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Re: v4.4 segfault in 'decode_prompt_string' when processing special parameter

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On 7/21/18 2:47 PM, Chris Schoenberg wrote:
> This only works in 4.4; earlier versions throw a 'bad substitution' error. It
> causes an infinite loop of calls between 'expand_prompt_string' and
> 'decode_prompt_string',
> where calls to 'xmalloc' exhaust the heap:
> 
> $\{_@P};${_@P}
> 
> I decided to report this because it is not a user-defined recursive
> function and it exhausts the heap rather than the stack.

It's user-defined recursive parameter expansion. A string that undergoes
prompt expansion performs parameter expansion, as documented. If that
parameter expansion passes the same string to prompt expansion, which
performs parameter expansion, you've got user-defined recursion.

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Re: v4.4 segfault in 'decode_prompt_string' when processing special parameter Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> - 2018-07-21 19:57 -0400

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