From 6c38156b6e345a25118e0b7144822bdf55839631 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Dmitry V. Levin" Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:15:27 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Avoid potential core file clobbering on exit * strace.c (main): Set RLIMIT_CORE to zero before terminating itself with a deadly signal. This fixes Debian bug #656398. --- strace.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/strace.c b/strace.c index 2bca0de8..4030985b 100644 --- a/strace.c +++ b/strace.c @@ -1416,6 +1416,10 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) cleanup(); fflush(NULL); if (exit_code > 0xff) { + /* Avoid potential core file clobbering. */ + struct rlimit rlim = {0, 0}; + setrlimit(RLIMIT_CORE, &rlim); + /* Child was killed by a signal, mimic that. */ exit_code &= 0xff; signal(exit_code, SIG_DFL); -- 2.40.0