2 files changed, 24 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/bc.c b/miscutils/bc.c
index 44c70cac3..e880293d9 100644
--- a/miscutils/bc.c
+++ b/miscutils/bc.c
@@ -5456,11 +5456,13 @@ static void xc_program_printString(const char *str)
                         char *n;
 
                         c = *str++;
-                        n = strchr(esc, c); // note: c can be NUL
-                        if (!n) {
+                        n = strchr(esc, c); // note: if c is NUL, n = \0 at end of esc
+                        if (!n || !c) {
                                 // Just print the backslash and following character
                                 bb_putchar('\\');
                                 ++G.prog.nchars;
+                                // But if we're at the end of the string, stop
+                                if (!c) break;
                         } else {
                                 if (n - esc == 0) // "\n" ?
                                         G.prog.nchars = SIZE_MAX;
diff --git a/testsuite/dc.tests b/testsuite/dc.tests
index 1fc13c201..361bc8459 100755
--- a/testsuite/dc.tests
+++ b/testsuite/dc.tests
@@ -59,6 +59,26 @@ testing "dc: x should work with strings created from a" \
         "42\n" \
         "" ""
 
+testing "dc: p should print invalid escapes" \
+        "dc -e '[\q] p'" \
+        "\\q\n" \
+        "" ""
+
+testing "dc: p should print trailing backslashes" \
+        "dc -e '[q\] p'" \
+        "q\\\\\n" \
+        "" ""
+
+testing "dc: p should parse/print single backslashes" \
+        "dc -e '[\] p'" \
+        "\\\\\n" \
+        "" ""
+
+testing "dc: p should print single backslash strings" \
+        "dc -e '92 a p'" \
+        "\\\\\n" \
+        "" ""
+
 testing "dc read" \
         "dc -finput" \
         "2\n9\n1\n" \