The chrome-sandbox binary in the chromium-browser package currently retains the setuid bit, which is no longer strictly necessary. Upstream Chromium has transitioned to using Linux namespaces, seccomp-BPF, and user namespaces as the primary sandboxing mechanisms, reducing reliance on setuid. Reproducible: Always
The chrome-sandbox helper historically needed the setuid root bit so it could create a restricted sandbox for renderer processes. On modern Linux systems like fedora/rhel, Chromium prefers the user namespace sandbox, which does not require a setuid binary. I will fix it in next build. Thanks for you report!
FEDORA-2026-2debc85b3c (chromium-149.0.7827.102-1.fc44) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 44. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-2debc85b3c
FEDORA-2026-c5c0986fb6 (chromium-149.0.7827.102-1.fc43) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 43. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-c5c0986fb6
FEDORA-2026-2debc85b3c has been pushed to the Fedora 44 testing repository. Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command: `sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2026-2debc85b3c` You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-2debc85b3c See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.
FEDORA-2026-c5c0986fb6 has been pushed to the Fedora 43 testing repository. Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command: `sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2026-c5c0986fb6` You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-c5c0986fb6 See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.
FEDORA-2026-c5c0986fb6 (chromium-149.0.7827.102-1.fc43) has been pushed to the Fedora 43 stable repository. If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.
FEDORA-2026-2debc85b3c (chromium-149.0.7827.102-1.fc44) has been pushed to the Fedora 44 stable repository. If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.