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diff --git a/modules/pam_unix/support.c b/modules/pam_unix/support.c
index 3ed4b1f3..38a5d88b 100644
--- a/modules/pam_unix/support.c
+++ b/modules/pam_unix/support.c
@@ -521,6 +521,13 @@ static int _unix_run_helper_binary(pam_handle_t *pamh, const char *passwd,
close(i);
}
}
+
+ if (SELINUX_ENABLED && geteuid() == 0) {
+ /* must set the real uid to 0 so the helper will not error
+ out if pam is called from setuid binary (su, sudo...) */
+ setuid(0);
+ }
+
/* exec binary helper */
args[0] = x_strdup(CHKPWD_HELPER);
args[1] = x_strdup(user);