BASH PATCH REPORT
			     =================

Bash-Release:	4.2
Patch-ID:	bash42-038

Bug-Reported-by:	armandsl@gmail.com
Bug-Reference-ID:	<20120822112810.8D14920040@windmill.latviatours.lv>
Bug-Reference-URL:	http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2012-08/msg00049.html

Bug-Description:

If a backslash-newline (which is removed) with no other input is given as
input to `read', the shell tries to dereference a null pointer and seg faults.

Patch (apply with `patch -p0'):

--- a/builtins/read.def
+++ b/builtins/read.def
@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@ assign_vars:
     }
 #endif
 
-  if (saw_escape)
+  if (saw_escape && input_string && *input_string)
     {
       t = dequote_string (input_string);
       var = bind_read_variable (list->word->word, t);
--- 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 37
+#define PATCHLEVEL 38
 
 #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */