BASH PATCH REPORT
=================
Bash-Release: 5.3
Patch-ID: bash53-004
Bug-Reported-by: Emanuele Torre <[email protected]>
Bug-Reference-ID: <aHKS0uA8Sf_vMT25@ntoo>
Bug-Reference-URL:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2025-07/msg00031.html
Bug-Description:
The Linux kernel reports incorrect sizes for files in /sys/block/*/uevent,
leading bash to report a read error when the byte count does not agree
with the file size from fstat(2).
Patch (apply with `patch -p0'):
*** ../bash-5.3-patched/builtins/evalfile.c Fri Sep 6 15:42:40 2024
--- builtins/evalfile.c Fri Sep 12 11:38:57 2025
***************
*** 161,166 ****
--- 161,168 ----
if (nr >= 0)
string[nr] = '\0';
+ #if 0
if (nr != file_size)
nr = -1; /* XXX - didn't get the whole file */
+ #endif
}
else
*** ../bash-5.3/patchlevel.h 2020-06-22 14:51:03.000000000 -0400
--- patchlevel.h 2020-10-01 11:01:28.000000000 -0400
***************
*** 26,30 ****
looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */
! #define PATCHLEVEL 3
#endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */
--- 26,30 ----
looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */
! #define PATCHLEVEL 4
#endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */
--
``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer
``Ars longa, vita brevis'' - Hippocrates
Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRU [email protected] http://tiswww.cwru.edu/~chet/
