Thanks for the bug report Evgeny and for the initial investigation,
Lena.
The following commit "fixes" the issue:
commit f2d84f1b3fa68d77c99238d4c645d0266fae2a74
Author: d...@openbsd.org <d...@openbsd.org>
AuthorDate: Wed May 13 09:55:57 2020 +0000
Commit: Damien Miller <d...@mindrot.org>
CommitDate: Wed May 27 10:09:19 2020 +1000
I say "fixes" because it doesn't do exactly what Evgeny is asking in the
bug description; that is, it doesn't make ssh-keygen preserve *all* of
the permission bits. Instead, with the commit above applied we see that
ssh-keygen in Focal/Bionic start behaving exactly like what we see in
Impish/Jammy, and the group/all *read* permissions are preserved, but
not the (e.g.) execute permission. We can see that on the output that
Lena pasted.
Either way, preserving the "read" permission bits for group/all and
dropping everything else is done on purpose, as can be seen on this
excerpt (from ssh-keygen.c:do_known_hosts):
...
fchmod(fd, sb.st_mode & 0644);
...
I have already backported & tested the patch on Bionic, and it works. I will
start filing MPs tomorrow.
** Changed in: openssh (Ubuntu Bionic)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Sergio Durigan Junior (sergiodj)
** Changed in: openssh (Ubuntu Focal)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Sergio Durigan Junior (sergiodj)
** Changed in: openssh (Ubuntu Bionic)
Status: Confirmed => Triaged
** Changed in: openssh (Ubuntu Bionic)
Status: Triaged => In Progress
** Changed in: openssh (Ubuntu Focal)
Status: Confirmed => In Progress
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