On 3/30/22 11:16 AM, willi1337 bald wrote:
> Bash Version: 5.1
> Patch Level: 16
> Release Status: release
>
> Description:
>
> A deeply nested and incorrect regex expression can cause exhaustion of
> stack resources, which crashes the bash process.
Bash doesn't use it's own regexp engine; it uses whatever POSIX regexp
functions are provided by the C library (regcomp/regexec/regfree/regerror).
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