1 			     BASH PATCH REPORT

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

     3 

     4 Bash-Release:	4.2

     5 Patch-ID:	bash42-021

     6 

     7 Bug-Reported-by:	Dan Douglas <[email protected]>

     8 Bug-Reference-ID:	<4585554.nZWb4q7YoZ@smorgbox>

     9 Bug-Reference-URL:	http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2011-12/msg00084.html

    10 

    11 Bug-Description:

    12 

    13 Using `read -N' to assign values to an array can result in NUL values being

    14 assigned to some array elements.  These values cause seg faults when referenced

    15 later.

    16 

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

    18 

    19 *** ../bash-4.2-patched/builtins/read.def	2011-11-21 18:03:38.000000000 -0500

    20 --- builtins/read.def	2011-12-19 19:52:12.000000000 -0500

    21 ***************

    22 *** 738,742 ****

    23   	    }

    24   	  else

    25 ! 	    var = bind_read_variable (varname, t);

    26   	}

    27         else

    28 --- 775,779 ----

    29   	    }

    30   	  else

    31 ! 	    var = bind_read_variable (varname, t ? t : "");

    32   	}

    33         else

    34 ***************

    35 *** 799,803 ****

    36       }

    37     else

    38 !     var = bind_read_variable (list->word->word, input_string);

    39   

    40     if (var)

    41 --- 836,840 ----

    42       }

    43     else

    44 !     var = bind_read_variable (list->word->word, input_string ? input_string : "");

    45   

    46     if (var)

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

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

    49 ***************

    50 *** 26,30 ****

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

    52   

    53 ! #define PATCHLEVEL 20

    54   

    55   #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */

    56 --- 26,30 ----

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

    58   

    59 ! #define PATCHLEVEL 21

    60   

    61   #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */