[New-bugs-announce] [issue37091] subprocess - uncaught PermissionError in send_signal can cause hang

[hw]

New submission from hw <13hurdw at gmail.com>:

Python 3.7.3
Ubuntu 18.10 Cosmic

https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/13669

Encountered a condition where uncaught PermissionError caused a hang
running a subprocess command with sudo -u

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/subprocess.py", line 474, in run
    stdout, stderr = process.communicate(input, timeout=timeout)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/subprocess.py", line 939, in communicate
    stdout, stderr = self._communicate(input, endtime, timeout)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/subprocess.py", line 1707, in _communicate
    self.wait(timeout=self._remaining_time(endtime))
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/subprocess.py", line 990, in wait
    return self._wait(timeout=timeout)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/subprocess.py", line 1616, in _wait
    raise TimeoutExpired(self.args, timeout)
subprocess.TimeoutExpired: Command '['sudo', '-u', 'chrome', '/snap/bin/chromium', '--headless', '--disable-gpu', '--hide-scrollbars', '--ignore-certificate-errors', '--enable-sandbox', '--incognito', '--mute-audio', '--disable-databases', '--enable-strict-powerful-feature-restrictions', '--no-pings', '--no-referrers', '--timeout=30000', '--window-size=1280,1000', '--screenshot=[REDACTED]_screenshot.png', 'https://[REDACTED]']' timed out after 59.9998986274004 seconds

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/subprocess.py", line 476, in run
    process.kill()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/subprocess.py", line 1756, in kill
    self.send_signal(signal.SIGKILL)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/subprocess.py", line 1746, in send_signal
    os.kill(self.pid, sig)
PermissionError: [Errno 1] Operation not permitted

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 343939
nosy: Hw
priority: normal
pull_requests: 13558
severity: normal
status: open
title: subprocess - uncaught PermissionError in send_signal can cause hang
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.7

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