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bash decode prompt string broken for 'W'


From: Marty Pauley
Subject: bash decode prompt string broken for 'W'
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2011 01:44:26 +0900

Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
Machine: x86_64
OS: linux-gnu
Compiler: gcc
Compilation CFLAGS:  -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='x86_64'
-DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='x86_64-pc-linux-gnu'
-DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/shar
uname output: Linux gohan 2.6.37-2-amd64 #1 SMP Sun Feb 27 10:12:22
UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Machine Type: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu

Bash Version: 4.1
Patch Level: 5
Release Status: release

Description:
The "\W" escape in the prompt is expanded incorrectly for some
directories.  The problem is caused by the use of strcpy with
overlapping strings; but strcpy has undefined behaviour when the
strings overlap.

Repeat-By:
Set PS1 to include the "\W" escape, then cd to /home or /media to see
the problem: "home" is displayed as "hmee" and "media" is displayed as
"meiia".  A transcript from my bash session is below:

bash-4.1$ PS1='\W$ '
~$ cd /home
hmee$ cd /media
meiia$ cd /etc
etc$ cd
~$ exit


Fix:
    The patch below fixes the problem.

--- y.tab.c.orig        2011-04-04 01:12:23.000000000 +0900
+++ y.tab.c     2011-04-04 01:19:48.000000000 +0900
@@ -7481,7 +7481,8 @@
                      {
                        t = strrchr (t_string, '/');
                        if (t)
-                         strcpy (t_string, t + 1);
+                         for ( temp = t_string; *t; temp++ )
+                           *temp = *++t;
                      }
                  }
 #undef ROOT_PATH



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