DF-0313

Sticky Hop-by-Hop/Destination options un-settable: hardcoded priv=0 always returns EPERM for root

Summary

ip6_pcbopt(:2019) hardcodes priv=0. IPV6_HOPOPTS/DSTOPTS in ip6_setpktoption check if(!priv)return(EPERM). Root can NEVER set sticky ext headers via setsockopt. RFC 3542 non-conformance. Overly restrictive not bypass. Sendmsg cmsg path unaffected.

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Severity: Info
Status: new
Bucket: Base system — network stack
Confidence: certain
Pass: 1 · GLM 5.2 first pass
CVSS 3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:N
CWE: CWE-648
File: sys/netinet6/ip6_output.c
Lines: 2019
Area: net
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: certain
Tested: 2026-07-23 18:17:09
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: certain
Tested: 2026-07-23 18:17:09
Runtime: —
Kernel: combined build rc=0
fix.diff: findings/poc/DF-0313/fix.diff
Runner: df-bsd-pocrunner

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Evidence pack

findings/poc/DF-0313 · 1 files

File	Type	Description	Size
manifest.json	file		392 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/netinet6/ip6_output.c:2019: sticky HBH/Dst options un-settable (hardcoded priv=0)

Verified recommended fix

Source-confirmed at sys/netinet6/ip6_output.c:2019: sticky HBH/Dst options un-settable (hardcoded priv=0)

Verdict

Source-confirmed at sys/netinet6/ip6_output.c:2019: sticky HBH/Dst options un-settable (hardcoded priv=0)