diff -ur qemu-8.0.3.orig/linux-user/syscall.c qemu-8.0.3/linux-user/syscall.c
--- qemu-8.0.3.orig/linux-user/syscall.c	2023-07-22 14:27:06.999503109 +0200
+++ qemu-8.0.3/linux-user/syscall.c	2023-07-22 15:21:31.161543522 +0200
@@ -659,6 +659,7 @@
 #endif
 safe_syscall5(int, waitid, idtype_t, idtype, id_t, id, siginfo_t *, infop, \
               int, options, struct rusage *, rusage)
+safe_syscall3(int, execve, const char *, filename, char **, argv, char **, envp)
 safe_syscall5(int, execveat, int, dirfd, const char *, filename,
               char **, argv, char **, envp, int, flags)
 #if defined(TARGET_NR_select) || defined(TARGET_NR__newselect) || \
@@ -8388,9 +8389,9 @@
     return safe_openat(dirfd, path(pathname), flags, mode);
 }
 
-static int do_execveat(CPUArchState *cpu_env, int dirfd,
-                       abi_long pathname, abi_long guest_argp,
-                       abi_long guest_envp, int flags)
+static int do_execv(CPUArchState *cpu_env, int dirfd,
+                    abi_long pathname, abi_long guest_argp,
+                    abi_long guest_envp, int flags, bool is_execveat)
 {
     int ret;
     char **argp, **envp;
@@ -8469,11 +8470,14 @@
         goto execve_efault;
     }
 
+    const char *exe = p;
     if (is_proc_myself(p, "exe")) {
-        ret = get_errno(safe_execveat(dirfd, exec_path, argp, envp, flags));
-    } else {
-        ret = get_errno(safe_execveat(dirfd, p, argp, envp, flags));
+        exe = exec_path;
     }
+    ret = is_execveat
+        ? safe_execveat(dirfd, exe, argp, envp, flags)
+        : safe_execve(exe, argp, envp);
+    ret = get_errno(ret);
 
     unlock_user(p, pathname, 0);
 
@@ -9012,9 +9016,9 @@
         return ret;
 #endif
     case TARGET_NR_execveat:
-        return do_execveat(cpu_env, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5);
+        return do_execv(cpu_env, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5, true);
     case TARGET_NR_execve:
-        return do_execveat(cpu_env, AT_FDCWD, arg1, arg2, arg3, 0);
+        return do_execv(cpu_env, AT_FDCWD, arg1, arg2, arg3, 0, false);
     case TARGET_NR_chdir:
         if (!(p = lock_user_string(arg1)))
             return -TARGET_EFAULT;