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

Bash-Release: 4.0
Patch-ID: bash40-033

Bug-Reported-by:        Dr. Werner Fink <[email protected]>
Bug-Reference-ID:       <[email protected]>
Bug-Reference-URL:      http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2009-07/msg00000.html

Bug-Description:

Bash-4.0 has a memory leak in the `read' builtin when the number of fields
read is not the same as the number of variables passed as arguments.

Patch:

*** ../bash-4.0-patched/builtins/read.def       2009-03-08 21:24:45.000000000 -0400
--- builtins/read.def   2009-07-01 15:32:42.000000000 -0400
***************
*** 764,768 ****
       tofree = input_string = t;
       else
!       input_string = strip_trailing_ifs_whitespace (t1, ifs_chars, saw_escape);
     }
 #endif
--- 764,771 ----
       tofree = input_string = t;
       else
!       {
!         input_string = strip_trailing_ifs_whitespace (t1, ifs_chars, saw_escape);
!         tofree = t;
!       }
     }
 #endif
*** ../bash-4.0/patchlevel.h    2009-01-04 14:32:40.000000000 -0500
--- patchlevel.h        2009-02-22 16:11:31.000000000 -0500
***************
*** 26,30 ****
    looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */

! #define PATCHLEVEL 32

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

! #define PATCHLEVEL 33

 #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */

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