TheUnboundDeveloper/AM-Reaper v3.4.2-beta-GT-BE98

Reaper v3.4.2-beta — GT-BE98

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v3.4.2 — the TCP-load hang fixed, a fixed WAN port at factory, the stock wizard closed, lldpd and OpenVPN security fixes

Replaces the withdrawn v3.4.0 beta; everything in v3.4.0 and v3.3.9 is included.

• v3.4.0 hung or rebooted under TCP load (field, two boxes). The v3.4.0 hunk for CVE-2024-50154 dropped
  timer_pending() from reqsk_queue_unlink() without upstream's from_timer guard, so the request-socket
  timer's drop path called del_timer_sync() on the timer it was running from: a self-deadlock, a hang or a
  reboot under PANIC_ON_OOPS. __inet_csk_reqsk_queue_drop() carries the guard now, as 4.19.y does; the
  exported API is unchanged. Host test test_kernel_cve_onehunk_set.py.
• A fixed WAN port is the factory default. Stock Auto-detect (autowan_enable=1) can only find the WAN by
  bridging every candidate port into the LAN, so a new or factory-reset router joined its ISP port to the LAN
  once. The factory default is now the port labelled WAN with Auto off; Auto stays a choice on the WAN Ports
  page, and on the fixed-port path lldpd no longer binds a WAN interface. An upgrade keeps the stored choice.
  Host test test_factory_defaults_off.py.
• Three DNS Failover switches start off at factory. Device names across networks, IPv6 device names and
  the LAN name resolution check start off, like the other three switches on that row; each is a click away,
  and an upgrade keeps the stored values. Host tests test_factory_defaults_off.py, test_rev_server.py.
• The stock setup wizard is reachable from AiMesh add-node only. Four live paths still led into it on a
  box that has no wizard: the default CGI, wanduck's first-use captive redirect (and the first-use "direct
  rule" that held a connected box's NAT), the LAN-subnet landing pages and a dead menu entry. All closed; a
  factory box is usable at once and stays discoverable as an AiMesh node. The one wizard flow Reaper keeps -
  AiMesh add-node / node mode - runs in the Reaper palette, with a centred title, progressive wording and a
  prerequisites box in all 25 languages. Host tests test_qis_default_retired.py, test_wanduck_firstuse.py,
  test_qis_theme_append.py, test_amas_pages_i18n.py.
• A first boot in a DST zone kept the stock DST rule (field, US clock an hour behind). Nothing had replaced
  the stock default time_zone_dstoff since the wizard was retired. The setup page writes the chosen zone's
  rule from the bundled zone table, and Apply waits for the table (the reply, a failed fetch, or 8 s). Host
  test test_firstboot_dstoff.py.
• lldpd CVE-2026-46433. The VLAN tag strip moved s - 12 bytes from offset 16, four past the receive
  buffer: a heap over-read any L2-adjacent host triggers with a tagged frame of MTU size. Both vendored trees
  carry upstream's fix. Host test test_lldpd_vlan_strip.py.
• OpenVPN 2.7.8 security fixes backported onto the 2.7.7 tree: CVE-2026-88964 (unsigned underflow when a
  pushed domain_search_list is cleared), CVE-2026-84790 (certificate subjects with embedded NUL bytes
  accepted) and two hardening commits. The reported version stays 2.7.7; the full 2.7.8 import is for the
  next component rung.
• Samba's private directory is 0700. The runtime directories created before enrollment (v3.4.0) came from
  mkdir_if_none, which makes them 0777; /var/lib/samba/private (secrets.tdb, the messaging sockets) is
  0700 on every start. Host test test_samba_enroll_dirs.py.
• IPv6 device names no longer empty the DNS cache. rv6names signalled every dnsmasq instance whenever any
  names file changed, and dnsmasq's SIGHUP drops every cached answer; one instance per names file now, a
  15 min hold on a changed set and 5 min pacing. Host test test_rv6names.py.
• Diagnostics v1.3.37. The sanitizer runs as a pipeline of targeted stages, each with its own ledger line
  and no report when a stage fails; a routed IPv6 prefix, reverse-zone nibbles and a DHCPv6 DUID are redacted;
  a client's DHCP domain and name are masked wherever dnsmasq or Gatekeeper prints them; a generic device/OS
  word used as a client name is masked at its template position only. Host test test_diag_sanitizer.py.
• rwatch on a pre-NTP boot. A no-WAN boot runs at the 2023 clock while the last bundle's stamp holds real
  time, so the incident dump was "suppressed" for the one boot that needed it, and the recovery line counted
  years of outage. A stamp ahead of the clock throttles nothing, the outage timer runs on uptime, and the
  FAILURE line follows the dump. Host test test_rwatch_clockstep.py.
• Also: the LAN name check asks every upstream at once instead of one wait per server (host test
  test_landns_check.py); the DNS Failover status poll parses its reply once. Docs: the guide gained a full
  factory-defaults section (8) and a review of every feature page.

Images & checksums (GT-BE98)

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-GT-BE98-Reaper_v3.4.2.txt.

Corresponding source & reproducibility

The GT-BE98 image for v3.4.2-beta is built from this repository at tag v3.4.2-beta-GT-BE98: 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 v3.4.2-beta-GT-BE98 (patches + docs).