From 857be52f29cf244b7c217bedf87bd4507e49a388 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Mart=C3=ADn=20Marqu=C3=A9s?=
 <martin.marques@2ndquadrant.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2020 10:44:42 -0300
Subject: [PATCH v5 1/4] Access to pg_replication_origin_status view has
 restricted access only for superusers due to it using
 pg_show_replication_origin_status(), and all replication origin functions
 requiring superuser rights.

This patch removes the check for superuser priviledges when executing
replication origin functions, which is hardcoded, and instead rely on
ACL checks.

This patch will also revoke execution of such functions from PUBLIC
---
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql     | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/replication/logical/origin.c |  5 -----
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 56420bbc9d..6658f0c2eb 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -1469,6 +1469,22 @@ REVOKE EXECUTE ON FUNCTION pg_stat_file(text,boolean) FROM public;
 REVOKE EXECUTE ON FUNCTION pg_ls_dir(text) FROM public;
 REVOKE EXECUTE ON FUNCTION pg_ls_dir(text,boolean,boolean) FROM public;
 
+--
+-- Permision to execute Replication Origin functions should be revoked from public
+--
+REVOKE EXECUTE ON FUNCTION pg_replication_origin_advance(text, pg_lsn) FROM public;
+REVOKE EXECUTE ON FUNCTION pg_replication_origin_create(text) FROM public;
+REVOKE EXECUTE ON FUNCTION pg_replication_origin_drop(text) FROM public;
+REVOKE EXECUTE ON FUNCTION pg_replication_origin_oid(text) FROM public;
+REVOKE EXECUTE ON FUNCTION pg_replication_origin_progress(text, boolean) FROM public;
+REVOKE EXECUTE ON FUNCTION pg_replication_origin_session_is_setup() FROM public;
+REVOKE EXECUTE ON FUNCTION pg_replication_origin_session_progress(boolean) FROM public;
+REVOKE EXECUTE ON FUNCTION pg_replication_origin_session_reset() FROM public;
+REVOKE EXECUTE ON FUNCTION pg_replication_origin_session_setup(text) FROM public;
+REVOKE EXECUTE ON FUNCTION pg_replication_origin_xact_reset() FROM public;
+REVOKE EXECUTE ON FUNCTION pg_replication_origin_xact_setup(pg_lsn, timestamp with time zone) FROM public;
+REVOKE EXECUTE ON FUNCTION pg_show_replication_origin_status() FROM public;
+
 --
 -- We also set up some things as accessible to standard roles.
 --
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/origin.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/origin.c
index 1ca4479605..bc50106070 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/origin.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/origin.c
@@ -182,11 +182,6 @@ static ReplicationState *session_replication_state = NULL;
 static void
 replorigin_check_prerequisites(bool check_slots, bool recoveryOK)
 {
-	if (!superuser())
-		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_INSUFFICIENT_PRIVILEGE),
-				 errmsg("only superusers can query or manipulate replication origins")));
-
 	if (check_slots && max_replication_slots == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-- 
2.18.2

