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| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/coreutils.c | 5 |
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- sort --debug now diagnoses issues with --field-separator characters that conflict with characters possibly used in numbers. + root invoked coreutils, that are built and run in single binary mode, + now adjust /proc/$pid/cmdline to be more specific to the utility + being run, rather than using the general "coreutils" binary name. + * Noteworthy changes in release 9.0 (2021-09-24) [stable] diff --git a/src/coreutils.c b/src/coreutils.c index 6db5a8f05..63dfa228c 100644 --- a/src/coreutils.c +++ b/src/coreutils.c @@ -120,8 +120,9 @@ launch_program (char const *prog_name, int prog_argc, char **prog_argv) #endif #if HAVE_PRCTL && defined PR_SET_MM_ARG_START /* Shift the beginning of the command line to prog_argv[0] (if set) so - /proc/pid/cmdline reflects the right value. */ - prctl (PR_SET_MM_ARG_START, prog_argv[0]); + /proc/$pid/cmdline reflects a more specific value. Note one needs + CAP_SYS_RESOURCE or root privileges for this to succeed. */ + prctl (PR_SET_MM, PR_SET_MM_ARG_START, prog_argv[0], 0, 0); #endif exit (prog_main (prog_argc, prog_argv)); |