Description of problem: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#PIE says that "you MUST enable the PIE compiler flags if your package has suid binaries...". However, currently usermode is not being built with PIE flags. This is a clear violation of the packaging guidelines. This issue (in its wider scope) is being discussed at, https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/ticket/1104 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel/2013-March/180827.html Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): usermode-1.111-2.fc19.x86_64.rpm How reproducible: You can use following programs to check if a package is hardened: http://people.redhat.com/sgrubb/files/rpm-chksec OR https://github.com/kholia/checksec Steps to Reproduce: Get scanner.py from https://github.com/kholia/checksec $ ./scanner.py usermode-1.111-2.fc19.x86_64.rpm usermode,usermode-1.111-2.fc19.x86_64.rpm,/usr/bin/consolehelper,mode=0100755,NX=Enabled,CANARY=Disabled,RELRO=Partial,PIE=Disabled,RPATH=Disabled,RUNPATH=Disabled,FORTIFY=NA,CATEGORY=None usermode,usermode-1.111-2.fc19.x86_64.rpm,/usr/sbin/userhelper,mode=0104711,NX=Enabled,CANARY=Enabled,RELRO=Partial,PIE=Disabled,RPATH=Disabled,RUNPATH=Disabled,FORTIFY=Enabled,CATEGORY=None
usermode-1.111-3.fc19 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 19. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/usermode-1.111-3.fc19
Thanks for your report. Fixed in usermode-1.111-3.fc19
Package usermode-1.111-3.fc19: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 19 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing usermode-1.111-3.fc19' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-8897/usermode-1.111-3.fc19 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
usermode-1.111-3.fc19 has been pushed to the Fedora 19 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.