This bug was fixed in the package psmisc - 22.15-2ubuntu1.2
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psmisc (22.15-2ubuntu1.2) precise; urgency=low
* Backport of upstream fix:
- Fix killall with 65 arguments (LP: #1507681)
-- Christian Ehrhardt Tue, 07 Jun
2016 11:36:17 -0700
** Changed in: psmisc (Ubuntu Prec
Unfortunately no 3rd party verification yet - adding one of my own.
Since I wasn't sure about the reproducibility I went a bit parallel:
Using the test (very slightly) modified in 4 precise containers I got a
reliable trigger:
2/4 directly
2/4 after one retry
mkdir -p ~/tmp_tasks; ps xa | wc -l;
** Changed in: psmisc (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Medium
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Title:
killall with 65 arguments kills more than expected
To manage notificat
Hello Gregory, or anyone else affected,
Accepted psmisc into precise-proposed. The package will build now and be
available at
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/psmisc/22.15-2ubuntu1.2 in a few
hours, and then in the -proposed repository.
Please help us by testing this new package. See
https:/
** Description changed:
- killall in Precise is supposed to limit the number of arguments to 64,
- but due to a fencepost error, 66 arguments will be blocked but 65 is
- not.
+ [Impact]
+
+ * killall with exactly 65 (33 in 32-bit environments) arguments can kill
random processes
+ * this can b
I've uploaded this to the queue for review by the SRU team.
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Title:
killall with 65 arguments kills more than expected
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SRU-Template:
[Impact]
* killall with exactly 65 (33 in 32-bit environments) arguments can kill
random processes
* this can be accidentially or even maliciously used to kill processes
* root casue is an off-by-one error
[Test Case]
* as seen in the bug description above, but please note th
** Patch added: "debdiff for SRU to fix this issue (based on upstream backport)"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/psmisc/+bug/1507681/+attachment/4672918/+files/psmisc_22.15-2ubuntu1.2-precise-bug-1507681.debdiff
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** Changed in: psmisc (Ubuntu Precise)
Assignee: (unassigned) => ChristianEhrhardt (paelzer)
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Title:
killall with 65 arguments kills more th
** Also affects: psmisc (Ubuntu Precise)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: psmisc (Ubuntu Precise)
Status: New => Triaged
** Changed in: psmisc (Ubuntu Precise)
Importance: Undecided => Medium
** Changed in: psmisc (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Fix Released
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** Patch added: "killall-with-65-arguments-kills-all-proce.patch"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/psmisc/+bug/1507681/+attachment/4500472/+files/killall-with-65-arguments-kills-all-proce.patch
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