From: Andrea Cervesato <andrea.cervesato@suse.de>
To: Linux Test Project <ltp@lists.linux.it>
Subject: [LTP] [PATCH v5 10/14] fchroot09: test setns escape from failfs root
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:16:39 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261020-fchroot-v5-10-63aa6faff503@suse.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261020-fchroot-v5-0-63aa6faff503@suse.com>
From: Andrea Cervesato <andrea.cervesato@suse.com>
Verify that entering failfs with fchroot() is hard to undo: a process
inside counts as chrooted, and one way out is a pre-opened mount
namespace fd. setns() into it resets both the root and the working
directory.
Signed-off-by: Andrea Cervesato <andrea.cervesato@suse.com>
---
runtest/syscalls | 1 +
testcases/kernel/syscalls/fchroot/.gitignore | 1 +
testcases/kernel/syscalls/fchroot/fchroot09.c | 68 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 70 insertions(+)
diff --git a/runtest/syscalls b/runtest/syscalls
index 24d9b1b4a..b4723fee4 100644
--- a/runtest/syscalls
+++ b/runtest/syscalls
@@ -324,6 +324,7 @@ fchroot05 fchroot05
fchroot06 fchroot06
fchroot07 fchroot07
fchroot08 fchroot08
+fchroot09 fchroot09
fcntl01 fcntl01
fcntl01_64 fcntl01_64
diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fchroot/.gitignore b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fchroot/.gitignore
index 0a2510d8a..b577da61f 100644
--- a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fchroot/.gitignore
+++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fchroot/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ fchroot06
fchroot07
fchroot07_child
fchroot08
+fchroot09
diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fchroot/fchroot09.c b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fchroot/fchroot09.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f4f0e1100
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fchroot/fchroot09.c
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2026 SUSE LLC Andrea Cervesato <andrea.cervesato@suse.com>
+ */
+
+/*\
+ * Test that :manpage:`setns(2)` escapes the failfs root.
+ *
+ * Entering failfs with :manpage:`fchroot(2)` is hard to undo: a process
+ * inside counts as chrooted, so :manpage:`chroot(2)` and :manpage:`fchroot(2)`
+ * back out require ``CAP_SYS_CHROOT``. One way out is a pre-opened mount
+ * namespace file descriptor: :manpage:`setns(2)` into it resets both the
+ * root and the working directory.
+ *
+ * Root is required because entering failfs requires ``CAP_SYS_CHROOT`` and
+ * :manpage:`setns(2)` into the mount namespace requires ``CAP_SYS_ADMIN``.
+ *
+ * The test runs in a forked child so the root of the parent process is
+ * left untouched.
+ */
+
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include "tst_test.h"
+#include "lapi/fcntl.h"
+#include "lapi/sched.h"
+#include "lapi/setns.h"
+#include "lapi/syscalls.h"
+
+static void run(void)
+{
+ if (SAFE_FORK())
+ return;
+
+ struct stat realroot, st;
+ int nsfd;
+
+ SAFE_STAT("/", &realroot);
+ nsfd = SAFE_OPEN("/proc/self/ns/mnt", O_RDONLY);
+
+ TST_EXP_PASS(tst_syscall(__NR_fchroot, FD_FAILFS_ROOT, 0),
+ "fchroot() with the FD_FAILFS_ROOT sentinel");
+
+ TST_EXP_FAIL2(open("/", O_PATH), EOPNOTSUPP,
+ "absolute lookup after entering failfs");
+
+ TST_EXP_PASS(setns(nsfd, CLONE_NEWNS),
+ "setns() back into the mount namespace");
+
+ SAFE_CLOSE(nsfd);
+
+ SAFE_STAT("/", &st);
+ TST_EXP_EXPR(st.st_dev == realroot.st_dev &&
+ st.st_ino == realroot.st_ino,
+ "root restored after setns()");
+
+ SAFE_STAT(".", &st);
+ TST_EXP_EXPR(st.st_dev == realroot.st_dev &&
+ st.st_ino == realroot.st_ino,
+ "working directory restored after setns()");
+}
+
+static struct tst_test test = {
+ .test_all = run,
+ .needs_root = 1,
+ .forks_child = 1,
+};
--
2.51.0
--
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-20 10:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-20 10:16 [LTP] [PATCH v5 00/14] fchroot: add fchroot() testing suite Andrea Cervesato
2026-10-20 10:16 ` [LTP] [PATCH v5 01/14] lapi: fallback fchroot() parameters Andrea Cervesato
2026-10-20 12:39 ` Cyril Hrubis
2026-10-20 14:53 ` [LTP] " linuxtestproject.agent
2026-10-20 15:57 ` Andrea Cervesato via ltp
2026-10-20 10:16 ` [LTP] [PATCH v5 02/14] fchroot01: test fchroot() with a directory fd Andrea Cervesato
2026-10-20 10:16 ` [LTP] [PATCH v5 03/14] fchroot02: test fchroot() invalid arguments Andrea Cervesato
2026-10-20 10:16 ` [LTP] [PATCH v5 04/14] fchroot03: test fchroot() permission checks Andrea Cervesato
2026-10-20 10:16 ` [LTP] [PATCH v5 05/14] fchroot04: test fchroot() into failfs as root Andrea Cervesato
2026-10-20 10:16 ` [LTP] [PATCH v5 06/14] fchroot05: test failfs root can not be referenced Andrea Cervesato
2026-10-20 10:16 ` [LTP] [PATCH v5 07/14] fchroot06: test path walks under failfs root Andrea Cervesato
2026-10-20 13:02 ` Cyril Hrubis
2026-10-20 10:16 ` [LTP] [PATCH v5 08/14] fchroot07: test execve blocked by " Andrea Cervesato
2026-10-20 10:16 ` [LTP] [PATCH v5 09/14] fchroot08: test failfs root fork inheritance Andrea Cervesato
2026-10-20 13:05 ` Cyril Hrubis
2026-10-20 10:16 ` Andrea Cervesato [this message]
2026-10-20 15:26 ` [LTP] [PATCH v5 10/14] fchroot09: test setns escape from failfs root Cyril Hrubis
2026-10-20 10:16 ` [LTP] [PATCH v5 11/14] fchroot10: test failfs entry without no_new_privs Andrea Cervesato
2026-10-20 10:16 ` [LTP] [PATCH v5 12/14] fchroot11: test failfs entry with no_new_privs Andrea Cervesato
2026-10-20 15:41 ` Cyril Hrubis
2026-10-20 10:16 ` [LTP] [PATCH v5 13/14] fchroot12: test failfs entry with shared fs_struct Andrea Cervesato
2026-10-20 10:16 ` [LTP] [PATCH v5 14/14] fchroot13: test failfs entry when chrooted Andrea Cervesato
2026-10-20 15:44 ` Cyril Hrubis
2026-10-20 16:13 ` [LTP] [PATCH v5 00/14] fchroot: add fchroot() testing suite Andrea Cervesato via ltp
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