3 files changed, 6 insertions, 22 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c
index 0350311906ae..2d93bdbc9ac0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c
+++ b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 #include <asm/ia32.h>
 
 #undef WARN_OLD
-#undef CORE_DUMP /* probably broken */
+#undef CORE_DUMP /* definitely broken */
 
 static int load_aout_binary(struct linux_binprm *, struct pt_regs *regs);
 static int load_aout_library(struct file *);
@@ -131,21 +131,15 @@ static void set_brk(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
  * macros to write out all the necessary info.
  */
 
-static int dump_write(struct file *file, const void *addr, int nr)
-{
-        return file->f_op->write(file, addr, nr, &file->f_pos) == nr;
-}
+#include <linux/coredump.h>
 
 #define DUMP_WRITE(addr, nr)                         \
         if (!dump_write(file, (void *)(addr), (nr))) \
                 goto end_coredump;
 
-#define DUMP_SEEK(offset)                                               \
-        if (file->f_op->llseek) {                                       \
-                if (file->f_op->llseek(file, (offset), 0) != (offset))  \
-                        goto end_coredump;                              \
-        } else                                                          \
-                file->f_pos = (offset)
+#define DUMP_SEEK(offset)               \
+        if (!dump_seek(file, offset))   \
+                goto end_coredump;
 
 #define START_DATA()    (u.u_tsize << PAGE_SHIFT)
 #define START_STACK(u)  (u.start_stack)
@@ -217,12 +211,6 @@ static int aout_core_dump(long signr, struct pt_regs *regs, struct file *file,
                 dump_size = dump.u_ssize << PAGE_SHIFT;
                 DUMP_WRITE(dump_start, dump_size);
         }
-        /*
-         * Finally dump the task struct.  Not be used by gdb, but
-         * could be useful
-         */
-        set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
-        DUMP_WRITE(current, sizeof(*current));
 end_coredump:
         set_fs(fs);
         return has_dumped;
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_aout.c b/fs/binfmt_aout.c
index f96eff04e11a..a6395bdb26ae 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_aout.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_aout.c
@@ -134,10 +134,6 @@ static int aout_core_dump(struct coredump_params *cprm)
                 if (!dump_write(file, dump_start, dump_size))
                         goto end_coredump;
         }
-/* Finally dump the task struct.  Not be used by gdb, but could be useful */
-        set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
-        if (!dump_write(file, current, sizeof(*current)))
-                goto end_coredump;
 end_coredump:
         set_fs(fs);
         return has_dumped;
diff --git a/include/linux/coredump.h b/include/linux/coredump.h
index 8ba66a9d9022..59579cfee6a0 100644
--- a/include/linux/coredump.h
+++ b/include/linux/coredump.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  */
 static inline int dump_write(struct file *file, const void *addr, int nr)
 {
-        return file->f_op->write(file, addr, nr, &file->f_pos) == nr;
+        return access_ok(VERIFY_READ, addr, nr) && file->f_op->write(file, addr, nr, &file->f_pos) == nr;
 }
 
 static inline int dump_seek(struct file *file, loff_t off)