1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/shell/random.c b/shell/random.c
index cca9d120d..7f5821cbc 100644
--- a/shell/random.c
+++ b/shell/random.c
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ next_random(random_t *rnd)
 
         uint32_t t;
 
+        if (UNINITED_RANDOM_T(rnd)) {
+                /* Can use monotonic_ns() for better randomness but for now
+                 * it is not used anywhere else in busybox... so avoid bloat
+                 */
+                INIT_RANDOM_T(rnd, getpid(), monotonic_us());
+        }
+
         /* LCG has period of 2^32 and alternating lowest bit */
         rnd->LCG = 1664525 * rnd->LCG + 1013904223;
         /* Galois LFSR has period of 2^32-1 = 3 * 5 * 17 * 257 * 65537 */