--- bash-2.05a/config.h.in	Mon Oct 22 06:58:13 2001
+++ bash-2.05a-ud/config.h.in	Thu Mar  7 17:33:03 2002
@@ -541,6 +541,9 @@
 /* Define if you have the pathconf function. */
 #undef HAVE_PATHCONF
 
+/* Define if you have the pread function. */
+#undef HAVE_PREAD
+
 /* Define if you have the putenv function.  */
 #undef HAVE_PUTENV
 
@@ -675,6 +678,9 @@
 /* Define if you have the <dlfcn.h> header file.  */
 #undef HAVE_DLFCN_H
 
+/* Define if you have the <elf.h> header file.  */
+#undef HAVE_ELF_H
+
 /* Define if you have the <grp.h> header file.  */
 #undef HAVE_GRP_H
 
--- bash-2.05a/configure.in	Mon Nov  5 12:45:35 2001
+++ bash-2.05a-ud/configure.in	Thu Mar  7 17:28:32 2002
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ BASH_HEADER_INTTYPES
 
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(unistd.h stdlib.h stdarg.h varargs.h limits.h string.h \
 		 memory.h locale.h termcap.h termio.h termios.h dlfcn.h \
-		 stddef.h stdint.h netdb.h grp.h strings.h)
+		 stddef.h stdint.h netdb.h grp.h strings.h elf.h)
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/ptem.h sys/pte.h sys/stream.h sys/select.h sys/file.h \
 		 sys/resource.h sys/param.h sys/socket.h \
 		 sys/time.h sys/times.h sys/wait.h)
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS(bcopy bzero confstr sysco
 		setlinebuf setvbuf setlocale strchr tcgetattr uname \
 		ulimit tzset siginterrupt memmove ttyname times \
 		getaddrinfo gethostbyname getservbyname inet_aton \
-		vsnprintf snprintf vasprintf asprintf fnmatch)
+		vsnprintf snprintf vasprintf asprintf fnmatch pread)
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(isascii isblank isgraph isprint isspace isxdigit)
 AC_REPLACE_FUNCS(getcwd strcasecmp strerror strpbrk strtod)
 AC_REPLACE_FUNCS(strtol strtoul strtoll strtoull strtoimax strtoumax)
--- bash-2.05a/execute_cmd.c	Mon Oct 29 11:03:18 2001
+++ bash-2.05a-ud/execute_cmd.c	Thu Mar  7 17:41:52 2002
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@
 #  include <unistd.h>
 #endif
 
+#ifdef HAVE_ELF_H
+# include <elf.h>
+#endif
+
 #include "posixtime.h"
 
 #if defined (HAVE_SYS_RESOURCE_H) && !defined (RLIMTYPE)
@@ -3499,12 +3503,21 @@ shell_execve (command, args, env)
 	internal_error ("%s: is a directory", command);
       else
 	{
+#if defined (HAVE_HASH_BANG_EXEC) || defined (HAVE_ELF_H)
+	  int fd = open (command, O_RDONLY);
+
+	  if (fd >= 0)
+	    sample_len = read (fd, sample, sizeof (sample));
+	  else
+	    sample_len = -1;
+#endif
+
 #if defined (HAVE_HASH_BANG_EXEC)
-	  READ_SAMPLE_BUF (command, sample, sample_len);
 	  if (sample_len > 2 && sample[0] == '#' && sample[1] == '!')
 	    {
 	      char *interp;
 
+	      close (fd);
 	      interp = getinterp (sample, sample_len, (int *)NULL);
 	      errno = i;
 	      sys_error ("%s: %s: bad interpreter", command, interp ? interp : "");
@@ -3512,6 +3525,126 @@ shell_execve (command, args, env)
 	      return (EX_NOEXEC);
 	    }
 #endif
+#if defined (HAVE_ELF_H)
+	  if (i == ENOENT
+	      && sample_len > EI_NIDENT
+	      && memcmp (sample, ELFMAG, SELFMAG) == 0)
+	    {
+	      off_t offset = -1;
+
+	      /* It is an ELF file.  Now determine whether it is dynamically
+		 linked and if yes, get the offset of the interpreter
+		 string.  */
+	      if (sample[EI_CLASS] == ELFCLASS32)
+		{
+		  Elf32_Ehdr *ehdr = (Elf32_Ehdr *) sample;
+		  Elf32_Phdr *phdr;
+		  int nphdr = ehdr->e_phnum;
+
+		  phdr = (Elf32_Phdr *) malloc (ehdr->e_phnum
+						* ehdr->e_phentsize);
+		  if (phdr != NULL)
+		    {
+#ifdef HAVE_PREAD
+		      sample_len = pread (fd, phdr,
+					  ehdr->e_phnum * ehdr->e_phentsize,
+					  ehdr->e_phoff);
+#else
+		      if (lseek (fd, ehdr->e_phoff, SEEK_SET) != -1)
+			sample_len = read (fd, phdr,
+					   ehdr->e_phnum * ehdr->e_phentsize);
+		      else
+			sample_len = -1;
+#endif
+		      if (sample_len == ehdr->e_phnum * ehdr->e_phentsize)
+			while (nphdr-- > 0)
+			  if (phdr[nphdr].p_type == PT_INTERP)
+			    {
+			      offset = phdr[nphdr].p_offset;
+			      break;
+			    }
+		      free (phdr);
+		    }
+		}
+	      else if (sample[EI_CLASS] == ELFCLASS64)
+		{
+		  Elf64_Ehdr *ehdr = (Elf64_Ehdr *) sample;
+		  Elf64_Phdr *phdr;
+		  int nphdr = ehdr->e_phnum;
+
+		  phdr = (Elf64_Phdr *) malloc (ehdr->e_phnum
+						* ehdr->e_phentsize);
+		  if (phdr != NULL)
+		    {
+#ifdef HAVE_PREAD
+		      sample_len = pread (fd, phdr,
+					  ehdr->e_phnum * ehdr->e_phentsize,
+					  ehdr->e_phoff);
+#else
+		      if (lseek (fd, ehdr->e_phoff, SEEK_SET) != -1)
+			sample_len = read (fd, phdr,
+					   ehdr->e_phnum * ehdr->e_phentsize);
+		      else
+			sample_len = -1;
+#endif
+		      if (sample_len == ehdr->e_phnum * ehdr->e_phentsize)
+			while (nphdr-- > 0)
+			  if (phdr[nphdr].p_type == PT_INTERP)
+			    {
+			      offset = phdr[nphdr].p_offset;
+			      break;
+			    }
+		      free (phdr);
+		    }
+		}
+
+	      if (offset != -1)
+		{
+		  size_t maxlen = 0;
+		  size_t actlen = 0;
+		  char *interp = NULL;
+
+		  do
+		    {
+		      if (actlen == maxlen)
+			{
+			  char *newinterp = realloc (interp, maxlen += 200);
+			  if (newinterp == NULL)
+			    {
+			      actlen = 0;
+			      break;
+			    }
+			  interp = newinterp;
+
+#ifdef HAVE_PREAD
+			  actlen = pread (fd, interp, maxlen, offset);
+#else
+			  if (lseek (fd, offset, SEEK_SET) != -1)
+			    actlen = read (fd, interp, maxlen);
+			  else
+			    actlen = -1;
+#endif
+			}
+		    }
+		  while (actlen > 0 && memchr (interp, '\0', actlen) == NULL);
+
+		  if (actlen > 0)
+		    {
+		      close (fd);
+		      errno = i;
+		      sys_error ("%s: %s: bad ELF interpreter", command,
+				 interp);
+		      free (interp);
+		      return (EX_NOEXEC);
+		    }
+
+		  free (interp);
+		}
+	    }
+#endif
+#if defined (HAVE_HASH_BANG_EXEC) || defined (HAVE_ELF_H)
+	  close (fd);
+#endif
 	  errno = i;
 	  file_error (command);
 	}