From: Andrea Cervesato <andrea.cervesato@suse.de>
To: Linux Test Project <ltp@lists.linux.it>
Subject: [LTP] [PATCH STAGING 07/16] fchroot04: test fchroot() into failfs as root
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2026 23:24:22 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260819-fchroot-v1-7-2dc2c3c3cf29@suse.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260819-fchroot-v1-0-2dc2c3c3cf29@suse.com>
From: Andrea Cervesato <andrea.cervesato@suse.com>
Verify that entering failfs with the FD_FAILFS_ROOT sentinel succeeds
with CAP_SYS_CHROOT and that every absolute path lookup then fails
with EOPNOTSUPP, while the working directory is reported as
unreachable by getcwd().
Signed-off-by: Andrea Cervesato <andrea.cervesato@suse.com>
---
runtest/staging | 1 +
testcases/kernel/syscalls/fchroot/.gitignore | 1 +
testcases/kernel/syscalls/fchroot/fchroot04.c | 66 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 68 insertions(+)
diff --git a/runtest/staging b/runtest/staging
index 13635037b..91dfdba08 100644
--- a/runtest/staging
+++ b/runtest/staging
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
fchroot01 fchroot01
fchroot02 fchroot02
fchroot03 fchroot03
+fchroot04 fchroot04
diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fchroot/.gitignore b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fchroot/.gitignore
index 235befd99..9270c1408 100644
--- a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fchroot/.gitignore
+++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fchroot/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
fchroot01
fchroot02
fchroot03
+fchroot04
diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fchroot/fchroot04.c b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fchroot/fchroot04.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5a56e84bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fchroot/fchroot04.c
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2026 SUSE LLC Andrea Cervesato <andrea.cervesato@suse.com>
+ */
+
+/*\
+ * Test :manpage:`fchroot(2)` with the FD_FAILFS_ROOT sentinel as a
+ * privileged process.
+ *
+ * fchroot() was introduced in Linux v7.3 together with failfs, a kernel
+ * internal filesystem where every operation fails with EOPNOTSUPP. The
+ * FD_FAILFS_ROOT sentinel moves the process root there without needing a
+ * file descriptor: it is the ``fs_struct`` equivalent of RESOLVE_BENEATH.
+ *
+ * The test verifies that entering failfs succeeds with CAP_SYS_CHROOT and
+ * that every absolute path lookup then fails with EOPNOTSUPP. The working
+ * directory, left behind in the real filesystem, is consequently reported
+ * as unreachable by :manpage:`getcwd(2)`.
+ *
+ * The syscall runs in a forked child because leaving failfs requires a
+ * mount namespace file descriptor and the parent needs its root for the
+ * test framework cleanup.
+ */
+
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include "tst_test.h"
+#include "lapi/fcntl.h"
+#include "lapi/syscalls.h"
+
+static void run(void)
+{
+ if (!SAFE_FORK()) {
+ char buf[PATH_MAX];
+
+ TST_EXP_PASS(tst_syscall(__NR_fchroot, FD_FAILFS_ROOT, 0),
+ "fchroot() with the FD_FAILFS_ROOT sentinel");
+
+ TST_EXP_FAIL2(open("/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY), EOPNOTSUPP,
+ "absolute file open");
+
+ TST_EXP_FAIL(mkdir("/foo", 0700), EOPNOTSUPP,
+ "absolute directory creation");
+
+ /*
+ * The libc getcwd() wrapper rejects the "(unreachable)"
+ * prefix produced by the kernel, so call the raw syscall.
+ */
+ TEST(tst_syscall(__NR_getcwd, buf, sizeof(buf)));
+ if (TST_RET > 0)
+ TST_EXP_EQ_STRN(buf, "(unreachable)", 13);
+ else
+ tst_res(TFAIL | TTERRNO, "getcwd() failed");
+
+ exit(0);
+ }
+}
+
+static struct tst_test test = {
+ .test_all = run,
+ .needs_root = 1,
+ .needs_tmpdir = 1,
+ .forks_child = 1,
+};
--
2.51.0
--
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-19 21:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-19 21:24 [LTP] [PATCH 00/16] fchroot: add fchroot() testing suite Andrea Cervesato
2026-08-19 21:24 ` [LTP] [PATCH 01/16] syscalls: add v7.3 syscall numbers Andrea Cervesato
2026-08-19 21:24 ` [LTP] [PATCH 02/16] syscalls: update outdated syscall entries Andrea Cervesato
2026-08-19 21:24 ` [LTP] [PATCH 03/16] lapi: fallback fchroot() parameters Andrea Cervesato
2026-08-19 22:27 ` [LTP] syscalls: add v7.3 syscall numbers linuxtestproject.agent
2026-08-20 6:03 ` Andrea Cervesato via ltp
2026-08-19 21:24 ` [LTP] [PATCH STAGING 04/16] fchroot01: test fchroot() with a directory fd Andrea Cervesato
2026-08-19 21:24 ` [LTP] [PATCH STAGING 05/16] fchroot02: test fchroot() invalid arguments Andrea Cervesato
2026-08-19 21:24 ` [LTP] [PATCH STAGING 06/16] fchroot03: test fchroot() permission checks Andrea Cervesato
2026-08-19 21:24 ` Andrea Cervesato [this message]
2026-08-19 21:24 ` [LTP] [PATCH STAGING 08/16] fchroot05: test failfs root can not be referenced Andrea Cervesato
2026-08-19 21:24 ` [LTP] [PATCH STAGING 09/16] fchroot06: test path walks under failfs root Andrea Cervesato
2026-08-19 21:24 ` [LTP] [PATCH STAGING 10/16] fchroot07: test execve blocked by " Andrea Cervesato
2026-08-19 21:24 ` [LTP] [PATCH STAGING 11/16] fchroot08: test failfs root fork inheritance Andrea Cervesato
2026-08-19 21:24 ` [LTP] [PATCH STAGING 12/16] fchroot09: test setns escape from failfs root Andrea Cervesato
2026-08-19 21:24 ` [LTP] [PATCH STAGING 13/16] fchroot10: test failfs entry without no_new_privs Andrea Cervesato
2026-08-19 21:24 ` [LTP] [PATCH STAGING 14/16] fchroot11: test failfs entry with no_new_privs Andrea Cervesato
2026-08-19 21:24 ` [LTP] [PATCH STAGING 15/16] fchroot12: test failfs entry with shared fs_struct Andrea Cervesato
2026-08-19 21:24 ` [LTP] [PATCH STAGING 16/16] fchroot13: test failfs entry when chrooted Andrea Cervesato
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