https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=731556 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=731556#c1 Dr. Werner Fink changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |aj@suse.com --- Comment #1 from Dr. Werner Fink 2011-11-21 09:33:42 UTC --- Let's add glibc maintainer to carbon copy list as bash uses in bash-4.2/lib/tilde/tilde.c in tilde_expand_word() the getpwnam(3) library function call To avoid open memory mappings on e.g. /etc/passwd I've added in current factory the patches bash-4.2-endpw.dif and readline-6.2-endpw.dif to avoid the memory mapped /etc/passwd and also add a patch for boot shells to be sure that such a mapping will be removed for the shell running /etc/init.d/rc -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=731556 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=731556#c3 --- Comment #3 from Jiri Slaby 2011-11-21 11:03:26 UTC --- No, nscd is not installed. nsswitch says: passwd: compat So I have local-only passwords. I tried "passwd: files", it's the same. getent works as expected (instant reply): $ getent passwd xslaby xslaby:x:500:500:Jiri Slaby:/home/xslaby:/bin/bash -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=731556 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=731556#c5 --- Comment #5 from Andreas Jaeger 2011-11-21 11:48:37 UTC --- Werner, then I have no idea what could be the case. How can this be reproduced with a small program? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=731556 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=731556#c7 Andreas Jaeger changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|bnc-team-screening@forge.pr |werner@suse.com |ovo.novell.com | --- Comment #7 from Andreas Jaeger 2011-11-21 13:05:35 UTC --- OK, so for Werner to check. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=731556 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=731556#c9 Dr. Werner Fink changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO InfoProvider| |jslaby@suse.com --- Comment #9 from Dr. Werner Fink 2011-11-21 13:35:30 UTC --- Please give latest checkin a try as I've moved the endpw() function below the malloc() call which IMHO should solve the problem. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=731556 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=731556#c11 --- Comment #11 from Andreas Jaeger 2011-11-21 14:05:31 UTC --- Werner, do you have a standalone test program? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=731556 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=731556#c13 --- Comment #13 from Dr. Werner Fink 2011-11-21 15:23:51 UTC --- (In reply to comment #11) Something like this #if !defined (savestring) #define savestring(x) strcpy ((char *)xmalloc (1 + strlen (x)), (x)) #endif /* !savestring */ int rl_filename_completion_desired = 0; char * rl_username_completion_function (const char *text, int state) { static char *username = (char *)NULL; static struct passwd *entry; static int namelen, first_char, first_char_loc; char *value; if (state == 0) { if (username) { free (username); username = (char *)NULL; } first_char = *text; first_char_loc = first_char == '~'; username = savestring (&text[first_char_loc]); namelen = strlen (username); setpwent (); } while ((entry = getpwent ())) { if (strncmp (username, entry->pw_name, namelen) == 0) break; } if (entry == 0) { endpwent (); return ((char *)NULL); } else { value = (char *)xmalloc (2 + strlen (entry->pw_name)); *value = *text; strcpy (value + first_char_loc, entry->pw_name); if (first_char == '~') rl_filename_completion_desired = 1; endpwent (); return (value); } } -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=731556 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=731556#c15 Dr. Werner Fink changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |FIXED --- Comment #15 from Dr. Werner Fink 2011-11-21 15:53:47 UTC --- Just disabled this one endpwent() as it seems that out functions also call (x)malloc(). If this does not help then please reopen. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.