Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2025:14552 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2025-08-26
Updated:
2025-08-26

RHBA-2025:14552 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

bash bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

An update for bash is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Description

The bash packages provide Bash (Bourne-again shell), which is the default shell for Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

  • Echoing certain strings in bash unexpectedly generates negative dentries (JIRA:RHEL-92267)

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 8 x86_64
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 8 aarch64
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems 8 s390x

Fixes

  • RHEL-92267 - Echoing certain strings in bash unexpectedly generates negative dentries

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8

SRPM
bash-4.4.20-6.el8_10.src.rpm SHA-256: f0e4182affffe350e5dbd55e410baed663d514cd6832108b83899ac8d1524830
x86_64
bash-4.4.20-6.el8_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 724c4c7f9c64a770cf243619db7dede2a948a125b106fb46b1403f237ceaebef
bash-debuginfo-4.4.20-6.el8_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a01683a5325e87d775b6ef126b2f198cf89d2010be9b1981db166d960b2ae112
bash-debugsource-4.4.20-6.el8_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7eaf7f334c5c9b123b8e62fcb25cddcb4cf1159b1205153c7f84b6b797f57ee9
bash-doc-4.4.20-6.el8_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: aa20a19b55e22471cb07b156a874937fe1eb1fec05c087afd9455d3bac65dec9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8

SRPM
bash-4.4.20-6.el8_10.src.rpm SHA-256: f0e4182affffe350e5dbd55e410baed663d514cd6832108b83899ac8d1524830
s390x
bash-4.4.20-6.el8_10.s390x.rpm SHA-256: f19a954ce8eeea4b4cc2cc46f448e6d3d31614cb3f464a47d24d224ee4ebd21d
bash-debuginfo-4.4.20-6.el8_10.s390x.rpm SHA-256: fc1089ed0b0f3361becadc4bdae04c31dbf83e6e06604d96cf2c731f396e8664
bash-debugsource-4.4.20-6.el8_10.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 6b1971a62eec63b2977e02bd89088a706d8c5e8009fd8c605ae3c0c276b4ec5c
bash-doc-4.4.20-6.el8_10.s390x.rpm SHA-256: a620d423d81608d492e22a05a3192c48fa63cfd898bf8be52cecdd33852f98c8

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8

SRPM
bash-4.4.20-6.el8_10.src.rpm SHA-256: f0e4182affffe350e5dbd55e410baed663d514cd6832108b83899ac8d1524830
ppc64le
bash-4.4.20-6.el8_10.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 31b8bf9caf03529cc9e474d7c2c990ebdc66605de410d30d16d078b0dd0f3cfa
bash-debuginfo-4.4.20-6.el8_10.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 4810757496bbd99ccea38b49e7dd7a76213016ad53eaeaf329af668768672f9d
bash-debugsource-4.4.20-6.el8_10.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: db99e78b17dfbde2211983fc41561d2763ad7b14c3e507a2d66c72bf564c5958
bash-doc-4.4.20-6.el8_10.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 2742ef767ae154f271036cc300da188db319947996b909a31152bd3431f218b9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8

SRPM
bash-4.4.20-6.el8_10.src.rpm SHA-256: f0e4182affffe350e5dbd55e410baed663d514cd6832108b83899ac8d1524830
aarch64
bash-4.4.20-6.el8_10.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: c9221b2f18716a94ac453c41d705c112d8b4cc91ee0f4a57b05ce3856195d61a
bash-debuginfo-4.4.20-6.el8_10.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: b720e40a0dea0a0849c6d026c1b86fbf574907621fe5fdf46026c57cc3254851
bash-debugsource-4.4.20-6.el8_10.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: a11e17dc7368e6b7cbc9d5591cf5337879eb126ae304275a84a06e321f5ded54
bash-doc-4.4.20-6.el8_10.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 0aba86910004e6c5f6b70d58a6ad3e8ef52211ee1e2a68273c65dc53a43c6713

Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 8

SRPM
x86_64
bash-debuginfo-4.4.20-6.el8_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: 045d378557ee690eb2a61b74fe531fd256ea5b980d68ac0aae0f64f29840269c
bash-debuginfo-4.4.20-6.el8_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a01683a5325e87d775b6ef126b2f198cf89d2010be9b1981db166d960b2ae112
bash-debugsource-4.4.20-6.el8_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: 5df20ef6ba7be2d53874d42515fc2ce3426bfc25b907d1492f65e7601ebf89a6
bash-debugsource-4.4.20-6.el8_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7eaf7f334c5c9b123b8e62fcb25cddcb4cf1159b1205153c7f84b6b797f57ee9
bash-devel-4.4.20-6.el8_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: 8f9fea1650f5ee5521f430e14e21ec9443ec8b0a506cfd6237af9c45692073e5
bash-devel-4.4.20-6.el8_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: cd3e05980b24c0f9bd279a710b700704e85215c61eb8c2cac3fa293353f79170

Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian 8

SRPM
ppc64le
bash-debuginfo-4.4.20-6.el8_10.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 4810757496bbd99ccea38b49e7dd7a76213016ad53eaeaf329af668768672f9d
bash-debugsource-4.4.20-6.el8_10.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: db99e78b17dfbde2211983fc41561d2763ad7b14c3e507a2d66c72bf564c5958
bash-devel-4.4.20-6.el8_10.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 5e17eb5c111f4bcca15c0ec46e9ed062dbe50374bda06612d79ba7b6a161eedb

Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 8

SRPM
aarch64
bash-debuginfo-4.4.20-6.el8_10.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: b720e40a0dea0a0849c6d026c1b86fbf574907621fe5fdf46026c57cc3254851
bash-debugsource-4.4.20-6.el8_10.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: a11e17dc7368e6b7cbc9d5591cf5337879eb126ae304275a84a06e321f5ded54
bash-devel-4.4.20-6.el8_10.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 1a71a030486bc4be08bfc8c69735728ff268f427ac7448902049fa180c835915

Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems 8

SRPM
s390x
bash-debuginfo-4.4.20-6.el8_10.s390x.rpm SHA-256: fc1089ed0b0f3361becadc4bdae04c31dbf83e6e06604d96cf2c731f396e8664
bash-debugsource-4.4.20-6.el8_10.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 6b1971a62eec63b2977e02bd89088a706d8c5e8009fd8c605ae3c0c276b4ec5c
bash-devel-4.4.20-6.el8_10.s390x.rpm SHA-256: a5168e96c4daf67c2d15504c1d425c9f1e67a1cf2ab2126712311816bf8fd9fb

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