I confirm this bug on a freshly installed Ubuntu 12.04.2. However, it does not appear on an apparently similarly configured (yet older, probably installed as a 12.04.1) machine.
root@okserver:~# cat /proc/2761/stat 2761 (apache2) S 16432 16432 16432 0 -1 4202816 62931 0 23 0 446 35 0 0 39 19 1 0 15483478 392368128 10767 18446744073709551615 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4096 201344747 18446744073709551615 0 0 17 0 0 0 25 0 0 root@misbehavingserver:~# cat /proc/13556/stat 13556 (/usr/sbin/apach) S 1 13556 13556 0 -1 4202560 40031 0 0 0 76 16 0 0 20 0 1 0 26449769 302252032 36195 18446744073709551615 140602045796352 140602046243212 140737419513488 140737419512584 140602031456275 0 0 4096 134235883 18446744071580458505 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 The kernels are the same : $ uname -a Linux XXXX 3.2.0-49-virtual #75-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jun 18 17:59:38 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux The point release are the same : $ cat /etc/issue Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS \n \l Apache is installed with the same packages : root@okserver:~# dpkg -l | grep apache ii apache2 2.2.22-1ubuntu1.4 Apache HTTP Server metapackage ii apache2-mpm-prefork 2.2.22-1ubuntu1.4 Apache HTTP Server - traditional non-threaded model ii apache2-utils 2.2.22-1ubuntu1.4 utility programs for webservers ii apache2.2-bin 2.2.22-1ubuntu1.4 Apache HTTP Server common binary files ii apache2.2-common 2.2.22-1ubuntu1.4 Apache HTTP Server common files ii libapache2-mod-php5 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.7 server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (Apache 2 module) root@misbehavingserver:~# dpkg -l | grep apache ii apache2 2.2.22-1ubuntu1.4 Apache HTTP Server metapackage ii apache2-mpm-worker 2.2.22-1ubuntu1.4 Apache HTTP Server - high speed threaded model ii apache2-utils 2.2.22-1ubuntu1.4 utility programs for webservers ii apache2.2-bin 2.2.22-1ubuntu1.4 Apache HTTP Server common binary files ii apache2.2-common 2.2.22-1ubuntu1.4 Apache HTTP Server common files ii libapache-dbi-perl 1.11-1 interface connecting apache server to database via perl's DBI ii libapache2-mod-perl2 2.0.5-5ubuntu1 Integration of perl with the Apache2 web server ii libapache2-reload-perl 0.11-2 module for reloading Perl modules when changed on disk -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1008385 Title: apache-mpm-itk writes wrong process name in /proc/$$/status To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apache2/+bug/1008385/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs