Apply by doing: cd /usr/src/sys/miscfs patch -p0 < 011_miscfs.patch And then rebuild your kernel. Index: fdesc/fdesc_vnops.c =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/sys/miscfs/fdesc/fdesc_vnops.c,v retrieving revision 1.13 retrieving revision 1.15 diff -u -r1.13 -r1.15 --- fdesc/fdesc_vnops.c 1999/04/28 09:28:15 1.13 +++ fdesc/fdesc_vnops.c 1999/08/13 07:05:46 1.15 @@ -718,11 +718,11 @@ if (uio->uio_resid < UIO_MX) return (EINVAL); - if (uio->uio_offset < 0) - return (EINVAL); error = 0; i = uio->uio_offset; + if (i < 0) + return (EINVAL); bzero((caddr_t)&d, UIO_MX); d.d_reclen = UIO_MX; Index: procfs/procfs_vnops.c =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/sys/miscfs/procfs/procfs_vnops.c,v retrieving revision 1.12 retrieving revision 1.14 diff -u -r1.12 -r1.14 --- procfs/procfs_vnops.c 1998/08/06 19:34:46 1.12 +++ procfs/procfs_vnops.c 1999/08/13 07:05:46 1.14 @@ -825,11 +825,11 @@ if (uio->uio_resid < UIO_MX) return (EINVAL); - if (uio->uio_offset < 0) - return (EINVAL); error = 0; i = uio->uio_offset; + if (i < 0) + return (EINVAL); bzero((caddr_t)&d, UIO_MX); d.d_reclen = UIO_MX;