2 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/platform/ptrace/subprocess.go b/pkg/sentry/platform/ptrace/subprocess.go
index 9f0ecfbe4..b699b057d 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/platform/ptrace/subprocess.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/platform/ptrace/subprocess.go
@@ -327,6 +327,19 @@ func (t *thread) dumpAndPanic(message string) {
 	panic(message)
 }
 
+func (t *thread) unexpectedStubExit() {
+	msg, err := t.getEventMessage()
+	status := syscall.WaitStatus(msg)
+	if status.Signaled() && status.Signal() == syscall.SIGKILL {
+		// SIGKILL can be only sent by an user or OOM-killer. In both
+		// these cases, we don't need to panic. There is no reasons to
+		// think that something wrong in gVisor.
+		log.Warningf("The ptrace stub process %v has been killed by SIGKILL.", t.tgid)
+		syscall.Kill(os.Getpid(), syscall.SIGKILL)
+	}
+	t.dumpAndPanic(fmt.Sprintf("wait failed: the process %d:%d exited: %x (err %v)", t.tgid, t.tid, msg, err))
+}
+
 // wait waits for a stop event.
 //
 // Precondition: outcome is a valid waitOutcome.
@@ -355,8 +368,7 @@ func (t *thread) wait(outcome waitOutcome) syscall.Signal {
 			}
 			if stopSig == syscall.SIGTRAP {
 				if status.TrapCause() == syscall.PTRACE_EVENT_EXIT {
-					msg, err := t.getEventMessage()
-					t.dumpAndPanic(fmt.Sprintf("wait failed: the process %d:%d exited: %x (err %v)", t.tgid, t.tid, msg, err))
+					t.unexpectedStubExit()
 				}
 				// Re-encode the trap cause the way it's expected.
 				return stopSig | syscall.Signal(status.TrapCause()<<8)
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/platform/ptrace/subprocess_linux.go b/pkg/sentry/platform/ptrace/subprocess_linux.go
index c075b5f91..3782d4332 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/platform/ptrace/subprocess_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/platform/ptrace/subprocess_linux.go
@@ -129,6 +129,9 @@ func createStub() (*thread, error) {
 	// transitively) will be killed as well. It's simply not possible to
 	// safely handle a single stub getting killed: the exact state of
 	// execution is unknown and not recoverable.
+	//
+	// In addition, we set the PTRACE_O_TRACEEXIT option to log more
+	// information about a stub process when it receives a fatal signal.
 	return attachedThread(uintptr(syscall.SIGKILL)|syscall.CLONE_FILES, defaultAction)
 }