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 kdelibs 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): kdelibs-4.10.3-2.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 kdelibs-4.10.3-2.fc19.x86_64.rpm kdelibs,kdelibs-4.10.3-2.fc19.x86_64.rpm,/usr/bin/kbuildsycoca4,mode=0100755,NX=Enabled,CANARY=Disabled,RELRO=Partial,PIE=Disabled,RPATH=Disabled,RUNPATH=Disabled,FORTIFY=NA,CATEGORY=None kdelibs,kdelibs-4.10.3-2.fc19.x86_64.rpm,/usr/bin/kcookiejar4,mode=0100755,NX=Enabled,CANARY=Enabled,RELRO=Partial,PIE=Disabled,RPATH=Disabled,RUNPATH=Disabled,FORTIFY=Disabled,CATEGORY=None kdelibs,kdelibs-4.10.3-2.fc19.x86_64.rpm,/usr/bin/kde4-config,mode=0100755,NX=Enabled,CANARY=Disabled,RELRO=Partial,PIE=Disabled,RPATH=Disabled,RUNPATH=Disabled,FORTIFY=Enabled,CATEGORY=None kdelibs,kdelibs-4.10.3-2.fc19.x86_64.rpm,/usr/bin/kded4,mode=0100755,NX=Enabled,CANARY=Disabled,RELRO=Partial,PIE=Disabled,RPATH=Disabled,RUNPATH=Disabled,FORTIFY=NA,CATEGORY=None kdelibs,kdelibs-4.10.3-2.fc19.x86_64.rpm,/usr/bin/kdeinit4,mode=0100755,NX=Enabled,CANARY=Enabled,RELRO=Partial,PIE=Disabled,RPATH=Disabled,RUNPATH=Disabled,FORTIFY=Enabled,CATEGORY=network-local kdelibs,kdelibs-4.10.3-2.fc19.x86_64.rpm,/usr/bin/kdeinit4_shutdown,mode=0100755,NX=Enabled,CANARY=Enabled,RELRO=Partial,PIE=Disabled,RPATH=Disabled,RUNPATH=Disabled,FORTIFY=Enabled,CATEGORY=network-local kdelibs,kdelibs-4.10.3-2.fc19.x86_64.rpm,/usr/bin/kdeinit4_wrapper,mode=0100755,NX=Enabled,CANARY=Enabled,RELRO=Partial,PIE=Disabled,RPATH=Disabled,RUNPATH=Disabled,FORTIFY=Enabled,CATEGORY=network-local kdelibs,kdelibs-4.10.3-2.fc19.x86_64.rpm,/usr/bin/kfilemetadatareader,mode=0100755,NX=Enabled,CANARY=Disabled,RELRO=Partial,PIE=Disabled,RPATH=Disabled,RUNPATH=Disabled,FORTIFY=NA,CATEGORY=None kdelibs,kdelibs-4.10.3-2.fc19.x86_64.rpm,/usr/bin/kjs,mode=0100755,NX=Enabled,CANARY=Disabled,RELRO=Partial,PIE=Disabled,RPATH=Disabled,RUNPATH=Disabled,FORTIFY=Enabled,CATEGORY=None kdelibs,kdelibs-4.10.3-2.fc19.x86_64.rpm,/usr/bin/kjscmd,mode=0100755,NX=Enabled,CANARY=Disabled,RELRO=Partial,PIE=Disabled,RPATH=Disabled,RUNPATH=Disabled,FORTIFY=NA,CATEGORY=None kdelibs,kdelibs-4.10.3-2.fc19.x86_64.rpm,/usr/bin/kmailservice,mode=0100755,NX=Enabled,CANARY=Disabled,RELRO=Partial,PIE=Disabled,RPATH=Disabled,RUNPATH=Disabled,FORTIFY=NA,CATEGORY=None kdelibs,kdelibs-4.10.3-2.fc19.x86_64.rpm,/usr/bin/kross,mode=0100755,NX=Enabled,CANARY=Disabled,RELRO=Partial,PIE=Disabled,RPATH=Disabled,RUNPATH=Disabled,FORTIFY=NA,CATEGORY=None kdelibs,kdelibs-4.10.3-2.fc19.x86_64.rpm,/usr/bin/kshell4,mode=0100755,NX=Enabled,CANARY=Enabled,RELRO=Partial,PIE=Disabled,RPATH=Disabled,RUNPATH=Disabled,FORTIFY=Enabled,CATEGORY=network-local kdelibs,kdelibs-4.10.3-2.fc19.x86_64.rpm,/usr/bin/ktelnetservice,mode=0100755,NX=Enabled,CANARY=Disabled,RELRO=Partial,PIE=Disabled,RPATH=Disabled,RUNPATH=Disabled,FORTIFY=NA,CATEGORY=None kdelibs,kdelibs-4.10.3-2.fc19.x86_64.rpm,/usr/bin/kunittestmodrunner,mode=0100755,NX=Enabled,CANARY=Enabled,RELRO=Partial,PIE=Disabled,RPATH=Disabled,RUNPATH=Disabled,FORTIFY=NA,CATEGORY=None kdelibs,kdelibs-4.10.3-2.fc19.x86_64.rpm,/usr/bin/kwrapper4,mode=0100755,NX=Enabled,CANARY=Enabled,RELRO=Partial,PIE=Disabled,RPATH=Disabled,RUNPATH=Disabled,FORTIFY=Enabled,CATEGORY=network-local kdelibs,kdelibs-4.10.3-2.fc19.x86_64.rpm,/usr/bin/meinproc4,mode=0100755,NX=Enabled,CANARY=Enabled,RELRO=Partial,PIE=Disabled,RPATH=Disabled,RUNPATH=Disabled,FORTIFY=Enabled,CATEGORY=None kdelibs,kdelibs-4.10.3-2.fc19.x86_64.rpm,/usr/bin/meinproc4_simple,mode=0100755,NX=Enabled,CANARY=Enabled,RELRO=Partial,PIE=Disabled,RPATH=Disabled,RUNPATH=Disabled,FORTIFY=Enabled,CATEGORY=None kdelibs,kdelibs-4.10.3-2.fc19.x86_64.rpm,/usr/bin/nepomuk-rcgen,mode=0100755,NX=Enabled,CANARY=Disabled,RELRO=Partial,PIE=Disabled,RPATH=Disabled,RUNPATH=Disabled,FORTIFY=Disabled,CATEGORY=None kdelibs,kdelibs-4.10.3-2.fc19.x86_64.rpm,/usr/libexec/kde4/kauth-policy-gen,mode=0100755,NX=Enabled,CANARY=Disabled,RELRO=Partial,PIE=Disabled,RPATH=Disabled,RUNPATH=Disabled,FORTIFY=NA,CATEGORY=None kdelibs,kdelibs-4.10.3-2.fc19.x86_64.rpm,/usr/libexec/kde4/kconf_update,mode=0100755,NX=Enabled,CANARY=Disabled,RELRO=Partial,PIE=Disabled,RPATH=Disabled,RUNPATH=Disabled,FORTIFY=NA,CATEGORY=None kdelibs,kdelibs-4.10.3-2.fc19.x86_64.rpm,/usr/libexec/kde4/kdesu_stub,mode=0100755,NX=Enabled,CANARY=Disabled,RELRO=Partial,PIE=Disabled,RPATH=Disabled,RUNPATH=Disabled,FORTIFY=Enabled,CATEGORY=None kdelibs,kdelibs-4.10.3-2.fc19.x86_64.rpm,/usr/libexec/kde4/kio_http_cache_cleaner,mode=0100755,NX=Enabled,CANARY=Disabled,RELRO=Partial,PIE=Disabled,RPATH=Disabled,RUNPATH=Disabled,FORTIFY=NA,CATEGORY=None kdelibs,kdelibs-4.10.3-2.fc19.x86_64.rpm,/usr/libexec/kde4/kioslave,mode=0100755,NX=Enabled,CANARY=Disabled,RELRO=Partial,PIE=Disabled,RPATH=Disabled,RUNPATH=Disabled,FORTIFY=NA,CATEGORY=None kdelibs,kdelibs-4.10.3-2.fc19.x86_64.rpm,/usr/libexec/kde4/klauncher,mode=0100755,NX=Enabled,CANARY=Disabled,RELRO=Partial,PIE=Disabled,RPATH=Disabled,RUNPATH=Disabled,FORTIFY=NA,CATEGORY=None kdelibs,kdelibs-4.10.3-2.fc19.x86_64.rpm,/usr/libexec/kde4/kpac_dhcp_helper,mode=0104755,NX=Enabled,CANARY=Disabled,RELRO=Partial,PIE=Disabled,RPATH=Disabled,RUNPATH=Disabled,FORTIFY=Enabled,CATEGORY=network-ip kdelibs,kdelibs-4.10.3-2.fc19.x86_64.rpm,/usr/libexec/kde4/ksendbugmail,mode=0100755,NX=Enabled,CANARY=Enabled,RELRO=Partial,PIE=Disabled,RPATH=Disabled,RUNPATH=Disabled,FORTIFY=Disabled,CATEGORY=None kdelibs,kdelibs-4.10.3-2.fc19.x86_64.rpm,/usr/libexec/kde4/lnusertemp,mode=0100755,NX=Enabled,CANARY=Enabled,RELRO=Partial,PIE=Disabled,RPATH=Disabled,RUNPATH=Disabled,FORTIFY=Enabled,CATEGORY=None kdelibs,kdelibs-4.10.3-2.fc19.x86_64.rpm,/usr/libexec/kde4/start_kdeinit,mode=0100755,NX=Enabled,CANARY=Enabled,RELRO=Partial,PIE=Disabled,RPATH=Disabled,RUNPATH=Disabled,FORTIFY=Enabled,CATEGORY=None kdelibs,kdelibs-4.10.3-2.fc19.x86_64.rpm,/usr/libexec/kde4/start_kdeinit_wrapper,mode=0100755,NX=Enabled,CANARY=Disabled,RELRO=Partial,PIE=Disabled,RPATH=Disabled,RUNPATH=Disabled,FORTIFY=NA,CATEGORY=None
Implemented in f23 and newer as part of https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Harden_All_Packages