BASH PATCH REPORT
=================
Bash-Release: 5.3
Patch-ID: bash53-010
Bug-Reported-by: Aleksey Covacevice <[email protected]>
Bug-Reference-ID:
Bug-Reference-URL:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2026-01/msg00003.html
Bug-Description:
Patch (apply with `patch -p0'):
Under some circumstances, a subshell or asynchronous job with an active
EXIT trap that contains a call to `wait' can loop trying to wait for
processes that are not its children. It usually inherits these jobs from
its parent in the jobs list.
*** ../bash-5.3-patched/jobs.c Fri Jul 25 08:53:22 2025
--- jobs.c Fri Jan 9 10:21:03 2026
***************
*** 2840,2844 ****
ps->status = (r < 0 || r > 256) ? 127 : r;
}
! if (r == -1 && errno == ECHILD)
{
/* If we're mistaken about job state, compensate. */
--- 2842,2846 ----
ps->status = (r < 0 || r > 256) ? 127 : r;
}
! if ((r < 0 || r > 256) && errno == ECHILD)
{
/* If we're mistaken about job state, compensate. */
*** ../bash-5.3/patchlevel.h 2020-06-22 14:51:03.000000000 -0400
--- patchlevel.h 2020-10-01 11:01:28.000000000 -0400
***************
*** 26,30 ****
looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */
! #define PATCHLEVEL 9
#endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */
--- 26,30 ----
looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */
! #define PATCHLEVEL 10
#endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */
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