BASH PATCH REPORT
=================
Bash-Release: 4.0
Patch-ID: bash40-033
Bug-Reported-by: Dr. Werner Fink <wer...@suse.de>
Bug-Reference-ID: <200907010951.n619p76i013...@boole.suse.de>
Bug-Reference-URL:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2009-07/msg00000.html
Bug-Description:
Bash-4.0 has a memory leak in the `read' builtin when the number of fields
read is not the same as the number of variables passed as arguments.
Patch:
*** ../bash-4.0-patched/builtins/read.def 2009-03-08 21:24:45.000000000
-0400
--- builtins/read.def 2009-07-01 15:32:42.000000000 -0400
***************
*** 764,768 ****
tofree = input_string = t;
else
! input_string = strip_trailing_ifs_whitespace (t1, ifs_chars,
saw_escape);
}
#endif
--- 764,771 ----
tofree = input_string = t;
else
! {
! input_string = strip_trailing_ifs_whitespace (t1, ifs_chars,
saw_escape);
! tofree = t;
! }
}
#endif
*** ../bash-4.0/patchlevel.h 2009-01-04 14:32:40.000000000 -0500
--- patchlevel.h 2009-02-22 16:11:31.000000000 -0500
***************
*** 26,30 ****
looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */
! #define PATCHLEVEL 32
#endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */
--- 26,30 ----
looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */
! #define PATCHLEVEL 33
#endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */
--
``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer
``Ars longa, vita brevis'' - Hippocrates
Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU c...@case.edu http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/
