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@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- ** Bug fixes + When cp -p copied a file with special mode bits set, the same bits + were set on the copy even when ownership could not be preserved. + This could result in files that were setuid to the wrong user. + To fix this, special mode bits are now set in the copy only if its + ownership is successfully preserved. Similar problems were fixed + with mv when copying across file system boundaries. This problem + affects all versions of coreutils through 6.6. + cp --preserve=ownership would create output files that temporarily had too-generous permissions in some cases. For example, when copying a file with group A and mode 644 into a group-B sticky |