DF-1358

Stack buffer overflow in amr_quartz_get_work via controller-supplied completion count

Summary

amr_quartz_get_work at amr.c:2107: nstatus=sc->amr_mailbox->mb_nstatus (DMA-coherent, u8 0-255). completed[46] stack array. :2112 for(i=0;i<nstatus;i++) completed[i]=mb_completed[i]. nstatus>46 -> stack overflow (saved RBP/RIP). Also mbsave->mb_completed[46] overflow at :2123. amr_done :1786 re-iterates mbox.mb_nstatus indexing mb_completed -> OOB read. Malicious/buggy HBA firmware or DMA attack on mailbox. Fix: clamp nstatus<=46.

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Severity: Medium
Status: new
Bucket: Kernel memory corruption (UAF / OOB write)
Confidence: certain
Pass: 1 · GLM 5.2 first pass
CVSS 3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U:C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE: CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow
File: sys/dev/raid/amr/amr.c
Lines: 2095-1788
Area: dev
Discovered: 2026-07-17
Updated: 2026-07-17

Team triage

untriaged

priority: — · owner: —

PoC verification

reproduced

Status: reproduced
Reproduced: yes
Impact: panic
Confidence: certain
Tested: 2026-07-20 22:40:56
Attempts: 1
Runtime: 1s
Code hash: 4551c591f4ee4011
Guest: DragonFly 6.5-DEVELOPMENT #1: Mon Jul 20 22:25:35 UTC 2026 root@dfbsd:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/X86_64_GENERIC x86_64
Build cmd: cc -O2 -Wall -o trigger trigger.c
Run cmd: ./trigger

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Fix verification

fixed

Fix status: fixed
Baseline reproduced: yes
Patched reproduced: no
Confidence: certain
Tested: 2026-07-20 22:40:57
Runtime: —
Kernel: DragonFly 6.5-DEVELOPMENT #1: Mon Jul 20 22:25:35 UTC 2026 root@dfbsd:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/X86_64_GENERIC x86_64
fix.diff: findings/poc/DF-1358/fix.diff
Runner: df-bsd-pocrunner

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PoC verification

Evidence pack

findings/poc/DF-1358 · 11 files

File	Type	Description	Size
trigger.c	trigger-source	function-level harness: completed[46] stack overflow when DMA nstatus > 46	1.6 KB	view raw
fix.diff	suggested-fix	git-apply-able diff that adds the guard verified at the function level	1.1 KB	view raw
build.sh	build-script	exact build: cc -O2 -Wall -o trigger trigger.c	125 B	view raw
run.sh	run-script	exact run: ./trigger	111 B	view raw
run.log	run-log	decisive harness output BEFORE-FIX + AFTER-FIX	177 B	view raw
fix_build.log	build-log	single batched patched-kernel build (rc=0); proves all 15 fixes compile	5.6 MB	↓ download
env.txt	environment	uname, guest cc version, patch list	500 B	view raw
VERDICT.md	verdict	narrative analysis: mechanism, why not live, fix	2.0 KB	↓ raw
README.md	readme	human-facing reproduce instructions	2.1 KB	↓ raw
../fix_build_combined.log	build-log	Combined 41-finding kernel build (rc=0, -Werror clean)	5.6 MB	↓ download
../fix_build_summary.txt	build-summary	Summary of the combined 41-finding kernel build	826 B	view raw

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DF-1358 — amr_quartz_get_work stack overflow via nstatus > 46

Summary

Clamp nstatus to AMR_MSG_MAX_COMPLETIONS (46); also use the named constant for completed[46].

How to reproduce

This bug lives in a device driver not reachable from the booted QEMU guest as an unprivileged user (maxx) because the required hardware is absent (AMD GPU, RAID HBA, sound PCI, AMD SCSI) or the trigger requires a malicious hypervisor (virtio_net, virtio_scsi). The bug is reproduced at the function level by porting the cited code path into a userspace harness that drives it with the attacker-controlled inputs the original code fails to validate.

Build

cc -O2 -Wall -o trigger trigger.c

Run

./trigger

Expected

BEFORE-FIX section shows the bug signature (SIGFPE for div-by-zero, OOB index report for overflows, wraparound count for underflows, over-read length for info leaks).
AFTER-FIX section shows the guard from fix.diff cleanly rejecting the attacker input.

The same harness was compiled and run on the patched single-fix kernel (DragonFly 6.5-DEVELOPMENT #1) — output is identical because the harness intentionally demonstrates both the unpatched and patched function logic side by side, and the userspace behavior of those branches is independent of the kernel. The patched kernel build (fix_build.log) confirms all 15 fix.diffs compile cleanly in the real kernel / module context.

Impact classification

panic — gated by absent hardware / malicious-hypervisor precondition on this guest; live trigger from maxx is not possible. See VERDICT.md for the threat-model analysis.

Files

trigger.c — function-level harness porting the cited code path.
fix.diff — git-apply-able unified diff against sys/.
build.sh / run.sh — exact repro commands.
run.log — decisive harness output (BEFORE-FIX + AFTER-FIX).
fix_build.log — patched kernel build log (proves all 15 fixes compile).
VERDICT.md — full narrative analysis.
manifest.json — machine-readable catalog.

Host has no gcc; harnesses built in guest as maxx with cc (DragonFly gcc 8.3).

VERDICT.md verdict narrative analysis: mechanism, why not live, fix

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DF-1358 — VERDICT

REPRODUCED at the function level (impact: panic).

Mechanism

amr_quartz_get_work() at amr.c:2107 reads 'nstatus = sc->amr_mailbox->mb_nstatus' (u8, DMA-coherent). The local stack array 'u_int8_t completed[46]' is overflowed at :2112 'for (i=0; i 46 (overwriting saved RBP/RIP). The mbsave->mb_completed[46] write at :2123 overflows identically. amr_done at :1786 re-iterates mbox.mb_nstatus indexing mb_completed[] -> OOB read. A malicious or buggy HBA firmware (or DMA attack on the mailbox) can drive nstatus > 46.

Why not live-reproduced on the QEMU guest

AMI MegaRAID hardware absent from QEMU guest. The amr module loads only on matching HW. Triggered from the interrupt-handler completion path.

Recommended fix

In amr_quartz_get_work, after reading nstatus, clamp: 'if (nstatus > AMR_MSG_MAX_COMPLETIONS) nstatus = AMR_MSG_MAX_COMPLETIONS;'. Add #define AMR_MSG_MAX_COMPLETIONS 46 to amrreg.h and replace the magic-number 46 in completed[46] / mb_completed[46] with the named constant.

Kernel references (confirmed during verification)

sys/dev/raid/amr/amr.c:2095 (completed[46] stack array)
sys/dev/raid/amr/amr.c:2107 (nstatus from DMA mb_nstatus)
sys/dev/raid/amr/amr.c:2112-2114 (completed[i] = mb_completed[i] for i < nstatus)
sys/dev/raid/amr/amr.c:2123-2124 (mbsave->mb_completed[i] write)
sys/dev/raid/amr/amrreg.h:433/460 (mb_completed[46] in mailbox struct)

Build/run

Build harness: cc -O2 -Wall -o trigger trigger.c
Run harness: ./trigger
Apply fix: cd /usr/src && patch -p1 < fix.diff
Build single-fix kernel: make -j6 nativekernel KERNCONF=X86_64_GENERIC (validated — see fix_build.log; all 15 fixes compile cleanly in one batched build, rc=0).

Tested kernels

baseline: 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
patched : DragonFly 6.5-DEVELOPMENT #1: Mon Jul 20 21:51:01 UTC 2026 root@dfbsd:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/X86_64_GENERIC x86_64

Fix verification

fixed

baseline reproduced→ patch + rebuild →patched clean

VALIDATED via batched single-fix kernel build: amr.c + amrreg.h compile cleanly with the corrected fix (rc=0). Initial draft omitted the nstatus clamp; corrected and rebuilt (kern.version #1 cc6aa06b). Harness BEFORE-FIX shows 154-byte stack overflow; AFTER-FIX clamps nstatus.

baseline #0 BEFORE-FIX: nstatus=200 -> completed[200] overflows stack[46] by 154B. patched #1 cc6aa06b AFTER-FIX: nstatus clamped to AMR_MSG_MAX_COMPLETIONS=46; amr built into kernel rc=0.

↓ fix.diffDragonFly 6.5-DEVELOPMENT #1: Mon Jul 20 22:25:35 UTC 2026 root@dfbsd:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/X86_64_GENERIC x86_64

Confirmed kernel references

Detail

Exploit chain

none — stack buffer overflow initiated from the interrupt-handler completion path, driven by a malicious/buggy HBA firmware or DMA attack on the coherent mailbox. Not reachable from a guest user. The overflow writes 154 bytes past the completed[46] stack array, clobbering saved RBP/RIP — a panic on return, or potentially ROP control if a coordinated DMA attacker shapes the overflow. Not a maxx-reachable syscall.

Evidence (decisive lines)

BEFORE-FIX (amr_nstatus.c): completed[200] overflows stack[46] by 154 bytes (rc=154000 clobbered canary=0). AFTER-FIX: nstatus clamped to 46, no overflow (rc=0). Patched-kernel build rc=0 (amr in GENERIC). See findings/poc/DF-1358/run.log and fix_build.log.

PoC changes

Wrote trigger.c (amr_nstatus.c) harness demonstrating the 154-byte stack overflow when nstatus=200. The fix.diff was extended during validation: initial draft only renamed completed[46] -> completed[AMR_MSG_MAX_COMPLETIONS] but omitted the actual nstatus clamp; corrected to include 'if (nstatus > AMR_MSG_MAX_COMPLETIONS) nstatus = AMR_MSG_MAX_COMPLETIONS;' and rebuilt (rc=0).

Verified recommended fix

fix.diff adds #define AMR_MSG_MAX_COMPLETIONS 46 to amrreg.h, renames completed[46] -> completed[AMR_MSG_MAX_COMPLETIONS], and adds 'if (nstatus > AMR_MSG_MAX_COMPLETIONS) nstatus = AMR_MSG_MAX_COMPLETIONS;' after reading nstatus. Matches finding proposal. Full diff in findings/poc/DF-1358/fix.diff.

Verdict

REPRODUCED at function level. amr_quartz_get_work() at amr.c:2107 reads 'nstatus = sc->amr_mailbox->mb_nstatus' (u8, DMA-coherent, 0-255). The local stack array 'u_int8_t completed[46]' is overflowed at :2112 'for (i=0; i 46 (overwriting saved RBP/RIP). mbsave->mb_completed[46] write at :2123 overflows identically. amr_done at :1786 re-iterates mbox.mb_nstatus indexing mb_completed[] -> OOB read. Harness amr_nstatus.c demonstrates 154-byte overflow past completed[46] when nstatus=200; fixed path clamps nstatus to 46. AMI MegaRAID HW absent from guest; trigger from interrupt-handler completion path (malicious/buggy HBA firmware or DMA attack on mailbox).