BASH PATCH REPORT
=================
Bash-Release: 4.2
Patch-ID: bash42-047
Bug-Reported-by: Matthew Riley <
[email protected]>
Bug-Reference-ID: <CA+NEdkwP3gw+gbcF5+xnR1pvcuzb1mDVzvmuJOpHRGHA9T7VFg@mail.gmail.com>
Bug-Reference-URL:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2013-03/msg00047.html
Bug-Description:
The function that shortens pathnames for $PS1 according to the value of
$PROMPT_DIRTRIM uses memcpy on potentially-overlapping regions of memory,
when it should use memmove. The result is garbled pathnames in prompt
strings.
Patch (apply with `patch -p0'):
*** ../bash-4.2-patched/general.c 2010-12-12 15:06:27.000000000 -0500
--- general.c 2014-01-30 16:46:15.000000000 -0500
***************
*** 767,771 ****
nlen = nend - ntail;
! memcpy (nbeg, ntail, nlen);
nbeg[nlen] = '\0';
--- 767,771 ----
nlen = nend - ntail;
! memmove (nbeg, ntail, nlen);
nbeg[nlen] = '\0';
*** ../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 46
#endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */
--- 26,30 ----
looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */
! #define PATCHLEVEL 47
#endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */
