--- a/fs/exec.c~exec-remove-checks-in-__register_bimfmt +++ a/fs/exec.c @@ -84,9 +84,6 @@ static DEFINE_RWLOCK(binfmt_lock); void __register_binfmt(struct linux_binfmt * fmt, int insert) { - BUG_ON(!fmt); - if (WARN_ON(!fmt->load_binary)) - return; write_lock(&binfmt_lock); insert ? list_add(&fmt->lh, &formats) : list_add_tail(&fmt->lh, &formats);