From: Richard Lewis <richard.lewis.debian@googlemail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 22:19:48 +0100
Subject: chkrootkit: chk_basename

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---
 chkrootkit | 12 +++++++-----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/chkrootkit b/chkrootkit
index 6f2863b..b957516 100755
--- a/chkrootkit
+++ b/chkrootkit
@@ -1981,26 +1981,28 @@ chk_ldsopreload() {
 
 chk_basename () {
    STATUS=${NOT_INFECTED}
-   CMD=`loc basename basename $pth`
+   CMD=$(loc basename basename "$pth")
+   if [ "${?}" -ne 0 ]; then
+       return "${NOT_FOUND}"
+   fi
 
    if [ "${EXPERT}" = "t" ]; then
        expertmode_output "${strings} -a ${CMD}"
        expertmode_output "${ls} -l ${CMD}"
        return 5
    fi
-   if ${strings} -a ${CMD} | ${egrep} "${GENERIC_ROOTKIT_LABEL}" > /dev/null 2>&1
+   if "${strings}" -a "${CMD}" | ${egrep} -q "${GENERIC_ROOTKIT_LABEL}"
    then
        STATUS=${INFECTED}
    fi
-
    [ "$SYSTEM" != "OSF1" ] &&
    {
-      if ${ls} -l ${CMD} | ${egrep} "^...s" > /dev/null 2>&1
+      if "${ls}" -l "${CMD}" | ${egrep} -q "^...s"
       then
          STATUS=${INFECTED}
       fi
    }
-   return ${STATUS}
+   return "${STATUS}"
 }
 
 chk_dirname () {