Public bug reported:
The /bin/kill in ubuntu16.04 has a bug , it has bug in killing process group
.
Ubuntu version is:
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
Release: 16.04
(1)The way to repeat this bug
It is easy to repeat this bug , run “/bin/kill -15 -12345” or any like
“/bin/kill -15 -1xxxx” in ubuntu16.04 , it will kill all the process .
(2)Cause analysis
The code of /bin/kill in ubuntu16.04 come from procps-3.3.10 , when I run
“/bin/kill -15 -1xxxx” , it actually send signal 15 to -1 ,
-1 mean it will kill all the process .
(3)The bug in procps-3.3.10/skill.c ,I think the code "pid = (long)('0' -
optopt) " is not right .
static void __attribute__ ((__noreturn__)) kill_main(int argc, char **argv)
{
case '?':
if (!isdigit(optopt)) {
xwarnx(_("invalid argument %c"), optopt);
kill_usage(stderr);
} else {
/* Special case for signal digit negative
* PIDs */
pid = (long)('0' - optopt);
if (kill((pid_t)pid, signo) != 0)
exitvalue = EXIT_FAILURE;
exit(exitvalue);
}
loop=0;
}
(4) The way to workaround
I copy /bin/kill in ubuntu14.04 to override /bin/kill in ubuntu16.04, it is
ok in this way .
** Affects: alsa-driver (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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/bin/kill in ubuntu16.04 has bug in killing process group
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