[grsec] pid randomization problem - process won't execute and will return zero value

[Brad Spengler]

On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 08:27:45PM -0400, Brad Spengler wrote:
> > P.S. Race condition (setpgid/waitpid) in bash?
> 
> That seems to be the issue, as I've been able to eliminate the 
> possibility of a pid reuse race, and even changed the lock in setpgid to 
> a writelock so that it cannot race at the kernel level with pid 
> selection, and /bin/false will eventually still return true.

Or rather, bash errors on not being able to set the pgid, stops 
forking/execing /bin/false, and then then evaluates 'time'.

-Brad
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