TheUnboundDeveloper/AM-Reaper v3.3.8-beta-BQ16

Reaper v3.3.8-beta — BQ16

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v3.3.8 — a kernel TCP race fixed, no world-writable files from rc, Traffic Analyzer tables to 50 rows, the sibling builds link again

• First image with the v3.3.7 changes. v3.3.7 produced no fleet images: v3.3.7 removed the rc/Makefile
  line that compiles reaper_chanlist_shim.c, so the GT-BE98, GT-BE19000, BQ16 and BQ16 Pro failed to link rc
  (their closed rc objects lack wl_scb, backup_eth_ob_log and is_wan_port_ext_switch, which the shim stubs).
  Separately, every noMCP image failed reaper_verify on markers for MCP-only files. The line is restored;
  verify_markers.txt takes an optional variant field (|MCP / |noMCP). Host tests
  test_sibling_rc_units.py, test_verify_markers_variant.py.
• Kernel: CVE-2026-43198 (audit V8). An IPv4 client connecting to a dual-stack listener gets a v6-mapped
  child socket, which was published in the established hash while its pinet6 still pointed at the listener's
  ipv6_pinfo; another CPU could use it in that window. Port of upstream 858d2a4f67ff (5.10.y aef4a9ae):
  __tcp_v4_syn_recv_sock() runs a child-init hook before the child is hashed. The exported
  tcp_v4_syn_recv_sock() and the af_ops signature are unchanged. Host test test_kernel_tcp6_mapped_race.py.
• rc runs with umask 022 (field, GT-BE98). rc ran with umask 0, so a file any rc-started process created
  without an explicit mode was 0666 - writable by the non-root services (dnsmasq and tftpd as nobody,
  Entware daemons). ASUS's own commented-out umask(022) is switched on after sysinit's directory block, so the
  directories ASUS creates 0777 keep their mode; vsftpd, Samba and tftpd set their own. Behaviour change: such
  files are now 0644; an add-on that wrote into one as a non-root user must set its own mode. Host test
  test_rc_umask.py.
• Traffic Analyzer: Top Devices and Top Talkers show 10, 20, 30 or 50 rows. A selector per table (remembered
  in the browser), fixed column layout and padded rows so the table does not jump; rtrafd keeps 64 top-talker
  slots (was 20).

Images & checksums (BQ16)

Two flashable images: + AI Advisor (default) and Standard (noMCP, all AI components compiled out entirely). Flash the *_nand_squashfs.pkgtb via Administration > Firmware Upgrade.

This is a beta release. Its filename carries _BETA and the router reports the same string on the dashboard and the About page, so you can always tell which channel a flashed image came from. Stable releases carry no marker.

Verify a download against the attached SHA256SUMS-BQ16-Reaper_v3.3.8.txt.

Corresponding source & reproducibility

The BQ16 image for v3.3.8-beta is built from this repository at tag v3.3.8-beta-BQ16: the pinned Asuswrt-Merlin base (3006.102.8-beta2, a7ebfa133a) plus the complete patch series. The tag freezes the exact source that produced it.

• Patches: patches/
• Provenance record: provenance/manifest.json
• How to verify: docs/REPRODUCIBILITY.md and docs/SOURCE-AVAILABILITY.md

The auto-attached Source code (zip/tar.gz) asset below is this repository at tag v3.3.8-beta-BQ16 (patches + docs).