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Date:      Thu, 8 Nov 2001 09:27:54 +1030 (CST)
From:      "Daniel O'Connor" <darius@chowder.dons.net.au>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject:   bin/31835: dhclient doesn't close FD's before spawning children
Message-ID:  <200111072257.fA7Mvsi02827@chowder.dons.net.au>

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>Number:         31835
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       dhclient doesn't close FD's before spawning children
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Nov 07 15:00:01 PST 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Daniel O'Connor
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD chowder.dons.net.au 4.4-STABLE FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE #12: Tue Oct 23 15:42:13 CST 2001 darius@chowder.gsoft.com.au:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CHOWDER i386


>Description:
dhclient doesn't close it's bound socket before running any scripts. This means
that any daemon children will hold it open until killed.

>How-To-Repeat:
Run something in dhclient-exit-hooks that hangs around. Kill dhclient. Try and
run it again.

>Fix:
http://www.dons.net.au/~darius/dhclient-coe-bug.diff

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:

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