From: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
To: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Chris Mason <mason@kernel.org>,
Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>, Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>,
Aleksa Sarai <cyphar@cyphar.com>,
Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>,
bpf@vger.kernel.org,
"Christian Brauner (Amutable)" <brauner@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 05/17] selftests/filesystems: check that a recursive bind mount can't pin the caller's mount namespace
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2026 15:31:57 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260930-work-mount-fixes-3-v1-5-be34c83956ae@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260930-work-mount-fixes-3-v1-0-be34c83956ae@kernel.org>
Add a test for a recursive bind mount of a namespace file in another mount
namespace:
- a bind mount of the network namespace file, held through a descriptor
- the caller's own mount namespace file stacked on top of it there
- the recursive bind mount through the descriptor fails with EINVAL
- a plain bind mount of the file still works
The copy would pin the namespace it is put in otherwise.
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
---
.../selftests/filesystems/mount_cycle/.gitignore | 1 +
.../selftests/filesystems/mount_cycle/Makefile | 1 +
.../filesystems/mount_cycle/nsfs_rbind_loop_test.c | 193 +++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 195 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/mount_cycle/.gitignore b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/mount_cycle/.gitignore
index 03ca95de7765..8cd722977a32 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/mount_cycle/.gitignore
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/mount_cycle/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
unmounted_tree_test
overmount_reparent_test
+nsfs_rbind_loop_test
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/mount_cycle/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/mount_cycle/Makefile
index 88271c82d1c1..32e26336b132 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/mount_cycle/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/mount_cycle/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
TEST_GEN_PROGS := unmounted_tree_test overmount_reparent_test
+TEST_GEN_PROGS += nsfs_rbind_loop_test
CFLAGS += -Wall -O2 -g $(KHDR_INCLUDES)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/mount_cycle/nsfs_rbind_loop_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/mount_cycle/nsfs_rbind_loop_test.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0928a584eddc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/mount_cycle/nsfs_rbind_loop_test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * A recursive bind mount of a namespace file that lives in another mount
+ * namespace copies whatever is stacked on top of it there. If that includes
+ * the file of the caller's own mount namespace, or of an older one, the copy
+ * would pin the namespace it is put in forever. The bind mount has to be
+ * refused, a plain bind mount of the file itself still works.
+ */
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <sched.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/mount.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+
+#include "../../kselftest_harness.h"
+
+#define DIR_LEN 64
+#define PATH_LEN 128
+
+/* Child exit codes. */
+enum {
+ CHILD_OK,
+ CHILD_UNSHARE, /* could not create the newer mount namespace */
+ CHILD_PIPE, /* the parent went away */
+ CHILD_TMPFS, /* could not mount the tmpfs in the new namespace */
+ CHILD_REC_ALLOWED, /* the recursive bind mount was not refused */
+ CHILD_REC_ERRNO, /* it was refused with the wrong error */
+ CHILD_PLAIN_REFUSED, /* the plain bind mount of the file was refused */
+};
+
+static int write_file(const char *path, const char *s)
+{
+ ssize_t n = -1;
+ int fd;
+
+ fd = open(path, O_WRONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
+ if (fd >= 0) {
+ n = write(fd, s, strlen(s));
+ close(fd);
+ }
+ return n == (ssize_t)strlen(s) ? 0 : -1;
+}
+
+static int create_file(const char *path)
+{
+ int fd = open(path, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_CLOEXEC, 0644);
+
+ if (fd < 0)
+ return -1;
+ close(fd);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/* Become root in a new user namespace with a private mount namespace. */
+static int enter_userns(void)
+{
+ uid_t uid = getuid();
+ gid_t gid = getgid();
+ char map[32];
+
+ if (unshare(CLONE_NEWUSER | CLONE_NEWNS))
+ return -1;
+ if (write_file("/proc/self/setgroups", "deny") && errno != ENOENT)
+ return -1;
+ snprintf(map, sizeof(map), "0 %d 1", uid);
+ if (write_file("/proc/self/uid_map", map))
+ return -1;
+ snprintf(map, sizeof(map), "0 %d 1", gid);
+ if (write_file("/proc/self/gid_map", map))
+ return -1;
+ if (setgid(0) || setuid(0))
+ return -1;
+ return mount("", "/", NULL, MS_REC | MS_PRIVATE, NULL);
+}
+
+static int send_msg(int fd, char msg)
+{
+ return write(fd, &msg, 1) == 1 ? 0 : -1;
+}
+
+static char recv_msg(int fd)
+{
+ char msg;
+
+ if (read(fd, &msg, 1) != 1)
+ return 0;
+ return msg;
+}
+
+FIXTURE(nsfs_rbind_loop) {
+ char dir[DIR_LEN];
+ char x[PATH_LEN];
+};
+
+FIXTURE_SETUP(nsfs_rbind_loop)
+{
+ snprintf(self->dir, sizeof(self->dir), "/tmp/nsfs_rbind_loop.XXXXXX");
+ ASSERT_NE(mkdtemp(self->dir), NULL);
+ if (enter_userns()) {
+ rmdir(self->dir);
+ SKIP(return, "test requires user namespaces");
+ }
+ ASSERT_EQ(mount("tmpfs", self->dir, "tmpfs", 0, NULL), 0);
+ snprintf(self->x, sizeof(self->x), "%s/x", self->dir);
+ ASSERT_EQ(create_file(self->x), 0);
+}
+
+FIXTURE_TEARDOWN(nsfs_rbind_loop)
+{
+ umount2(self->dir, MNT_DETACH);
+ rmdir(self->dir);
+}
+
+/*
+ * The child in the newer mount namespace binds the network namespace file
+ * mount of the parent through @fd. Recursively that would copy the mount of
+ * its own mount namespace file that the parent stacked on top.
+ */
+static int newer_ns_child(const char *dir, int fd, int to_parent, int from_parent)
+{
+ char src[32], y[PATH_LEN];
+
+ if (unshare(CLONE_NEWNS))
+ return CHILD_UNSHARE;
+ if (send_msg(to_parent, 'r') || recv_msg(from_parent) != 'g')
+ return CHILD_PIPE;
+
+ snprintf(y, sizeof(y), "%s/y", dir);
+ if (mount("tmpfs", y, "tmpfs", 0, NULL))
+ return CHILD_TMPFS;
+ snprintf(src, sizeof(src), "/proc/self/fd/%d", fd);
+ snprintf(y, sizeof(y), "%s/y/f", dir);
+ if (create_file(y))
+ return CHILD_TMPFS;
+
+ if (!mount(src, y, NULL, MS_BIND | MS_REC, NULL))
+ return CHILD_REC_ALLOWED;
+ if (errno != EINVAL)
+ return CHILD_REC_ERRNO;
+ if (mount(src, y, NULL, MS_BIND, NULL))
+ return CHILD_PLAIN_REFUSED;
+ umount2(y, MNT_DETACH);
+ return CHILD_OK;
+}
+
+TEST_F(nsfs_rbind_loop, own_ns_file_below_foreign_source)
+{
+ int to_child[2], to_parent[2], fd, status;
+ char p[PATH_LEN];
+ pid_t pid;
+
+ snprintf(p, sizeof(p), "%s/y", self->dir);
+ ASSERT_EQ(mkdir(p, 0755), 0);
+
+ /* M, a mount of our network namespace file, held by a descriptor */
+ ASSERT_EQ(mount("/proc/self/ns/net", self->x, NULL, MS_BIND, NULL), 0);
+ fd = open(self->x, O_PATH | O_CLOEXEC);
+ ASSERT_GE(fd, 0);
+
+ ASSERT_EQ(pipe(to_child), 0);
+ ASSERT_EQ(pipe(to_parent), 0);
+ pid = fork();
+ ASSERT_GE(pid, 0);
+ if (pid == 0) {
+ close(to_child[1]);
+ close(to_parent[0]);
+ _exit(newer_ns_child(self->dir, fd, to_parent[1], to_child[0]));
+ }
+ close(to_child[0]);
+ close(to_parent[1]);
+ ASSERT_EQ(recv_msg(to_parent[0]), 'r');
+
+ /* the child's mount namespace file on top of M */
+ snprintf(p, sizeof(p), "/proc/%d/ns/mnt", pid);
+ ASSERT_EQ(mount(p, self->x, NULL, MS_BIND, NULL), 0);
+
+ ASSERT_EQ(send_msg(to_child[1], 'g'), 0);
+ ASSERT_EQ(waitpid(pid, &status, 0), pid);
+ ASSERT_TRUE(WIFEXITED(status));
+ ASSERT_EQ(WEXITSTATUS(status), CHILD_OK);
+
+ close(fd);
+ ASSERT_EQ(umount2(self->x, MNT_DETACH), 0);
+ ASSERT_EQ(umount2(self->x, MNT_DETACH), 0);
+}
+
+TEST_HARNESS_MAIN
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-30 13:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-30 13:31 [PATCH 00/17] mount: more bugfixes, the Oprah edition Christian Brauner
2026-09-30 13:31 ` [PATCH 01/17] namespace: queue a mount only once for mount notifications Christian Brauner
2026-09-30 13:31 ` [PATCH 02/17] namespace: check a submount for references right before unmounting it Christian Brauner
2026-09-30 13:31 ` [PATCH 03/17] selftests/filesystems: check that a busy submount survives a synchronous umount Christian Brauner
2026-09-30 13:44 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-30 13:31 ` [PATCH 04/17] namespace: check a recursive bind mount for mount namespace loops Christian Brauner
2026-09-30 13:31 ` Christian Brauner [this message]
2026-09-30 13:31 ` [PATCH 06/17] namespace: keep covered mounts covered in OPEN_TREE_NAMESPACE Christian Brauner
2026-09-30 13:31 ` [PATCH 07/17] selftests/filesystems: check that OPEN_TREE_NAMESPACE keeps mounts covered Christian Brauner
2026-09-30 13:43 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-30 13:32 ` [PATCH 08/17] namespace: look at the topmost mount for a mount namespace file Christian Brauner
2026-09-30 13:32 ` [PATCH 09/17] selftests/filesystems: check that a mount namespace file on top doesn't bury a mount Christian Brauner
2026-09-30 13:40 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-30 13:32 ` [PATCH 10/17] namespace: check the mounts before reading their parents in pivot_root() Christian Brauner
2026-09-30 13:32 ` [PATCH 11/17] namespace: don't reconfigure internal superblocks via remount and umount Christian Brauner
2026-09-30 13:32 ` [PATCH 12/17] selftests/filesystems: check that the nullfs root can't be reconfigured Christian Brauner
2026-09-30 13:32 ` [PATCH 13/17] namespace: remove the fsnotify marks of a mount namespace in process context Christian Brauner
2026-09-30 15:07 ` Amir Goldstein
2026-09-30 13:32 ` [PATCH 14/17] fsnotify: detach the connector before destroying its marks Christian Brauner
2026-09-30 13:57 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-01 9:31 ` Christian Brauner
2026-10-01 10:58 ` Amir Goldstein
2026-10-01 12:06 ` Christian Brauner
2026-09-30 13:32 ` [PATCH 15/17] dcache: don't put a mountpoint on a dentry that's being removed Christian Brauner
2026-09-30 13:32 ` [PATCH 16/17] unshare: don't drop active namespace references that were never taken Christian Brauner
2026-09-30 13:32 ` [PATCH 17/17] namespace: don't let a pseudo dentry become the root of a mount Christian Brauner
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