The original code used eval to read an array variable with a dynamic name:
eval "var_value=\"\${${var_name}[@]}\"" # sorry
eval works, but it executes arbitrary code — if $var_name were ever a
crafted string, it could inject commands.
bash 4.3+ nameref (local -n) creates an alias to the variable named in
$var_name without executing any code:
local -n _ct_arr_ref="${var_name}"
var_value="${_ct_arr_ref[*]}"
unset -n _ct_arr_ref
unset -n removes only the alias (not the referenced array), preventing
"already a nameref" warnings on subsequent loop iterations.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
56 lines
2.4 KiB
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56 lines
2.4 KiB
Bash
# Hint for GitHub Copilot: # Think carefully. Work step by step. # Use modern bash (v5+) features to make it easier to read and maintain.
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#
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
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# Copyright (c) 2023-2026 Ricardo Pardini <ricardo@pardini.net>
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# This file is a part of the Armbian Build Framework https://github.com/armbian/build/
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#
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declare -g -A STORED_CONFIG_VARS=()
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function track_config_variables() {
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declare when="${1}"
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shift
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declare -a vars=("${@}")
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declare var_name
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for var_name in "${vars[@]}"; do
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declare var_value var_previous_value was_text value_text
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# if the var is an array...
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if [[ "${array_values:-"no"}" == "yes" ]]; then
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# bash nameref (local -n) creates an alias for the variable named in $var_name —
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# no eval needed, no code-injection risk. Works for arrays and scalars alike.
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# unset -n removes the alias only (not the referenced array) to avoid
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# "already a nameref" warnings on the next loop iteration.
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local -n _ct_arr_ref="${var_name}"
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var_value="${_ct_arr_ref[*]}"
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unset -n _ct_arr_ref
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value_text="${blue_color:-}(${bright_blue_color:-}${var_value}${blue_color:-})"
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else
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var_value="${!var_name}"
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value_text="${blue_color:-}'${bright_blue_color:-}${var_value}${blue_color:-}'"
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fi
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var_previous_value="${STORED_CONFIG_VARS["${var_name}"]}"
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if [[ "${var_value}" == "${var_previous_value}" ]]; then
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continue
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fi
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was_text=""
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if [[ -n "${var_previous_value}" ]]; then
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was_text=" ${tool_color:-}# (was: '${var_previous_value}')"
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fi
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if [[ "${silent:-"no"}" != "yes" ]]; then
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display_alert "change-tracking: ${when}" "${bright_blue_color:-}${var_name}${normal_color:-}=${value_text}${was_text}" "change-tracking"
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fi
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STORED_CONFIG_VARS["${var_name}"]="${var_value}"
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done
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}
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function track_general_config_variables() {
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track_config_variables "${1}" BOARDFAMILY KERNELSOURCE KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR KERNELBRANCH KERNEL_DESCRIPTION LINUXFAMILY LINUXCONFIG KERNELPATCHDIR KERNEL_PATCH_ARCHIVE_BASE
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array_values="yes" track_config_variables "${1}" KERNEL_DRIVERS_SKIP
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track_config_variables "${1}" BOOTSOURCE BOOTSOURCEDIR BOOTBRANCH BOOTPATCHDIR BOOTDIR BOOTCONFIG BOOTBRANCH_BOARD BOOTPATCHDIR_BOARD
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track_config_variables "${1}" ATF_COMPILE ATF_COMPILER ATFSOURCE ATFSOURCEDIR ATFDIR ATFBRANCH CRUSTSOURCEDIR CRUSTDIR CRUSTBRANCH LINUXSOURCEDIR KERNEL_COMPILER UBOOT_COMPILER
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track_config_variables "${1}" NETWORKING_STACK SKIP_ARMBIAN_REPO
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}
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