# DF-1439 — Verification Verdict

## Verdict: CONFIRMED-BY-SOURCE-TRACE (HW-gated)

**Status:** inconclusive (HW-gated / not reachable as unprivileged maxx)
**Impact:** none (cannot reproduce on QEMU guest — no GPU/HW, or root/operator-only)
**Confidence:** certain (source-trace confirmed bug is real)

## Mechanism

sumo_get_valid_engine_clock (:1042): entries[num_max_dpm_entries-1]. If num_max_dpm_entries==0 (VBIOS all-zero sAvail_SCLK) → entries[(u32)-1] → ~32GB OOB read → page fault panic.

**Source:** `sys/dev/drm/radeon/sumo_dpm.c:1042`

## Why it cannot be reproduced on this guest

HW-gated. radeon.ko requires Sumo/Trinity ASIC. No GPU in QEMU guest.

## Phase 6: Escalation Assessment

This is a **HW-gated GPU module (radeon DPM Sumo)** finding. The primitive is not reachable from the
unprivileged maxx user on this guest (no hardware / module not loaded / root-only device).
No escalation chain is possible because the trigger path is not exercisable.

For GPU findings: the module (radeon.ko/amdgpu.ko/i915.ko) is a loadable module not
present in the GENERIC kernel and requires actual GPU hardware absent from the QEMU guest.
For root/operator findings: the device node is mode 0600 or 0640 root:operator, and maxx
(uid 1001) has no operator group membership.

## Fix

Return lower_limit when num_max_dpm_entries==0.

**Fix description:** Add `if (num_max_dpm_entries == 0) return lower_limit;` guard before entries[] access.

The full git-apply-able diff is in `fix.diff`. It applies cleanly to the audit source tree
and compiles as part of the kernel build (validated via `make nativekernel` rc=0).

## Classification

- **status:** inconclusive
- **reproduced:** 0
- **impact:** none
- **fix_status:** not_testable (HW-gated: PoC cannot run on guest; diff applies + compiles verified)