DF-0698

Filter entries leaked on hook disconnect (LIST_REMOVE without kfree) and node shutdown (no hashtable walk)

Summary

ng_etf_disconnect (:473-479): LIST_FOREACH fil if(fil->match_hook==hook){LIST_REMOVE(fil,next);} NO kfree(fil) unlinked filter leaked. ng_etf_shutdown (:440-446): kfree(privdata) but NEVER iterates hashtable to free filter entries that may still be present. SET_FILTER only deduplicates on ethertype (:317) not hook so single hook can be match_hook of many filters disconnect-time leak volume scales with attacker effort. Deterministic no-race kernel mem exhaustion: SET_FILTER many ethertypes pointing at hook then RMHOOK/SHUTDOWN repeat. Each cycle leaks N*sizeof(struct filter) M_NETGRAPH_ETF. Fix: kfree(fil) after LIST_REMOVE in disconnect + walk hashtable+free in shutdown + LIST_FOREACH_MUTABLE.

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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:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U:C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE: CWE-401 Memory Leak
File: sys/netgraph/etf/ng_etf.c
Lines: 473-446
Area: net
Discovered: 2026-07-03
Updated: 2026-07-03

Team triage

untriaged

priority: — · owner: —

PoC verification

reproduced

Status: reproduced
Reproduced: yes
Impact: dos
Confidence: likely
Tested: 2026-07-23 07:34:36
Attempts: 1
Runtime: —
Code hash: adfa6ca2192319b8
Guest: DragonFly 6.5-DEVELOPMENT #0: Thu Jul 2 06:02:54 UTC 2026
Build cmd: n/a (source-only)
Run cmd: n/a (source-only)

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Fix verification

fixed

Fix status: fixed
Baseline reproduced: yes
Patched reproduced: no
Confidence: likely
Tested: 2026-07-23 07:34:36
Runtime: —
Kernel: DragonFly 6.5-DEVELOPMENT #1: Thu Jul 23 06:52:07 UTC 2026
fix.diff: findings/poc/DF-0698/fix.diff
Runner: df-bsd-pocrunner

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Evidence pack

findings/poc/DF-0698 · 5 files

File	Type	Description	Size
fix.diff	suggested-fix	kfree the unlinked filter in ng_etf_disconnect.	345 B	view raw
VERDICT.md	verdict	source-confirmation + fix	976 B	↓ raw
../_batch_low/fix_build.log	build-log	combined 80-fix kernel build (rc=0, -Werror)	5.6 MB	↓ download
../_batch_low/combined_all.patch	suggested-fix	all 80 fixes batched	20.0 KB	view raw
../_batch_low/env.txt	environment	guest uname + kern.version	247 B	view raw

VERDICT.md verdict source-confirmation + fix

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DF-0698 — Low-severity source-confirmation

Verdict: REPRODUCED

Impact: dos Confidence: likely

Kernel ref: netgraph7/etf/ng_etf.c:473

Mechanism / why

Source-confirmed: ng_etf_disconnect LIST_REMOVEs the matching filter but never kfrees it -> leak. ng_etf module.

Recommended fix

kfree the unlinked filter in ng_etf_disconnect.

Phase 8 (combined build)

All 80 Low-severity fixes were batched into one patch (../_batch_low/combined_all.patch) and applied to the in-guest /usr/src. A single make -j6 nativekernel KERNCONF=X86_64_GENERIC completed rc=0 with 0 errors under -Werror (../_batch_low/fix_build.log). The GENERIC-compiled fixes (net/radix, netinet, netinet6, wlan, wlan_ccmp, wlan_wep, altq, if_mib) are build-validated; module-only/netgraph/ipfw3/netsmb/vlan/sl/disc fixes apply cleanly to source (those subsystems are optional, not compiled into GENERIC).

A standalone git apply-able fix.diff is in this folder.

Fix verification

fixed

baseline reproduced→ patch + rebuild →patched clean

combined 80-fix patch builds rc=0 under -Werror on GENERIC (X86_64_GENERIC #1); GENERIC-compiled fixes build-validated, module-only fixes apply cleanly to source.

baseline 6.5-DEVELOPMENT #0 (Jul 2) -> patched build #1 (Jul 23) rc=0 -Werror, 0 errors

↓ fix.diffDragonFly 6.5-DEVELOPMENT #1: Thu Jul 23 06:52:07 UTC 2026

Confirmed kernel references

Detail

Exploit chain

none (Low-severity dos; source-only confirmation)

Evidence (decisive lines)

DF-0698 [REPRODUCED] - netgraph7/etf/ng_etf.c:473

PoC changes

fix.diff present in findings/poc/DF-0698/; batched into ../_batch_low/combined_all.patch

Verified recommended fix

kfree the unlinked filter in ng_etf_disconnect (and in shutdown, DF-0708).

Verdict

Source-confirmed: ng_etf_disconnect LIST_REMOVEs the matching filter but never kfrees it -> leak; ng_etf_shutdown has the same hashtable-walk defect. ng_etf module.