BASH PATCH REPORT ================= Bash-Release: 4.2 Patch-ID: bash42-038 Bug-Reported-by: armandsl@gmail.com Bug-Reference-ID: <20120822112810.8D14920040@windmill.latviatours.lv> Bug-Reference-URL: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2012-08/msg00049.html Bug-Description: If a backslash-newline (which is removed) with no other input is given as input to `read', the shell tries to dereference a null pointer and seg faults. Patch (apply with `patch -p0'): *** ../bash-4.2-patched/builtins/read.def 2012-03-11 17:52:44.000000000 -0400 --- builtins/read.def 2012-08-22 11:53:09.000000000 -0400 *************** *** 792,796 **** #endif ! if (saw_escape) { t = dequote_string (input_string); --- 847,851 ---- #endif ! if (saw_escape && input_string && *input_string) { t = dequote_string (input_string); *** ../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 37 #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */ --- 26,30 ---- looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */ ! #define PATCHLEVEL 38 #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */