BASH PATCH REPORT ================= Bash-Release: 5.0 Patch-ID: bash50-009 Bug-Reported-by: chet.ramey@case.edu Bug-Reference-ID: Bug-Reference-URL: Bug-Description: The history file reading code doesn't close the file descriptor open to the history file when it encounters a zero-length file. Patch (apply with `patch -p0'): *** ../bash-5.0-patched/lib/readline/histfile.c 2018-06-11 09:14:52.000000000 -0400 --- lib/readline/histfile.c 2019-05-16 15:55:57.000000000 -0400 *************** *** 306,309 **** --- 312,316 ---- { free (input); + close (file); return 0; /* don't waste time if we don't have to */ } *** ../bash-5.0/patchlevel.h 2016-06-22 14:51:03.000000000 -0400 --- patchlevel.h 2016-10-01 11:01:28.000000000 -0400 *************** *** 26,30 **** looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */ ! #define PATCHLEVEL 8 #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */ --- 26,30 ---- looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */ ! #define PATCHLEVEL 9 #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */