BASH PATCH REPORT ================= Bash-Release: 4.3 Patch-ID: bash43-024 Bug-Reported-by: Corentin Peuvrel <cpeuvrel@pom-monitoring.com> Bug-Reference-ID: <53CE9E5D.6050203@pom-monitoring.com> Bug-Reference-URL: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2014-07/msg00021.html Bug-Description: Indirect variable references do not work correctly if the reference variable expands to an array reference using a subscript other than 0 (e.g., foo='bar[1]' ; echo ${!foo}). Patch (apply with `patch -p0'): *** ../bash-4.3-patched/subst.c 2014-06-03 09:32:44.000000000 -0400 --- subst.c 2014-07-23 09:58:19.000000000 -0400 *************** *** 7375,7379 **** if (want_indir) ! tdesc = parameter_brace_expand_indir (name + 1, var_is_special, quoted, quoted_dollar_atp, contains_dollar_at); else tdesc = parameter_brace_expand_word (name, var_is_special, quoted, PF_IGNUNBOUND|(pflags&(PF_NOSPLIT2|PF_ASSIGNRHS)), &ind); --- 7445,7455 ---- if (want_indir) ! { ! tdesc = parameter_brace_expand_indir (name + 1, var_is_special, quoted, quoted_dollar_atp, contains_dollar_at); ! /* Turn off the W_ARRAYIND flag because there is no way for this function ! to return the index we're supposed to be using. */ ! if (tdesc && tdesc->flags) ! tdesc->flags &= ~W_ARRAYIND; ! } else tdesc = parameter_brace_expand_word (name, var_is_special, quoted, PF_IGNUNBOUND|(pflags&(PF_NOSPLIT2|PF_ASSIGNRHS)), &ind); *** ../bash-4.3/patchlevel.h 2012-12-29 10:47:57.000000000 -0500 --- 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 23 #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */ --- 26,30 ---- looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */ ! #define PATCHLEVEL 24 #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */