diff -NurpP --minimal linux-2.4.24-vs1.25/fs/open.c linux-2.4.24-vs1.26/fs/open.c
--- linux-2.4.24-vs1.25/fs/open.c	2004-02-06 00:18:04.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.4.24-vs1.26/fs/open.c	2004-02-06 20:23:36.000000000 +0100
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_fchmod(unsigned int 
 
 	err = -EPERM;
         if ((inode->i_mode & 0777) == 0 && S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)
-                && !vx_check(0, VX_ADMIN))
+                && IS_IMMUTABLE_LINK(inode) && !vx_check(0, VX_ADMIN))
 		goto out_putf;	
 	err = -EROFS;
 	if (IS_RDONLY(inode))
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_chmod(const char * f
 
 	error = -EPERM;
         if ((inode->i_mode & 0777) == 0 && S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)
-                && !vx_check(0, VX_ADMIN))
+                && IS_IMMUTABLE_LINK(inode) && !vx_check(0, VX_ADMIN))
 		goto dput_and_out;	
 
 	error = -EROFS;