diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
index 0a2c079244b6..8484b563b53d 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
@@ -1064,7 +1064,7 @@ static struct btf *btf_parse_raw(const char *path, struct btf *base_btf)
 	int err = 0;
 	long sz;
 
-	f = fopen(path, "rb");
+	f = fopen(path, "rbe");
 	if (!f) {
 		err = -errno;
 		goto err_out;
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
index 1ceb3a97dadc..60ef4c5e3bee 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -4351,7 +4351,7 @@ static int bpf_get_map_info_from_fdinfo(int fd, struct bpf_map_info *info)
 	snprintf(file, sizeof(file), "/proc/%d/fdinfo/%d", getpid(), fd);
 	memset(info, 0, sizeof(*info));
 
-	fp = fopen(file, "r");
+	fp = fopen(file, "re");
 	if (!fp) {
 		err = -errno;
 		pr_warn("failed to open %s: %d. No procfs support?\n", file,
@@ -7455,7 +7455,7 @@ int libbpf_kallsyms_parse(kallsyms_cb_t cb, void *ctx)
 	int ret, err = 0;
 	FILE *f;
 
-	f = fopen("/proc/kallsyms", "r");
+	f = fopen("/proc/kallsyms", "re");
 	if (!f) {
 		err = -errno;
 		pr_warn("failed to open /proc/kallsyms: %d\n", err);
@@ -10075,7 +10075,7 @@ static int parse_uint_from_file(const char *file, const char *fmt)
 	int err, ret;
 	FILE *f;
 
-	f = fopen(file, "r");
+	f = fopen(file, "re");
 	if (!f) {
 		err = -errno;
 		pr_debug("failed to open '%s': %s\n", file,
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_probes.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_probes.c
index 6065f408a59c..5f78a023b474 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_probes.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_probes.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ static __u32 get_ubuntu_kernel_version(void)
 	if (faccessat(AT_FDCWD, ubuntu_kver_file, R_OK, AT_EACCESS) != 0)
 		return 0;
 
-	f = fopen(ubuntu_kver_file, "r");
+	f = fopen(ubuntu_kver_file, "re");
 	if (!f)
 		return 0;
 
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/usdt.c b/tools/lib/bpf/usdt.c
index 086eef355ab3..f1a141555f08 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/usdt.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/usdt.c
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ static int parse_vma_segs(int pid, const char *lib_path, struct elf_seg **segs,
 
 proceed:
 	sprintf(line, "/proc/%d/maps", pid);
-	f = fopen(line, "r");
+	f = fopen(line, "re");
 	if (!f) {
 		err = -errno;
 		pr_warn("usdt: failed to open '%s' to get base addr of '%s': %d\n",
@@ -954,8 +954,7 @@ struct bpf_link *usdt_manager_attach_usdt(struct usdt_manager *man, const struct
 	spec_map_fd = bpf_map__fd(man->specs_map);
 	ip_map_fd = bpf_map__fd(man->ip_to_spec_id_map);
 
-	/* TODO: perform path resolution similar to uprobe's */
-	fd = open(path, O_RDONLY);
+	fd = open(path, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
 	if (fd < 0) {
 		err = -errno;
 		pr_warn("usdt: failed to open ELF binary '%s': %d\n", path, err);