From: Cyril Hrubis <chrubis@suse.cz>
To: Andrea Cervesato <andrea.cervesato@suse.de>
Cc: Linux Test Project <ltp@lists.linux.it>
Subject: Re: [LTP] [PATCH STAGING v2 10/16] fchroot07: test execve blocked by failfs root
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2026 18:17:20 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aocokOprfib9GOC0@yuki.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260820-fchroot-v2-10-062ed20957a0@suse.com>
Hi!
> Verify that after fchroot() moved the root into failfs, loading a
> binary by absolute path fails with EOPNOTSUPP. The exec runs in a
> grandchild so a wrongly successful exec is still detected through
> the exit code.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrea Cervesato <andrea.cervesato@suse.com>
> ---
> runtest/staging | 1 +
> testcases/kernel/syscalls/fchroot/.gitignore | 1 +
> testcases/kernel/syscalls/fchroot/fchroot07.c | 72 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 3 files changed, 74 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/runtest/staging b/runtest/staging
> index 8b6b1ecd9..b8954bb5a 100644
> --- a/runtest/staging
> +++ b/runtest/staging
> @@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ fchroot03 fchroot03
> fchroot04 fchroot04
> fchroot05 fchroot05
> fchroot06 fchroot06
> +fchroot07 fchroot07
> diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fchroot/.gitignore b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fchroot/.gitignore
> index 12151270a..b68069d9a 100644
> --- a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fchroot/.gitignore
> +++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fchroot/.gitignore
> @@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ fchroot03
> fchroot04
> fchroot05
> fchroot06
> +fchroot07
> diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fchroot/fchroot07.c b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fchroot/fchroot07.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000..d5ebfc576
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fchroot/fchroot07.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
> +/*
> + * Copyright (C) 2026 SUSE LLC Andrea Cervesato <andrea.cervesato@suse.com>
> + */
> +
> +/*\
> + * Test that :manpage:`execve(2)` is blocked under the failfs root.
> + *
> + * After :manpage:`fchroot(2)` moved the process root into failfs, loading
> + * a binary by absolute path fails with ``EOPNOTSUPP``.
> + *
> + * Root is required because entering failfs with the ``FD_FAILFS_ROOT``
> + * sentinel requires ``CAP_SYS_CHROOT``.
> + *
> + * The exec runs in a grandchild: a wrongly successful exec would replace
> + * the test image, so the outcome can only be reported when the exec call
> + * returns, and the grandchild exit code tells the parent whether the
> + * image was replaced.
> + */
> +
> +#define _GNU_SOURCE
> +#include <sys/wait.h>
> +#include <unistd.h>
> +#include "tst_test.h"
> +#include "lapi/fcntl.h"
> +#include "lapi/syscalls.h"
> +
> +/* Marker exit code proving the grandchild image was not replaced. */
> +#define EXEC_NOT_REPLACED 42
> +
> +static void check_exec_blocked(void)
> +{
> + pid_t pid = SAFE_FORK();
> + int status;
> +
> + if (!pid) {
> + TST_EXP_FAIL(execl("/bin/true", "true", NULL), EOPNOTSUPP,
> + "absolute exec blocked by the failfs root");
> + exit(EXEC_NOT_REPLACED);
> + }
> +
> + SAFE_WAITPID(pid, &status, 0);
> + if (!WIFEXITED(status) || WEXITSTATUS(status) != EXEC_NOT_REPLACED)
> + tst_res(TFAIL, "exec replaced the test image");
> +}
> +
> +static void run(void)
> +{
> + if (SAFE_FORK())
> + return;
> +
> + TST_EXP_PASS(tst_syscall(__NR_fchroot, FD_FAILFS_ROOT, 0),
> + "fchroot() with the FD_FAILFS_ROOT sentinel");
> +
> + check_exec_blocked();
> +
> + exit(0);
> +}
> +
> +static void setup(void)
> +{
> + if (access("/bin/true", X_OK))
> + tst_brk(TCONF | TERRNO, "/bin/true is not available");
I wonder if it would be better to add a fchroot07_child.c, it could do
just tst_reinit() and tst_res(TFAIL, "child executed") and we can then
drop the WAITPID and WIFEXITED() checks from here...
> +}
> +
> +static struct tst_test test = {
> + .setup = setup,
> + .test_all = run,
> + .needs_root = 1,
> + .forks_child = 1,
> +};
>
> --
> 2.51.0
>
>
> --
> Mailing list info: https://lists.linux.it/listinfo/ltp
--
Cyril Hrubis
chrubis@suse.cz
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Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-20 7:44 [LTP] [PATCH v2 00/16] fchroot: add fchroot() testing suite Andrea Cervesato
2026-08-20 7:44 ` [LTP] [PATCH v2 01/16] syscalls: add v7.3 syscall numbers Andrea Cervesato
2026-08-20 8:34 ` [LTP] " linuxtestproject.agent
2026-08-20 8:37 ` Andrea Cervesato via ltp
2026-08-20 7:44 ` [LTP] [PATCH v2 02/16] syscalls: update outdated syscall entries Andrea Cervesato
2026-08-20 7:44 ` [LTP] [PATCH STAGING v2 03/16] lapi: fallback fchroot() parameters Andrea Cervesato
2026-08-20 7:44 ` [LTP] [PATCH STAGING v2 04/16] fchroot01: test fchroot() with a directory fd Andrea Cervesato
2026-08-20 14:13 ` Cyril Hrubis
2026-08-20 14:23 ` Andrea Cervesato via ltp
2026-08-20 14:58 ` Cyril Hrubis
2026-08-20 7:44 ` [LTP] [PATCH STAGING v2 05/16] fchroot02: test fchroot() invalid arguments Andrea Cervesato
2026-08-20 14:10 ` Cyril Hrubis
2026-08-20 7:44 ` [LTP] [PATCH STAGING v2 06/16] fchroot03: test fchroot() permission checks Andrea Cervesato
2026-08-20 14:19 ` Cyril Hrubis
2026-08-20 7:44 ` [LTP] [PATCH STAGING v2 07/16] fchroot04: test fchroot() into failfs as root Andrea Cervesato
2026-08-20 14:24 ` Cyril Hrubis
2026-08-20 7:44 ` [LTP] [PATCH STAGING v2 08/16] fchroot05: test failfs root can not be referenced Andrea Cervesato
2026-08-20 14:37 ` Cyril Hrubis
2026-08-20 7:44 ` [LTP] [PATCH STAGING v2 09/16] fchroot06: test path walks under failfs root Andrea Cervesato
2026-08-20 15:54 ` Cyril Hrubis
2026-08-20 7:44 ` [LTP] [PATCH STAGING v2 10/16] fchroot07: test execve blocked by " Andrea Cervesato
2026-08-20 16:17 ` Cyril Hrubis [this message]
2026-08-20 7:44 ` [LTP] [PATCH STAGING v2 11/16] fchroot08: test failfs root fork inheritance Andrea Cervesato
2026-08-20 7:44 ` [LTP] [PATCH STAGING v2 12/16] fchroot09: test setns escape from failfs root Andrea Cervesato
2026-08-20 7:44 ` [LTP] [PATCH STAGING v2 13/16] fchroot10: test failfs entry without no_new_privs Andrea Cervesato
2026-08-20 7:44 ` [LTP] [PATCH STAGING v2 14/16] fchroot11: test failfs entry with no_new_privs Andrea Cervesato
2026-08-20 7:44 ` [LTP] [PATCH STAGING v2 15/16] fchroot12: test failfs entry with shared fs_struct Andrea Cervesato
2026-08-20 7:44 ` [LTP] [PATCH STAGING v2 16/16] fchroot13: test failfs entry when chrooted Andrea Cervesato
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