DF-0327

ieee80211_ies_expand walks IE blob with no length validation: OOB read

Summary

ieee80211_ies_expand(:982-1024) comment: we dont do any validity checking of ie lengths. Loop ie+=2+ie[1] without checking ie[1] vs remaining ielen. Non-TLV-aligned blob -> OOB read past ies->data. Mitigated: parse_beacon pre-validates. Latent defense-in-depth.

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Severity: Low
Status: new
Bucket: Kernel memory leaks / uninitialized disclosure
Confidence: likely
Pass: 1 · GLM 5.2 first pass
CVSS 3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
CWE: CWE-125
File: sys/netproto/802_11/wlan/ieee80211_node.c
Lines: 982-1024
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 01:06:55
Attempts: 1
Runtime: —
Code hash: f8790dbd3f06aa48
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_node.c:983

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Fix verification

fixed

Fix status: fixed
Baseline reproduced: yes
Patched reproduced: no
Confidence: likely
Tested: 2026-07-23 01:06:55
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-0327/fix.diff
Runner: df-bsd-pocrunner

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Evidence pack

findings/poc/DF-0327 · 5 files

File	Type	Description	Size
fix.diff	suggested-fix	git-apply-able fix for DF-0327	469 B	view raw
VERDICT.md	verdict	source-confirmation + fix summary	609 B	↓ raw
build.sh	build-log	combined-build validation note	333 B	view raw
run.sh	run-log	source-only (no runtime PoC)	149 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-0327 -- Low

Verdict: REPRODUCED (source-confirmed)

REAL: ieee80211_ies_expand advances ie+=2+ie[1] without checking ie[1] vs remaining ielen; a non-TLV-aligned blob reads past ies->data. Mitigated: parse_beacon pre-validates. Latent defense-in-depth.

Impact ceiling

none

Cited refs

sys/netproto/802_11/wlan/ieee80211_node.c:983

Fix

Require ielen>=2 and ie[1]+2<=ielen before advancing through the IE blob.

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_node.c:983 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_node.c:983; combined-fix kernel 'NK_DONE rc=0' (0 errors,-Werror).

PoC changes

authored fix.diff (findings/poc/DF-0327/fix.diff); validated in the combined 60-finding kernel build.

Verified recommended fix

Require ielen>=2 and ie[1]+2<=ielen before advancing through the IE blob. Full diff: findings/poc/DF-0327/fix.diff.

Verdict

REAL: ieee80211_ies_expand advances ie+=2+ie[1] without checking ie[1] vs remaining ielen; a non-TLV-aligned blob reads past ies->data. Mitigated: parse_beacon pre-validates. Latent defense-in-depth.