I just applied the attached patch to 4.3 as obvious. It fixes
Savannah bug #20834.
Index: ChangeLog
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/findutils/findutils/ChangeLog,v
retrieving revision 1.262
diff -u -p -r1.262 ChangeLog
--- ChangeLog 23 Aug 2007 02:34:45 -0000 1.262
+++ ChangeLog 23 Aug 2007 09:01:14 -0000
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2007-08-23 James Youngman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
+
+ find/parser.c (check_path_safety): Assume the path is safe is
+ $PATH is not set. This avoids a segfault in that situation
+ and thus fixes Savannmah bug #20834.
+
2007-08-22 Eric Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Fix Savannah bug #20871.
Index: NEWS
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RCS file: /sources/findutils/findutils/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.205
diff -u -p -r1.205 NEWS
--- NEWS 23 Aug 2007 02:34:45 -0000 1.205
+++ NEWS 23 Aug 2007 09:01:15 -0000
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ Public License.
** Bug Fixes
+#20834: Avoid segmentation violation for -execdir when $PATH is
+unset. Assume that the PATH is safe in this situation.
+
#20310: configure uses hosts's support status for "sort -z" when
generating the updatedb script for use on the target. This is
inappropriate when cross-compiling, so avoid doing that.
Index: find/parser.c
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RCS file: /sources/findutils/findutils/find/parser.c,v
retrieving revision 1.133
diff -u -p -r1.133 parser.c
--- find/parser.c 22 Aug 2007 21:53:58 -0000 1.133
+++ find/parser.c 23 Aug 2007 09:01:15 -0000
@@ -2888,8 +2888,17 @@ make_segment (struct segment **segment,
static void
check_path_safety(const char *action, char **argv)
{
- const char *path = getenv("PATH");
char *s;
+ const char *path = getenv("PATH");
+ if (NULL == path)
+ {
+ /* $PATH is not set. Assume the OS default is safe.
+ * That may not be true on Windows, but I'm not aware
+ * of a way to get Windows to avoid searching the
+ * current directory anyway.
+ */
+ return;
+ }
(void)argv;
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