Sorry, the issue is not related to unlimited local resource overutilization. $ (yes &) is not a fork bomb or any other kind of resource overutilization. There is only one subshell and only one subprocess being executed in it.
The issue is with buggy signal handling. I'm re-opening this BR. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1206370 Title: subshell that instantly locks up bash, dash, ksh, tcsh, and zsh To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bash/+bug/1206370/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
