BASH PATCH REPORT
=================
Bash-Release: 3.1
Patch-ID: bash31-016
Bug-Reported-by: Nikita Danilov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Bug-Reference-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Bug-Reference-URL:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2006-02/msg00064.html
Bug-Description:
Bash will dump core when attempting to perform globbing in directories with
very large numbers of files.
Patch:
*** ../bash-3.1-patched/lib/glob/glob.c Thu Mar 24 12:42:27 2005
--- lib/glob/glob.c Fri Mar 3 16:54:12 2006
***************
*** 361,364 ****
--- 361,365 ----
firstmalloc = 0;
+ nalloca = 0;
/* If PAT is empty, skip the loop, but return one (empty) filename. */
***************
*** 547,550 ****
--- 551,556 ----
tmplink = lastlink;
}
+ else
+ tmplink = 0;
free (lastlink->name);
lastlink = lastlink->next;
*** ../bash-3.1/patchlevel.h Wed Jul 20 13:58:20 2005
--- patchlevel.h Wed Dec 7 13:48:42 2005
***************
*** 26,30 ****
looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */
! #define PATCHLEVEL 15
#endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */
--- 26,30 ----
looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */
! #define PATCHLEVEL 16
#endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */
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