diff --git a/coreutils-dddoubleclose.patch b/coreutils-dddoubleclose.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a4edb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/coreutils-dddoubleclose.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+diff -urNp coreutils-6.10-orig/src/dd.c coreutils-6.10/src/dd.c
+--- coreutils-6.10-orig/src/dd.c	2007-12-06 14:22:42.000000000 +0100
++++ coreutils-6.10/src/dd.c	2008-03-11 12:48:12.000000000 +0100
+@@ -391,6 +391,25 @@ static char const ebcdic_to_ascii[] =
+   '\070', '\071', '\372', '\373', '\374', '\375', '\376', '\377'
+ };
+ 
++/* True if we need to close the standard output *stream*.  */
++static bool close_stdout_required = true;
++
++/* The only reason to close the standard output *stream* is if
++   parse_long_options fails (as it does for --help or --version).
++   In any other case, dd uses only the STDOUT_FILENO file descriptor,
++   and the "cleanup" function calls "close (STDOUT_FILENO)".
++   Closing the file descriptor and then letting the usual atexit-run
++   close_stdout function call "fclose (stdout)" would result in a
++   harmless failure of the close syscall (with errno EBADF).
++   This function serves solely to avoid the unnecessary close_stdout
++   call, once parse_long_options has succeeded.  */
++static void
++maybe_close_stdout (void)
++{
++  if (close_stdout_required)
++    close_stdout ();
++}
++
+ void
+ usage (int status)
+ {
+@@ -1639,12 +1658,14 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
+   textdomain (PACKAGE);
+ 
+   /* Arrange to close stdout if parse_long_options exits.  */
+-  atexit (close_stdout);
++  atexit (maybe_close_stdout);
+ 
+   page_size = getpagesize ();
+ 
+   parse_long_options (argc, argv, PROGRAM_NAME, PACKAGE, VERSION,
+ 		      usage, AUTHORS, (char const *) NULL);
++  close_stdout_required = false;
++
+   if (getopt_long (argc, argv, "", NULL, NULL) != -1)
+     usage (EXIT_FAILURE);
+ 
diff --git a/coreutils.spec b/coreutils.spec
index 368a5bd..65b779e 100644
--- a/coreutils.spec
+++ b/coreutils.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: The GNU core utilities: a set of tools commonly used in shell scripts
 Name:    coreutils
 Version: 6.10
-Release: 11%{?dist}
+Release: 12%{?dist}
 License: GPLv3+
 Group:   System Environment/Base
 Url:     http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Source203:  coreutils-runuser-l.pamd
 
 # From upstream
 Patch1: coreutils-6.10-verbose.patch
+Patch2: coreutils-dddoubleclose.patch
 
 # Our patches
 Patch100: coreutils-chgrp.patch
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ cd %name-%version
 
 # From upstream
 %patch1 -p1 -b .verbose
+%patch2 -p1 -b .doubleclose
 
 # Our patches
 %patch100 -p1 -b .chgrp
@@ -293,6 +295,9 @@ fi
 /sbin/runuser
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Mar 11 2008 Ondrej Vasik <ovasik@redhat.com> - 6.10-12
+- fixed harmless double close of stdout in dd(#436368)
+
 * Thu Mar  6 2008 Ondrej Vasik <ovasik@redhat.com> - 6.10-11
 - fixed broken order of params in stat(#435669)