From aa8de806252e3835d57fab351b02d13db762deac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2021 09:55:27 +0100
Subject: activation: Do not make setuid programs setgid-root [security].

Fixes <https://bugs.gnu.org/46395>.
Reported by Duncan Overbruck <mail@duncano.de>.

* gnu/build/activation.scm (activate-setuid-programs): Change TARGET
mode to not be setgid.
---
 gnu/build/activation.scm | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'gnu/build')

diff --git a/gnu/build/activation.scm b/gnu/build/activation.scm
index 4b67926e88..b458aee4ae 100644
--- a/gnu/build/activation.scm
+++ b/gnu/build/activation.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ they already exist."
                                  "/" (basename prog))))
       (copy-file prog target)
       (chown target 0 0)
-      (chmod target #o6555)))
+      (chmod target #o4555)))
 
   (format #t "setting up setuid programs in '~a'...~%"
           %setuid-directory)
-- 
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