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-rw-r--r--src/backend/utils/adt/numeric.c12
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/numeric.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/numeric.c
index fe9f3f7a506..dcdc5cf8300 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/numeric.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/numeric.c
@@ -6266,8 +6266,14 @@ div_var_fast(NumericVar *var1, NumericVar *var2, NumericVar *result,
/*
* maxdiv tracks the maximum possible absolute value of any div[] entry;
* when this threatens to exceed INT_MAX, we take the time to propagate
- * carries. To avoid overflow in maxdiv itself, it actually represents
- * the max possible abs. value divided by NBASE-1.
+ * carries. Furthermore, we need to ensure that overflow doesn't occur
+ * during the carry propagation passes either. The carry values may have
+ * an absolute value as high as INT_MAX/NBASE + 1, so really we must
+ * normalize when digits threaten to exceed INT_MAX - INT_MAX/NBASE - 1.
+ *
+ * To avoid overflow in maxdiv itself, it represents the max absolute
+ * value divided by NBASE-1, ie, at the top of the loop it is known that
+ * no div[] entry has an absolute value exceeding maxdiv * (NBASE-1).
*/
maxdiv = 1;
@@ -6293,7 +6299,7 @@ div_var_fast(NumericVar *var1, NumericVar *var2, NumericVar *result,
{
/* Do we need to normalize now? */
maxdiv += Abs(qdigit);
- if (maxdiv > INT_MAX / (NBASE - 1))
+ if (maxdiv > (INT_MAX - INT_MAX / NBASE - 1) / (NBASE - 1))
{
/* Yes, do it */
carry = 0;