Re: Command-line anomoly V2.3.35

From: Brian Gerst (bgerst@quark.vpplus.com)
Date: Wed Jan 05 2000 - 13:25:15 EST

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"Richard B. Johnson" wrote:
>
> Many programs have counted on being able to overwrite command-line
> arguments so that other information shows in `ps`. Linux Version 2.3.35
> now prevents that from working. Is this a new <security feature> or
> is it related to the kernel command-line bug already reported?

Looks like a race condition to me... the child could be scheduled before
the parent and run before argv[0] is changed. Move the strcpy to before
the fork and that should fix it.

Brian Gerst

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