BASH PATCH REPORT ================= Bash-Release: 4.3 Patch-ID: bash43-024 Bug-Reported-by: Corentin Peuvrel Bug-Reference-ID: <53CE9E5D.6050203@pom-monitoring.com> Bug-Reference-URL: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2014-07/msg00021.html Bug-Description: Indirect variable references do not work correctly if the reference variable expands to an array reference using a subscript other than 0 (e.g., foo='bar[1]' ; echo ${!foo}). Patch (apply with `patch -p0'): --- a/subst.c +++ b/subst.c @@ -7374,7 +7374,13 @@ parameter_brace_expand (string, indexp, } if (want_indir) - tdesc = parameter_brace_expand_indir (name + 1, var_is_special, quoted, quoted_dollar_atp, contains_dollar_at); + { + tdesc = parameter_brace_expand_indir (name + 1, var_is_special, quoted, quoted_dollar_atp, contains_dollar_at); + /* Turn off the W_ARRAYIND flag because there is no way for this function + to return the index we're supposed to be using. */ + if (tdesc && tdesc->flags) + tdesc->flags &= ~W_ARRAYIND; + } else tdesc = parameter_brace_expand_word (name, var_is_special, quoted, PF_IGNUNBOUND|(pflags&(PF_NOSPLIT2|PF_ASSIGNRHS)), &ind); --- a/patchlevel.h +++ b/patchlevel.h @@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ regexp `^#define[ ]*PATCHLEVEL', since that's what support/mkversion.sh looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */ -#define PATCHLEVEL 23 +#define PATCHLEVEL 24 #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */