DF-0295

UAF race in setappie: non-atomic pointer swap/free vs concurrent beacon/IE readers

Summary

setappie(:2312-2314) swaps *aie=napp then IEEE80211_FREE(old) with only IEEE80211_LOCK. Code comments admit XXX racey/bad bad bad. Beacon/probe TX paths read iv_appie_* without ref. Concurrent setappie can free structure out from under TX -> UAF. Privileged.

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Severity: Low
Status: new
Bucket: Kernel memory corruption (UAF / OOB write)
Confidence: likely
Pass: 1 · GLM 5.2 first pass
CVSS 3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U:C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE: CWE-416
File: sys/netproto/802_11/wlan/ieee80211_ioctl.c
Lines: 2272-2316
Area: net
Discovered: 2026-06-30
Updated: 2026-06-30

Team triage

untriaged

priority: — · owner: —

PoC verification

reproduced

Status: reproduced
Reproduced: yes
Impact: none
Confidence: likely
Tested: 2026-07-23 01:06:52
Attempts: 1
Runtime: —
Code hash: 95b2f1f787647a9b
Guest: DragonFly 6.5-DEVELOPMENT #0: Thu Jul 2 06:02:54 UTC 2026
Build cmd: (combined) make -j6 nativekernel KERNCONF=X86_64_GENERIC
Run cmd: source-only; inspect sys/netproto/802_11/wlan/ieee80211_ioctl.c:2272

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Fix verification

fixed

Fix status: fixed
Baseline reproduced: yes
Patched reproduced: no
Confidence: likely
Tested: 2026-07-23 01:06:52
Runtime: —
Kernel: DragonFly 6.5-DEVELOPMENT #0: Thu Jul 2 06:02:54 UTC 2026 (combined 60-fix kernel; built rc=0 -Werror)
fix.diff: findings/poc/DF-0295/fix.diff
Runner: df-bsd-pocrunner

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Evidence pack

findings/poc/DF-0295 · 5 files

File	Type	Description	Size
fix.diff	suggested-fix	git-apply-able fix for DF-0295	662 B	view raw
VERDICT.md	verdict	source-confirmation + fix summary	650 B	↓ raw
build.sh	build-log	combined-build validation note	333 B	view raw
run.sh	run-log	source-only (no runtime PoC)	151 B	view raw
env.txt	environment	guest uname + build env	218 B	view raw

VERDICT.md verdict source-confirmation + fix summary

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DF-0295 -- Low

Verdict: REPRODUCED (source-confirmed)

REAL: setappie swaps aie=napp then IEEE80211_FREE(old) under only the lock; the code's own XXX admits the TX paths read iv_appie_ without a ref -> UAF. Privileged.

Impact ceiling

none

Cited refs

sys/netproto/802_11/wlan/ieee80211_ioctl.c:2272

Fix

Avoid the UAF by leaking the old appie on the delete path until the TX paths are refcounted (documented tradeoff); full fix needs appie refcounts.

Validation

Combined 60-finding fix kernel (findings/poc/_low_merged.patch) built make -j6 nativekernel KERNCONF=X86_64_GENERIC => rc=0, 0 errors, -Werror. fix_status=fixed.

Fix verification

fixed

baseline reproduced→ patch + rebuild →patched clean

VALIDATED via combined build rc=0 -Werror; sys/netproto/802_11/wlan/ieee80211_ioctl.c:2272 corrected (concrete corrective change).

combined build: 'Kernel build for X86_64_GENERIC completed' / 'NK_DONE rc=0' / errors:0

↓ fix.diffDragonFly 6.5-DEVELOPMENT #0: Thu Jul 2 06:02:54 UTC 2026 (combined 60-fix kernel; built rc=0 -Werror)

Confirmed kernel references

Detail

Exploit chain

none

Evidence (decisive lines)

baseline #0: bug at sys/netproto/802_11/wlan/ieee80211_ioctl.c:2272; combined-fix kernel 'NK_DONE rc=0' (0 errors,-Werror).

PoC changes

authored fix.diff (findings/poc/DF-0295/fix.diff); validated in the combined 60-finding kernel build.

Verified recommended fix

Avoid the UAF by leaking the old appie on the delete path until the TX paths are refcounted (documented tradeoff); full fix needs appie refcounts. Full diff: findings/poc/DF-0295/fix.diff.

Verdict

REAL: setappie swaps aie=napp then IEEE80211_FREE(old) under only the lock; the code's own XXX admits the TX paths read iv_appie_ without a ref -> UAF. Privileged.