DF-0324

HT cap/info IE parsers perform no own length validation (caller-trust fragile)

Summary

ieee80211_parse_htcap(:1418)/htinfo_parse(:1438)/setup_basic_htrates(:1691) dereference fixed offsets in IE with no length check. Safe today: callers VERIFY_LENGTH. Future caller forgetting -> remote OOB read. Implicit undocumented contract.

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Severity: Info
Status: new
Bucket: Kernel memory leaks / uninitialized disclosure
Confidence: certain
Pass: 1 · GLM 5.2 first pass
CVSS 3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U:C:N/I:N/A:N
CWE: CWE-20
File: sys/netproto/802_11/wlan/ieee80211_ht.c
Lines: 1418-1691
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: certain
Tested: 2026-07-23 18:17:10
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 18:17:10
Runtime: —
Kernel: combined build rc=0
fix.diff: findings/poc/DF-0324/fix.diff
Runner: df-bsd-pocrunner

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Evidence pack

findings/poc/DF-0324 · 1 files

File	Type	Description	Size
manifest.json	file		406 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/netproto/802_11/wlan/ieee80211_ht.c:1418: HT cap/info IE parsers perform no own length validation

Verified recommended fix

Source-confirmed at sys/netproto/802_11/wlan/ieee80211_ht.c:1418: HT cap/info IE parsers perform no own length validation

Verdict

Source-confirmed at sys/netproto/802_11/wlan/ieee80211_ht.c:1418: HT cap/info IE parsers perform no own length validation