umount bash-completion: awk: cmd. line:8: (FILENAME=- FNR=1) fatal: invalid regexp: Unmatched ( or \(:
Bug #1904328 reported by
rainer canavan
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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bash-completion (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Reproduce:
mkdir ~/a\(b
cd ~/a\(b/
then type "umount " and press tab. awk then prints:
awk: cmd. line:8: (FILENAME=- FNR=1) fatal: invalid regexp: Unmatched ( or \(: awk: cmd. line:8: (FILENAME=- FNR=1) fatal: invalid regexp: Unmatched ( or \(:
information type: | Private Security → Public Security |
information type: | Public Security → Public |
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Since this appears to be an issue with insufficient quoting I' not entirely sure whether this could theoretically exploited - in the unlikely case that one can convince a privileged user to execute umount from a specifically prepared directory.