DF-0979

Multiple error paths use tsleep(0) infinite-hang instead of panic, enabling silent kernel DoS

Summary

pmap_release at pmap.c:2908: bad resident_count/wired_count -> tsleep(pmap,0,DEAD,0) infinite hang (was KKASSERT). pmap_remove_pv_pte at :3234: *pt unexpectedly invalid -> tsleep(pt,0,DEAD,0) infinite hang. Original KKASSERT shown in #if 0 above. Any invariant violation from race/corruption -> permanent kernel thread hang with no crash dump, no console message after initial kprintf, no recovery. Strictly harder to diagnose than panic. Unprivileged user via rapid process create/destroy + memory pressure may trigger underlying race. Fix: restore panic().

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Severity: Low
Status: new
Bucket: Base system — bus / platform / cpu
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:H
CWE: CWE-754
File: sys/platform/pc64/x86_64/pmap.c
Lines: 2908-3234
Area: hw
Discovered: 2026-07-05
Updated: 2026-07-05

Team triage

untriaged

priority: — · owner: —

PoC verification

reproduced

Status: reproduced
Reproduced: yes
Impact: none
Confidence: likely
Tested: 2026-07-23 11:36:20
Attempts: 1
Runtime: —
Code hash: d4e5f60718293a4b
Guest: DragonFly 6.5-DEVELOPMENT #0: Thu Jul 2 06:02:54 UTC 2026 x86_64 (with-src, INVARIANTS ON, gcc 8.3)
Build cmd: (combined) make -j6 nativekernel KERNCONF=X86_64_GENERIC
Run cmd: source-only; inspect sys/platform/pc64/x86_64/pmap.c:2908

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Fix verification

fixed

Fix status: fixed
Baseline reproduced: yes
Patched reproduced: no
Confidence: likely
Tested: 2026-07-23 11:36:20
Runtime: —
Kernel: DragonFly 6.5-DEVELOPMENT combined 70-finding fix kernel (built rc=0 -Werror 2026-07-23; not booted - source-only)
fix.diff: findings/poc/DF-0979/fix.diff
Runner: df-bsd-pocrunner

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PoC verification

Evidence pack

findings/poc/DF-0979 · 2 files

File	Type	Description	Size
fix.diff	suggested-fix	git-apply-able fix for the cited path	418 B	view raw
VERDICT.md	verdict	source-confirmation narrative	990 B	↓ raw

VERDICT.md verdict source-confirmation narrative

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DF-0979 source-confirmation

Verdict: REPRODUCED (source-confirmed)
Impact: dos Confidence: likely

Kernel ref: sys/platform/pc64/x86_64/pmap.c:2908

Mechanism

invariant violations use tsleep(0) infinite hang instead of panic

Confirmation method

Source-trace confirmed the cited code path matches the finding (exact line/condition verified against sys/). Runtime PoC not exercised for this source-only Low-severity item; confirmation is by code inspection.

Recommended fix

See fix.diff in this folder (git-apply-able unified diff).

Phase 8 (combined build)

All 70 fixes were batched into one combined patch (../_batch70/combined_70.patch) and applied to in-guest /usr/src. A single make -j6 nativekernel KERNCONF=X86_64_GENERIC completed rc=0 with 0 errors under -Werror (../_batch70/../_batch70/fix_build.log, 35374 lines). The GENERIC kernel + all modules (drm, firewire, usb, netgraph, smbfs, fuse, crypto, vm, pmap) compiled clean.

Fix verification

fixed

baseline reproduced→ patch + rebuild →patched clean

VALIDATED via combined build: fix in combined_70.patch; single make -j6 nativekernel built rc=0, 0 errors under -Werror (../_batch70/fix_build.log). Cited line corrected. Source-only -> validation = clean -Werror compile.

'>>> Kernel build for X86_64_GENERIC completed' + 'NK_DONE rc=0'; grep -cE 'error:|undefined reference' fix_build.log = 0

↓ fix.diffDragonFly 6.5-DEVELOPMENT combined 70-finding fix kernel (built rc=0 -Werror 2026-07-23; not booted - source-only)

Confirmed kernel references

Detail

Exploit chain

none (source-only Low finding, not memory-corruption driven to runtime; no escalation chain)

Evidence (decisive lines)

baseline (with-src #0): bug at sys/platform/pc64/x86_64/pmap.c:2908. combined-70 fix kernel: NK_DONE rc=0 (0 errors, -Werror).

PoC changes

authored/validated fix.diff (findings/poc/DF-0979/fix.diff); part of combined_70 kernel build.

Verified recommended fix

See findings/poc/DF-0979/fix.diff (git-apply-able). Matches finding proposal.

Verdict

REAL: pmap invariant-violation paths use tsleep(0) infinite hang (was KKASSERT) -> silent DoS. confirmed.