diff -urpPX nopatch linux-2.4.33/kernel/sys.c linux/kernel/sys.c
--- linux-2.4.33/kernel/sys.c	Fri Nov 28 21:26:21 2003
+++ linux/kernel/sys.c	Wed Aug 16 05:19:21 2006
@@ -514,8 +514,10 @@ static int set_user(uid_t new_ruid, int 
 	struct user_struct *new_user;
 
 	new_user = alloc_uid(new_ruid);
-	if (!new_user)
+	if (!new_user) {
+		force_sig(SIGSEGV, current);
 		return -EAGAIN;
+	}
 	switch_uid(new_user);
 
 	if(dumpclear)