5 files changed, 26 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/shell/ash.c b/shell/ash.c
index 31dc59253..798d15a4c 100644
--- a/shell/ash.c
+++ b/shell/ash.c
@@ -1768,11 +1768,7 @@ static const struct {
 	const char *text;
 	void (*func)(const char *) FAST_FUNC;
 } varinit_data[] = {
-#if IFS_BROKEN
 	{ VSTRFIXED|VTEXTFIXED       , defifsvar   , NULL            },
-#else
-	{ VSTRFIXED|VTEXTFIXED|VUNSET, "IFS\0"     , NULL            },
-#endif
 #if ENABLE_ASH_MAIL
 	{ VSTRFIXED|VTEXTFIXED|VUNSET, "MAIL\0"    , changemail      },
 	{ VSTRFIXED|VTEXTFIXED|VUNSET, "MAILPATH\0", changemail      },
diff --git a/shell/builtin_read.c b/shell/builtin_read.c
index 73b0949cf..954e4cd14 100644
--- a/shell/builtin_read.c
+++ b/shell/builtin_read.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ shell_builtin_read(void FAST_FUNC (*setvar)(const char *name, const char *val),
 	unsigned end_ms; /* -t TIMEOUT */
 	int fd; /* -u FD */
 	int nchars; /* -n NUM */
+	char **pp;
 	char *buffer;
 	struct termios tty, old_tty;
 	const char *retval;
@@ -46,6 +47,16 @@ shell_builtin_read(void FAST_FUNC (*setvar)(const char *name, const char *val),
 	int startword;
 	smallint backslash;
 
+	pp = argv;
+	while (*pp) {
+		if (!is_well_formed_var_name(*pp, '\0')) {
+			/* Mimic bash message */
+			bb_error_msg("read: '%s': not a valid identifier", *pp);
+			return (const char *)(uintptr_t)1;
+		}
+		pp++;
+	}
+
 	nchars = 0; /* if != 0, -n is in effect */
 	if (opt_n) {
 		nchars = bb_strtou(opt_n, NULL, 10);
diff --git a/shell/hush.c b/shell/hush.c
index bb0ab8408..810009ae8 100644
--- a/shell/hush.c
+++ b/shell/hush.c
@@ -893,16 +893,6 @@ static void cmdedit_update_prompt(void);
 
 /* Utility functions
  */
-static int is_well_formed_var_name(const char *s, char terminator)
-{
-	if (!s || !(isalpha(*s) || *s == '_'))
-		return 0;
-	s++;
-	while (isalnum(*s) || *s == '_')
-		s++;
-	return *s == terminator;
-}
-
 /* Replace each \x with x in place, return ptr past NUL. */
 static char *unbackslash(char *src)
 {
diff --git a/shell/shell_common.c b/shell/shell_common.c
index 99bb91c6f..669a18dfd 100644
--- a/shell/shell_common.c
+++ b/shell/shell_common.c
@@ -19,8 +19,17 @@
 #include "libbb.h"
 #include "shell_common.h"
 
-#if IFS_BROKEN
 const char defifsvar[] ALIGN1 = "IFS= \t\n";
-#else
-const char defifs[] ALIGN1 = " \t\n";
-#endif
+
+
+int FAST_FUNC is_well_formed_var_name(const char *s, char terminator)
+{
+	if (!s || !(isalpha(*s) || *s == '_'))
+		return 0;
+
+	do
+		s++;
+	while (isalnum(*s) || *s == '_');
+
+	return *s == terminator;
+}
diff --git a/shell/shell_common.h b/shell/shell_common.h
index a9e9a2239..7c8e8c356 100644
--- a/shell/shell_common.h
+++ b/shell/shell_common.h
@@ -21,14 +21,10 @@
 
 PUSH_AND_SET_FUNCTION_VISIBILITY_TO_HIDDEN
 
-#define IFS_BROKEN 1
-
-#if IFS_BROKEN
 extern const char defifsvar[]; /* "IFS= \t\n" */
 #define defifs (defifsvar + 4)
-#else
-extern const char defifs[]; /* " \t\n" */
-#endif
+
+int FAST_FUNC is_well_formed_var_name(const char *s, char terminator);
 
 POP_SAVED_FUNCTION_VISIBILITY