BASH PATCH REPORT
                            =================

Bash-Release:   4.0
Patch-ID:       bash40-039

Bug-Reported-by:        Stephane Chazelas <[email protected]>
Bug-Reference-ID:
Bug-Reference-URL:

Bug-Description:

Under certain circumstances, bash will execute user code while processing the
environment for exported function definitions.

Patch (apply with `patch -p0'):

*** ../bash-4.0.38/builtins/common.h    2009-01-15 23:08:54.000000000 -0500
--- builtins/common.h   2014-09-16 19:20:48.000000000 -0400
***************
*** 36,39 ****
--- 36,41 ----

 /* Flags for describe_command, shared between type.def and command.def */
+ #define SEVAL_FUNCDEF 0x080           /* only allow function definitions */
+ #define SEVAL_ONECMD  0x100           /* only allow a single command */
 #define CDESC_ALL             0x001   /* type -a */
 #define CDESC_SHORTDESC               0x002   /* command -V */
*** ../bash-4.0.38/builtins/evalstring.c        2009-01-13 14:44:12.000000000 -0500
--- builtins/evalstring.c       2014-09-16 19:20:48.000000000 -0400
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*** 259,262 ****
--- 259,270 ----
             struct fd_bitmap *bitmap;

+             if ((flags & SEVAL_FUNCDEF) && command->type != cm_function_def)
+               {
+                 internal_warning ("%s: ignoring function definition attempt", from_file);
+                 should_jump_to_top_level = 0;
+                 last_result = last_command_exit_value = EX_BADUSAGE;
+                 break;
+               }
+
             bitmap = new_fd_bitmap (FD_BITMAP_SIZE);
             begin_unwind_frame ("pe_dispose");
***************
*** 319,322 ****
--- 327,333 ----
             dispose_fd_bitmap (bitmap);
             discard_unwind_frame ("pe_dispose");
+
+             if (flags & SEVAL_ONECMD)
+               break;
           }
       }
*** ../bash-4.0.38/variables.c  2009-09-19 13:04:23.000000000 -0400
--- variables.c 2014-09-16 19:20:48.000000000 -0400
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*** 344,353 ****
         strcpy (temp_string + char_index + 1, string);

!         parse_and_execute (temp_string, name, SEVAL_NONINT|SEVAL_NOHIST);
!
!         /* Ancient backwards compatibility.  Old versions of bash exported
!            functions like name()=() {...} */
!         if (name[char_index - 1] == ')' && name[char_index - 2] == '(')
!           name[char_index - 2] = '\0';

         if (temp_var = find_function (name))
--- 344,351 ----
         strcpy (temp_string + char_index + 1, string);

!         /* Don't import function names that are invalid identifiers from the
!            environment. */
!         if (legal_identifier (name))
!           parse_and_execute (temp_string, name, SEVAL_NONINT|SEVAL_NOHIST|SEVAL_FUNCDEF|SEVAL_ONECMD);

         if (temp_var = find_function (name))
***************
*** 358,365 ****
         else
           report_error (_("error importing function definition for `%s'"), name);
-
-         /* ( */
-         if (name[char_index - 1] == ')' && name[char_index - 2] == '\0')
-           name[char_index - 2] = '(';         /* ) */
       }
 #if defined (ARRAY_VARS)
--- 356,359 ----
*** ../bash-4.0/patchlevel.h    2009-01-04 14:32:40.000000000 -0500
--- patchlevel.h        2009-02-22 16:11:31.000000000 -0500
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*** 26,30 ****
    looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */

! #define PATCHLEVEL 38

 #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */
--- 26,30 ----
    looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */

! #define PATCHLEVEL 39

 #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */