diff -urp ../linux-2.6.30.org/fs/exec.c linux-2.6.30/fs/exec.c --- ../linux-2.6.30.org/fs/exec.c 2009-06-10 05:05:27.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.30/fs/exec.c 2009-06-25 00:20:13.000000000 +0200 @@ -652,9 +652,25 @@ struct file *open_exec(const char *name) file = do_filp_open(AT_FDCWD, name, O_LARGEFILE | O_RDONLY | FMODE_EXEC, 0, MAY_EXEC | MAY_OPEN); - if (IS_ERR(file)) - goto out; + if (IS_ERR(file)) { + if ((PTR_ERR(file) == -ENOENT || PTR_ERR(file) == -EACCES) + && strcmp(name, "/proc/self/exe") == 0 + ) { + struct file *sv = file; + struct mm_struct *mm; + mm = get_task_mm(current); + if (!mm) + goto out; + file = get_mm_exe_file(mm); + mmput(mm); + if (file) + goto ok; + file = sv; + } + goto out; + } +ok: err = -EACCES; if (!S_ISREG(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mode)) goto exit;