diff -urpPX nopatch linux-2.4.33/fs/proc/generic.c linux/fs/proc/generic.c
--- linux-2.4.33/fs/proc/generic.c	Wed Jan 19 17:10:11 2005
+++ linux/fs/proc/generic.c	Sun Aug 13 20:59:16 2006
@@ -62,11 +62,17 @@ proc_file_read(struct file * file, char 
 	if (!(page = (char*) __get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL)))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	if (pos < 0 || pos >= MAX_NON_LFS)
+		eof = 1;
+	else if (nbytes > MAX_NON_LFS - pos)
+		nbytes = MAX_NON_LFS - pos;
+
 	while ((nbytes > 0) && !eof)
 	{
-		count = MIN(PROC_BLOCK_SIZE, nbytes);
-		if ((unsigned)pos > INT_MAX)
+		/* This is redundant, but better safe than sorry */
+		if (pos < 0 || pos >= MAX_NON_LFS)
 			break;
+		count = MIN(PROC_BLOCK_SIZE, nbytes);
 
 		start = NULL;
 		if (dp->get_info) {