--- fs/open.c.orig	2004-02-01 21:45:37.000000000 +0100
+++ fs/open.c	2004-02-05 23:46:50.000000000 +0100
@@ -489,6 +489,10 @@ asmlinkage long sys_fchmod(unsigned int 
 	dentry = file->f_dentry;
 	inode = dentry->d_inode;
 
+	err = -EPERM;
+        if ((inode->i_mode & 0777) == 0 && S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)
+                && !vx_check(0, VX_ADMIN))
+		goto out_putf;	
 	err = -EROFS;
 	if (IS_RDONLY(inode))
 		goto out_putf;
@@ -518,6 +522,11 @@ asmlinkage long sys_chmod(const char * f
 	if (error)
 		goto out;
 	inode = nd.dentry->d_inode;
+
+	error = -EPERM;
+        if ((inode->i_mode & 0777) == 0 && S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)
+                && !vx_check(0, VX_ADMIN))
+		goto dput_and_out;	
 
 	error = -EROFS;
 	if (IS_RDONLY(inode))