Bug#20729: Bad date_format() call makes mysql server crash
The problem is that the author used the wrong function to send a warning to the user about truncation of data. push_warning() takes a constant string and push_warning_printf() takes a format and variable arguments to fill it. Since the string we were complaining about contains percent characters, the printf() code interprets the "%Y" et c. that the user sends. That's wrong, and often causes a crash, especially if the date mentions seconds, "%s". A alternate fix would be to use push_warning_printf(..., "%s", warn_buff) .
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