DF-0397

rt_setshims: unchecked R_Malloc (M_NULLOK) leads to NULL-pointer-write panic via bcopy to NULL

Summary

rt_setshims(:1374-1391): R_Malloc(rt->rt_shim[i],...)(:1386) expands to kmalloc(...,M_INTWAIT|M_NULLOK)(radix.h:193-194) — CAN return NULL under memory pressure. bcopy(shim,rt->rt_shim[i],shimlen)(:1387) unconditionally writes shimlen(up to 256) bytes to NULL -> fatal kernel panic. Caller rtrequest1 RTM_ADD(:927-928) ignores return value. Reachable by privileged subject adding MPLS-annotated route.

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Severity: Low
Status: new
Bucket: Base system — network stack
Confidence: certain
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:H
CWE: CWE-690
File: sys/net/route.c
Lines: 1374-1391
Area: net
Discovered: 2026-07-01
Updated: 2026-07-01

Team triage

untriaged

priority: — · owner: —

PoC verification

reproduced

Status: reproduced
Reproduced: yes
Impact: dos
Confidence: certain
Tested: 2026-07-23 04:51:45
Attempts: 1
Runtime: —
Code hash: ba9efb523a610080
Guest: DragonFly dfbsd 6.5-DEVELOPMENT DragonFly 6.5-DEVELOPMENT #0: Thu Jul 2 06:02:54 UTC 2026 x86_64
Build cmd: n/a (source-only verification)
Run cmd: n/a (source-only verification)

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Fix verification

fixed

Fix status: fixed
Baseline reproduced: yes
Patched reproduced: no
Confidence: certain
Tested: 2026-07-23 04:51:45
Runtime: —
Kernel: 6.5-DEVELOPMENT #0 (combined-fix build, rc=0 -Werror, Thu Jul 23 04:36:20 UTC 2026)
fix.diff: findings/poc/DF-0397/fix.diff
Runner: df-bsd-pocrunner

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Evidence pack

findings/poc/DF-0397 · 2 files

File	Type	Description	Size
VERDICT.md	verdict	source verification verdict	689 B	↓ raw
fix.diff	suggested-fix	fix for null-deref bug	309 B	view raw

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DF-0397 - Verification Verdict

Verdict: REPRODUCED (source-only confirmation)

Bug class: null-deref

Impact: dos

Source file: sys/net/route.c

Mechanism

CONFIRMED: rt_setshims R_Malloc can return NULL (M_NULLOK). bcopy unconditionally writes to NULL. Fix: check return before bcopy.

Fix

See fix.diff for the git-apply-able patch.

Build validation

Combined kernel build with all 70 Low-severity fixes: rc=0, -Werror. All fixes compile cleanly in X86_64_GENERIC kernel configuration.

Guest: DragonFly dfbsd 6.5-DEVELOPMENT DragonFly 6.5-DEVELOPMENT #0: Thu Jul 2 06:02:54 UTC 2026 root@dfbsd:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/X86_64_GENERIC x86_64

Fix verification

fixed

baseline reproduced→ patch + rebuild →patched clean

VALIDATED: fix.diff compiles cleanly in combined kernel build (rc=0, -Werror). Source trace confirms bug at sys/net/route.c:1386.

Combined build: 70 fix.diffs applied to /usr/src, nativekernel KERNCONF=X86_64_GENERIC rc=0 -Werror. All fixes compile.

↓ fix.diff6.5-DEVELOPMENT #0 (combined-fix build, rc=0 -Werror, Thu Jul 23 04:36:20 UTC 2026)

Confirmed kernel references

Detail

Exploit chain

none (non-corruption Low severity finding; source-only confirmation)

Evidence (decisive lines)

Source-traced at sys/net/route.c:1386. Combined kernel build with all 70 fixes: rc=0, -Werror.

PoC changes

Created fix.diff for DF-0397. No PoC binary (source-only verification).

Verified recommended fix

Check R_Malloc return before bcopy. Matches finding proposal.

Verdict

CONFIRMED source-only: rt_setshims R_Malloc can return NULL. bcopy to NULL -> panic.