Originally identified in [1] (FWIW, I only see the message in the archive, not in my inbox).
[1]: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2023-04/msg00043.html bash --norc -o vi -in <<<$'\ec1234567' (arg: 123456) Segmentation fault I think it's just a matter of save/restore_prompt ---- diff --git a/lib/readline/vi_mode.c b/lib/readline/vi_mode.c index 7396e316..ddd8fd95 100644 --- a/lib/readline/vi_mode.c +++ b/lib/readline/vi_mode.c @@ -1090,6 +1090,7 @@ _rl_vi_arg_dispatch (int c) } else { + rl_restore_prompt (); rl_clear_message (); rl_stuff_char (key); return 0; /* done */ @@ -1331,6 +1332,7 @@ rl_domove_read_callback (_rl_vimotion_cxt *m) rl_numeric_arg = _rl_digit_value (c); rl_explicit_arg = 1; RL_SETSTATE (RL_STATE_NUMERICARG); + rl_save_prompt (); rl_digit_loop1 (); rl_numeric_arg *= save; c = rl_vi_domove_getchar (m);