Jan 6, 2024, 23:59 by grishale...@gmail.com: > > > On Sun, Jan 7, 2024, 00:26 pourko--- via Bug reports for the GNU Bourne Again > SHell <> bug-bash@gnu.org> > wrote: > >> For demonstration, put a $(<file) construct inside a loop, and the leak >> becomes very noticeable: >> > > >> The bug is not present in bashes before 5.2.0. >> > > I believe this is fixed in (yet unreleased) Bash 5.3. See report [1] applied > in [2]. > > [1]: > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2023-06/msg00045.html > [2]: > > https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/bash.git/diff/builtins/evalstring.c?h=devel&id=81f7b44564cd1510788035cea7c59631865a7db2&dt=1#n766 >
Could we maybe get a patch for the 5.2 series? It's unclear when stable distros will start shipping with 5.3, and reverting to 5.1 is not a pleasant alternative.
