[bug #21865] grub.cfg syntax error leads to infinite loop

[Robert Millan]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?21865>

                 Summary: grub.cfg syntax error leads to infinite loop
                 Project: GNU GRUB
            Submitted by: robertmh
            Submitted on: Friday 12/21/07 at 13:03
                Category: None
                Severity: Major
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: CVS
         Reproducibility: None
         Planned Release: 

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Details:

As reported by Luca Capello in Debian BTS:

The following grub.cfg menuentry has a syntax error.  However, grub won't
display an error message and let you continue.  Instead, it will start an
infin loop, rendering the machine unbootable:

  menuentry "test" { $ }





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