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From: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
To: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Tycho Andersen <tycho@tycho.pizza>,
	Andrei Vagin <avagin@google.com>, Andrei Vagin <avagin@gmail.com>,
	Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>,
	Pavel Tikhomirov <snorcht@gmail.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	criu@lists.linux.dev, Linux API <linux-api@vger.kernel.org>,
	stable <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [RFC][CFT] selftest for permission checks in mount propagation changes
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2025 06:57:02 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250814055702.GO222315@ZenIV> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250814055142.GN222315@ZenIV>

// link with -lcap, can run both as root and as regular user
#define _GNU_SOURCE
#include <sched.h>
#include <sys/capability.h>
#include <sys/mount.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <stdbool.h>

_Bool drop_caps(void)
{
        cap_value_t cap_value[] = { CAP_SYS_ADMIN };
        cap_t cap = cap_get_proc();
        if (!cap) {
		perror("cap_get_proc");
		return false;
	}
	return true;
}

void do_unshare(void)
{
	FILE *f;
	uid_t uid = geteuid();
	gid_t gid = getegid();
	unshare(CLONE_NEWNS|CLONE_NEWUSER);
	f = fopen("/proc/self/uid_map", "w");
	fprintf(f, "0 %d 1", uid);
	fclose(f);
	f = fopen("/proc/self/setgroups", "w");
	fprintf(f, "deny");
	fclose(f);
	f = fopen("/proc/self/gid_map", "w");
	fprintf(f, "0 %d 1", gid);
	fclose(f);
	mount(NULL, "/", NULL, MS_REC|MS_PRIVATE, NULL);
}

void bind(char *p)
{
	mount(p, p, NULL, MS_BIND, NULL);
}

void change_type(char *p, int type)
{
	errno = 0;
	mount(NULL, p, NULL, type, NULL);
}

void set_group(int fd1, char *p1, int fd2, char *p2)
{
	int flags = MOVE_MOUNT_SET_GROUP;
	int n;

	if (!p1 || !*p1) {
		p1 = "";	// be kind to old kernels
		flags |= MOVE_MOUNT_F_EMPTY_PATH;
	}
	if (!p2 || !*p2) {
		p2 = "";	// be kind to old kernels
		flags |= MOVE_MOUNT_T_EMPTY_PATH;
	}
	errno = 0;
	move_mount(fd1, p1, fd2, p2, flags);
}

_Bool result(int expected)
{
	if (expected != errno) {
		printf(" failed: %d != %d\n", expected, errno);
		return false;
	}
	printf(" OK\n");
	return true;
}

int fd1[2], fd2[2];

void in_child(void)
{
	printf("from should be someplace we have permissions for");
	set_group(AT_FDCWD, "mnt/a", AT_FDCWD, "/mnt/a/private");
	result(EPERM);
	printf("to should be someplace we have permissions for");
	set_group(AT_FDCWD, "/mnt/a", AT_FDCWD, "mnt/a/private");
	result(EPERM);
	printf("change_type: should have permissions for target");
	change_type("mnt/locked", MS_PRIVATE);
	result(EPERM);
}

void in_parent(void)
{
	printf("from should be mounted (pipes are not)");
	set_group(fd1[0], NULL, AT_FDCWD, "/mnt/a/private");
	result(EINVAL);

	printf("to should be mounted (pipes are not)");
	set_group(AT_FDCWD, "/mnt", fd1[0], NULL);
	result(EINVAL);

	printf("from should be someplace we have permissions for");
	set_group(AT_FDCWD, "mnt/a", AT_FDCWD, "/mnt/a/private");
	if (result(0))
		change_type("/mnt/a/private", MS_PRIVATE);

	printf("to should be someplace we have permissions for");
	set_group(AT_FDCWD, "/mnt", AT_FDCWD, "mnt/a/private");
	if (result(0))
		change_type("mnt/a/private", MS_PRIVATE);

	printf("from should be mountpoint");
	set_group(AT_FDCWD, "/mnt/a", AT_FDCWD, "/mnt/a/private");
	result(EINVAL);

	printf("to should be mountpoint");
	set_group(AT_FDCWD, "/mnt/a", AT_FDCWD, "/mnt/a/private/b");
	result(EINVAL);

	printf("to and from should be on the same filesystem");
	mount("none", "/mnt/no-locked", "tmpfs", 0, NULL);
	set_group(AT_FDCWD, "/mnt/a/shared", AT_FDCWD, "/mnt/no-locked");
	result(EINVAL);
	umount("/mnt/no-locked");

	printf("from should contain the counterpart of to");
	set_group(AT_FDCWD, "/mnt/a/shared", AT_FDCWD, "/mnt/no-locked");
	result(EINVAL);

	printf("from should not have anything locked in counterpart of to");
	set_group(AT_FDCWD, "mnt", AT_FDCWD, "/mnt/no-locked");
	if (result(0))
		change_type("/mnt/no-locked", MS_PRIVATE);

	printf("change_type: should have permissions for target");
	change_type("mnt/a/private", MS_PRIVATE);
	result(0);

	printf("change_type: target should be a mountpoint");
	change_type("/mnt/a", MS_PRIVATE);
	result(EINVAL);

	chdir("/mnt/a/private");
	umount2("/mnt/a/private", MNT_DETACH);
	printf("change_type: target should be mounted");
	change_type(".", MS_PRIVATE);
	result(EINVAL);
}

int main()
{
	char path[40];
	pid_t child;
	int root_fd;
	char c;

	if (pipe(fd1) < 0 || pipe(fd2) < 0) {
		perror("pipe");
		return -1;
	}
	if (!drop_caps())
		return -1;
	do_unshare();

	root_fd = open("/", O_PATH);

	errno = 0;
	mount("none", "/mnt", "tmpfs", 0, NULL);
	mkdir("/mnt/a", 0777);
	mkdir("/mnt/a/private", 0777);
	mkdir("/mnt/a/private/b", 0777);
	mkdir("/mnt/a/shared", 0777);
	mkdir("/mnt/a/slave", 0777);
	mkdir("/mnt/a/shared-slave", 0777);
	mkdir("/mnt/locked", 0777);
	mkdir("/mnt/no-locked", 0777);
	bind("/mnt/locked");

	child = fork();
	if (child < 0) {
		perror("fork");
		return -1;
	} else if (child == 0) {
		do_unshare();
		change_type("/mnt/", MS_SHARED);
		bind("/mnt/a");
		bind("/mnt/a/private");
		change_type("/mnt/a/private", MS_PRIVATE);
		write(fd1[1], &c, 1);
		read(fd2[0], &c, 1);

		fchdir(root_fd);
		in_child();

		write(fd1[1], &c, 1);
		return 0;
	}
	read(fd1[0], &c, 1);
	sprintf(path, "/proc/%d/root", child);
	chdir(path);

	change_type("/mnt", MS_SHARED);
	bind("/mnt/a/private");
	bind("/mnt/a/shared");
	bind("/mnt/a/slave");
	bind("/mnt/a/slave-shared");
	bind("/mnt/no-locked");
	change_type("/mnt/a/private", MS_PRIVATE);
	change_type("/mnt/a/slave", MS_SLAVE);
	change_type("/mnt/a/shared-slave", MS_SLAVE);
	change_type("/mnt/a/shared-slave", MS_SHARED);
	change_type("/mnt/no-locked", MS_PRIVATE);

	in_parent();

	fflush(stdout);
	write(fd2[1], &c, 1);
	read(fd1[0], &c, 1);
	return 0;
}

  reply	other threads:[~2025-08-14  5:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <CANaxB-xXgW1FEj6ydBT2=cudTbP=fX6x8S53zNkWcw1poL=L2A@mail.gmail.com>
     [not found] ` <20250724230052.GW2580412@ZenIV>
2025-07-26 17:12   ` do_change_type(): refuse to operate on unmounted/not ours mounts Andrei Vagin
2025-07-26 17:53     ` Al Viro
2025-07-26 21:01       ` Andrei Vagin
2025-07-31  2:40         ` Pavel Tikhomirov
2025-07-31  7:53           ` Christian Brauner
2025-07-31  8:11             ` Pavel Tikhomirov
2025-08-13 18:56         ` Al Viro
2025-08-13 19:09           ` Tycho Andersen
2025-08-13 19:41             ` Al Viro
2025-08-14  4:08               ` Pavel Tikhomirov
2025-08-14  4:42                 ` Al Viro
2025-08-14  5:51                   ` [PATCH][RFC][CFT] use uniform permission checks for all mount propagation changes Al Viro
2025-08-14  5:57                     ` Al Viro [this message]
2025-08-14  6:37                       ` [RFC][CFT] selftest for permission checks in " Al Viro
2025-08-14  7:07                 ` do_change_type(): refuse to operate on unmounted/not ours mounts Pavel Tikhomirov

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