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authorEric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>2009-10-28 06:21:24 -0600
committerEric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>2009-10-28 06:24:52 -0600
commit54491d275184428be6e28e3f22f04859b7288105 (patch)
tree55e9a5b42249bc370d9d72f940f0a24b8e233db9
parent42d12b45d35fc74e512a3c26adf49734525e4c6a (diff)
downloadcoreutils-54491d275184428be6e28e3f22f04859b7288105.tar.xz
printenv: ignore bogus variable names
Exposed by env a=b=c printenv a=b. * src/printenv.c (main): Silently reject = in names. * tests/misc/printenv: Test for it. * NEWS: Document this.
-rw-r--r--NEWS3
-rw-r--r--src/printenv.c4
-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/printenv6
3 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 442ce13f3..35d141323 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
[bug introduced in coreutils-8.0]
env -u A=B now fails, rather than silently adding A to the
- environment. [the bug dates back to the initial implementation]
+ environment. Likewise, printenv A=B silently ignores the invalid
+ name. [the bugs date back to the initial implementation]
md5sum now prints checksums atomically so that concurrent
processes will not intersperse their output.
diff --git a/src/printenv.c b/src/printenv.c
index b0f0154b2..acf09bdc7 100644
--- a/src/printenv.c
+++ b/src/printenv.c
@@ -125,6 +125,10 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
{
bool matched = false;
+ /* 'printenv a=b' is silent, even if 'a=b=c' is in environ. */
+ if (strchr (argv[i], '='))
+ continue;
+
for (env = environ; *env; ++env)
{
ep = *env;
diff --git a/tests/misc/printenv b/tests/misc/printenv
index bbda1dbd4..bc51fca0b 100755
--- a/tests/misc/printenv
+++ b/tests/misc/printenv
@@ -77,4 +77,10 @@ echo b > exp || framework_failure
env -- -a=b printenv -- -a > out || fail=1
compare exp out || fail=1
+# Silently reject invalid env-var names.
+# Bug present through coreutils 8.0.
+env a=b=c printenv a=b > out
+test $? = 1 || fail=1
+test -s out && fail=1
+
Exit $fail