diff --git a/fs/coredump.c b/fs/coredump.c
index 1c060c0a2d72f25651d85ba2eee6af7360228432..b73817712dd250659a8005f9e462e88767202803 100644
--- a/fs/coredump.c
+++ b/fs/coredump.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #include <linux/path.h>
 #include <linux/timekeeping.h>
 #include <linux/sysctl.h>
+#include <linux/elf.h>
 
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/mmu_context.h>
@@ -980,6 +981,8 @@ static bool always_dump_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	return false;
 }
 
+#define DUMP_SIZE_MAYBE_ELFHDR_PLACEHOLDER 1
+
 /*
  * Decide how much of @vma's contents should be included in a core dump.
  */
@@ -1039,9 +1042,20 @@ static unsigned long vma_dump_size(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	 * dump the first page to aid in determining what was mapped here.
 	 */
 	if (FILTER(ELF_HEADERS) &&
-	    vma->vm_pgoff == 0 && (vma->vm_flags & VM_READ) &&
-	    (READ_ONCE(file_inode(vma->vm_file)->i_mode) & 0111) != 0)
-		return PAGE_SIZE;
+	    vma->vm_pgoff == 0 && (vma->vm_flags & VM_READ)) {
+		if ((READ_ONCE(file_inode(vma->vm_file)->i_mode) & 0111) != 0)
+			return PAGE_SIZE;
+
+		/*
+		 * ELF libraries aren't always executable.
+		 * We'll want to check whether the mapping starts with the ELF
+		 * magic, but not now - we're holding the mmap lock,
+		 * so copy_from_user() doesn't work here.
+		 * Use a placeholder instead, and fix it up later in
+		 * dump_vma_snapshot().
+		 */
+		return DUMP_SIZE_MAYBE_ELFHDR_PLACEHOLDER;
+	}
 
 #undef	FILTER
 
@@ -1116,8 +1130,6 @@ int dump_vma_snapshot(struct coredump_params *cprm, int *vma_count,
 		m->end = vma->vm_end;
 		m->flags = vma->vm_flags;
 		m->dump_size = vma_dump_size(vma, cprm->mm_flags);
-
-		vma_data_size += m->dump_size;
 	}
 
 	mmap_write_unlock(mm);
@@ -1127,6 +1139,23 @@ int dump_vma_snapshot(struct coredump_params *cprm, int *vma_count,
 		return -EFAULT;
 	}
 
+	for (i = 0; i < *vma_count; i++) {
+		struct core_vma_metadata *m = (*vma_meta) + i;
+
+		if (m->dump_size == DUMP_SIZE_MAYBE_ELFHDR_PLACEHOLDER) {
+			char elfmag[SELFMAG];
+
+			if (copy_from_user(elfmag, (void __user *)m->start, SELFMAG) ||
+					memcmp(elfmag, ELFMAG, SELFMAG) != 0) {
+				m->dump_size = 0;
+			} else {
+				m->dump_size = PAGE_SIZE;
+			}
+		}
+
+		vma_data_size += m->dump_size;
+	}
+
 	*vma_data_size_ptr = vma_data_size;
 	return 0;
 }