Patch to 2.4.18 to replace the missing rc4 patch

PATCH T. A. 1 participant 1 message Mar 3, 2002

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2002-03-03 09:21 UTC #0 lore raw

Since many people download the entire g or b zipped tarball of the
kernel I figured some would like to have a patch to replace the missing rc4 fix in their 2.4.18 source trees. Consequently I've attached it here.

fs/binfmt_elf.c +3 -0

diff -Naur linux-2.4.18/fs/binfmt_elf.c linux/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -564,6 +564,9 @@
 			// printk(KERN_WARNING "ELF: Ambiguous type, using ELF\n");
 			interpreter_type = INTERPRETER_ELF;
 		}
+	} else {
+		/* Executables without an interpreter also need a personality  */
+		SET_PERSONALITY(elf_ex, ibcs2_interpreter);
 	}
 
 	/* OK, we are done with that, now set up the arg stuff,