Bug#1019426: openssh-client: ssh-agent can leave zombie ssh-pkcs11-help

Mad Horse <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.ssh
Message-ID <230f5e2d-6456-4f65-93f6-e87264603054__4526.10231456987$1695720455$gmane$org@openmail.cc>
Confirmed on openssh-client 1:9.4p1-1, ssh-agent seems not going to pick its dead children processes with wait(), no matter how they die. For example, running `ssh-add -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opensc-pkcs11.so` with a smart card present will make ssh-agent spawn a ssh-pkcs11-helper to handle it, but the child will always become a zombie without being wait(2)ed after it dies, either terminating gracefully after running `ssh-add -e /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opensc-pkcs11.so`, or being kill(2)ed.
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