Found using AFL. The following causes bash 5.0 to get into an infinite loop:
(sorry for the junk reproducer, I don't know how to minimize non-crashing inputs) bash-5.0$ IFS= read -r < <(base64 -d <<< 'QCgusbGxw7GxsbGxsbGxsbGxKyQoKChzc3NzcwRpc3Nzc3Nzc3NzdnNzKSMpBymxsbGxsbGxsbGxsR4oGCgoVQ=='); : ${REPLY@P} (stuck) ^C $ base64 -d <<< 'QCgusbGxw7GxsbGxsbGxsbGxKyQoKChzc3NzcwRpc3Nzc3Nzc3NzdnNzKSMpBymxsbGxsbGxsbGxsR4oGCgoVQ==' | cat -A; echo @(.M-1M-1M-1M-CM-1M-1M-1M-1M-1M-1M-1M-1M-1M-1M-1+$(((sssss^Disssssssssvss)#)^G)M-1M-1M-1M-1M-1M-1M-1M-1M-1M-1M-1^^(^X((U 0x000000000042f352 in discard_until (character=10) at ./parse.y:2665 2665 while ((c = shell_getc (0)) != EOF && c != character) (gdb) bt #0 0x000000000042f352 in discard_until (character=10) at ./parse.y:2665 #1 0x000000000042d176 in read_token (command=0) at ./parse.y:3253 #2 0x00000000004287fe in yylex () at ./parse.y:2744 #3 0x00000000004250de in yyparse () at y.tab.c:1823 #4 0x0000000000424b8f in parse_command () at eval.c:303 #5 0x00000000004bf238 in parse_and_execute (string=0x12a0a88 "((sssss\004isssssssssvss)#)\a", from_file=0x53afa6 "command substitution", flags=20) at evalstring.c:352 #6 0x000000000047716b in command_substitute (string=0x12a0a88 "((sssss\004isssssssssvss)#)\a", quoted=1, flags=0) at subst.c:6278 #7 0x000000000047bc51 in param_expand (string=0x13add88 "@(.\261\261\261ñ\261\261\261\261\261\261\261\261\261\261+$(((sssss\004isssssssssvss)#)\a)", '\261' <repeats 11 times>, "\036(\030((U", sindex=0x7ffea8aa1e6c, quoted=1, expanded_something=0x0, contains_dollar_at=0x7ffea8aa1e54, quoted_dollar_at_p=0x7ffea8aa1e68, had_quoted_null_p=0x7ffea8aa1e60, pflags=0) at subst.c:9415 #8 0x000000000047345a in expand_word_internal (word=0x7ffea8aa1f20, quoted=1, isexp=0, contains_dollar_at=0x0, expanded_something=0x0) at subst.c:9887 #9 0x00000000004726ce in expand_prompt_string (string=0x13add08 "@(.\261\261\261ñ\261\261\261\261\261\261\261\261\261\261+$(((sssss\004isssssssssvss)#)\a)", '\261' <repeats 11 times>, "\036(\030((U", quoted=1, wflags=0) at subst.c:3804 #10 0x000000000042c80c in decode_prompt_string (string=0x13ad4c9 "A") at ./parse.y:6065 #11 0x00000000004851fc in string_transform (xc=80, v=0x12a0e48, s=0x13ad488 "@(.\261\261\261ñ\261\261\261\261\261\261\261\261\261\261+$(((sssss\004isssssssssvss)#)\a)", '\261' <repeats 11 times>, "\036(\030((U") at subst.c:7468 #12 0x000000000048224d in parameter_brace_transform (varname=0x12a05a8 "REPLY", value=0x13adc08 "@(.\261\261\261ñ\261\261\261\261\261\261\261\261\261\261+$(((sssss\004isssssssssvss)#)\a)", '\261' <repeats 11 times>, "\036(\030((U", ind=0, xform=0x1315e18 "P", rtype=64, quoted=0, pflags=0, flags=0) at subst.c:7616 #13 0x000000000047ebeb in parameter_brace_expand (string=0x129f808 "${REPLY@P}", indexp=0x7ffea8aa34d4, quoted=0, pflags=0, quoted_dollar_atp=0x7ffea8aa3718, contains_dollar_at=0x7ffea8aa3704) at subst.c:8884 #14 0x000000000047b89a in param_expand (string=0x129f808 "${REPLY@P}", sindex=0x7ffea8aa371c, quoted=0, expanded_something=0x7ffea8aa389c, contains_dollar_at=0x7ffea8aa3704, quoted_dollar_at_p=0x7ffea8aa3718, had_quoted_null_p=0x7ffea8aa3710, pflags=0) at subst.c:9316 #15 0x000000000047345a in expand_word_internal (word=0x12a1848, quoted=0, isexp=0, contains_dollar_at=0x7ffea8aa3898, expanded_something=0x7ffea8aa389c) at subst.c:9887 #16 0x0000000000487315 in shell_expand_word_list (tlist=0x12a17a8, eflags=31) at subst.c:11233 #17 0x0000000000478b63 in expand_word_list_internal (list=0x12a02a8, eflags=31) at subst.c:11357 #18 0x00000000004789aa in expand_words (list=0x12a02a8) at subst.c:10877 #19 0x00000000004430e0 in execute_simple_command (simple_command=0x12a0448, pipe_in=-1, pipe_out=-1, async=0, fds_to_close=0x129f828) at execute_cmd.c:4278 #20 0x00000000004412ab in execute_command_internal (command=0x12a0a08, asynchronous=0, pipe_in=-1, pipe_out=-1, fds_to_close=0x129f828) at execute_cmd.c:840 #21 0x0000000000445208 in execute_connection (command=0x12a1248, asynchronous=0, pipe_in=-1, pipe_out=-1, fds_to_close=0x129f828) at execute_cmd.c:2689 #22 0x0000000000441681 in execute_command_internal (command=0x12a1248, asynchronous=0, pipe_in=-1, pipe_out=-1, fds_to_close=0x129f828) at execute_cmd.c:1013 #23 0x000000000044087b in execute_command (command=0x12a1248) at execute_cmd.c:394 #24 0x00000000004247da in reader_loop () at eval.c:175 #25 0x0000000000421aad in main (argc=1, argv=0x7ffea8aa3ed8, env=0x7ffea8aa3ee8) at shell.c:805 (gdb) n 2665 while ((c = shell_getc (0)) != EOF && c != character) (gdb) 2665 while ((c = shell_getc (0)) != EOF && c != character) (gdb) p c $1 = 32 (gdb) n 2665 while ((c = shell_getc (0)) != EOF && c != character) (gdb) p c $2 = 32 It seems to have been introduced by commit 911ae06ca9e2b6e9778bfb2e0d8c04bfcc568beb, described as: + 1/11 + ---- +parse.y + - shell_getc: move code that decides whether to append a space to an + alias expansion here from mk_alexpansion, so we can inhibit adding + a space if we're currently parsing a single or double quoted string I checked out the previous commit, 879213c6308fab5a1f8a29fc607e7069b940537c, and it works fine: bash-4.4$ IFS= read -r < <(base64 -d <<< 'QCgusbGxw7GxsbGxsbGxsbGxKyQoKChzc3NzcwRpc3Nzc3Nzc3NzdnNzKSMpBymxsbGxsbGxsbGxsR4oGCgoVQ=='); : ${REPLY@P} bash: command substitution: line 2: syntax error: unexpected end of file For some reason, it's looping here: #ifndef OLD_ALIAS_HACK if (uc == 0 && pushed_string_list && pushed_string_list->flags != PSH_SOURCE && shell_input_line_index > 0 && shell_input_line[shell_input_line_index-1] != ' ' && shell_input_line[shell_input_line_index-1] != '\n' && shellmeta (shell_input_line[shell_input_line_index-1]) == 0 && (current_delimiter (dstack) != '\'' && current_delimiter (dstack) != '"')) { return ' '; /* END_ALIAS */ } #endif