BASH PATCH REPORT
=================
Bash-Release: 4.2
Patch-ID: bash42-038
Bug-Reported-by: [email protected]
Bug-Reference-ID: <[email protected]>
Bug-Reference-URL: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2012-08/msg00049.html
Bug-Description:
If a backslash-newline (which is removed) with no other input is given as
input to `read', the shell tries to dereference a null pointer and seg faults.
Patch (apply with `patch -p0'):
*** ../bash-4.2-patched/builtins/read.def 2012-03-11 17:52:44.000000000 -0400
--- builtins/read.def 2012-08-22 11:53:09.000000000 -0400
***************
*** 792,796 ****
#endif
! if (saw_escape)
{
t = dequote_string (input_string);
--- 847,851 ----
#endif
! if (saw_escape && input_string && *input_string)
{
t = dequote_string (input_string);
*** ../bash-4.2-patched/patchlevel.h Sat Jun 12 20:14:48 2010
--- patchlevel.h Thu Feb 24 21:41:34 2011
***************
*** 26,30 ****
looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */
! #define PATCHLEVEL 37
#endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */
--- 26,30 ----
looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */
! #define PATCHLEVEL 38
#endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */