This bug was fixed in the package golang-1.6 - 1.6.2-0ubuntu5~16.04.3
--------------- golang-1.6 (1.6.2-0ubuntu5~16.04.3) xenial; urgency=medium
* Backport workaround for execve issue that causes the setuid bit to be ignored when losing a race in the kernel. (LP: #1672819)
-- Michael Hudson-Doyle <email address hidden> Mon, 03 Jul 2017 11:53:56 +1200
This bug was fixed in the package golang-1.6 - 1.6.2-0ubuntu5~ 16.04.3
--------------- 0ubuntu5~ 16.04.3) xenial; urgency=medium
golang-1.6 (1.6.2-
* Backport workaround for execve issue that causes the setuid bit to be
ignored when losing a race in the kernel. (LP: #1672819)
-- Michael Hudson-Doyle <email address hidden> Mon, 03 Jul 2017 11:53:56 +1200