Original patch from http://gmplib.org/patches/mpf_set_str.c.diff
Re-diffed to match crosstool-NG conventions.

diff -dur gmp-4.2.2.orig/mpf/set_str.c gmp-4.2.2/mpf/set_str.c
--- gmp-4.2.2.orig/mpf/set_str.c	2007-08-30 20:31:40.000000000 +0200
+++ gmp-4.2.2/mpf/set_str.c	2008-01-28 23:05:29.000000000 +0100
@@ -271,8 +271,29 @@
       }
 
     if (expptr != 0)
-      /* FIXME: Should do some error checking here.  */
-      exp_in_base = strtol (expptr, (char **) 0, exp_base);
+      {
+	/* Scan and convert the exponent, in base exp_base.  */
+	long dig, neg = -(long) ('-' == expptr[0]);
+	expptr -= neg;			/* conditional increment */
+	c = (unsigned char) *expptr++;
+	dig = digit_value[c];
+	if (dig >= exp_base)
+	  {
+	    TMP_FREE;
+	    return -1;
+	  }
+	exp_in_base = dig;
+	c = (unsigned char) *expptr++;
+	dig = digit_value[c];
+	while (dig < exp_base)
+	  {
+	    exp_in_base = exp_in_base * exp_base;
+	    exp_in_base += dig;
+	    c = (unsigned char) *expptr++;
+	    dig = digit_value[c];
+	  }
+	exp_in_base = (exp_in_base ^ neg) - neg; /* conditional negation */
+      }
     else
       exp_in_base = 0;
     if (dotpos != 0)