1 files changed, 31 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/tcsh-fix-out-of-bounds-read.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/tcsh-fix-out-of-bounds-read.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..48c294f78e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/tcsh-fix-out-of-bounds-read.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+Fix out-of-bounds read in c_substitute():
+
+http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/612
+
+Patch copied from upstream source repository:
+
+https://github.com/tcsh-org/tcsh/commit/6a542dc4fb2ba26518a47e9b3a9bcd6a91b94596
+
+From 6a542dc4fb2ba26518a47e9b3a9bcd6a91b94596 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: christos <christos>
+Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2016 16:59:28 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] Fix out of bounds read (Brooks Davis) (reproduce by starting
+ tcsh and hitting tab at the prompt)
+
+---
+ ed.chared.c | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/ed.chared.c b/ed.chared.c
+index 1277e53..310393e 100644
+--- ed.chared.c
++++ ed.chared.c
+@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ c_substitute(void)
+     /*
+      * If we found a history character, go expand it.
+      */
+-    if (HIST != '\0' && *p == HIST)
++    if (p >= InputBuf && HIST != '\0' && *p == HIST)
+ 	nr_exp = c_excl(p);
+     else
+         nr_exp = 0;