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@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
   ls no longer segfaults on files in /proc when linked with an older version
   of libselinux.  E.g., ls -l /proc/sys would dereference a NULL pointer.
 
+  md5sum would segfault for invalid BSD-style input, e.g.,
+  echo 'MD5 (' | md5sum -c -  Now, md5sum ignores that line.
+  sha1sum, sha224sum, sha384sum, and sha512sum are affected, too.
+  [bug introduced in coreutils-5.1.0]
+
   "mkdir -Z x dir" no longer segfaults when diagnosing invalid context "x"
   mkfifo and mknod would fail similarly.  Now they're fixed.