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DF-5066

dm_target_autoload clobbers linker_file->userrefs with an unsynchronized '=1' store outside kld_lock, racing kldunload's locked read-modify-write β€” corrupts kld module pin accounting

Summary

The extra-big-hack naked store races locked userrefs RMW in kldload/kldunload - a lost update resurrects a pin or drops a legitimate reference (one kldunload too many admitted, whose failure mode is the DF-5065 freed-text class). Operator-group-reachable autoload side. Delete-the-hack fix (fresh loads already have userrefs=1).

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PoC verification

Evidence pack

findings/poc/DF-5066 Β· 1 files
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verdict.json file 847 B view raw

Fix verification

not_testable
baseline no→ patch + rebuild →patched clean
per-fix-DF-5066

Confirmed kernel references

Detail

Evidence (decisive lines)

source-level analysis in finding markdown

Verified recommended fix

delete the userrefs=1 hack

Verdict

untested (Low/hardening; both trigger sides privileged)