Patch is backported from 
http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/uclibc/2011-March/045003.html

Upstream-Status: Pending

Index: git/ldso/ldso/dl-elf.c
===================================================================
--- git.orig/ldso/ldso/dl-elf.c	2012-01-23 19:18:58.000000000 -0800
+++ git/ldso/ldso/dl-elf.c	2012-01-23 21:52:06.144646590 -0800
@@ -133,53 +133,60 @@
  * in uClibc/ldso/util/ldd.c */
 static struct elf_resolve *
 search_for_named_library(const char *name, unsigned rflags, const char *path_list,
-	struct dyn_elf **rpnt)
+	struct dyn_elf **rpnt, const char* origin)
 {
-	char *path, *path_n, *mylibname;
+	char *mylibname;
+	const char *p, *pn;
 	struct elf_resolve *tpnt;
-	int done;
+	int plen;
 
 	if (path_list==NULL)
 		return NULL;
 
-	/* We need a writable copy of this string, but we don't
-	 * need this allocated permanently since we don't want
-	 * to leak memory, so use alloca to put path on the stack */
-	done = _dl_strlen(path_list);
-	path = alloca(done + 1);
-
 	/* another bit of local storage */
 	mylibname = alloca(2050);
 
-	_dl_memcpy(path, path_list, done+1);
-
 	/* Unlike ldd.c, don't bother to eliminate double //s */
 
 	/* Replace colons with zeros in path_list */
 	/* : at the beginning or end of path maps to CWD */
 	/* :: anywhere maps CWD */
 	/* "" maps to CWD */
-	done = 0;
-	path_n = path;
-	do {
-		if (*path == 0) {
-			*path = ':';
-			done = 1;
+	for (p = path_list; p != NULL; p = pn) {
+		pn = _dl_strchr(p + 1, ':');
+		if (pn != NULL) {
+			plen = pn - p;
+			pn++;
+		} else
+			plen = _dl_strlen(p);
+
+		if (plen >= 7 && _dl_memcmp(p, "$ORIGIN", 7) == 0) {
+			int olen;
+			if (rflags && plen != 7)
+				continue;
+			if (origin == NULL)
+				continue;
+			for (olen = _dl_strlen(origin) - 1; olen >= 0 && origin[olen] != '/'; olen--)
+				;
+			if (olen <= 0)
+				continue;
+			_dl_memcpy(&mylibname[0], origin, olen);
+			_dl_memcpy(&mylibname[olen], p + 7, plen - 7);
+			mylibname[olen + plen - 7] = 0;
+		} else if (plen != 0) {
+			_dl_memcpy(mylibname, p, plen);
+			mylibname[plen] = 0;
+		} else {
+			_dl_strcpy(mylibname, ".");
 		}
-		if (*path == ':') {
-			*path = 0;
-			if (*path_n)
-				_dl_strcpy(mylibname, path_n);
-			else
-				_dl_strcpy(mylibname, "."); /* Assume current dir if empty path */
-			_dl_strcat(mylibname, "/");
-			_dl_strcat(mylibname, name);
-			if ((tpnt = _dl_load_elf_shared_library(rflags, rpnt, mylibname)) != NULL)
-				return tpnt;
-			path_n = path+1;
-		}
-		path++;
-	} while (!done);
+		_dl_strcat(mylibname, "/");
+		_dl_strcat(mylibname, name);
+
+		tpnt = _dl_load_elf_shared_library(rflags, rpnt, mylibname);
+		if (tpnt != NULL)
+			return tpnt;
+	}
+
 	return NULL;
 }
 
@@ -231,8 +238,10 @@
 	if (pnt) {
 		pnt += (unsigned long) tpnt->dynamic_info[DT_STRTAB];
 		_dl_if_debug_dprint("\tsearching RPATH='%s'\n", pnt);
-		if ((tpnt1 = search_for_named_library(libname, rflags, pnt, rpnt)) != NULL)
+		if ((tpnt1 = search_for_named_library(libname, rflags, pnt, rpnt,
+						      tpnt->libname)) != NULL)
 			return tpnt1;
+
 	}
 #endif
 
@@ -240,7 +249,7 @@
 	/* Check in LD_{ELF_}LIBRARY_PATH, if specified and allowed */
 	if (_dl_library_path) {
 		_dl_if_debug_dprint("\tsearching LD_LIBRARY_PATH='%s'\n", _dl_library_path);
-		if ((tpnt1 = search_for_named_library(libname, rflags, _dl_library_path, rpnt)) != NULL)
+		if ((tpnt1 = search_for_named_library(libname, rflags, _dl_library_path, rpnt, NULL)) != NULL)
 		{
 			return tpnt1;
 		}
@@ -254,7 +263,7 @@
 	if (pnt) {
 		pnt += (unsigned long) tpnt->dynamic_info[DT_STRTAB];
 		_dl_if_debug_dprint("\tsearching RUNPATH='%s'\n", pnt);
-		if ((tpnt1 = search_for_named_library(libname, rflags, pnt, rpnt)) != NULL)
+		if ((tpnt1 = search_for_named_library(libname, rflags, pnt, rpnt, NULL)) != NULL)
 			return tpnt1;
 	}
 #endif
@@ -288,7 +297,7 @@
 	/* Look for libraries wherever the shared library loader
 	 * was installed */
 	_dl_if_debug_dprint("\tsearching ldso dir='%s'\n", _dl_ldsopath);
-	tpnt1 = search_for_named_library(libname, rflags, _dl_ldsopath, rpnt);
+	tpnt1 = search_for_named_library(libname, rflags, _dl_ldsopath, rpnt, NULL);
 	if (tpnt1 != NULL)
 		return tpnt1;
 #endif
@@ -301,7 +310,7 @@
 #ifndef __LDSO_CACHE_SUPPORT__
 					":" UCLIBC_RUNTIME_PREFIX "usr/X11R6/lib"
 #endif
-					, rpnt);
+					, rpnt, NULL);
 	if (tpnt1 != NULL)
 		return tpnt1;
 
Index: git/ldso/ldso/ldso.c
===================================================================
--- git.orig/ldso/ldso/ldso.c	2012-01-23 19:18:58.000000000 -0800
+++ git/ldso/ldso/ldso.c	2012-01-23 21:34:11.152594621 -0800
@@ -407,6 +407,20 @@
 	return p - list;
 }
 
+static void _dl_setup_progname(const char *argv0)
+{
+	char image[PATH_MAX];
+	ssize_t s;
+
+	s = _dl_readlink("/proc/self/exe", image, sizeof(image));
+	if (s > 0 && image[0] == '/') {
+		image[s] = 0;
+		_dl_progname = _dl_strdup(image);
+	} else if (argv0) {
+		_dl_progname = argv0;
+	}
+}
+
 void *_dl_get_ready_to_run(struct elf_resolve *tpnt, DL_LOADADDR_TYPE load_addr,
 			  ElfW(auxv_t) auxvt[AT_EGID + 1], char **envp, char **argv
 			  DL_GET_READY_TO_RUN_EXTRA_PARMS)
@@ -458,9 +472,7 @@
 	 * been fixed up by now.  Still no function calls outside of this
 	 * library, since the dynamic resolver is not yet ready.
 	 */
-	if (argv[0]) {
-		_dl_progname = argv[0];
-	}
+	_dl_setup_progname(argv[0]);
 
 #ifndef __LDSO_STANDALONE_SUPPORT__
 	if (_start == (void *) auxvt[AT_ENTRY].a_un.a_val) {