1 			     BASH PATCH REPORT

     2 			     =================

     3 

     4 Bash-Release:	4.2

     5 Patch-ID:	bash42-038

     6 

     7 Bug-Reported-by:	[email protected]

     8 Bug-Reference-ID:	<[email protected]>

     9 Bug-Reference-URL:	http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2012-08/msg00049.html

    10 

    11 Bug-Description:

    12 

    13 If a backslash-newline (which is removed) with no other input is given as

    14 input to `read', the shell tries to dereference a null pointer and seg faults.

    15 

    16 Patch (apply with `patch -p0'):

    17 

    18 *** ../bash-4.2-patched/builtins/read.def	2012-03-11 17:52:44.000000000 -0400

    19 --- builtins/read.def	2012-08-22 11:53:09.000000000 -0400

    20 ***************

    21 *** 792,796 ****

    22   #endif

    23   

    24 !   if (saw_escape)

    25       {

    26         t = dequote_string (input_string);

    27 --- 847,851 ----

    28   #endif

    29   

    30 !   if (saw_escape && input_string && *input_string)

    31       {

    32         t = dequote_string (input_string);

    33 *** ../bash-4.2-patched/patchlevel.h	Sat Jun 12 20:14:48 2010

    34 --- patchlevel.h	Thu Feb 24 21:41:34 2011

    35 ***************

    36 *** 26,30 ****

    37      looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */

    38   

    39 ! #define PATCHLEVEL 37

    40   

    41   #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */

    42 --- 26,30 ----

    43      looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */

    44   

    45 ! #define PATCHLEVEL 38

    46   

    47   #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */