1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 0b515ac53134..995cba3c62b8 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_uselib(const char __user * library)
         struct nameidata nd;
         int error;
 
-        error = __user_path_lookup_open(library, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &nd, FMODE_READ);
+        error = __user_path_lookup_open(library, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &nd, FMODE_READ|FMODE_EXEC);
         if (error)
                 goto out;
 
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ struct file *open_exec(const char *name)
         int err;
         struct file *file;
 
-        err = path_lookup_open(AT_FDCWD, name, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &nd, FMODE_READ);
+        err = path_lookup_open(AT_FDCWD, name, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &nd, FMODE_READ|FMODE_EXEC);
         file = ERR_PTR(err);
 
         if (!err) {
@@ -1143,10 +1143,9 @@ int do_execve(char * filename,
         int i;
 
         retval = -ENOMEM;
-        bprm = kmalloc(sizeof(*bprm), GFP_KERNEL);
+        bprm = kzalloc(sizeof(*bprm), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!bprm)
                 goto out_ret;
-        memset(bprm, 0, sizeof(*bprm));
 
         file = open_exec(filename);
         retval = PTR_ERR(file);