1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/lineedit.c b/libbb/lineedit.c
index 68006ffba..d6c33541e 100644
--- a/libbb/lineedit.c
+++ b/libbb/lineedit.c
@@ -1336,7 +1336,7 @@ static void save_history(char *str)
         int fd;
         int len, len2;
 
-        fd = open(state->hist_file, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_APPEND, 0666);
+        fd = open(state->hist_file, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_APPEND, 0600);
         if (fd < 0)
                 return;
         xlseek(fd, 0, SEEK_END); /* paranoia */
@@ -1351,10 +1351,8 @@ static void save_history(char *str)
         /* did we write so much that history file needs trimming? */
         state->cnt_history_in_file++;
         if (state->cnt_history_in_file > MAX_HISTORY * 4) {
-                FILE *fp;
                 char *new_name;
                 line_input_t *st_temp;
-                int i;
 
                 /* we may have concurrently written entries from others.
                  * load them */
@@ -1364,8 +1362,12 @@ static void save_history(char *str)
 
                 /* write out temp file and replace hist_file atomically */
                 new_name = xasprintf("%s.%u.new", state->hist_file, (int) getpid());
-                fp = fopen_for_write(new_name);
-                if (fp) {
+                fd = open(state->hist_file, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, 0600);
+                if (fd >= 0) {
+                        FILE *fp;
+                        int i;
+
+                        fp = xfdopen_for_write(fd);
                         for (i = 0; i < st_temp->cnt_history; i++)
                                 fprintf(fp, "%s\n", st_temp->history[i]);
                         fclose(fp);