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Filed from caserun https://tcms.engineering.redhat.com/run/422939/#caserun_27499964

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
RHEL-9.0.0-20220127.4
bash-5.1.8-2.el9

Steps to Reproduce: 
run the first reproducer from /CoreOS/ksh/Regression/memleaks


Actual results: 
memory usage grows over time

Expected results:
memory usage doesn't grow


the reproducer script (ignore the shebang and feed to bash directly):

#!/usr/bin/ksh

function _hash {
        typeset w=([abc]=1 [def]=31534 [xyz]=42)
        print -u2 $w 2>&-
        # accessing the var will leak
}
function _array {
        typeset w=(1 31534 42)
        print -u2 $w 2>&-
        # unset w will prevent leak
}

print ${.sh.version}

pmap -x $$ |tail -1
for (( j=0; j<100; j++)); do
        for (( i=0; i<10000; i++)); do
               _hash
        done
        pmap -x $$ |tail -1
done
sleep 1

After evaluating this issue, there are no plans to address it further or fix it in an upcoming release.  Therefore, it is being closed.  If plans change such that this issue will be fixed in an upcoming release, then the bug can be reopened.