Bug 518644 - bash segfaults on unsetting array variable
Summary: bash segfaults on unsetting array variable
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: bash
Version: 11
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Roman Rakus
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-08-21 13:06 UTC by Jón Fairbairn
Modified: 2014-01-13 00:09 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version: 4.0-8.fc11
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2009-08-27 22:54:12 UTC
Type: ---
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sample backtrace (2.38 KB, text/plain)
2009-08-21 13:06 UTC, Jón Fairbairn
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Description Jón Fairbairn 2009-08-21 13:06:16 UTC
Created attachment 358238 [details]
sample backtrace

Description of problem:
It is possible to set an associative array in such a way that bash segfaults when it is unset.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
bash-4.0-7.fc11

How reproducible:
Completely

Steps to Reproduce:
1. start bash
2. enter these commands:

declare -A T
T='([a]=1)'
unset T

3. [note that the apostrophes are required]
  
Actual results:
segfault

Expected results:
Probably should be the same as if the apostrophes aren't there.

Additional info:
This is a minimal case derived from attempting to do something more sensible...

Comment 1 Roman Rakus 2009-08-25 10:54:37 UTC
T='([a]=1)' will save ([a]=1) at index 0. The problem here is, that index 0 is stored as string (char *) but is not allocated memory for it an in unset this memory is freed. This causes segfault.

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2009-08-27 10:56:42 UTC
bash-4.0-8.fc11 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 11.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/bash-4.0-8.fc11

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2009-08-27 22:54:08 UTC
bash-4.0-8.fc11 has been pushed to the Fedora 11 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.


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