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No,  it uses layer 2 communication at that point.  On the 6 FreeBSD stations
I have, you are apparently right. It looks like a way to exploit a system
without access to the ports. I'm not sure why the kernel intercepts the data
that way (you didn't even use a NOP sled.)

-Josh