When I issue `sudo -u someuser kill -9 -1` I'm getting segfault. Reproducible: Always Here is backtrace: # sudo -u marcin gdb -q kill Reading symbols from kill...Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/debug//bin/kill.debug...done. done. (gdb) set args -9 -1 (gdb) run Starting program: /bin/kill -9 -1 Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. __GI_____strtol_l_internal (nptr=0x0, endptr=endptr@entry=0x0, base=base@entry=10, group=group@entry=0, loc=0x7ffff7dd53e0 <_nl_global_locale>) at ../stdlib/strtol_l.c:293 293 ../stdlib/strtol_l.c: Nie ma takiego pliku ani katalogu. (gdb) bt #0 __GI_____strtol_l_internal (nptr=0x0, endptr=endptr@entry=0x0, base=base@entry=10, group=group@entry=0, loc=0x7ffff7dd53e0 <_nl_global_locale>) at ../stdlib/strtol_l.c:293 #1 0x00007ffff7a7aca2 in __strtol (nptr=<optimized out>, endptr=endptr@entry=0x0, base=base@entry=10) at ../stdlib/strtol.c:106 #2 0x0000000000402104 in atoi (__nptr=<optimized out>) at /usr/include/stdlib.h:241 #3 kill_main (argv=0x7fffffffe448, argc=<optimized out>) at skill.c:482 #4 main (argc=3, argv=0x7fffffffe448) at skill.c:752 (gdb) bt full #0 __GI_____strtol_l_internal (nptr=0x0, endptr=endptr@entry=0x0, base=base@entry=10, group=group@entry=0, loc=0x7ffff7dd53e0 <_nl_global_locale>) at ../stdlib/strtol_l.c:293 negative = <optimized out> cutoff = <optimized out> cutlim = <optimized out> i = <optimized out> s = 0x0 c = <optimized out> save = <optimized out> end = <optimized out> overflow = <optimized out> cnt = <optimized out> current = <optimized out> thousands = 0x0 thousands_len = 0 grouping = 0x0 #1 0x00007ffff7a7aca2 in __strtol (nptr=<optimized out>, endptr=endptr@entry=0x0, base=base@entry=10) at ../stdlib/strtol.c:106 No locals. #2 0x0000000000402104 in atoi (__nptr=<optimized out>) at /usr/include/stdlib.h:241 No locals. #3 kill_main (argv=0x7fffffffe448, argc=<optimized out>) at skill.c:482 i = <optimized out> loop = 1 pid = <optimized out> exitvalue = 0 longopts = {{name = 0x403849 "list", has_arg = 2, flag = 0x0, val = 108}, {name = 0x403936 "table", has_arg = 0, flag = 0x0, val = 76}, {name = 0x40393c "signal", has_arg = 1, flag = 0x0, val = 115}, {name = 0x403943 "help", has_arg = 0, flag = 0x0, val = 104}, {name = 0x403948 "version", has_arg = 0, flag = 0x0, val = 86}, {name = 0x0, has_arg = 0, flag = 0x0, val = 0}} signo = 9 longopts = {{name = 0x403849 "list", has_arg = 2, flag = 0x0, val = 108}, {name = 0x403936 "table", has_arg = 0, flag = 0x0, val = 76}, {name = 0x40393c "signal", has_arg = 1, flag = 0x0, val = 115}, {name = 0x403943 "help", has_arg = 0, flag = 0x0, val = 104}, {name = 0x403948 "version", has_arg = 0, flag = 0x0, val = 86}, {name = 0x0, has_arg = 0, flag = 0x0, val = 0}} #4 main (argc=3, argv=0x7fffffffe448) at skill.c:752 run_time = {fast = 0, interactive = 0, verbose = 0, warnings = 0, noaction = 0, debugging = 0} (gdb) # emerge --info Portage 2.3.6 (python 3.4.6-final-0, default/linux/amd64/13.0/desktop/plasma, gcc-6.3.0, glibc-2.24-r3, 4.11.0-bcache+ x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-4.11.0-bcache+-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-2_Quad_CPU_Q6600_@_2.40GHz-with-gentoo-2.4.1 Timestamp of repository gentoo: Fri, 14 Jul 2017 06:00:01 +0000 sh bash 4.4_p12 ld GNU gold (Gentoo 2.28 p1.2 2.28) 1.14 ccache version 3.3.4 [enabled] app-shells/bash: 4.4_p12::gentoo dev-java/java-config: 2.2.0-r3::gentoo dev-lang/perl: 5.24.1-r2::gentoo dev-lang/python: 2.7.13::gentoo, 3.4.6::gentoo dev-util/ccache: 3.3.4::gentoo dev-util/cmake: 3.8.2::gentoo dev-util/pkgconfig: 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