permissions inside linux-2.6.0-test6.tar.bz2

First excuse me if this has already been posted but a quick search showed me it hadn't. The problem is trivial and it should have been resolved if it has been reported.

Here it is:

# tar xjf linux-2.6.0-test6.tar.bz2
# find . -not -perm -444 -exec ls -al "{}" \;
-rw-r-----    1 1046     1046        27217 Sep 28 03:51
./linux-2.6.0-test6/drivers/net/arm/ether00.c
-rw-r-----    1 1046     1046        13235 Sep 28 03:51
./linux-2.6.0-test6/drivers/char/agp/isoch.c
-rw-r-----    1 1046     1046        17188 Sep 28 03:51
./linux-2.6.0-test6/drivers/input/joystick/grip_mp.c
-rw-r-----    1 1046     1046         1992 Sep 28 03:50
./linux-2.6.0-test6/arch/arm/mach-integrator/lm.c
-rw-r-----    1 1046     1046         5363 Sep 28 03:50
./linux-2.6.0-test6/arch/arm/mach-integrator/impd1.c
-rw-r-----    1 1046     1046          422 Sep 28 03:50
./linux-2.6.0-test6/arch/arm/mach-integrator/Kconfig
-rw-r-----    1 1046     1046          698 Sep 28 03:50
./linux-2.6.0-test6/arch/arm/common/platform.c
-rw-r-----    1 1046     1046         6062 Sep 28 03:50
./linux-2.6.0-test6/arch/arm/common/amba.c
-rw-r-----    1 1046     1046         3352 Sep 28 03:51
./linux-2.6.0-test6/arch/arm/common/icst525.c
-rw-r-----    1 1046     1046         8717 Sep 28 03:50
./linux-2.6.0-test6/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig
-rw-r-----    1 1046     1046        11559 Sep 28 03:50
./linux-2.6.0-test6/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm1026.S
-rw-r-----    1 1046     1046        12538 Sep 28 03:50
./linux-2.6.0-test6/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm1020e.S
-rw-r-----    1 1046     1046        11806 Sep 28 03:51
./linux-2.6.0-test6/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm1022.S
-rw-r-----    1 1046     1046         1091 Sep 28 03:51
./linux-2.6.0-test6/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c
-rw-r-----    1 1046     1046          581 Sep 28 03:50
./linux-2.6.0-test6/include/asm-arm/arch-integrator/lm.h
-rw-r-----    1 1046     1046          512 Sep 28 03:50
./linux-2.6.0-test6/include/asm-arm/arch-integrator/impd1.h
-rw-r-----    1 1046     1046          350 Sep 28 03:50
./linux-2.6.0-test6/include/asm-arm/traps.h
-rw-r-----    1 1046     1046         1152 Sep 28 03:50
./linux-2.6.0-test6/include/asm-arm/hardware/icst525.h
-rw-r-----    1 1046     1046         1179 Sep 28 03:50
./linux-2.6.0-test6/include/asm-arm/hardware/amba.h
-rw-r-----    1 1046     1046           34 Sep 28 03:50
./linux-2.6.0-test6/include/asm-arm/sections.h
-rw-r-----    1 1046     1046         5926 Sep 28 03:50
./linux-2.6.0-test6/include/video/neomagic.h
-rw-r-----    1 1046     1046         1593 Sep 28 03:51
./linux-2.6.0-test6/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.megaraid

So, these files are not world readable as they should be.
I bumped into this while trying to compile the kernel from user. Anyone trying to do so and trying to use one of these files is affected.
It's really a matter of running chmod -R but there might be some cases where this is not possible.

One more thing I want to recommend. Please use the tar options --owner 0 --group 0 when creating the archive. The uid/gid 1046 combination might already be present on the system(or appear in the future) and might bring security risks for the unwary.

Regards
Delian Krustev