A bash bug fix and enhancement update has been released for Oracle Linux 8.

El-errata: ELBA-2021-1988 Oracle Linux 8 bash bug fix and enhancement update

Oracle Linux Bug Fix Advisory ELBA-2021-1988

  http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELBA-2021-1988.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 8 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

x86_64:
bash-4.4.20-1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
bash-doc-4.4.20-1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm

aarch64:
bash-4.4.20-1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
bash-doc-4.4.20-1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm

SRPMS:
  http://oss.oracle.com/ol8/SRPMS-updates/bash-4.4.20-1.el8_4.src.rpm


Description of changes:

[4.4.20-1]
- Fix infinite loop in long running scripts
Resolves: #1943495