From: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
To: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>,
"Christian Brauner (Amutable)" <brauner@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 2/8] selftests/filesystems: check that a copied mount namespace keeps unbindable
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2026 14:27:54 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260923-work-mount-fixes-v1-2-f424cf8d3242@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260923-work-mount-fixes-v1-0-f424cf8d3242@kernel.org>
Make a tmpfs unbindable, copy the mount namespace and check from the
copy that:
- a bind of the mount fails with EINVAL
- a recursive bind fails as well
- open_tree(OPEN_TREE_CLONE) of it fails
- mountinfo still shows it as unbindable
- a copy of the copy refuses the bind too
The first case runs in the original namespace so the fixture stays
honest about what it set up.
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
---
tools/testing/selftests/Makefile | 1 +
.../filesystems/mntns_unbindable/Makefile | 6 +
.../mntns_unbindable/mntns_unbindable_test.c | 227 +++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 234 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile
index 273853937c25..a3df9a15ebb7 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ TARGETS += filesystems/empty_mntns
TARGETS += filesystems/fsmount_ns
TARGETS += filesystems/fscontext_ns
TARGETS += filesystems/xattr
+TARGETS += filesystems/mntns_unbindable
TARGETS += firmware
TARGETS += fpu
TARGETS += ftrace
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/mntns_unbindable/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/mntns_unbindable/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..33a311c5bd72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/mntns_unbindable/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+TEST_GEN_PROGS := mntns_unbindable_test
+
+CFLAGS += -Wall -O2 -g $(KHDR_INCLUDES)
+
+include ../../lib.mk
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/mntns_unbindable/mntns_unbindable_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/mntns_unbindable/mntns_unbindable_test.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9aebc37cf74d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/mntns_unbindable/mntns_unbindable_test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,227 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * An unbindable mount stays unbindable in a cloned mount namespace.
+ */
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <sched.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/mount.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include "../../kselftest_harness.h"
+
+#ifndef OPEN_TREE_CLONE
+#define OPEN_TREE_CLONE 1
+#endif
+#ifndef OPEN_TREE_CLOEXEC
+#define OPEN_TREE_CLOEXEC O_CLOEXEC
+#endif
+
+static int sys_open_tree(int dfd, const char *filename, unsigned int flags)
+{
+ return syscall(__NR_open_tree, dfd, filename, flags);
+}
+
+/* Child exit codes. */
+enum {
+ CHILD_OK, /* the operation failed with EINVAL as it must */
+ CHILD_ALLOWED, /* the operation succeeded: the flag was lost */
+ CHILD_UNSHARE, /* unshare(CLONE_NEWNS) failed */
+ CHILD_ERRNO, /* the operation failed with some other errno */
+ CHILD_MOUNTINFO, /* the mount was not found in mountinfo */
+};
+
+FIXTURE(mntns_unbindable)
+{
+ char base[64];
+ char src[80];
+ char dst[80];
+ bool mounted;
+};
+
+FIXTURE_SETUP(mntns_unbindable)
+{
+ self->mounted = false;
+
+ if (geteuid() != 0)
+ SKIP(return, "test requires CAP_SYS_ADMIN");
+
+ ASSERT_EQ(unshare(CLONE_NEWNS), 0);
+ ASSERT_EQ(mount("", "/", NULL, MS_REC | MS_PRIVATE, NULL), 0);
+
+ snprintf(self->base, sizeof(self->base), "/tmp/mntns_unbindable.XXXXXX");
+ ASSERT_NE(mkdtemp(self->base), NULL);
+ ASSERT_EQ(mount("tmpfs", self->base, "tmpfs", 0, NULL), 0);
+ self->mounted = true;
+
+ snprintf(self->src, sizeof(self->src), "%s/src", self->base);
+ snprintf(self->dst, sizeof(self->dst), "%s/dst", self->base);
+ ASSERT_EQ(mkdir(self->src, 0755), 0);
+ ASSERT_EQ(mkdir(self->dst, 0755), 0);
+
+ ASSERT_EQ(mount("tmpfs", self->src, "tmpfs", 0, NULL), 0);
+ ASSERT_EQ(mount(NULL, self->src, NULL, MS_UNBINDABLE, NULL), 0);
+}
+
+FIXTURE_TEARDOWN(mntns_unbindable)
+{
+ if (self->mounted)
+ umount2(self->base, MNT_DETACH);
+ rmdir(self->base);
+}
+
+static int classify(int ret, int err)
+{
+ if (ret >= 0)
+ return CHILD_ALLOWED;
+ return err == EINVAL ? CHILD_OK : CHILD_ERRNO;
+}
+
+/* Is the mount on @mountpoint marked unbindable in /proc/self/mountinfo? */
+static int mountinfo_unbindable(const char *mountpoint)
+{
+ char line[4096];
+ FILE *f;
+ int ret = CHILD_MOUNTINFO;
+
+ f = fopen("/proc/self/mountinfo", "re");
+ if (!f)
+ return CHILD_ERRNO;
+
+ while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), f)) {
+ char *fields[6], *p = line, *opt;
+ int i;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
+ fields[i] = strsep(&p, " ");
+ if (!fields[i])
+ break;
+ }
+ if (i < 6 || strcmp(fields[4], mountpoint))
+ continue;
+
+ /* the optional fields, up to the "-" separator */
+ ret = CHILD_ALLOWED;
+ while ((opt = strsep(&p, " ")) && strcmp(opt, "-")) {
+ if (!strcmp(opt, "unbindable"))
+ ret = CHILD_OK;
+ }
+ break;
+ }
+ fclose(f);
+ return ret;
+}
+
+static int run_in_child(int (*fn)(const char *src, const char *dst),
+ const char *src, const char *dst)
+{
+ int status;
+ pid_t pid;
+
+ pid = fork();
+ if (pid < 0)
+ return -1;
+ if (pid == 0)
+ _exit(fn(src, dst));
+ if (waitpid(pid, &status, 0) != pid || !WIFEXITED(status))
+ return -1;
+ return WEXITSTATUS(status);
+}
+
+static int bind_after_clone(const char *src, const char *dst)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ if (unshare(CLONE_NEWNS))
+ return CHILD_UNSHARE;
+ ret = mount(src, dst, NULL, MS_BIND, NULL);
+ return classify(ret, errno);
+}
+
+static int rbind_after_clone(const char *src, const char *dst)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ if (unshare(CLONE_NEWNS))
+ return CHILD_UNSHARE;
+ ret = mount(src, dst, NULL, MS_BIND | MS_REC, NULL);
+ return classify(ret, errno);
+}
+
+static int open_tree_after_clone(const char *src, const char *dst)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ if (unshare(CLONE_NEWNS))
+ return CHILD_UNSHARE;
+ ret = sys_open_tree(AT_FDCWD, src, OPEN_TREE_CLONE | OPEN_TREE_CLOEXEC);
+ return classify(ret, errno);
+}
+
+static int mountinfo_after_clone(const char *src, const char *dst)
+{
+ if (unshare(CLONE_NEWNS))
+ return CHILD_UNSHARE;
+ return mountinfo_unbindable(src);
+}
+
+static int bind_after_two_clones(const char *src, const char *dst)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ if (unshare(CLONE_NEWNS))
+ return CHILD_UNSHARE;
+ if (unshare(CLONE_NEWNS))
+ return CHILD_UNSHARE;
+ ret = mount(src, dst, NULL, MS_BIND, NULL);
+ return classify(ret, errno);
+}
+
+/* The namespace the mount was made unbindable in. */
+TEST_F(mntns_unbindable, refuses_bind)
+{
+ int ret = mount(self->src, self->dst, NULL, MS_BIND, NULL);
+
+ ASSERT_EQ(classify(ret, errno), CHILD_OK);
+ ASSERT_EQ(mountinfo_unbindable(self->src), CHILD_OK);
+}
+
+/* A copy of the namespace must not turn the mount bindable. */
+TEST_F(mntns_unbindable, refuses_bind_after_clone)
+{
+ ASSERT_EQ(run_in_child(bind_after_clone, self->src, self->dst), CHILD_OK)
+ TH_LOG("bind of an unbindable mount allowed in a copied mount namespace");
+}
+
+TEST_F(mntns_unbindable, refuses_rbind_after_clone)
+{
+ ASSERT_EQ(run_in_child(rbind_after_clone, self->src, self->dst), CHILD_OK)
+ TH_LOG("rbind of an unbindable mount allowed in a copied mount namespace");
+}
+
+TEST_F(mntns_unbindable, refuses_open_tree_after_clone)
+{
+ ASSERT_EQ(run_in_child(open_tree_after_clone, self->src, self->dst), CHILD_OK)
+ TH_LOG("OPEN_TREE_CLONE of an unbindable mount allowed in a copied mount namespace");
+}
+
+TEST_F(mntns_unbindable, mountinfo_after_clone)
+{
+ ASSERT_EQ(run_in_child(mountinfo_after_clone, self->src, self->dst), CHILD_OK)
+ TH_LOG("mountinfo does not show the mount as unbindable in a copied mount namespace");
+}
+
+TEST_F(mntns_unbindable, refuses_bind_after_two_clones)
+{
+ ASSERT_EQ(run_in_child(bind_after_two_clones, self->src, self->dst), CHILD_OK)
+ TH_LOG("bind of an unbindable mount allowed two mount namespace copies down");
+}
+
+TEST_HARNESS_MAIN
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-23 12:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-23 12:27 [PATCH 0/8] mount: a few gnarly fixes Christian Brauner
2026-09-23 12:27 ` [PATCH 1/8] mount: keep a copied mount unbindable Christian Brauner
2026-09-23 12:27 ` Christian Brauner [this message]
2026-09-23 12:27 ` [PATCH 3/8] mount: refuse MOVE_MOUNT_SET_GROUP on an unbindable mount Christian Brauner
2026-09-23 12:27 ` [PATCH 4/8] selftests/move_mount_set_group: check that an unbindable target is refused Christian Brauner
2026-09-23 12:27 ` [PATCH 5/8] fs: don't silently unmount busy mounts Christian Brauner
2026-09-23 12:27 ` [PATCH 6/8] selftests/filesystems: check that a busy propagated copy blocks a synchronous umount Christian Brauner
2026-09-23 12:27 ` [PATCH 7/8] fs: don't let a migrating task hide its reference from do_umount() Christian Brauner
2026-09-23 12:28 ` [PATCH 8/8] docs: update the unmount propagation rule Christian Brauner
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