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

Bash-Release:	5.3
Patch-ID:	bash53-004

Bug-Reported-by:	Emanuele Torre <torreemanuele6@gmail.com>
Bug-Reference-ID:	<aHKS0uA8Sf_vMT25@ntoo>
Bug-Reference-URL:	https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2025-07/msg00031.html

Bug-Description:

The Linux kernel reports incorrect sizes for files in /sys/block/*/uevent,
leading bash to report a read error when the byte count does not agree
with the file size from fstat(2).

Patch (apply with `patch -p0'):

*** ../bash-5.3-patched/builtins/evalfile.c	Fri Sep  6 15:42:40 2024
--- builtins/evalfile.c	Fri Sep 12 11:38:57 2025
***************
*** 161,166 ****
--- 161,168 ----
        if (nr >= 0)
  	string[nr] = '\0';
+ #if 0
        if (nr != file_size)
  	nr = -1;		/* XXX - didn't get the whole file */
+ #endif
      }
    else

*** ../bash-5.3/patchlevel.h	2020-06-22 14:51:03.000000000 -0400
--- patchlevel.h	2020-10-01 11:01:28.000000000 -0400
***************
*** 26,30 ****
     looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */
  
! #define PATCHLEVEL 3
  
  #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */
--- 26,30 ----
     looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */
  
! #define PATCHLEVEL 4
  
  #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */