Rogue root 'emacs23' process
Bug #588808 reported by
Davor Cubranic
This bug report was converted into a question: question #113322: Rogue root 'emacs23' process.
This bug affects 1 person
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| emacs23 (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: emacs23
On my KUbuntu Lucid desktop, I occasionally see an emacs23 process run by the root and taking up 30% CPU or more. Here is an example with top:
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
2031 root 30 10 32032 15m 4904 R 33.2 0.8 0:31.23 emacs23
Where is this coming from? I am the only user logged into the machine and sshd is disabled. Could it be a rootkit of some sort?
Revision history for this message
| Anders Kaseorg (andersk) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in emacs23 (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Invalid |
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| Davor Cubranic (cubranic) wrote | #2 |
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Do you have the auctex package installed? You are probably just seeing /etc/cron.