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Noticed while auditing nofork/noexec status function old new delta packed_usage 31777 31747 -30 Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
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Why an applet can't be NOFORK or NOEXEC?
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Why can't be NOFORK:
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interactive: may wait for user input, ^C has to work
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spawner: "tool PROG ARGS" which changes program state and execs - must fork
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changes state: e.g. environment, signal handlers
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alloc+xfunc: xmalloc, then xfunc - leaks memory if xfunc dies
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open+xfunc: opens fd, then calls xfunc - fd is leaked if xfunc dies
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leaks: does not free allocated memory or opened fds
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runner: sometimes may run for long(ish) time, and/or works with network:
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^C has to work (cat BIGFILE, chmod -R, ftpget, nc)
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"runners" can become eligible after shell is taught ^C to interrupt NOFORKs,
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need to be inspected that they do not fall into alloc+xfunc, open+xfunc,
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leak categories.
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Why can't be NOEXEC:
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suid: runs under different uid - must fork+exec
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Why shouldn't be NOFORK/NOEXEC:
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rare: not started often enough to bother optimizing (example: poweroff)
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daemon: runs indefinitely; these are also always fit "rare" category
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longterm: often runs for a long time (many seconds), execing would make
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memory footprint smaller
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complex: no immediately obvious reason why NOFORK wouldn't work,
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but does some non-obvoius operations (example: fuser, lsof, losetup);
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detailed audit often turns out that it's a leaker
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Interesting example of "interactive" applet which is nevertheless can be
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(and is) NOEXEC is "rm". Yes, "rm -i" is interactive - but it's not that typical
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for users to keep it waiting for many minutes, whereas running "rm" in shell
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is very typical, and speeding up this common use via NOEXEC is useful.
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IOW: rm is "interactive", but not "longterm".
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[ - NOFORK
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[[ - NOFORK
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acpid - daemon
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add-shell
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addgroup
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adduser
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adjtimex
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ar - runner
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arch - NOFORK
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arp - complex, rare
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arping - runner
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ash - interactive, longterm
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awk - noexec. runner
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base64 - runner
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basename - NOFORK
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beep
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blkdiscard
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blkid
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blockdev
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bootchartd - daemon
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brctl
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bunzip2 - runner
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busybox
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bzcat - runner
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bzip2 - runner
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cal - runner: cal -n9999
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cat - runner
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chat - needs ^C to work
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chattr - runner
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chgrp - noexec. runner
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chmod - noexec. runner
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chown - noexec. runner
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chpasswd - runner (list of "user:password"s from stdin)
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chpst - spawner
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chroot - spawner
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chrt - spawner
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chvt - leaks: get_console_fd_or_die() may open a new fd, or return one of stdio fds. Also, "rare" category. Can be noexec.
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cksum - noexec. runner
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clear - NOFORK
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cmp - runner
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comm - runner
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conspy - interactive
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cp - noexec. runner
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cpio - runner
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crond - daemon
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crontab
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cryptpw - changes state: with --password-fd=N, moves N to stdin. Also, "rare" category. Can be noexec.
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cttyhack - spawner
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cut - noexec. runner
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date - noexec. nofork candidate(needs to stop messing up env, free xasprintf result, not use xfuncs after xasprintf)
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dc - runner (eats stdin if no params)
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dd - noexec. runner
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deallocvt - leaks: get_console_fd_or_die() may open a new fd, or return one of stdio fds. Also, "rare" category. Can be noexec.
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delgroup
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deluser
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depmod - complex, rare
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devmem - runner, complex (access to device memory may hang)
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df - complex (nested allocs)
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dhcprelay - daemon
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diff - runner
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dirname - NOFORK
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dmesg - runner
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dnsd - daemon
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dnsdomainname - needs ^C (may talk to DNS servers, which may be down)
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dos2unix - noexec. runner
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dpkg - runner
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du - runner
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dumpkmap - leaks: get_console_fd_or_die() may open a new fd, or return one of stdio fds. Also, "rare" category. Can be noexec.
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dumpleases
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echo - NOFORK
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ed - interactive, longterm
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egrep - longterm runner ("CMD | egrep ..." may run indefinitely, better to exec to conserve memory)
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eject - leaks: open+ioctl_or_perror_and_die, changes state (moves fds)
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env - noexec. changes state (env)
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envdir - spawner
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envuidgid - spawner
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expand - runner
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expr - complex (nested allocs)
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factor - runner (eats stdin if no params)
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fakeidentd - daemon
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false - NOFORK
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fatattr - complex (xopen+xioctl can leak fd)
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fbset - leaks: open+xfunc, complex, rare
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fbsplash - runner, longterm
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fdflush - leaks: open+ioctl_or_perror_and_die, needs ^C (floppy may be unresponsive), rare
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fdformat - needs ^C (floppy may be unresponsive), longterm, rare
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fdisk - interactive, longterm
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fgconsole - leaks: get_console_fd_or_die() may open a new fd, or return one of stdio fds. Also, "rare" category. Can be noexec.
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fgrep - longterm runner ("CMD | fgrep ..." may run indefinitely, better to exec to conserve memory)
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find - noexec. runner
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findfs - suid
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flash_eraseall
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flash_lock
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flash_unlock
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flashcp
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flock - spawner, changes state (file locks)
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fold - noexec. runner
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free - nofork candidate(struct globals, needs to close /proc/meminfo fd)
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freeramdisk - leaks: open+ioctl_or_perror_and_die
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fsck - interactive, longterm
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fsck.minix
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fsfreeze
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fstrim
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fsync - NOFORK
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ftpd - daemon
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ftpget - runner
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ftpput - runner
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fuser - complex
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getopt - noexec. complex (many allocs)
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getty - interactive, longterm
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grep - longterm runner ("CMD | grep ..." may run indefinitely, better to exec to conserve memory)
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groups - noexec
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gunzip - runner
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gzip - runner
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halt - rare
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hd - noexec. runner
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hdparm - complex, rare
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head - noexec. runner
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hexdump - noexec. runner
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hostid - NOFORK
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hostname - DNS resolution may trigger, need ^C
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httpd - daemon
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hush - interactive, longterm
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hwclock
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i2cdetect
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i2cdump
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i2cget
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i2cset
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id - noexec
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ifconfig
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ifenslave
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ifplugd - daemon
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inetd - daemon
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init - daemon
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inotifyd - daemon
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insmod - noexec
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install - runner
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ionice - spawner
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iostat - runner
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ip - noexec candidate
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ipaddr - noexec candidate
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ipcalc - noexec candidate
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ipcrm - noexec candidate
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ipcs - noexec candidate
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iplink - noexec candidate
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ipneigh - noexec candidate
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iproute - noexec candidate
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iprule - noexec candidate
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iptunnel - noexec candidate
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kbd_mode
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kill - NOFORK
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killall - NOFORK
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killall5 - NOFORK
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klogd - daemon
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last - runner (I've got 1300 lines of output when tried it)
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less - interactive, longterm
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link - NOFORK
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linux32 - spawner
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linux64 - spawner
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linuxrc - daemon
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ln - noexec
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loadfont
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loadkmap - leaks: get_console_fd_or_die() may open a new fd, or return one of stdio fds. Also, "rare" category. Can be noexec.
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logger - runner
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login - suid, interactive, longterm
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logname - NOFORK
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losetup - complex
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lpd - daemon
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lpq - runner
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lpr - runner
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ls - noexec. runner
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lsattr - runner. noexec candidate (ls is, why not this one?)
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lsmod - noexec
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lsof - complex
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lspci - noexec candidate, too rare to bother for nofork
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lsscsi - noexec candidate, too rare to bother for nofork
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lsusb - noexec candidate, too rare to bother for nofork
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lzcat - runner
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lzma - runner
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lzop - runner
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lzopcat - runner
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makedevs
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makemime - runner
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man - spawner, interactive, longterm
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md5sum - noexec. runner
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mdev - daemon
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mesg
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microcom - interactive, longterm
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mkdir - NOFORK
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mkdosfs
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mke2fs
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mkfifo - noexec
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mkfs.ext2
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mkfs.minix
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mkfs.vfat
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mknod - noexec
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mkpasswd
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mkswap
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mktemp - leaks: xstrdup+concat_path_file
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modinfo - noexec
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modprobe - noexec
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more - interactive, longterm
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mount - suid
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mountpoint
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mpstat
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mt
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mv - runner (can be noexec?)
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nameif
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nbd-client
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nc - runner
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netstat - runner with -c
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nice - spawner
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nl - runner
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nmeter - runner
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nohup - spawner
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nproc - NOFORK
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ntpd - daemon
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od - runner
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openvt - spawner
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partprobe
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passwd - suid
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paste - noexec. runner
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patch
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pgrep - nofork candidate(xregcomp, procps_scan - are they ok?)
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pidof - nofork candidate(uses find_pid_by_name, is that ok?)
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ping - suid, runner
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ping6 - suid, runner
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pipe_progress
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pivot_root
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pkill - nofork candidate(xregcomp, procps_scan - are they ok?)
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pmap
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popmaildir - runner
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poweroff - rare
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powertop - interactive, longterm
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printenv - NOFORK
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printf - NOFORK
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ps - noexec candidate
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pscan - longterm
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pstree
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pwd - NOFORK
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pwdx - NOFORK
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raidautorun
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rdate
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rdev
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readlink - NOFORK
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readprofile
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realpath - NOFORK
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reboot - rare
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reformime - runner
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remove-shell
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renice - nofork candidate(uses getpwnam, is that ok?)
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reset - spawner (execs "stty")
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resize - noexec. changes state (signal handlers)
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rev - runner
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rm - noexec. rm -i interactive
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rmdir - NOFORK
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rmmod - noexec
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route
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rpm - runner
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rpm2cpio - runner
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rtcwake - complex, rare
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run-parts
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runlevel
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runsv - daemon
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runsvdir - daemon
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rx - runner
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script
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scriptreplay
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sed - runner
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sendmail - runner
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seq - noexec. runner
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setarch - spawner
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setconsole
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setfont
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setkeycodes
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setlogcons
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setpriv - spawner
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setserial
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setsid - spawner
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setuidgid
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sha1sum - noexec. runner
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sha256sum - noexec. runner
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sha3sum - noexec. runner
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sha512sum - noexec. runner
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showkey - interactive, longterm
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shred - runner
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shuf - noexec. runner
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slattach
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sleep - runner
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smemcap - runner
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softlimit - spawner
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sort - noexec. runner
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split - runner
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ssl_client - network
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start-stop-daemon
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stat - nofork candidate(needs fewer allocs)
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strings - runner
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stty
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su - suid, spawner
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sulogin - spawner
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sum - runner
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sv
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svc
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svlogd - daemon
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swapoff - rare
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swapon - rare
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switch_root - spawner, rare, changes state
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sync - NOFORK
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sysctl
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syslogd - daemon
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tac - noexec. runner
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tail - runner
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tar - runner
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taskset - spawner
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tcpsvd - daemon
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tee - runner
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telnet - interactive, longterm
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telnetd - daemon
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test - NOFORK
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tftp - runner
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tftpd - daemon
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time - spawner, changes state (signals)
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timeout - spawner, changes state (signals)
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top - interactive, longterm
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touch - NOFORK
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tr - runner
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traceroute - suid, runner
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traceroute6 - suid, runner
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true - NOFORK
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truncate - NOFORK
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tty - NOFORK
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ttysize - NOFORK
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tunctl
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tune2fs - leaks: open+xfunc
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ubiattach
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ubidetach
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ubimkvol
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ubirename
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ubirmvol
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ubirsvol
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ubiupdatevol
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udhcpc - daemon
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udhcpd - daemon
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udpsvd - daemon
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uevent - daemon
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umount
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uname - NOFORK
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uncompress - runner
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unexpand - runner
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uniq - runner
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unix2dos - noexec. runner
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unlink - NOFORK
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unlzma - runner
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unlzop - runner
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unxz - runner
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unzip - runner
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uptime - nofork candidate(is getutxent ok?)
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users - nofork candidate(is getutxent ok?)
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usleep - NOFORK
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uudecode - runner
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uuencode - runner
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vconfig - leaks: xsocket+ioctl_or_perror_and_die
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vi - interactive, longterm
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vlock - suid
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volname - runner
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w
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wall - suid
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watch - runner
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watchdog - daemon
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wc - runner
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wget - runner
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which - NOFORK
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who
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whoami - NOFORK
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whois
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xargs - noexec. spawner
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xxd - noexec. runner
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xz - runner
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xzcat - runner
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yes - noexec. runner
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zcat - runner
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zcip - daemon
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