untrusted comment: verify with openbsd-78-base.pub
RWS3/nvFmk4SWVMgg4Vh9/h8jno9Ku0yapdvqPrRX16gtJFGeJSUsTUW2QTsVwwD/arcC6e+5ejCaVxWHO3VlvDkFuR7PA6p6Ak=

OpenBSD 7.8 errata 071, October 20, 2026:

In ppp(4), an off-by-one error could lead to an out-of-bounds write.

Apply by doing:
    signify -Vep /etc/signify/openbsd-78-base.pub -x 071_ppp.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/net/bsd-comp.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/sys/net/bsd-comp.c,v
diff -u -p -r1.18 bsd-comp.c
--- sys/net/bsd-comp.c	7 Jul 2025 02:28:50 -0000	1.18
+++ sys/net/bsd-comp.c	11 Oct 2026 11:09:46 -0000
@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@ bsd_decompress(void *state, struct mbuf 
 	    break;
 	}
 
-	if (incode > max_ent + 2 || incode > db->maxmaxcode
+	if (incode > max_ent + 1 || incode > db->maxmaxcode
 	    || (incode > max_ent && oldcode == CLEAR)) {
 	    m_freem(mret);
 	    if (db->debug) {