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-rw-r--r--shell/hush.c21
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/shell/hush.c b/shell/hush.c
index 534fabbd0..da10a09a8 100644
--- a/shell/hush.c
+++ b/shell/hush.c
@@ -6529,13 +6529,20 @@ static char *expand_string_to_string(const char *str, int EXP_flags, int do_unba
argv[0] = (char*)str;
argv[1] = NULL;
list = expand_variables(argv, EXP_flags | EXP_FLAG_SINGLEWORD);
- if (HUSH_DEBUG)
- if (!list[0] || list[1])
- bb_error_msg_and_die("BUG in varexp2");
- /* actually, just move string 2*sizeof(char*) bytes back */
- overlapping_strcpy((char*)list, list[0]);
- if (do_unbackslash)
- unbackslash((char*)list);
+ if (!list[0]) {
+ /* Example where it happens:
+ * x=; echo ${x:-"$@"}
+ */
+ ((char*)list)[0] = '\0';
+ } else {
+ if (HUSH_DEBUG)
+ if (list[1])
+ bb_error_msg_and_die("BUG in varexp2");
+ /* actually, just move string 2*sizeof(char*) bytes back */
+ overlapping_strcpy((char*)list, list[0]);
+ if (do_unbackslash)
+ unbackslash((char*)list);
+ }
debug_printf_expand("string_to_string=>'%s'\n", (char*)list);
return (char*)list;
}