From 54491d275184428be6e28e3f22f04859b7288105 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Blake Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:21:24 -0600 Subject: 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. --- NEWS | 3 ++- src/printenv.c | 4 ++++ tests/misc/printenv | 6 ++++++ 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) 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 -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2