1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/md5_sha1_sum.c b/coreutils/md5_sha1_sum.c
index 0e57673f1..b4bdc262c 100644
--- a/coreutils/md5_sha1_sum.c
+++ b/coreutils/md5_sha1_sum.c
@@ -301,9 +301,7 @@ int md5_sha1_sum_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 
                                 count_total++;
                                 filename_ptr = strchr(line, ' ');
-                                if (filename_ptr == NULL
-                                 || (filename_ptr[1] != ' ' && filename_ptr[1] != '*')
-                                ) {
+                                if (!filename_ptr) {
                                         if (flags & FLAG_WARN) {
                                                 bb_simple_error_msg("invalid format");
                                         }
@@ -312,8 +310,13 @@ int md5_sha1_sum_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
                                         free(line);
                                         continue;
                                 }
-                                *filename_ptr = '\0';
-                                filename_ptr += 2;
+                                *filename_ptr++ = '\0';
+                                /* coreutils 9.1 allows "HASH FILENAME" format,
+                                 * with only one space. Skip the 'correct'
+                                 * "  " or " *" delimiter if it is there:
+                                 */
+                                if (*filename_ptr == ' ' || *filename_ptr == '*')
+                                        filename_ptr++;
 
                                 hash_value = hash_file(in_buf, filename_ptr, sha3_width);