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FreeBSD did not require non null argv[0] until 9 days ago. https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/commit/773fa8cd136a5775241c3e3a70f1997633ebeedf https://githu

• kevans91 5y ago
  Only a number of years too late... It's worth noting that as far as changes in FreeBSD forbidding long-standing permitted behavior goes, this one was notably very uncontroversial.
• ComputerGuru 5y ago
  It doesn't matter what was technically allowed; the very commit message you linked to says it was by contract disallowed for 31 years: > The manpage has contained the following verbiage on the matter for just > under 31 years: > > "At least one argument must be present in the array"
  • tedunangst 5y ago
    It certainly matters to the pkexec exploit.