--- busybox/util-linux/mdev.c 2009/01/08 17:19:01 24725 +++ busybox/util-linux/mdev.c 2009/01/12 07:57:52 24785 @@ -179,8 +179,9 @@ unsigned i, n; #endif char *a = val; - s = strchr(val, ' '); - val = (s && s[1]) ? s+1 : NULL; + s = strchrnul(val, ' '); + val = (s[0] && s[1]) ? s+1 : NULL; + s[0] = '\0'; #if ENABLE_FEATURE_MDEV_RENAME_REGEXP /* substitute %1..9 with off[1..9], if any */ n = 0;