1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/shell/ash.c b/shell/ash.c
index 54335c5dd..44ec2eafd 100644
--- a/shell/ash.c
+++ b/shell/ash.c
@@ -7191,7 +7191,13 @@ subevalvar(char *start, char *str, int strloc,
                         len = orig_len - pos;
 
                 if (!quotes) {
-                        loc = mempcpy(startp, startp + pos, len);
+                        /* want: loc = mempcpy(startp, startp + pos, len)
+                         * but it does not allow overlapping arguments */
+                        loc = startp;
+                        while (--len >= 0) {
+                                *loc = loc[pos];
+                                loc++;
+                        }
                 } else {
                         for (vstr = startp; pos != 0; pos--) {
                                 if ((unsigned char)*vstr == CTLESC)