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From: Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk>
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Subject: bin/31533: /bin/sh memory leak
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>Number:         31533
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       /bin/sh memory leak
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Oct 27 06:00:02 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Bob Bishop
>Release:        4.3-RELEASE
>Organization:
GID ltd
>Environment:
FreeBSD spambox2.gid.co.uk 4.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE #0: Sun Aug 26 23:43:16 BST 2001     rb@spambox2.gid.co.uk:/usr/src/sys/compile/SPAMBOX2  i386
>Description:
/bin/sh leaks memory under certain conditions
>How-To-Repeat:
Run the following (minimal) script, watch the shell with top(1):

#!/bin/sh
while true
do
        cd /tmp
        while true
        do
                break
        done
done
>Fix:

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:

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