Package: busybox
Version: v1.29.0.git
Severity: minor

If the numeric argument passed to ash's 'shift' built-in is greater than '$#' the command performs no operation and exits successfully. It should return a non-zero exit code instead:

http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/V3_chap02.html#shift

This is consistent with bash and hush.
>From 8673dc42ca5e63956116539d4087e7a55667d1cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ingo van Lil <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2018 15:04:23 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] ash: fail if 'shift' operand is out of range

If the numeric argument passed to ash's 'shift' built-in is greater than
'$#' the command performs no operation and exits successfully. It should
return a non-zero exit code instead:

http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/V3_chap02.html#shift

This is consistent with bash and hush.

Signed-off-by: Ingo van Lil <[email protected]>
---
 shell/ash.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/shell/ash.c b/shell/ash.c
index dfb7d4d8e..b73a79975 100644
--- a/shell/ash.c
+++ b/shell/ash.c
@@ -10858,7 +10858,7 @@ shiftcmd(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 	if (argv[1])
 		n = number(argv[1]);
 	if (n > shellparam.nparam)
-		n = 0; /* bash compat, was = shellparam.nparam; */
+		return 1;
 	INT_OFF;
 	shellparam.nparam -= n;
 	for (ap1 = shellparam.p; --n >= 0; ap1++) {
-- 
2.13.6

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