$NetBSD: patch-lib_sh_eaccess.c,v 1.1 2012/07/18 15:43:12 spz Exp $ from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/bash/bash-4.2-patches/bash42-033 Bash-Release: 4.2 Patch-ID: bash42-033 Bug-Reported-by: David Leverton Bug-Reference-ID: <4FCCE737.1060603@googlemail.com> Bug-Reference-URL: Bug-Description: Bash uses a static buffer when expanding the /dev/fd prefix for the test and conditional commands, among other uses, when it should use a dynamic buffer to avoid buffer overflow. --- lib/sh/eaccess.c.orig 2011-01-09 01:50:10.000000000 +0000 +++ lib/sh/eaccess.c @@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ sh_stat (path, finfo) const char *path; struct stat *finfo; { + static char *pbuf = 0; + if (*path == '\0') { errno = ENOENT; @@ -106,7 +108,7 @@ sh_stat (path, finfo) trailing slash. Make sure /dev/fd/xx really uses DEV_FD_PREFIX/xx. On most systems, with the notable exception of linux, this is effectively a no-op. */ - char pbuf[32]; + pbuf = xrealloc (pbuf, sizeof (DEV_FD_PREFIX) + strlen (path + 8)); strcpy (pbuf, DEV_FD_PREFIX); strcat (pbuf, path + 8); return (stat (pbuf, finfo));