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-rw-r--r--libbb/loop.c3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/libbb/loop.c b/libbb/loop.c
index 204fcc982..b69d9d961 100644
--- a/libbb/loop.c
+++ b/libbb/loop.c
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ int FAST_FUNC set_loop(char **device, const char *file, unsigned long long offse
/* Find a loop device. */
try = *device ? *device : dev;
- for (i = 0; rc && i < 256; i++) {
+ /* 1048575 is a max possible minor number in Linux circa 2010 */
+ for (i = 0; rc && i < 1048576; i++) {
sprintf(dev, LOOP_FORMAT, i);
IF_FEATURE_MOUNT_LOOP_CREATE(errno = 0;)