** Description changed:
Type this at a shell prompt in gnome-terminal:
$ (yes&)
y
y
y
y
y
y
...
Denial of service. Shell becomes totally unresponsive. Subshell command
is uninterruptible.
- An old one that affects bash, dash, and tcsh shells at least in all
- versions in Ubuntu and further back in Ubuntu pre-history too.
+ An old one that affects bash, dash, ksh, tcsh, and zsh shells at least
+ in all versions in Ubuntu and further back in Ubuntu pre-history too.
** Summary changed:
- subshell that instantly locks up bash, dash, and tcsh
+ subshell that instantly locks up bash, dash, ksh, tcsh, and zsh
** Also affects: zsh
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Project changed: zsh => zsh (Ubuntu)
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subshell that instantly locks up bash, dash, ksh, tcsh, and zsh
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