From: Jan Polensky <japo@linux.ibm.com>
To: ltp@lists.linux.it
Subject: [LTP] [PATCH v1 1/3] thp04: Simplify to focus on CVE-2017-1000405 race test only
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 17:06:28 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260714150631.250972-2-japo@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260714150631.250972-1-japo@linux.ibm.com>
Remove ptrace mode support from thp04.c to keep the test focused on
its original purpose: testing the CVE-2017-1000405 race condition.
The ptrace-based /proc/pid/mem write functionality is now covered by
dedicated tests in testcases/kernel/syscalls/ptrace/:
- ptrace12: Tests that CONFIG_PROC_MEM_FORCE_PTRACE blocks self-writes
- ptrace13: Tests that ptrace allows parent-to-child memory writes
This separation follows the principle of one test per feature and makes
the test suite more maintainable.
Signed-off-by: Jan Polensky <japo@linux.ibm.com>
---
testcases/kernel/mem/thp/thp04.c | 166 +++++++++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 113 insertions(+), 53 deletions(-)
diff --git a/testcases/kernel/mem/thp/thp04.c b/testcases/kernel/mem/thp/thp04.c
index 16d766c349b7..ffdad60c798f 100644
--- a/testcases/kernel/mem/thp/thp04.c
+++ b/testcases/kernel/mem/thp/thp04.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
* Copyright (c) 2019 SUSE LLC <mdoucha@suse.cz>
*/
-/*
+/*\
* CVE-2017-1000405
*
* Check for the Huge Dirty Cow vulnerability which allows a userspace process
@@ -21,27 +21,38 @@
* On old kernel such as 4.9, it has fixed the Dirty Cow bug but a similar check
* in huge_memory.c was forgotten. As a result, remote memory writes to ro regions
* of memory backed by transparent huge pages cause an infinite loop in the kernel.
- * While in this state the process is stil SIGKILLable, but little else works.
+ * While in this state the process is still SIGKILLable, but little else works.
* It is also a regression test about kernel
* commit 8310d48b125d("huge_memory.c: respect FOLL_FORCE/FOLL_COW for thp").
+ *
+ * This test uses direct writes to /proc/self/mem with fuzzy-sync to trigger
+ * the race condition. If direct writes are not available (e.g., when
+ * CONFIG_PROC_MEM_FORCE_PTRACE=y is set), the test reports TCONF.
+ * For ptrace-based /proc/pid/mem testing, see testcases/kernel/syscalls/ptrace/.
*/
-#include "tst_test.h"
#include "lapi/mmap.h"
#include "tst_fuzzy_sync.h"
+#include "tst_test.h"
-static char *write_thp, *read_thp;
-static int *write_ptr, *read_ptr;
-static size_t thp_size;
-static int writefd = -1, readfd = -1;
-static struct tst_fzsync_pair fzsync_pair;
+struct child_state {
+ char *write_thp;
+ char *read_thp;
+ int *write_ptr;
+ int *read_ptr;
+ size_t thp_size;
+ int writefd;
+ int readfd;
+ struct tst_fzsync_pair fzsync_pair;
+};
-static void *alloc_zero_page(void *baseaddr)
+static struct child_state *child;
+
+static void *alloc_zero_page(void *baseaddr, size_t thp_size)
{
int i;
void *ret;
- /* Find aligned chunk of address space. MAP_HUGETLB doesn't work. */
for (i = 0; i < 16; i++, baseaddr += thp_size) {
ret = mmap(baseaddr, thp_size, PROT_READ,
MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0);
@@ -67,47 +78,70 @@ static void *alloc_zero_page(void *baseaddr)
}
tst_brk(TBROK, "Cannot map huge zero page near the specified address");
- return NULL; /* Silence compiler warning */
+ return NULL;
}
-static void setup(void)
+static void child_cleanup(void)
+{
+ if (!child)
+ return;
+
+ tst_fzsync_pair_cleanup(&child->fzsync_pair);
+
+ if (child->readfd >= 0)
+ SAFE_CLOSE(child->readfd);
+
+ if (child->writefd >= 0)
+ SAFE_CLOSE(child->writefd);
+
+ if (child->read_thp)
+ SAFE_MUNMAP(child->read_thp, child->thp_size);
+
+ if (child->write_thp)
+ SAFE_MUNMAP(child->write_thp, child->thp_size);
+}
+
+static void child_setup(void)
{
size_t i;
- thp_size = tst_get_hugepage_size();
+ child->thp_size = tst_get_hugepage_size();
- if (!thp_size)
+ if (!child->thp_size)
tst_brk(TCONF, "Kernel does not support huge pages");
- write_thp = alloc_zero_page((void *)thp_size);
+ child->write_thp = alloc_zero_page((void *)child->thp_size,
+ child->thp_size);
- for (i = 0; i < thp_size; i++) {
- if (write_thp[i])
+ for (i = 0; i < child->thp_size; i++) {
+ if (child->write_thp[i])
tst_brk(TCONF, "Huge zero page is pre-polluted");
}
- /* leave a hole between read and write THP to prevent merge */
- read_thp = alloc_zero_page(write_thp + 2 * thp_size);
- write_ptr = (int *)(write_thp + thp_size - sizeof(int));
- read_ptr = (int *)(read_thp + thp_size - sizeof(int));
- writefd = SAFE_OPEN("/proc/self/mem", O_RDWR);
- readfd = SAFE_OPEN("/proc/self/mem", O_RDWR);
+ child->read_thp = alloc_zero_page(child->write_thp + 2 * child->thp_size,
+ child->thp_size);
+ /* write_ptr points to last int in write_thp page */
+ child->write_ptr = (int *)(child->write_thp + child->thp_size - sizeof(int));
+ /* read_ptr points to last int in read_thp page */
+ child->read_ptr = (int *)(child->read_thp + child->thp_size - sizeof(int));
- fzsync_pair.exec_loops = 100000;
- tst_fzsync_pair_init(&fzsync_pair);
+ child->writefd = SAFE_OPEN("/proc/self/mem", O_RDWR);
+ child->readfd = SAFE_OPEN("/proc/self/mem", O_RDWR);
+ child->fzsync_pair.exec_loops = 100000;
+ tst_fzsync_pair_init(&child->fzsync_pair);
}
static void *thread_run(void *arg)
{
int c;
- while (tst_fzsync_run_b(&fzsync_pair)) {
- tst_fzsync_start_race_b(&fzsync_pair);
- madvise(write_thp, thp_size, MADV_DONTNEED);
- memcpy(&c, write_ptr, sizeof(c));
- SAFE_LSEEK(readfd, (off_t)write_ptr, SEEK_SET);
- SAFE_READ(1, readfd, &c, sizeof(int));
- tst_fzsync_end_race_b(&fzsync_pair);
+ while (tst_fzsync_run_b(&child->fzsync_pair)) {
+ tst_fzsync_start_race_b(&child->fzsync_pair);
+ madvise(child->write_thp, child->thp_size, MADV_DONTNEED);
+ memcpy(&c, child->write_ptr, sizeof(c));
+ SAFE_LSEEK(child->readfd, (off_t)child->write_ptr, SEEK_SET);
+ SAFE_READ(1, child->readfd, &c, sizeof(int));
+ tst_fzsync_end_race_b(&child->fzsync_pair);
/* Wait for dirty page handling before next madvise() */
usleep(10);
}
@@ -119,20 +153,20 @@ static void run(void)
{
int c = 0xdeadbeef;
- tst_fzsync_pair_reset(&fzsync_pair, thread_run);
+ tst_fzsync_pair_reset(&child->fzsync_pair, thread_run);
- while (tst_fzsync_run_a(&fzsync_pair)) {
+ while (tst_fzsync_run_a(&child->fzsync_pair)) {
/* Write into the main huge page */
- tst_fzsync_start_race_a(&fzsync_pair);
- SAFE_LSEEK(writefd, (off_t)write_ptr, SEEK_SET);
- madvise(write_thp, thp_size, MADV_DONTNEED);
- SAFE_WRITE(SAFE_WRITE_ALL, writefd, &c, sizeof(int));
- tst_fzsync_end_race_a(&fzsync_pair);
+ tst_fzsync_start_race_a(&child->fzsync_pair);
+ SAFE_LSEEK(child->writefd, (off_t)child->write_ptr, SEEK_SET);
+ madvise(child->write_thp, child->thp_size, MADV_DONTNEED);
+ SAFE_WRITE(SAFE_WRITE_ALL, child->writefd, &c, sizeof(int));
+ tst_fzsync_end_race_a(&child->fzsync_pair);
/* Check the other huge zero page for pollution */
- madvise(read_thp, thp_size, MADV_DONTNEED);
+ madvise(child->read_thp, child->thp_size, MADV_DONTNEED);
- if (*read_ptr != 0) {
+ if (*child->read_ptr != 0) {
tst_res(TFAIL, "Huge zero page was polluted");
return;
}
@@ -141,20 +175,45 @@ static void run(void)
tst_res(TPASS, "Huge zero page is still clean");
}
+static void setup(void)
+{
+ int test_val = 0;
+
+ child = SAFE_MMAP(NULL, sizeof(*child), PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+ MAP_SHARED | MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0);
+ memset(child, 0, sizeof(*child));
+ child->writefd = -1;
+ child->readfd = -1;
+
+ child_setup();
+
+ /* Verify that direct writes to /proc/self/mem work */
+ TEST(lseek(child->writefd, (off_t)child->write_ptr, SEEK_SET));
+ if (TST_RET == -1)
+ tst_brk(TBROK | TTERRNO, "lseek on /proc/self/mem failed");
+
+ TEST(write(child->writefd, &test_val, sizeof(test_val)));
+
+ if (TST_RET == -1 && TST_ERR == EIO) {
+ tst_brk(TCONF,
+ "Direct writes to /proc/self/mem disabled "
+ "(CONFIG_PROC_MEM_FORCE_PTRACE=y). "
+ "See testcases/kernel/syscalls/ptrace/ptrace12 and ptrace13 for ptrace coverage.");
+ }
+
+ if (TST_RET == -1)
+ tst_brk(TBROK | TTERRNO, "test write to /proc/self/mem failed");
+
+ if (TST_RET != sizeof(test_val))
+ tst_brk(TBROK, "short write to /proc/self/mem: %ld bytes", TST_RET);
+}
+
static void cleanup(void)
{
- tst_fzsync_pair_cleanup(&fzsync_pair);
+ child_cleanup();
- if (readfd >= 0)
- SAFE_CLOSE(readfd);
-
- if (writefd >= 0)
- SAFE_CLOSE(writefd);
-
- if (read_thp)
- SAFE_MUNMAP(read_thp, thp_size);
- if (write_thp)
- SAFE_MUNMAP(write_thp, thp_size);
+ if (child)
+ SAFE_MUNMAP(child, sizeof(*child));
}
static struct tst_test test = {
@@ -162,10 +221,11 @@ static struct tst_test test = {
.setup = setup,
.cleanup = cleanup,
.runtime = 150,
+ .forks_child = 1,
.tags = (const struct tst_tag[]) {
{"linux-git", "a8f97366452e"},
{"linux-git", "8310d48b125d"},
{"CVE", "2017-1000405"},
{}
}
-};
+};
\ No newline at end of file
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2026-07-14 15:06 [LTP] [PATCH v1 0/3] Separate ptrace tests for CONFIG_PROC_MEM_FORCE_PTRACE Jan Polensky
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