BASH PATCH REPORT ================= Bash-Release: 4.2 Patch-ID: bash42-021 Bug-Reported-by: Dan Douglas Bug-Reference-ID: <4585554.nZWb4q7YoZ@smorgbox> Bug-Reference-URL: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2011-12/msg00084.html Bug-Description: Using `read -N' to assign values to an array can result in NUL values being assigned to some array elements. These values cause seg faults when referenced later. Patch (apply with `patch -p0'): *** ../bash-4.2-patched/builtins/read.def 2011-11-21 18:03:38.000000000 -0500 --- builtins/read.def 2011-12-19 19:52:12.000000000 -0500 *************** *** 738,742 **** } else ! var = bind_read_variable (varname, t); } else --- 775,779 ---- } else ! var = bind_read_variable (varname, t ? t : ""); } else *************** *** 799,803 **** } else ! var = bind_read_variable (list->word->word, input_string); if (var) --- 836,840 ---- } else ! var = bind_read_variable (list->word->word, input_string ? input_string : ""); if (var) *** ../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 20 #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */ --- 26,30 ---- looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */ ! #define PATCHLEVEL 21 #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */