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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/readonly-area.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/readonly-area.c
index 29224d98b9..69e926a7a1 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/readonly-area.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/readonly-area.c
@@ -35,10 +35,15 @@ __readonly_area (const char *ptr, size_t size)
   FILE *fp = fopen ("/proc/self/maps", "rc");
   if (fp == NULL)
     {
-      if (errno == ENOENT)
-	/* It is the system administrator's choice to not have /proc
-	   available to this process (e.g., because it runs in a chroot
-	   environment.  Don't fail in this case.  */
+      /* It is the system administrator's choice to not have /proc
+	 available to this process (e.g., because it runs in a chroot
+	 environment.  Don't fail in this case.  */
+      if (errno == ENOENT
+	  /* The kernel has a bug in that a process is denied access
+	     to the /proc filesystem if it is set[ug]id.  There has
+	     been no willingness to change this in the kernel so
+	     far.  */
+	  || errno == EACCES)
 	return 1;
       return -1;
     }