From df23d178e5db318fe9d5d427146e81a262d9f36c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Henrik=20Rydg=C3=A5rd?= <hrydgard@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2025 14:25:04 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Module loading: Also check plain ELF modules if they should
 be HLE:d.

- Fixes #20568
---
 Core/HLE/sceKernelModule.cpp | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Core/HLE/sceKernelModule.cpp b/Core/HLE/sceKernelModule.cpp
index 78f559d89a..2efecb0285 100644
--- a/Core/HLE/sceKernelModule.cpp
+++ b/Core/HLE/sceKernelModule.cpp
@@ -1244,6 +1244,13 @@ static PSPModule *__KernelLoadELFFromPtr(const u8 *ptr, size_t elfSize, u32 load
 
 	modinfo = (const PspModuleInfo *)Memory::GetPointerUnchecked(modinfoaddr);
 
+	// OK, even if it's an ELF module, it might be one we shouldn't fully load and execute!
+	// This is seen with mpeg.prx in Tony Hawk's Underground 2, see #20568.
+	if (ShouldHLEModule(modinfo->name)) {
+		// We load it, but at least we don't run any part of it.
+		module->isFake = true;
+	}
+
 	module->nm.nsegment = reader.GetNumSegments();
 	module->nm.attribute = modinfo->moduleAttrs;
 	module->nm.version[0] = modinfo->moduleVersion & 0xFF;