diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c23d261..6117830 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Kernel space:
 
 - Force the kernel to panic on both "oopses", which can potentially indicate and thwart
   certain kernel exploitation attempts, and also kernel warnings in the `WARN()` path.
-  
+
 - Optional - Force immediate reboot on the occurrence of a single kernel panic and also
   (when using Linux kernel >= 6.2) limit the number of allowed panics to one.
 
@@ -573,9 +573,7 @@ See:
 #### umask
 
 Default `umask` is set to `027` for files created by non-root users such as
-user `user`. Broken. Disabled. See:
-
-* https://github.com/Kicksecure/security-misc/issues/184
+user `user`.
 
 This is done using the PAM module `pam_mkhomedir.so umask=027`.
 
@@ -589,7 +587,13 @@ https://wiki.debian.org/UserPrivateGroups
 
 Default `umask` is unchanged for root because then configuration files created
 in `/etc` by the system administrator would be unreadable by "others" and break
-applications. Examples include `/etc/firefox-esr` and `/etc/thunderbird`.
+applications. Examples include `/etc/firefox-esr` and `/etc/thunderbird`. The
+`umask` is also set to 022 via `sudoers` configuration, so that files created
+as root are world-readable even when using commands such as `sudo vi
+/etc/file` or `sudo -i; touch /etc/file`.
+
+`umask` is set to 022 rather than 027 when using `sudo`, so that commands such
+as `sudo vi /etc/configfile` and `sudo -i; touch /etc/file`
 
 See:
 
diff --git a/etc/permission-hardener.d/25_default_whitelist_mount.conf b/etc/permission-hardener.d/25_default_whitelist_mount.conf
index 54b22a6..c0a4f96 100644
--- a/etc/permission-hardener.d/25_default_whitelist_mount.conf
+++ b/etc/permission-hardener.d/25_default_whitelist_mount.conf
@@ -10,8 +10,12 @@
 ## SUID will be removed below in separate step.
 /bin/mount exactwhitelist
 /usr/bin/mount exactwhitelist
+/bin/umount exactwhitelist
+/usr/bin/umount exactwhitelist
 
 ## Remove SUID from 'mount' but keep executable.
 ## https://forums.whonix.org/t/disable-suid-binaries/7706/61
-/bin/mount 745 root root
-/usr/bin/mount 745 root root
+/bin/mount 755 root root
+/usr/bin/mount 755 root root
+/bin/umount 755 root root
+/usr/bin/umount 755 root root
diff --git a/etc/sudoers.d/security-misc b/etc/sudoers.d/security-misc
index abe4364..803ee25 100644
--- a/etc/sudoers.d/security-misc
+++ b/etc/sudoers.d/security-misc
@@ -4,3 +4,8 @@
 ## Neither of these are needed.
 #user ALL=NOPASSWD: /usr/libexec/security-misc/panic-on-oops
 #%sudo ALL=NOPASSWD: /usr/libexec/security-misc/panic-on-oops
+
+## Use a more open umask when executing commands with sudo
+## Can be overridden on a per-user basis using .[z]profile if desirable
+Defaults umask_override
+Defaults umask=0022
diff --git a/usr/share/pam-configs/umask-security-misc b/usr/share/pam-configs/umask-security-misc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6436a56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/usr/share/pam-configs/umask-security-misc
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Name: Restrict umask to 027 (by package security-misc)
+Default: yes
+Priority: 100
+Session-Type: Additional
+Session-Interactive-Only: yes
+Session:
+	[success=1 default=ignore]	pam_succeed_if.so uid eq 0
+	optional	pam_umask.so umask=027