This is the second revision of this patch. Apply by doing: cd /usr/src patch -p0 < 010_m_dup1.patch And then rebuild your kernel. Index: sys/kern/uipc_mbuf2.c =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/sys/kern/uipc_mbuf2.c,v retrieving revision 1.24 retrieving revision 1.24.2.2 diff -u -p -r1.24 -r1.24.2.2 --- sys/kern/uipc_mbuf2.c 17 Mar 2006 04:15:51 -0000 1.24 +++ sys/kern/uipc_mbuf2.c 17 Mar 2007 20:50:50 -0000 1.24.2.2 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -/* $OpenBSD: uipc_mbuf2.c,v 1.24 2006/03/17 04:15:51 brad Exp $ */ +/* $OpenBSD: uipc_mbuf2.c,v 1.24.2.2 2007/03/17 20:50:50 henning Exp $ */ /* $KAME: uipc_mbuf2.c,v 1.29 2001/02/14 13:42:10 itojun Exp $ */ /* $NetBSD: uipc_mbuf.c,v 1.40 1999/04/01 00:23:25 thorpej Exp $ */ @@ -226,16 +226,16 @@ m_dup1(struct mbuf *m, int off, int len, { struct mbuf *n; int l; - int copyhdr; if (len > MCLBYTES) return (NULL); if (off == 0 && (m->m_flags & M_PKTHDR) != 0) { - copyhdr = 1; MGETHDR(n, wait, m->m_type); + if (n == NULL) + return (NULL); + M_DUP_PKTHDR(n, m); l = MHLEN; } else { - copyhdr = 0; MGET(n, wait, m->m_type); l = MLEN; } @@ -249,8 +249,6 @@ m_dup1(struct mbuf *m, int off, int len, if (!n) return (NULL); - if (copyhdr) - M_DUP_PKTHDR(n, m); m_copydata(m, off, len, mtod(n, caddr_t)); n->m_len = len;