[PATCH 0/3] Consistent shell resolution across util-linux
Alessandro Ratti <[email protected]> Sun, 23 Nov 2025 16:32:43 +0100
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.util-linux |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
This patch series addresses inconsistent default shell handling across util-linux tools, which caused user-reported data loss when script(1) defaulted to /bin/sh without respecting the user's configured shell. The series: 1. Introduces ul_default_shell() for consistent shell resolution 2. Updates interactive tools to use the new function 3. Standardizes _PATH_BSHELL usage in security-sensitive tools This implements the solution discussed in: https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/issues/3865 Alessandro Ratti (3): lib: introduce ul_default_shell() for consistent shell resolution *: use ul_default_shell() for interactive shell spawning login-utils, sys-utils: use _PATH_BSHELL consistently include/shells.h | 6 ++++++ lib/Makemodule.am | 1 + lib/exec_shell.c | 8 ++------ lib/shells.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ login-utils/su-common.c | 5 +---- login-utils/sulogin.c | 9 +++++---- sys-utils/flock.c | 8 +++++--- sys-utils/setpriv.c | 6 ++---- term-utils/script.c | 5 ++--- term-utils/scriptlive.c | 5 ++--- text-utils/more.c | 4 ++-- 11 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-) -- 2.51.1