From 29483ffe2eed65eee66ea49053ae5c8fda221a6b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aaron Bohy <aab@odoo.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 09:04:06 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [FIX] mail: escape RegExp pattern

to prevent crashes if the user types, e.g. a \, in the partner's autocompletes
in Discuss ('Add a DM' in sidebar and 'Invite people to channel' dialog).
---
 addons/mail/static/src/js/chat_manager.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/addons/mail/static/src/js/chat_manager.js b/addons/mail/static/src/js/chat_manager.js
index bfb1f86ee12..69088701bc1 100644
--- a/addons/mail/static/src/js/chat_manager.js
+++ b/addons/mail/static/src/js/chat_manager.js
@@ -937,7 +937,7 @@ var chat_manager = {
         var def = $.Deferred();
         var values = [];
         // search among prefetched partners
-        var search_regexp = new RegExp(utils.unaccent(search_val), 'i');
+        var search_regexp = new RegExp(_.str.escapeRegExp(utils.unaccent(search_val)), 'i');
         _.each(mention_partner_suggestions, function (partners) {
             if (values.length < limit) {
                 values = values.concat(_.filter(partners, function (partner) {