--- xbmc-17.3-Krypton/tools/Linux/kodi.sh.in.orig	2017-06-08 14:21:19.778380804 +0200
+++ xbmc-17.3-Krypton/tools/Linux/kodi.sh.in	2017-06-08 14:23:02.630455849 +0200
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 LIBDIR="@libdir@"
 CRASHLOG_DIR=${CRASHLOG_DIR:-$HOME}
 USERDATA_DIR="${HOME}/.${bin_name}"
-
+USERDATA_PERMS="700"
 
 # Workaround for high CPU load with nvidia GFX
 export __GL_YIELD=USLEEP
@@ -35,7 +35,17 @@
 # Fix wasting RAM due to fragmentation
 export MALLOC_MMAP_THRESHOLD_=131072
 
-
+check_perms()
+{
+if [ -d "${USERDATA_DIR}" ]; then
+    CURRENT_PERMS="$(stat -c '%a' ${USERDATA_DIR})"
+    if [ $USERDATA_PERMS != $CURRENT_PERMS ]; then
+	echo "INFO: $USERDATA_DIR is world readable!"
+	echo "INFO: switching to $USERDATA_PERMS"
+	chmod $USERDATA_PERMS $USERDATA_DIR
+    fi
+fi
+}
 
 migrate_home()
 {
@@ -138,6 +148,9 @@
 
 migrate_home
 
+#check and fix perms after having migrated home
+check_perms
+
 if command_exists gdb; then
   # Output warning in case ulimit is unsupported by shell
   eval ulimit -c unlimited
@@ -161,4 +174,8 @@
   fi
 done
 
+#check perm again, for first ever start of kodi, USERDATA_DIR did not
+#yet exist before
+check_perms
+
 exit $RET