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Re: [PATCH] `bind -x' inside `bind -x' bindings causes execution of rand
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: [PATCH] `bind -x' inside `bind -x' bindings causes execution of random strings |
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Fri, 4 May 2018 15:08:10 -0400 |
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On 5/3/18 11:27 AM, Koichi Murase wrote:
> Bash Version: 4.4
> Patch Level: 19
> Release Status: release
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> Description:
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> After calls of `bind -x' inside functions called via `bind -x',
> random strings are executed as a command.
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> This happens in the following way: When the binding is overwritten
> using `bind -x' inside the function called through `bind -x' bindings,
> the original string registered for the binding is deallocated although
> it is still under evaluation. Then the memory block will be allocated
> for other purposes and the content will be rewritten. Finally the new
> data written to the memory block is evaluated.
Thanks for the report. This is a good fix.
Chet
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Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRU chet@case.edu http://tiswww.cwru.edu/~chet/