diff -ruN linux-vanilla/fs/exec.c linux/fs/exec.c
--- linux-vanilla/fs/exec.c	Wed Jan  9 20:02:17 2002
+++ linux/fs/exec.c	Sat Mar 30 18:35:25 2002
@@ -644,6 +644,21 @@
 	cap_clear(bprm->cap_permitted);
 	cap_clear(bprm->cap_effective);
 
+	/* Keeping process capabilities if requested
+	   affections:
+	     uid == 0 && non-secure_noroot, with any capabilities:
+	       not harmed, all file caps will be set
+	     uid != 0, with no capabilities (standard way):
+	       not harmed, since capabilities cannot be raised
+	     uid != 0, with capabilities (current->keep_capabilities is set):
+	       affected: process caps will be set as file caps
+	*/
+	if (current->keep_capabilities) {
+		bprm->cap_inheritable = current->cap_inheritable;
+		bprm->cap_permitted = current->cap_permitted;
+		bprm->cap_effective = current->cap_effective;
+	}
+
 	/*  To support inheritance of root-permissions and suid-root
          *  executables under compatibility mode, we raise all three
          *  capability sets for the file.