From http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/bash/bash-4.3-patches/bash43-040 Signed-off-by: Gustavo Zacarias BASH PATCH REPORT ================= Bash-Release: 4.3 Patch-ID: bash43-040 Bug-Reported-by: Jean Delvare Bug-Reference-ID: <20150609180231.5f463695@endymion.delvare> Bug-Reference-URL: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2015-06/msg00033.html Bug-Description: There is a memory leak that occurs when bash expands an array reference on the rhs of an assignment statement. Patch (apply with `patch -p0'): *** a/bash-4.3-patched/subst.c 2014-10-01 12:57:47.000000000 -0400 --- b/subst.c 2015-06-22 09:16:53.000000000 -0400 *************** *** 5783,5787 **** if (pflags & PF_ASSIGNRHS) { ! temp = array_variable_name (name, &tt, (int *)0); if (ALL_ELEMENT_SUB (tt[0]) && tt[1] == ']') temp = array_value (name, quoted|Q_DOUBLE_QUOTES, 0, &atype, &ind); --- 5783,5787 ---- if (pflags & PF_ASSIGNRHS) { ! var = array_variable_part (name, &tt, (int *)0); if (ALL_ELEMENT_SUB (tt[0]) && tt[1] == ']') temp = array_value (name, quoted|Q_DOUBLE_QUOTES, 0, &atype, &ind); *** a/bash-4.3/patchlevel.h 2012-12-29 10:47:57.000000000 -0500 --- b/patchlevel.h 2014-03-20 20:01:28.000000000 -0400 *************** *** 26,30 **** looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */ ! #define PATCHLEVEL 39 #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */ --- 26,30 ---- looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */ ! #define PATCHLEVEL 40 #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */