untrusted comment: verify with openbsd-77-base.pub RWSbCCUoGpcxVYrcVhRxJ+ieUL6V0TtuK2Qmt6JzJUHwfi9usjHZ7VwlkM40y56fKSqK142TiqXFn3iVEAE5EtJ6ANO0MvNRxgU= OpenBSD 7.7 errata 008, July 1, 2025: TIOCUCNTL ioctl(2) could crash the kernel if called with a non-file argument. Apply by doing: signify -Vep /etc/signify/openbsd-77-base.pub -x 008_pledge.patch.sig \ -m - | (cd /usr/src && patch -p0) And then rebuild and install a new kernel: KK=`sysctl -n kern.osversion | cut -d# -f1` cd /usr/src/sys/arch/`machine`/compile/$KK make obj make config make make install Index: sys/kern/kern_pledge.c =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/sys/kern/kern_pledge.c,v diff -u -p -r1.323 kern_pledge.c --- sys/kern/kern_pledge.c 12 Feb 2025 14:11:26 -0000 1.323 +++ sys/kern/kern_pledge.c 29 Jun 2025 07:38:30 -0000 @@ -1263,9 +1263,11 @@ pledge_ioctl(struct proc *p, long com, s break; if ((pledge & PLEDGE_WPATH) == 0) break; - if (cdevsw[major(vp->v_rdev)].d_open != ptcopen) - break; - return (0); + if (fp->f_type == DTYPE_VNODE && + vp->v_type == VCHR && + cdevsw[major(vp->v_rdev)].d_open == ptcopen) + return (0); + break; #endif /* NPTY > 0 */ case TIOCSPGRP: if ((pledge & PLEDGE_PROC) == 0)