From 8124d2d493591f9027bc7da03fe9e84298afb077 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gerold Gruber <Gerold.Gruber@edv2g.de>
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2023 16:42:41 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] improved  fix for issue #492

---
 src/device.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/device.c b/src/device.c
index d5853bc..57a1add 100644
--- a/src/device.c
+++ b/src/device.c
@@ -244,7 +244,8 @@ int check_device( nwipe_context_t*** c, PedDevice* dev, int dcount )
 
     for( idx = 0; idx < 20; idx++ )
     {
-        if( isascii( next_device->identity.serial_no[idx] ) )
+        if( isascii( next_device->identity.serial_no[idx] )  && 
+	    !iscntrl( next_device->identity.serial_no[idx] ) )
         {
             next_device->device_serial_no[idx] = next_device->identity.serial_no[idx];
         }