diff -u sysvinit-2.88dsf/src/killall5.c sysvinit-2.88dsf/src/killall5.c
--- sysvinit-2.88dsf/src/killall5.c	2011-12-03 23:12:52.373139250 +0100
+++ sysvinit-2.88dsf/src/killall5.c	2011-12-03 23:19:21.498025134 +0100
@@ -479,6 +479,7 @@
 		if (p->argv1) free(p->argv1);
 		if (p->statname) free(p->statname);
 		if (p->pathname) free(p->pathname);
+		if (p->statname) free(p->statname);
 		free(p);
 	}
 	plist = NULL;
@@ -496,7 +497,7 @@
 		/* Open the status file. */
 		snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/stat", d->d_name);
 
-		/* Read SID & statname from it. */
+		/* Read statname from it. */
 		if ((fp = fopen(path, "r")) != NULL) {
 			buf[0] = 0;
 			fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp);
@@ -509,7 +510,6 @@
 				/* Read program name. */
 				q = strrchr(buf, ')');
 				if (q == NULL) {
-					p->sid = 0;
 					nsyslog(LOG_ERR,
 					"can't get program name from /proc/%s\n",
 						path);
@@ -517,6 +517,7 @@
 					if (p->argv1) free(p->argv1);
 					if (p->statname) free(p->statname);
 					free(p);
+					fclose(fp);
 					continue;
 				}
 				s++;
@@ -531,23 +532,26 @@
 
 			/* Get session, startcode, endcode. */
 			startcode = endcode = 0;
-			if (sscanf(q, 	"%*c %*d %*d %d %*d %*d %*u %*u "
+			if (sscanf(q, 	"%*c %*d %*d %*d %*d %*d %*u %*u "
 					"%*u %*u %*u %*u %*u %*d %*d "
 					"%*d %*d %*d %*d %*u %*u %*d "
 					"%*u %lu %lu",
-					&p->sid, &startcode, &endcode) != 3) {
+					&startcode, &endcode) == 2) {
+				if (startcode == 0 && endcode == 0)
+					p->kernel = 1;
+			}
+			fclose(fp);
+			p->sid = getsid(pid);
+			if (p->sid < 0) {
 				p->sid = 0;
-				nsyslog(LOG_ERR, "can't read sid from %s\n",
-					path);
+				nsyslog(LOG_ERR, "can't read sid for pid %d\n", pid);
+				free(p->statname);
 				if (p->argv0) free(p->argv0);
 				if (p->argv1) free(p->argv1);
 				if (p->statname) free(p->statname);
 				free(p);
 				continue;
 			}
-			if (startcode == 0 && endcode == 0)
-				p->kernel = 1;
-			fclose(fp);
 		} else {
 			/* Process disappeared.. */
 			if (p->argv0) free(p->argv0);