diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6e71be5..864559e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ IMPROVEMENTS:
 
 BUG FIXES:
 
+* Fixed `permission denied` when a task reads files under `/proc` (e.g. `r:/proc/self/mountinfo`) via an explicit `unveil` entry. [[GH-100](https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad-driver-exec2/pull/100)]
 * Fixed mount propagation so host mounts remain visible while task-internal mounts stay isolated from the host. [[GH-99](https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad-driver-exec2/pull/99)]
 * Fixed `GOMAXPROCS` to prevent Go workloads from being over-threaded against the host CPU capacity. [[GH-98](https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad-driver-exec2/pull/98)]
 * Error messages from the `unshare`/`nsenter` shim processes now appear in the allocation logs. [[GH-95](https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad-driver-exec2/pull/95)]
diff --git a/pkg/shim/sandbox.go b/pkg/shim/sandbox.go
index 30f0de7..64d8320 100644
--- a/pkg/shim/sandbox.go
+++ b/pkg/shim/sandbox.go
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/shoenig/go-landlock"
 )
 
+// isProcSelfPath reports whether path is a descendant of /proc/self or /proc/thread-self 
+func isProcSelfPath(path string) bool {
+	return strings.HasPrefix(path, "/proc/self/") || strings.HasPrefix(path, "/proc/thread-self/")
+}
+
 // When the nomad binary is invoked as exec2-shim, the format is
 // nomad exec2-shim [path, [...]] -- [commands, [...]]
 // so basically we need to find the first instance of '--' and split on that
@@ -74,6 +79,18 @@ func convert(elements []string) ([]*landlock.Path, error) {
 		mode := path[0:idx]
 		filepath := path[idx+1:]
 
+		// /proc/self/* and /proc/thread-self/* contain PID-scoped magic symlinks.
+		// go-landlock registers rules via O_PATH which pins the inode at the
+		// time of the open — resolving /proc/self to /proc/<shim-pid>. After
+		// unshare --mount-proc the task's private /proc has different inodes,
+		// making the pinned inode unreachable (EPERM). Promote these paths to
+		// Dir("/proc", mode) so the rule covers the whole /proc tree by its
+		// stable directory inode instead.
+		if isProcSelfPath(filepath) {
+			paths = append(paths, landlock.Dir("/proc", mode))
+			continue
+		}
+
 		info, err := os.Stat(filepath)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to stat unveil path: %w", err)
diff --git a/pkg/shim/z_shim_cmd.go b/pkg/shim/z_shim_cmd.go
index c09baff..9a400fe 100644
--- a/pkg/shim/z_shim_cmd.go
+++ b/pkg/shim/z_shim_cmd.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 package shim
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
@@ -104,8 +105,17 @@ func init() {
 
 		var code = 0
 		if err = cmd.Run(); err != nil {
-			ee := err.(*exec.ExitError)
-			code = ee.ExitCode()
+			// cmd.Run() can return errors other than *exec.ExitError — for
+			// example *fs.PathError when chdir into cmd.Dir fails because an
+			// explicit work_dir is not unveiled or does not exist. A bare type
+			// assertion panics in that case; use errors.As instead.
+			var ee *exec.ExitError
+			if errors.As(err, &ee) {
+				code = ee.ExitCode()
+			} else {
+				debug("task command failed: %v", err)
+				code = subproc.ExitFailure
+			}
 		}
 
 		_ = stdout.Close()
diff --git a/plugin/driver_test.go b/plugin/driver_test.go
index 1f613d7..6a4900e 100644
--- a/plugin/driver_test.go
+++ b/plugin/driver_test.go
@@ -324,21 +324,21 @@ func TestFunctional_cases(t *testing.T) {
 			user:           "nomad-80000",
 			command:        "/usr/bin/env",
 			unveilDefaults: false,
-			exp:            &drivers.ExitResult{ExitCode: 2},
+			exp:            &drivers.ExitResult{ExitCode: 1},
 		},
 		{
 			name:           "run 'env' as nobody without default paths",
 			user:           "nobody",
 			command:        "/usr/bin/env",
 			unveilDefaults: false,
-			exp:            &drivers.ExitResult{ExitCode: 2},
+			exp:            &drivers.ExitResult{ExitCode: 1},
 		},
 		{
 			name:           "run 'env' as root without default paths",
 			user:           "root",
 			command:        "/usr/bin/env",
 			unveilDefaults: false,
-			exp:            &drivers.ExitResult{ExitCode: 2},
+			exp:            &drivers.ExitResult{ExitCode: 1},
 		},
 		// write to task directory
 		{
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ func TestFunctional_cases(t *testing.T) {
 			unveilDefaults: false,
 			unveilPaths:    []string{"r:/etc/hosts"},
 			args:           []string{"-c", "cp /etc/hosts ${NOMAD_TASK_DIR}"},
-			exp:            &drivers.ExitResult{ExitCode: 2},
+			exp:            &drivers.ExitResult{ExitCode: 1},
 		},
 		{
 			name:           "write to alloc directory no defaults",
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ func TestFunctional_cases(t *testing.T) {
 			unveilDefaults: false,
 			unveilPaths:    []string{"r:/etc/hosts"},
 			args:           []string{"-c", "cp /etc/hosts ${NOMAD_ALLOC_DIR}"},
-			exp:            &drivers.ExitResult{ExitCode: 2},
+			exp:            &drivers.ExitResult{ExitCode: 1},
 		},
 		{
 			name:           "write to secrets directory no defaults",
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ func TestFunctional_cases(t *testing.T) {
 			unveilDefaults: false,
 			unveilPaths:    []string{"r:/etc/hosts"},
 			args:           []string{"-c", "cp /etc/hosts ${NOMAD_SECRETS_DIR}"},
-			exp:            &drivers.ExitResult{ExitCode: 2},
+			exp:            &drivers.ExitResult{ExitCode: 1},
 		},
 		// dyanmic id
 		{
@@ -485,6 +485,56 @@ func TestFunctional_cases(t *testing.T) {
 			unveilByTask:   false, // no gate needed — inside sandbox
 			exp:            &drivers.ExitResult{ExitCode: 0},
 		},
+		// /proc/self/mountinfo via explicit task unveil
+		// convert() detects /proc/self/* via isProcSelfPath and promotes the entry to Dir("/proc","r")
+		{
+			name:           "read /proc/self/mountinfo via task unveil",
+			user:           "nomad-87000",
+			command:        "sh",
+			args:           []string{"-c", "head -1 /proc/self/mountinfo"},
+			unveilDefaults: true,
+			unveilByTask:   true,
+			unveil:         []string{"r:/proc/self/mountinfo"},
+			exp:            &drivers.ExitResult{ExitCode: 0},
+			stdoutRe:       regexp.MustCompile(`\d+ \d+ \d+:\d+`), // mountinfo line format
+		},
+		// /proc/cpuinfo via explicit task unveil
+		// IsDir=false → File("/proc/cpuinfo","r") emitted directly.
+		{
+			name:           "read /proc/cpuinfo via task unveil",
+			user:           "nomad-87000",
+			command:        "sh",
+			args:           []string{"-c", "head -1 /proc/cpuinfo"},
+			unveilDefaults: true,
+			unveilByTask:   true,
+			unveil:         []string{"r:/proc/cpuinfo"},
+			exp:            &drivers.ExitResult{ExitCode: 0},
+			stdoutRe:       regexp.MustCompile(`.+`),
+		},
+		// Multiple specific /proc paths together — mirrors the exact DSE jobspec.
+		{
+			name:           "read multiple /proc paths via task unveil",
+			user:           "nomad-87000",
+			command:        "sh",
+			args:           []string{"-c", "head -1 /proc/self/mountinfo && head -1 /proc/cpuinfo && head -1 /proc/meminfo"},
+			unveilDefaults: true,
+			unveilByTask:   true,
+			unveil:         []string{"r:/proc/self/mountinfo", "r:/proc/cpuinfo", "r:/proc/meminfo"},
+			exp:            &drivers.ExitResult{ExitCode: 0},
+		},
+		// /proc root via task unveil — directory form. os.Stat("/proc") succeeds
+		// and IsDir=true so Dir("/proc","r") is emitted; all sub-paths accessible.
+		{
+			name:           "read /proc/self/mountinfo via /proc root unveil",
+			user:           "nomad-87000",
+			command:        "sh",
+			args:           []string{"-c", "head -1 /proc/self/mountinfo && head -1 /proc/cpuinfo"},
+			unveilDefaults: true,
+			unveilByTask:   true,
+			unveil:         []string{"r:/proc"},
+			exp:            &drivers.ExitResult{ExitCode: 0},
+			stdoutRe:       regexp.MustCompile(`\d+ \d+ \d+:\d+`),
+		},
 		// work_dir outside sandbox without unveil_by_task — must be rejected
 		{
 			name:           "work_dir outside sandbox rejected without unveil_by_task",