1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index 3dc6a123fa10..66cd711a6b1a 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -730,6 +730,7 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm, struct pt_regs *regs)
 
         /* Some simple consistency checks for the interpreter */
         if (elf_interpreter) {
+                static int warn;
                 interpreter_type = INTERPRETER_ELF | INTERPRETER_AOUT;
 
                 /* Now figure out which format our binary is */
@@ -741,6 +742,13 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm, struct pt_regs *regs)
                 if (memcmp(loc->interp_elf_ex.e_ident, ELFMAG, SELFMAG) != 0)
                         interpreter_type &= ~INTERPRETER_ELF;
 
+                if (interpreter_type == INTERPRETER_AOUT && warn < 10) {
+                        printk(KERN_WARNING "a.out ELF interpreter %s is "
+                                "deprecated and will not be supported "
+                                "after Linux 2.6.25\n", elf_interpreter);
+                        warn++;
+                }
+
                 retval = -ELIBBAD;
                 if (!interpreter_type)
                         goto out_free_dentry;