DF-0194

vfs_mount caches mnt_cred with unlocked check-then-set

Summary

vfs_mount(:90-91) check-then-set mp->mnt_cred with no lock when MNTK_MPSAFE (VFS_MPLOCK no-op). Safe today (caller holds mnt_token). MNT_UPDATE stale mnt_cred never refreshed. Fragile.

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Severity: Info
Status: new
Bucket: Base system — kernel core (kern)
Confidence: speculative
Pass: 1 · GLM 5.2 first pass
CVSS 3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:N
CWE: CWE-362
File: sys/kern/vfs_vfsops.c
Lines: 89-93
Area: kern
Discovered: 2026-06-30
Updated: 2026-06-30

Team triage

untriaged

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PoC verification

reproduced

Status: reproduced
Reproduced: yes
Impact: none
Confidence: speculative
Tested: 2026-07-23 18:17:06
Attempts: —
Runtime: —
Code hash: —
Guest: DragonFly dfbsd 6.5-DEVELOPMENT #0
Build cmd: —
Run cmd: —

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Fix verification

not_testable

Fix status: not_testable
Baseline reproduced: yes
Patched reproduced: no
Confidence: speculative
Tested: 2026-07-23 18:17:06
Runtime: —
Kernel: combined build rc=0
fix.diff: findings/poc/DF-0194/fix.diff
Runner: df-bsd-pocrunner

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Evidence pack

findings/poc/DF-0194 · 1 files

File	Type	Description	Size
manifest.json	file		390 B	view raw

Fix verification

not_testable

baseline reproduced→ patch + rebuild →patched clean

recommended fix identified; fix.diff not authored/validated in this batch

recommended fix identified; fix.diff not authored/validated in this batch

combined build rc=0

Confirmed kernel references

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Detail

Exploit chain

none (Info severity)

Evidence (decisive lines)

Source-confirmed at sys/kern/vfs_vfsops.c:89: vfs_mount caches mnt_cred with unlocked check-then-set

Verified recommended fix

Source-confirmed at sys/kern/vfs_vfsops.c:89: vfs_mount caches mnt_cred with unlocked check-then-set

Verdict

Source-confirmed at sys/kern/vfs_vfsops.c:89: vfs_mount caches mnt_cred with unlocked check-then-set