diff -urN linux/fs/binfmt_elf.c linux-2.3.18-elfid/fs/binfmt_elf.c
--- linux/fs/binfmt_elf.c Tue Aug 3 18:18:39 1999
+++ linux-2.3.18-elfid/fs/binfmt_elf.c Mon Sep 20 07:35:51 1999
@@ -415,8 +415,7 @@
retval = -ENOEXEC;
/* First of all, some simple consistency checks */
- if (elf_ex.e_ident[0] != 0x7f ||
- strncmp(&elf_ex.e_ident[1], "ELF", 3) != 0)
+ if (strncmp(elf_ex.e_ident, ELFMAG, SELFMAG))
goto out;
if (elf_ex.e_type != ET_EXEC && elf_ex.e_type != ET_DYN)
@@ -538,8 +537,7 @@
(N_MAGIC(interp_ex) != QMAGIC))
interpreter_type = INTERPRETER_ELF;
- if (interp_elf_ex.e_ident[0] != 0x7f ||
- strncmp(&interp_elf_ex.e_ident[1], "ELF", 3) != 0)
+ if (strncmp(interp_elf_ex.e_ident, ELFMAG, SELFMAG))
interpreter_type &= ~INTERPRETER_ELF;
retval = -ELIBBAD;
@@ -823,8 +821,7 @@
if (retval != sizeof(elf_ex))
goto out_putf;
- if (elf_ex.e_ident[0] != 0x7f ||
- strncmp(&elf_ex.e_ident[1], "ELF", 3) != 0)
+ if (strncmp(elf_ex.e_ident, ELFMAG, SELFMAG))
goto out_putf;
/* First of all, some simple consistency checks */
diff -urN linux/fs/binfmt_em86.c linux-2.3.18-elfid/fs/binfmt_em86.c
--- linux/fs/binfmt_em86.c Tue Aug 3 18:18:39 1999
+++ linux-2.3.18-elfid/fs/binfmt_em86.c Fri Sep 17 16:58:21 1999
@@ -30,11 +30,8 @@
/* Make sure this is a Linux/Intel ELF executable... */
elf_ex = *((struct elfhdr *)bprm->buf);
- if (elf_ex.e_ident[0] != 0x7f ||
- strncmp(&elf_ex.e_ident[1], "ELF",3) != 0) {
+ if (strncmp(elf_ex.e_ident, ELFMAG, SELFMAG))
return -ENOEXEC;
- }
-
/* First of all, some simple consistency checks */
if ((elf_ex.e_type != ET_EXEC &&
