See bug #38733 ...
--- 2.4.23aa2/fs/binfmt_elf.c.~1~	2004-02-23 04:18:28.000000000 +0100
+++ 2.4.23aa2/fs/binfmt_elf.c	2004-04-15 16:31:20.929333192 +0200
@@ -941,7 +941,7 @@ out:
  * These are the only things you should do on a core-file: use only these
  * functions to write out all the necessary info.
  */
-static int dump_write(struct file *file, const void *addr, int nr)
+static int dump_write(struct file *file, const void *addr, size_t nr)
 {
 	return file->f_op->write(file, addr, nr, &file->f_pos) == nr;
 }

--- 2.4.23aa2/fs/exec.c.~1~	2004-02-23 04:19:46.000000000 +0100
+++ 2.4.23aa2/fs/exec.c	2004-04-26 20:12:14.448730608 +0200
@@ -1130,7 +1130,7 @@ int do_coredump(long signr, struct pt_re
 		goto fail;
 
  	format_corename(corename, core_pattern, signr);
-	file = filp_open(corename, O_CREAT | 2 | O_NOFOLLOW, 0600);
+	file = filp_open(corename, O_LARGEFILE | O_CREAT | 2 | O_NOFOLLOW, 0600);
 	if (IS_ERR(file))
 		goto fail;
 	inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode;