,6 +1778,8 @@ ReassignOwnedObjects(ReassignOwnedStmt *stmt)
  * roleSpecsToIds
  *
  * Given a list of RoleSpecs, generate a list of role OIDs in the same order.
+ * Each role is locked with AccessShareLock to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE
+ * from removing it between resolution and the caller's catalog update.
  *
  * ROLESPEC_PUBLIC is not allowed.
  */
@@ -1792,7 +1794,23 @@ roleSpecsToIds(List *memberNames)
 		RoleSpec   *rolespec = lfirst_node(RoleSpec, l);
 		Oid			roleid;
 
-		roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+		if (rolespec->roletype == ROLESPEC_CSTRING)
+			roleid = RoleNameGetOid(rolespec->rolename,
+									AccessShareLock, false,
+									NULL, NULL);
+		else
+		{
+			roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+			LockSharedObject(AuthIdRelationId, roleid, 0,
+							 AccessShareLock);
+
+			/* Recheck that the role still exists after locking. */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(AUTHOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(roleid)))
+				ereport(ERROR,
+						(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_OBJECT),
+						 errmsg("role with OID %u does not exist", roleid)));
+		}
+
 		result = lappend_oid(result, roleid);
 	}
 	return result;
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7daf48395ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_grant: GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_alter_add: ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_create_role: CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_drop_owned: DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_reassign_owned: REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_set_role s1_grant_cu s2_drop_member_cu s1_commit s1_reset s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_set_role: SET ROLE regress_role_member_cu;
+step s1_grant_cu: GRANT regress_role_group_cu TO CURRENT_USER;
+step s2_drop_member_cu: DROP ROLE regress_role_member_cu; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member_cu: <... completed>
+step s1_reset: RESET ROLE;
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
index b8ebe92553c..8fb8b52b77f 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
+++ b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
@@ -128,3 +128,4 @@ test: matview-write-skew
 test: lock-nowait
 test: for-portion-of
 test: ddl-dependency-locking
+test: role-membership-drop-member
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..054326ac535
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+# Test that role membership commands properly lock the grantee/member
+# role to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE from creating orphaned pg_auth_members
+# entries, or from operating on a stale OID.
+
+setup
+{
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group_cu;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member_cu;
+	GRANT regress_role_group_cu TO regress_role_member_cu WITH ADMIN OPTION;
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_new;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member_cu;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group_cu;
+}
+
+session s1
+step s1_begin		{ BEGIN; }
+step s1_grant		{ GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member; }
+step s1_alter_add	{ ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member; }
+step s1_create_role	{ CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s1_drop_owned	{ DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member; }
+step s1_reassign_owned	{ REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group; }
+step s1_set_role	{ SET ROLE regress_role_member_cu; }
+step s1_grant_cu	{ GRANT regress_role_group_cu TO CURRENT_USER; }
+step s1_commit		{ COMMIT; }
+step s1_reset		{ RESET ROLE; }
+
+session s2
+step s2_drop_member	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s2_drop_member_cu	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member_cu; }
+step s2_check_orphans	{
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+}
+
+# GRANT role TO member and concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# ALTER GROUP ADD USER and concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# CREATE ROLE ... ROLE member and concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# DROP OWNED BY role and concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# REASSIGN OWNED BY role and concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# GRANT role TO CURRENT_USER and concurrent DROP of the current user
+permutation s1_begin s1_set_role s1_grant_cu s2_drop_member_cu s1_commit s1_reset s2_check_orphans
-- 
2.34.1


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* [PATCH v3 2/2] Protect role resolution in roleSpecsToIds() against concurrent DROP
@ 2026-07-06 08:28 Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 509+ messages in thread

From: Bertrand Drouvot @ 2026-07-06 08:28 UTC (permalink / raw)

roleSpecsToIds() resolves role names to OIDs without acquiring any lock.
A concurrent DROP ROLE that commits between this resolution and the caller's use
of the OID leaves the caller operating on a stale OID, which can create orphaned
pg_auth_members entries.

Fix this by acquiring AccessShareLock on each resolved role within
roleSpecsToIds(), ensuring the role cannot be dropped while any caller is using
its OID.

The AccessShareLock is held until end of transaction, so an open transaction
that performed GRANT, CREATE ROLE ... ROLE, or REASSIGN OWNED BY will block a
concurrent DROP ROLE on the same role until it commits.

Note that this introduces a potential deadlock between GRANT and DROP ROLE
when both target overlapping roles. The deadlock is detected and one session is
aborted with an error, which is preferable to the pre-patch behavior of silently
creating orphaned catalog entries.

Author: Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Virender Singla <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Surya Poondla <[email protected]>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/aki6fMNLUx6%2BBR8K%40bdtpg
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAM6Zo8woa62ZFHtMKox6a4jb8qQ%3Dw87R2L0K8347iE-juQL2EA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/commands/user.c                   | 21 +++++-
 .../expected/role-membership-drop-member.out  | 75 +++++++++++++++++++
 src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule         |  1 +
 .../specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec    | 51 +++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 147 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
  14.9% src/backend/commands/
  48.1% src/test/isolation/expected/
  36.1% src/test/isolation/specs/

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/user.c b/src/backend/commands/user.c
index 5b869e91c17..375fb527af2 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/user.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/user.c
@@ -1778,6 +1778,8 @@ ReassignOwnedObjects(ReassignOwnedStmt *stmt)
  * roleSpecsToIds
  *
  * Given a list of RoleSpecs, generate a list of role OIDs in the same order.
+ * Each role is locked with AccessShareLock to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE
+ * from removing it between resolution and the caller's catalog update.
  *
  * ROLESPEC_PUBLIC is not allowed.
  */
@@ -1792,7 +1794,24 @@ roleSpecsToIds(List *memberNames)
 		RoleSpec   *rolespec = lfirst_node(RoleSpec, l);
 		Oid			roleid;
 
-		roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+		if (rolespec->roletype == ROLESPEC_CSTRING)
+			roleid = RoleNameGetOid(rolespec->rolename,
+									AccessShareLock, false,
+									NULL, NULL);
+		else
+		{
+			roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+			LockSharedObject(AuthIdRelationId, roleid, 0,
+							 AccessShareLock);
+
+			/* Recheck that the role still exists after locking. */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(AUTHOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(roleid)))
+				ereport(ERROR,
+						(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_OBJECT),
+						 errmsg("role \"%s\" does not exist",
+								get_rolespec_name(rolespec))));
+		}
+
 		result = lappend_oid(result, roleid);
 	}
 	return result;
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5b267ea32c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_grant: GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_alter_add: ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_create_role: CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_drop_owned: DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_reassign_owned: REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
index b8ebe92553c..8fb8b52b77f 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
+++ b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
@@ -128,3 +128,4 @@ test: matview-write-skew
 test: lock-nowait
 test: for-portion-of
 test: ddl-dependency-locking
+test: role-membership-drop-member
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..989fe996249
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# Test that role membership commands properly lock the grantee/member
+# role to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE from creating orphaned pg_auth_members
+# entries, or from operating on a stale OID.
+
+setup
+{
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member;
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_new;
+}
+
+session s1
+step s1_begin		{ BEGIN; }
+step s1_grant		{ GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member; }
+step s1_alter_add	{ ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member; }
+step s1_create_role	{ CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s1_drop_owned	{ DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member; }
+step s1_reassign_owned	{ REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group; }
+step s1_commit		{ COMMIT; }
+
+session s2
+step s2_drop_member	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s2_check_orphans	{
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+}
+
+# GRANT role TO member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# ALTER GROUP ADD USER - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# CREATE ROLE ... ROLE member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# DROP OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# REASSIGN OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
-- 
2.34.1


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* [PATCH v4 2/2] Protect role resolution in roleSpecsToIds() against concurrent DROP
@ 2026-07-06 08:28 Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 509+ messages in thread

From: Bertrand Drouvot @ 2026-07-06 08:28 UTC (permalink / raw)

roleSpecsToIds() resolves role names to OIDs without acquiring any lock.
A concurrent DROP ROLE that commits between this resolution and the caller's use
of the OID leaves the caller operating on a stale OID, which can create orphaned
pg_auth_members entries.

Fix this by acquiring AccessShareLock on each resolved role within
roleSpecsToIds(), ensuring the role cannot be dropped while any caller is using
its OID.

The AccessShareLock is held until end of transaction, so an open transaction
that performed GRANT, CREATE ROLE ... ROLE, or REASSIGN OWNED BY will block a
concurrent DROP ROLE on the same role until it commits.

Note that this introduces a potential deadlock between GRANT and DROP ROLE
when both target overlapping roles. The deadlock is detected and one session is
aborted with an error, which is preferable to the pre-patch behavior of silently
creating orphaned catalog entries.

Author: Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Virender Singla <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Surya Poondla <[email protected]>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/aki6fMNLUx6%2BBR8K%40bdtpg
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAM6Zo8woa62ZFHtMKox6a4jb8qQ%3Dw87R2L0K8347iE-juQL2EA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/commands/user.c                   | 20 +++-
 .../expected/role-membership-drop-member.out  | 97 +++++++++++++++++++
 src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule         |  1 +
 .../specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec    | 63 ++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 180 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
  11.5% src/backend/commands/
  49.2% src/test/isolation/expected/
  38.6% src/test/isolation/specs/

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/user.c b/src/backend/commands/user.c
index 5b869e91c17..ab3cfb0b13f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/user.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/user.c
@@ -1778,6 +1778,8 @@ ReassignOwnedObjects(ReassignOwnedStmt *stmt)
  * roleSpecsToIds
  *
  * Given a list of RoleSpecs, generate a list of role OIDs in the same order.
+ * Each role is locked with AccessShareLock to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE
+ * from removing it between resolution and the caller's catalog update.
  *
  * ROLESPEC_PUBLIC is not allowed.
  */
@@ -1792,7 +1794,23 @@ roleSpecsToIds(List *memberNames)
 		RoleSpec   *rolespec = lfirst_node(RoleSpec, l);
 		Oid			roleid;
 
-		roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+		if (rolespec->roletype == ROLESPEC_CSTRING)
+			roleid = RoleNameGetOid(rolespec->rolename,
+									AccessShareLock, false,
+									NULL, NULL);
+		else
+		{
+			roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+			LockSharedObject(AuthIdRelationId, roleid, 0,
+							 AccessShareLock);
+
+			/* Recheck that the role still exists after locking. */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(AUTHOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(roleid)))
+				ereport(ERROR,
+						(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_OBJECT),
+						 errmsg("role with OID %u does not exist", roleid)));
+		}
+
 		result = lappend_oid(result, roleid);
 	}
 	return result;
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7daf48395ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_grant: GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_alter_add: ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_create_role: CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_drop_owned: DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_reassign_owned: REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_set_role s1_grant_cu s2_drop_member_cu s1_commit s1_reset s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_set_role: SET ROLE regress_role_member_cu;
+step s1_grant_cu: GRANT regress_role_group_cu TO CURRENT_USER;
+step s2_drop_member_cu: DROP ROLE regress_role_member_cu; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member_cu: <... completed>
+step s1_reset: RESET ROLE;
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
index b8ebe92553c..8fb8b52b77f 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
+++ b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
@@ -128,3 +128,4 @@ test: matview-write-skew
 test: lock-nowait
 test: for-portion-of
 test: ddl-dependency-locking
+test: role-membership-drop-member
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..054326ac535
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+# Test that role membership commands properly lock the grantee/member
+# role to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE from creating orphaned pg_auth_members
+# entries, or from operating on a stale OID.
+
+setup
+{
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group_cu;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member_cu;
+	GRANT regress_role_group_cu TO regress_role_member_cu WITH ADMIN OPTION;
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_new;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member_cu;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group_cu;
+}
+
+session s1
+step s1_begin		{ BEGIN; }
+step s1_grant		{ GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member; }
+step s1_alter_add	{ ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member; }
+step s1_create_role	{ CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s1_drop_owned	{ DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member; }
+step s1_reassign_owned	{ REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group; }
+step s1_set_role	{ SET ROLE regress_role_member_cu; }
+step s1_grant_cu	{ GRANT regress_role_group_cu TO CURRENT_USER; }
+step s1_commit		{ COMMIT; }
+step s1_reset		{ RESET ROLE; }
+
+session s2
+step s2_drop_member	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s2_drop_member_cu	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member_cu; }
+step s2_check_orphans	{
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+}
+
+# GRANT role TO member and concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# ALTER GROUP ADD USER and concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# CREATE ROLE ... ROLE member and concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# DROP OWNED BY role and concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# REASSIGN OWNED BY role and concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# GRANT role TO CURRENT_USER and concurrent DROP of the current user
+permutation s1_begin s1_set_role s1_grant_cu s2_drop_member_cu s1_commit s1_reset s2_check_orphans
-- 
2.34.1


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* [PATCH v4 2/2] Protect role resolution in roleSpecsToIds() against concurrent DROP
@ 2026-07-06 08:28 Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 509+ messages in thread

From: Bertrand Drouvot @ 2026-07-06 08:28 UTC (permalink / raw)

roleSpecsToIds() resolves role names to OIDs without acquiring any lock.
A concurrent DROP ROLE that commits between this resolution and the caller's use
of the OID leaves the caller operating on a stale OID, which can create orphaned
pg_auth_members entries.

Fix this by acquiring AccessShareLock on each resolved role within
roleSpecsToIds(), ensuring the role cannot be dropped while any caller is using
its OID.

The AccessShareLock is held until end of transaction, so an open transaction
that performed GRANT, CREATE ROLE ... ROLE, or REASSIGN OWNED BY will block a
concurrent DROP ROLE on the same role until it commits.

Note that this introduces a potential deadlock between GRANT and DROP ROLE
when both target overlapping roles. The deadlock is detected and one session is
aborted with an error, which is preferable to the pre-patch behavior of silently
creating orphaned catalog entries.

Author: Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Virender Singla <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Surya Poondla <[email protected]>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/aki6fMNLUx6%2BBR8K%40bdtpg
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAM6Zo8woa62ZFHtMKox6a4jb8qQ%3Dw87R2L0K8347iE-juQL2EA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/commands/user.c                   | 20 +++-
 .../expected/role-membership-drop-member.out  | 97 +++++++++++++++++++
 src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule         |  1 +
 .../specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec    | 63 ++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 180 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
  11.5% src/backend/commands/
  49.2% src/test/isolation/expected/
  38.6% src/test/isolation/specs/

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/user.c b/src/backend/commands/user.c
index 5b869e91c17..ab3cfb0b13f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/user.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/user.c
@@ -1778,6 +1778,8 @@ ReassignOwnedObjects(ReassignOwnedStmt *stmt)
  * roleSpecsToIds
  *
  * Given a list of RoleSpecs, generate a list of role OIDs in the same order.
+ * Each role is locked with AccessShareLock to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE
+ * from removing it between resolution and the caller's catalog update.
  *
  * ROLESPEC_PUBLIC is not allowed.
  */
@@ -1792,7 +1794,23 @@ roleSpecsToIds(List *memberNames)
 		RoleSpec   *rolespec = lfirst_node(RoleSpec, l);
 		Oid			roleid;
 
-		roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+		if (rolespec->roletype == ROLESPEC_CSTRING)
+			roleid = RoleNameGetOid(rolespec->rolename,
+									AccessShareLock, false,
+									NULL, NULL);
+		else
+		{
+			roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+			LockSharedObject(AuthIdRelationId, roleid, 0,
+							 AccessShareLock);
+
+			/* Recheck that the role still exists after locking. */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(AUTHOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(roleid)))
+				ereport(ERROR,
+						(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_OBJECT),
+						 errmsg("role with OID %u does not exist", roleid)));
+		}
+
 		result = lappend_oid(result, roleid);
 	}
 	return result;
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7daf48395ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_grant: GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_alter_add: ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_create_role: CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_drop_owned: DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_reassign_owned: REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_set_role s1_grant_cu s2_drop_member_cu s1_commit s1_reset s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_set_role: SET ROLE regress_role_member_cu;
+step s1_grant_cu: GRANT regress_role_group_cu TO CURRENT_USER;
+step s2_drop_member_cu: DROP ROLE regress_role_member_cu; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member_cu: <... completed>
+step s1_reset: RESET ROLE;
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
index b8ebe92553c..8fb8b52b77f 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
+++ b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
@@ -128,3 +128,4 @@ test: matview-write-skew
 test: lock-nowait
 test: for-portion-of
 test: ddl-dependency-locking
+test: role-membership-drop-member
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..054326ac535
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+# Test that role membership commands properly lock the grantee/member
+# role to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE from creating orphaned pg_auth_members
+# entries, or from operating on a stale OID.
+
+setup
+{
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group_cu;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member_cu;
+	GRANT regress_role_group_cu TO regress_role_member_cu WITH ADMIN OPTION;
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_new;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member_cu;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group_cu;
+}
+
+session s1
+step s1_begin		{ BEGIN; }
+step s1_grant		{ GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member; }
+step s1_alter_add	{ ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member; }
+step s1_create_role	{ CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s1_drop_owned	{ DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member; }
+step s1_reassign_owned	{ REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group; }
+step s1_set_role	{ SET ROLE regress_role_member_cu; }
+step s1_grant_cu	{ GRANT regress_role_group_cu TO CURRENT_USER; }
+step s1_commit		{ COMMIT; }
+step s1_reset		{ RESET ROLE; }
+
+session s2
+step s2_drop_member	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s2_drop_member_cu	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member_cu; }
+step s2_check_orphans	{
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+}
+
+# GRANT role TO member and concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# ALTER GROUP ADD USER and concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# CREATE ROLE ... ROLE member and concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# DROP OWNED BY role and concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# REASSIGN OWNED BY role and concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# GRANT role TO CURRENT_USER and concurrent DROP of the current user
+permutation s1_begin s1_set_role s1_grant_cu s2_drop_member_cu s1_commit s1_reset s2_check_orphans
-- 
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* [PATCH v2 2/2] Protect role resolution in roleSpecsToIds() against concurrent DROP
@ 2026-07-06 08:28 Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 509+ messages in thread

From: Bertrand Drouvot @ 2026-07-06 08:28 UTC (permalink / raw)

roleSpecsToIds() resolves role names to OIDs without acquiring any lock.
A concurrent DROP ROLE that commits between this resolution and the caller's use
of the OID leaves the caller operating on a stale OID, which can create orphaned
pg_auth_members entries.

Fix this by acquiring AccessShareLock on each resolved role within
roleSpecsToIds(), ensuring the role cannot be dropped while any caller is using
its OID.

Author: Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Virender Singla <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by:
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/aki6fMNLUx6%2BBR8K%40bdtpg
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAM6Zo8woa62ZFHtMKox6a4jb8qQ%3Dw87R2L0K8347iE-juQL2EA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/commands/user.c                   | 13 +++++-
 .../expected/role-membership-drop-member.out  | 36 ++++++++++++++++
 src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule         |  1 +
 .../specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec    | 43 +++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 92 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
  13.8% src/backend/commands/
  42.9% src/test/isolation/expected/
  42.2% src/test/isolation/specs/

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/user.c b/src/backend/commands/user.c
index 5b869e91c17..05ec753f4f0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/user.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/user.c
@@ -1778,6 +1778,8 @@ ReassignOwnedObjects(ReassignOwnedStmt *stmt)
  * roleSpecsToIds
  *
  * Given a list of RoleSpecs, generate a list of role OIDs in the same order.
+ * Each role is locked with AccessShareLock to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE
+ * from removing it between resolution and the caller's catalog update.
  *
  * ROLESPEC_PUBLIC is not allowed.
  */
@@ -1792,7 +1794,16 @@ roleSpecsToIds(List *memberNames)
 		RoleSpec   *rolespec = lfirst_node(RoleSpec, l);
 		Oid			roleid;
 
-		roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+		if (rolespec->roletype == ROLESPEC_CSTRING)
+			roleid = RoleNameGetOid(rolespec->rolename,
+									AccessShareLock, false,
+									NULL, NULL);
+		else
+		{
+			roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+			LockSharedObject(AuthIdRelationId, roleid, 0,
+							 AccessShareLock);
+		}
 		result = lappend_oid(result, roleid);
 	}
 	return result;
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e6cae59d2c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_grant: GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_alter_add: ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_create_role: CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_drop_owned: DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_reassign_owned: REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
index b8ebe92553c..8fb8b52b77f 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
+++ b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
@@ -128,3 +128,4 @@ test: matview-write-skew
 test: lock-nowait
 test: for-portion-of
 test: ddl-dependency-locking
+test: role-membership-drop-member
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e0140826e52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# Test that role membership commands properly lock the grantee/member
+# role to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE from creating orphaned # pg_auth_members
+# entries.
+
+setup
+{
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member;
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_new;
+}
+
+session s1
+step s1_begin		{ BEGIN; }
+step s1_grant		{ GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member; }
+step s1_alter_add	{ ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member; }
+step s1_create_role	{ CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s1_drop_owned	{ DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member; }
+step s1_reassign_owned	{ REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group; }
+step s1_commit		{ COMMIT; }
+
+session s2
+step s2_drop_member	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member; }
+
+# GRANT role TO member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# ALTER ROLE ADD USER - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# CREATE ROLE ... ROLE member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# DROP OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# REASSIGN OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
-- 
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* [PATCH v3 2/2] Protect role resolution in roleSpecsToIds() against concurrent DROP
@ 2026-07-06 08:28 Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 509+ messages in thread

From: Bertrand Drouvot @ 2026-07-06 08:28 UTC (permalink / raw)

roleSpecsToIds() resolves role names to OIDs without acquiring any lock.
A concurrent DROP ROLE that commits between this resolution and the caller's use
of the OID leaves the caller operating on a stale OID, which can create orphaned
pg_auth_members entries.

Fix this by acquiring AccessShareLock on each resolved role within
roleSpecsToIds(), ensuring the role cannot be dropped while any caller is using
its OID.

The AccessShareLock is held until end of transaction, so an open transaction
that performed GRANT, CREATE ROLE ... ROLE, or REASSIGN OWNED BY will block a
concurrent DROP ROLE on the same role until it commits.

Note that this introduces a potential deadlock between GRANT and DROP ROLE
when both target overlapping roles. The deadlock is detected and one session is
aborted with an error, which is preferable to the pre-patch behavior of silently
creating orphaned catalog entries.

Author: Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Virender Singla <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Surya Poondla <[email protected]>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/aki6fMNLUx6%2BBR8K%40bdtpg
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAM6Zo8woa62ZFHtMKox6a4jb8qQ%3Dw87R2L0K8347iE-juQL2EA%40mail.gmail.com
---
 src/backend/commands/user.c                   | 21 +++++-
 .../expected/role-membership-drop-member.out  | 75 +++++++++++++++++++
 src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule         |  1 +
 .../specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec    | 51 +++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 147 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
  14.9% src/backend/commands/
  48.1% src/test/isolation/expected/
  36.1% src/test/isolation/specs/

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/user.c b/src/backend/commands/user.c
index 5b869e91c17..375fb527af2 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/user.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/user.c
@@ -1778,6 +1778,8 @@ ReassignOwnedObjects(ReassignOwnedStmt *stmt)
  * roleSpecsToIds
  *
  * Given a list of RoleSpecs, generate a list of role OIDs in the same order.
+ * Each role is locked with AccessShareLock to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE
+ * from removing it between resolution and the caller's catalog update.
  *
  * ROLESPEC_PUBLIC is not allowed.
  */
@@ -1792,7 +1794,24 @@ roleSpecsToIds(List *memberNames)
 		RoleSpec   *rolespec = lfirst_node(RoleSpec, l);
 		Oid			roleid;
 
-		roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+		if (rolespec->roletype == ROLESPEC_CSTRING)
+			roleid = RoleNameGetOid(rolespec->rolename,
+									AccessShareLock, false,
+									NULL, NULL);
+		else
+		{
+			roleid = get_rolespec_oid(rolespec, false);
+			LockSharedObject(AuthIdRelationId, roleid, 0,
+							 AccessShareLock);
+
+			/* Recheck that the role still exists after locking. */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(AUTHOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(roleid)))
+				ereport(ERROR,
+						(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_OBJECT),
+						 errmsg("role \"%s\" does not exist",
+								get_rolespec_name(rolespec))));
+		}
+
 		result = lappend_oid(result, roleid);
 	}
 	return result;
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5b267ea32c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/role-membership-drop-member.out
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_grant: GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_alter_add: ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_create_role: CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+step s2_check_orphans: 
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    0
+(1 row)
+
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_drop_owned: DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
+
+starting permutation: s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+step s1_begin: BEGIN;
+step s1_reassign_owned: REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group;
+step s2_drop_member: DROP ROLE regress_role_member; <waiting ...>
+step s1_commit: COMMIT;
+step s2_drop_member: <... completed>
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
index b8ebe92553c..8fb8b52b77f 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
+++ b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
@@ -128,3 +128,4 @@ test: matview-write-skew
 test: lock-nowait
 test: for-portion-of
 test: ddl-dependency-locking
+test: role-membership-drop-member
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..989fe996249
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/role-membership-drop-member.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# Test that role membership commands properly lock the grantee/member
+# role to prevent concurrent DROP ROLE from creating orphaned pg_auth_members
+# entries, or from operating on a stale OID.
+
+setup
+{
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_group;
+	CREATE ROLE regress_role_member;
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_group;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_member;
+	DROP ROLE IF EXISTS regress_role_new;
+}
+
+session s1
+step s1_begin		{ BEGIN; }
+step s1_grant		{ GRANT regress_role_group TO regress_role_member; }
+step s1_alter_add	{ ALTER GROUP regress_role_group ADD USER regress_role_member; }
+step s1_create_role	{ CREATE ROLE regress_role_new ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s1_drop_owned	{ DROP OWNED BY regress_role_member; }
+step s1_reassign_owned	{ REASSIGN OWNED BY regress_role_member TO regress_role_group; }
+step s1_commit		{ COMMIT; }
+
+session s2
+step s2_drop_member	{ DROP ROLE regress_role_member; }
+step s2_check_orphans	{
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM pg_auth_members m
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid ra ON m.roleid  = ra.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid me ON m.member  = me.oid
+	LEFT JOIN pg_authid gr ON m.grantor = gr.oid
+	WHERE ra.oid IS NULL OR me.oid IS NULL OR gr.oid IS NULL;
+}
+
+# GRANT role TO member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_grant s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# ALTER GROUP ADD USER - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_alter_add s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# CREATE ROLE ... ROLE member - concurrent DROP of the member
+permutation s1_begin s1_create_role s2_drop_member s1_commit s2_check_orphans
+
+# DROP OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_drop_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
+
+# REASSIGN OWNED BY role - concurrent DROP of the role
+permutation s1_begin s1_reassign_owned s2_drop_member s1_commit
-- 
2.34.1


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