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DF-1019

daioctl uses KKASSERT (debug-only macro) to validate user-controlled DAIOCTRIM alignment -> panic on INVARIANTS, silent bypass on production

Summary

daioctl at scsi_da.c:443-444 KKASSERT((bytes_left%512)==0); KKASSERT((bytes_start%512)==0). bytes_left/bytes_start from user ioctl ap->a_data. KKASSERT panics on INVARIANTS kernels (default X86_64_GENERIC has INVARIANTS); do{}while(0) on non-INVARIANTS -> silent bypass -> misaligned trim proceeds. Root-only (SYSCAP_RESTRICTEDROOT daopen :505). Kernel input validation must never depend on compile-time debug option. Fix: if((bytes_left%512)!=0||(bytes_start%512)!=0) return EINVAL.

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PoC verification

Evidence pack

findings/poc/DF-1019 Β· 3 files
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fix.diff suggested-fix git-apply-able fix for the cited path 476 B view raw
VERDICT.md verdict source-confirmation narrative 922 B ↓ raw
env.txt environment guest uname + toolchain 247 B view raw
VERDICT.md verdict source-confirmation narrative
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DF-1019 source-confirmation

Verdict: REPRODUCED (source-confirmed) Impact: none Confidence: likely

Kernel ref: sys/bus/cam/scsi/scsi_da.c:443

Mechanism

daioctl KKASSERT alignment validation: DAIOCTRIM alignment validated only with KKASSERT -> panic on INVARIANTS (default GENERIC), silent bypass on production. root-only; confirmed.

Confirmation method

source-only Low-severity; confirmation by code inspection. Runtime PoC not exercised for this Low-severity item; confirmation is by code inspection against sys/.

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

Phase 8 (combined build)

This fix is part of the batched 70-finding combined patch (../_batch70/combined_70.patch) applied to in-guest /usr/src. A single make -j6 nativekernel KERNCONF=X86_64_GENERIC build is validated rc=0 with 0 errors under -Werror (../_batch70/fix_build.log).

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/bus/cam/scsi/scsi_da.c:443. combined-70 fix kernel: NK_DONE rc=0 (0 errors, -Werror).

PoC changes

authored/validated fix.diff (findings/poc/DF-1019/fix.diff); part of combined_70 kernel build.

Verified recommended fix

See findings/poc/DF-1019/fix.diff (git-apply-able). Matches finding proposal.

Verdict

REAL: daioctl validates DAIOCTRIM alignment only with KKASSERT -> panic on INVARIANTS, silent bypass on production. root-only. confirmed.