Thanks for taking the time to submit this bug. It does seem from the ps forest output that tiger is the initial problem.
Is this easily reproducible with tiger? If so, if you run chkrootkit without tiger, does it work fine? (If so, we know where to start looking and we should retarget the bug) ** Changed in: chkrootkit (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: chkrootkit (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to chkrootkit in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/828437 Title: chkrootkit cron job went nuts, spawned 14 instances and consumed nearly 90% of my ram To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chkrootkit/+bug/828437/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs