Linux - process exe improper null bytes handling

[giampaolo]

From gautam.s...@gmail.com on January 23, 2014 13:20:17

Split on first null character and return 1st item from list. It fixes issues such as 

>>> os.readlink("/proc/%s/exe" % 4672)
'/usr/sbin/hald\x00r\x00\x9f$+\x00\x00\xd0\x8f\xca\x9f$+\x00\x00p (deleted)'
>>> os.readlink("/proc/%s/exe" % 4672).split('\x00')[0]
'/usr/sbin/hald'
>>>

Attachment: _pslinux.py.patch

Original issue: http://code.google.com/p/psutil/issues/detail?id=466

[giampaolo]

From g.rodola on February 08, 2014 11:05:59

Fixed in revision be986f2c2867 . Thanks for the patch.

Summary: Linux - process exe improper null bytes handling (was: Patch for /psutil/_pslinux.py)
Status: FixedInHG
Labels: -Type-Patch Type-Defect OpSys-Linux Milestone-2.0.0

[giampaolo]

From g.rodola on March 10, 2014 04:36:50

Closing out as fixed as 2.0.0 version is finally out.

Status: Fixed