BASH PATCH REPORT
=================
Bash-Release: 5.3
Patch-ID: bash53-015
Bug-Reported-by: Duncan Roe <[email protected]>
Grisha Levit <[email protected]>
Bug-Reference-ID:
Bug-Reference-URL:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2025-09/msg00162.html
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2025-10/msg00013.html
Bug-Description:
There are circumstances under which index -1 is used to reference into
the input buffer used by the `read' builtin.
Patch (apply with `patch -p0'):
*** ../bash-5.3-patched/builtins/read.def Wed Jun 25 15:50:18 2025
--- builtins/read.def Thu Nov 6 16:51:14 2025
***************
*** 539,543 ****
protects, then restore input_string so we can use it later */
orig_input_string = 0;
! input_string[i] = '\0'; /* make sure it's terminated */
if (i == 0)
{
--- 568,573 ----
protects, then restore input_string so we can use it later */
orig_input_string = 0;
! if (i >= 0)
! input_string[i] = '\0'; /* make sure it's terminated */
if (i == 0)
{
***************
*** 593,598 ****
ttset = ttattrs;
! i = silent ? ttfd_cbreak (fd, &ttset) : ttfd_onechar (fd, &ttset);
! if (i < 0)
sh_ttyerror (1);
tty_modified = 1;
--- 623,627 ----
ttset = ttattrs;
! if ((silent ? ttfd_cbreak (fd, &ttset) : ttfd_onechar (fd, &ttset)) <
0)
sh_ttyerror (1);
tty_modified = 1;
***************
*** 610,615 ****
ttset = ttattrs;
! i = ttfd_noecho (fd, &ttset); /* ttnoecho (); */
! if (i < 0)
sh_ttyerror (1);
--- 639,643 ----
ttset = ttattrs;
! if (ttfd_noecho (fd, &ttset) < 0)
sh_ttyerror (1);
*** ../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 14
#endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */
--- 26,30 ----
looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */
! #define PATCHLEVEL 15
#endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */
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