Bug 676 – Sudo 1.8.11 doesn't reap it's children

Bug 676 - Sudo 1.8.11 doesn't reap it's children


Summary:	Sudo 1.8.11 doesn't reap it's children

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Product:	Sudo
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Sudo
Version:	1.8.11
Hardware:	PC Other

Importance:	low normal
Assigned To:	Todd C. Miller

URL:

Duplicates:	677 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
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Reported:	2014-11-04 00:05 MST by ftigeot
Modified:	2015-02-09 15:12 MST (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Attachments
Make sure SIGCHLD is not treated as a user-generate signal (997 bytes, patch) 2014-11-04 09:19 MST, Todd C. Miller	Details \| Diff
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Description ftigeot 2014-11-04 00:05:41 MST

OS: DragonFly BSD 4.0-RC and 4.1

Sudo 1.8.11 fails to reap it's child processes, leaving zombies and never returning to the original prompt. Sudo then fails to listen to term signals, requiring kill signals to take them down. This affects the latest version of sudo in the packages and tested on the 4.0 RC. To be clear, sudo commands will be invoked successfully, but the prompt will not be returned.

How to reproduce:

* run sudo /bin/sh
* try to exit the new /bin/sh shell

This bug had originally been reported in the DragonFly bug tracker by  zcrownover :
http://bugs.dragonflybsd.org/issues/2728

Comment 1 Todd C. Miller 2014-11-04 08:10:04 MST

This sounds similar to Bug 657.  Somehow sudo is either not receiving SIGCHLD or there is a problem with the event loop.

If you could ktrace the sudo process that might give me enough information to track down the problem.

Comment 2 Todd C. Miller 2014-11-04 09:18:30 MST

*** Bug 677 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Todd C. Miller 2014-11-04 09:19:37 MST

Created attachment 435 [details]
Make sure SIGCHLD is not treated as a user-generate signal

Please try the attached patch.

Comment 4 joris 2014-11-04 09:44:38 MST

Sorry i missed  this bug and opened a new one.

The attached patch fix the issue.

Comment 5 ftigeot 2014-11-05 08:58:21 MST

Thank you for the patch, it effectively fixes the issue.

The fixes have been pushed to DragonFly's DeltaPorts repository.
https://github.com/DragonFlyBSD/DeltaPorts/commit/81a01d411a95b21341361e0d30d4a571edf5f610

Hopefully a new sudo release will include them in the future and we will be able to remove the local patches.

Comment 6 Todd C. Miller 2014-11-16 07:03:37 MST

This fix will be included in sudo 1.8.12, currently in beta.

Comment 7 Todd C. Miller 2015-02-09 15:12:17 MST

Fixed in sudo 1.8.12, available now.