5.139. ksh 5.139.1. RHBA-2012:0952 - ksh bug fix update Updated ksh packages that fix multiple bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. KSH-93 is the most recent version of the KornShell by David Korn of AT&T Bell Laboratories. KornShell is a shell programming language which is also compatible with sh, the original Bourne Shell. Bug Fixes BZ# 577223 Previously, ksh sometimes did not restore terminal settings after read timeout when operating in a multibyte environment. This could cause the terminal to no longer echo input characters. This updates applies a patch ensuring that the terminal is restored properly after the timeout and the user's input is now echoed as expected. BZ# 742930 When exiting a subshell after a command substitution, ksh could prematurely exit without any error message. With this update, ksh no longer terminates under these circumstances and all subsequent commands are processed correctly. BZ# 743840 Previously, ksh did not prevent modifications of variables of the read-only type. As a consequence, ksh terminated unexpectedly with a segmentation fault when such a variable was modified. With this update, modification of read-only variables are not allowed, and ksh prints an error message in this scenario. BZ# 781498 Previously, ksh did not close certain file descriptors prior to execution. This could lead to a file descriptor leak, and certain applications could consequently report error messages. With this update, file descriptors are marked to be closed on execution if appropriate, so file descriptor leaks no longer occur. BZ# 781976 In certain cases, ksh unnecessarily called the vfork() function. An extra process was created, and it could be difficult to determine how many instances of a script were running. A patch has been applied to address this problem, and extra processes are no longer created if not required. BZ# 786787 Previously, ksh could incorrectly seek in the input stream. This could lead to data corruption in the here-document section of a script. This update corrects the seek behavior, so the data no longer gets corrupted in this scenario. BZ# 798868 Previously, ksh did not allocate the correct amount of memory for its data structures containing information about file descriptors. When running a task that used file descriptors extensively, ksh terminated unexpectedly with a segmentation fault. With this update, the proper amount of memory is allocated, and ksh no longer crashes if file descriptors are used extensively. BZ# 800684 Previously, ksh did not expand the tilde (~) character properly. For example, characters in the tilde prefix were not treated as a login name but as a part of the path and the "No such file or directory" message was displayed. The underlying source code has been modified and tilde expansion now works as expected in such a scenario. All users of ksh are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs. 5.139.2. RHBA-2013:1019 - ksh bug fix update Updated ksh packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Extended Update Support. KornShell (ksh) is a Unix shell developed by Bell Labs, which is backward-compatible with the Bourne shell and includes many features of the C shell. KornShell complies with POSIX.2 [Shell and Utilities, Command Interpreter] standard. Bug Fix BZ# 927584 Previously, the output a of command substitutions was not always redirected properly. Consequently, the output in a here-document could be lost. This update fixes the redirection code for command substitutions, and now the here-document contains the output of command substitutions as expected. Users of ksh are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this bug.

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