From: Bobby Eshleman <bobbyeshleman@gmail.com>
To: "Stefano Garzarella" <sgarzare@redhat.com>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
"Eric Dumazet" <edumazet@google.com>,
"Jakub Kicinski" <kuba@kernel.org>,
"Paolo Abeni" <pabeni@redhat.com>,
"Simon Horman" <horms@kernel.org>,
"Jonathan Corbet" <corbet@lwn.net>,
"Shuah Khan" <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
"Stefan Hajnoczi" <stefanha@redhat.com>,
"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>,
"Jason Wang" <jasowangio@gmail.com>,
"Xuan Zhuo" <xuanzhuo@linux.alibaba.com>,
"Eugenio Pérez" <eperezma@redhat.com>,
"Shuah Khan" <shuah@kernel.org>,
"Randy Dunlap" <rdunlap@infradead.org>,
"Donald Hunter" <donald.hunter@gmail.com>
Cc: virtualization@lists.linux.dev, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
sargun@sargun.me, jlinbox@meta.com,
Stanislav Fomichev <sdf.kernel@gmail.com>,
Bobby Eshleman <bobbyeshleman@meta.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next v2 6/6] selftests/vsock: test the netns assign privilege checks
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:18:09 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260921-vsock-guest-ns-v2-6-693bd78fde9e@meta.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260921-vsock-guest-ns-v2-0-693bd78fde9e@meta.com>
From: Bobby Eshleman <bobbyeshleman@meta.com>
VSOCK_CMD_DEV_NETNS_SET refuses callers without CAP_NET_ADMIN in the
init user namespace.
Add two tests: one confirms that CAP_NET_ADMIN is required even by a
privileged user and the other confirms that CAP_NET_ADMIN in an
unprivileged user ns alone is insufficient.
CONFIG_USER_NS is needed to test the CAP_NET_ADMIN + unprivileged user
ns case.
Signed-off-by: Bobby Eshleman <bobbyeshleman@meta.com>
---
Changes in v2:
- Assert only that the command fails, not EPERM: ynl's cli.py does not
report the errno (Sashiko)
- Use ynl cli.py for the assign
---
tools/testing/selftests/vsock/config | 1 +
tools/testing/selftests/vsock/vmtest.sh | 54 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
2 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vsock/config b/tools/testing/selftests/vsock/config
index 5f0a4f17dfc9..4b31085558fa 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vsock/config
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vsock/config
@@ -109,3 +109,4 @@ CONFIG_FS_DAX=y
CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG=y
CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE=y
CONFIG_ZONE_DEVICE=y
+CONFIG_USER_NS=y
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vsock/vmtest.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/vsock/vmtest.sh
index e94cc2fd90cc..4f42bcdac3f6 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vsock/vmtest.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vsock/vmtest.sh
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ readonly TEST_NAMES=(
ns_guest_assign_g2h_netns_host_connect_ok
ns_guest_assign_g2h_netns_reset_on_ns_delete_ok
ns_guest_assign_g2h_netns_old_conn_send_fails
+ ns_guest_assign_g2h_netns_no_cap_net_admin_fails
+ ns_guest_assign_g2h_netns_unpriv_user_ns_fails
)
readonly TEST_DESCS=(
# vm_server_host_client
@@ -175,6 +177,12 @@ readonly TEST_DESCS=(
# ns_guest_assign_g2h_netns_old_conn_send_fails
"Check connections made before the assign stop sending once they lose the device."
+
+ # ns_guest_assign_g2h_netns_no_cap_net_admin_fails
+ "Check assigning the guest's vsock device to a namespace needs CAP_NET_ADMIN."
+
+ # ns_guest_assign_g2h_netns_unpriv_user_ns_fails
+ "Check an unprivileged user cannot claim the guest's vsock device via a user ns."
)
readonly USE_SHARED_VM=(
@@ -187,6 +195,8 @@ readonly USE_SHARED_VM=(
ns_guest_assign_g2h_netns_host_connect_ok
ns_guest_assign_g2h_netns_reset_on_ns_delete_ok
ns_guest_assign_g2h_netns_old_conn_send_fails
+ ns_guest_assign_g2h_netns_no_cap_net_admin_fails
+ ns_guest_assign_g2h_netns_unpriv_user_ns_fails
)
readonly NS_MODES=("local" "global")
@@ -335,7 +345,7 @@ check_args() {
check_deps() {
for dep in vng ${QEMU} busybox pkill ssh ss socat nsenter unshare \
- python3; do
+ setpriv python3; do
if [[ ! -x $(command -v "${dep}") ]]; then
echo -e "skip: dependency ${dep} not found!\n"
exit "${KSFT_SKIP}"
@@ -1832,6 +1842,48 @@ test_ns_guest_assign_g2h_netns_reset_on_ns_delete_ok() {
return "${KSFT_PASS}"
}
+test_ns_guest_assign_g2h_netns_no_cap_net_admin_fails() {
+ local cmd="unshare -n setpriv --bounding-set=-net_admin"
+ local rc
+
+ vm_ssh "init_ns" -- "${cmd}" python3 /root/ynl/cli.py --no-schema \
+ --spec /root/ynl/vsock.yaml --do dev-netns-set &>/dev/null
+ rc=$?
+
+ if [[ "${rc}" -eq 0 ]]; then
+ log_host "assign unexpectedly succeeded without CAP_NET_ADMIN"
+ return "${KSFT_FAIL}"
+ fi
+
+ return "${KSFT_PASS}"
+}
+
+test_ns_guest_assign_g2h_netns_unpriv_user_ns_fails() {
+ local unpriv_uid=65534
+ local unpriv
+ local rc
+
+ unpriv="setpriv --reuid=${unpriv_uid} --regid=${unpriv_uid}"
+ unpriv="${unpriv} --clear-groups"
+
+ if ! vm_ssh "init_ns" -- "${unpriv} unshare -U true"; then
+ log_host "unprivileged user namespaces unavailable, skipping"
+ return "${KSFT_SKIP}"
+ fi
+
+ vm_ssh "init_ns" -- "${unpriv} unshare -Urn" \
+ python3 /root/ynl/cli.py --no-schema \
+ --spec /root/ynl/vsock.yaml --do dev-netns-set &>/dev/null
+ rc=$?
+
+ if [[ "${rc}" -eq 0 ]]; then
+ log_host "assign unexpectedly succeeded for unprivileged user"
+ return "${KSFT_FAIL}"
+ fi
+
+ return "${KSFT_PASS}"
+}
+
shared_vm_test() {
local tname
--
2.53.0-Meta
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-22 1:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-22 1:18 [PATCH net-next v2 0/6] vsock: assign the guest vsock device to a network namespace Bobby Eshleman
2026-09-22 1:18 ` [PATCH net-next v2 1/6] vsock: constify the transport in vsock_for_each_connected_socket() Bobby Eshleman
2026-09-22 1:18 ` [PATCH net-next v2 2/6] vsock: rename the vsock pernet operations Bobby Eshleman
2026-09-22 1:18 ` [PATCH net-next v2 3/6] vsock: add a netlink command to assign the g2h device to a netns Bobby Eshleman
2026-09-23 19:21 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-24 22:40 ` Bobby Eshleman
2026-09-22 1:18 ` [PATCH net-next v2 4/6] vsock/virtio: support guest device network namespace Bobby Eshleman
2026-09-23 19:21 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-24 1:16 ` Bobby Eshleman
2026-09-22 1:18 ` [PATCH net-next v2 5/6] selftests/vsock: test the guest vsock " Bobby Eshleman
2026-09-23 19:21 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-24 0:42 ` Bobby Eshleman
2026-09-22 1:18 ` Bobby Eshleman [this message]
2026-09-23 19:21 ` [PATCH net-next v2 6/6] selftests/vsock: test the netns assign privilege checks netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-24 0:24 ` Bobby Eshleman
2026-09-24 0:55 ` Bobby Eshleman
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