File iputils-ss021109-sec-traceroute6-setuid-retvalcheck.diff of Package iputils

--- iputils/traceroute6.c
+++ iputils/traceroute6.c
@@ -337,8 +337,11 @@
 	icmp_sock = socket(AF_INET6, SOCK_RAW, IPPROTO_ICMPV6);
 	socket_errno = errno;
 
-	setuid(getuid());
-
+	if(setuid(getuid()) != 0)
+	{
+		Fprintf(stderr, "traceroute: setuid()\n");
+		exit(-1);
+	}
 	on = 1;
 	seq = tos = 0;
 	to = (struct sockaddr_in6 *)&whereto;