Following code crashes busybox: busybox sh -c 'export z=abcdefg;echo ${z:0:9223372036854775807}' (gdb) run sh -c 'export z=abcdefg;echo ${z:0:9223372036854775807}' Starting program: /bin/busybox sh -c 'export z=abcdefg;echo ${z:0:9223372036854775807}' Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0x0000000000422287 in ?? () Crash only appears at 64 bits, 32 bits generates no crash.
Can't reproduce. Possibly fixed in recent commits.