From: Avinesh Kumar via ltp <ltp@lists.linux.it>
To: ltp@lists.linux.it
Subject: [LTP] [PATCH] setsockopt08: Handle EPERM from disabled compat xtables in userns
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2026 11:57:23 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260828095724.194900-1-avinesh.kumar@suse.com> (raw)
From: Avinesh Kumar <avinesh.kumar@suse.com>
Since kernel commit ec1806a730a1 ("netfilter: x_tables: disable
32bit compat interface in user namespaces"), the compat xtables ABI
returns EPERM when called from inside a non-init user namespace,
regardless of privileges held there. Since the test isolates itself
with tst_setup_netns(), it always hits this path on 32-bit/compat
runs and can no longer reach the CVE-2021-22555 code path
setsockopt08.c:139: TFAIL: setsockopt(3, IPPROTO_IP, IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE, 0xf7f0c800, 1): EPERM (1)
So treat EPERM as TCONF instead of TFAIL.
Signed-off-by: Avinesh Kumar <avinesh.kumar@suse.com>
---
testcases/kernel/syscalls/setsockopt/setsockopt08.c | 13 +++++++++++++
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/setsockopt/setsockopt08.c b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/setsockopt/setsockopt08.c
index 37051512517a..3d1838f6ed73 100644
--- a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/setsockopt/setsockopt08.c
+++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/setsockopt/setsockopt08.c
@@ -82,6 +82,13 @@
* * the kernel will insert four bytes of padding
* after the match and target entries each.
* * sizeof(struct xt_entry_target) = 32
+ *
+ * Since kernel commit ec1806a730a1 ("netfilter: x_tables: disable
+ * 32bit compat interface in user namespaces") in v7.2, the compat
+ * xtables ABI is rejected with EPERM inside a non-init user namespace.
+ * As this test runs isolated via tst_setup_netns(), it can no longer
+ * reach the vulnerable code path on such kernels and reports TCONF
+ * instead.
*/
#include <netinet/in.h>
@@ -135,6 +142,11 @@ void run(void)
if (TST_RET == -1 && TST_ERR == ENOPROTOOPT)
tst_brk(TCONF | TTERRNO, res_fmt_str, fd, buffer);
+ if (TST_RET == -1 && TST_ERR == EPERM && tst_is_compat_mode()) {
+ tst_res(TINFO, "32bit compat xtables interface is disabled in user namespaces since commit ec1806a730a1");
+ tst_brk(TCONF | TTERRNO, res_fmt_str, fd, buffer);
+ }
+
result = (TST_RET == -1 && TST_ERR == EINVAL) ? TPASS : TFAIL;
tst_res(result | TTERRNO, res_fmt_str, fd, buffer);
@@ -163,6 +175,7 @@ static struct tst_test test = {
},
.tags = (const struct tst_tag[]) {
{"linux-git", "b29c457a6511435960115c0f548c4360d5f4801d"},
+ {"linux-git", "ec1806a730a1c0b3d68a7f9afe81514fb0dd7991"},
{"CVE", "2021-22555"},
{}
}
--
2.55.0
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2026-08-28 9:57 Avinesh Kumar via ltp [this message]
2026-08-28 11:16 ` [LTP] [PATCH] setsockopt08: Handle EPERM from disabled compat xtables in userns Andrea Cervesato via ltp
2026-08-28 11:16 ` Andrea Cervesato via ltp
2026-08-28 11:25 ` Andrea Cervesato via ltp
2026-08-28 11:30 ` [LTP] " linuxtestproject.agent
2026-08-28 11:33 ` Andrea Cervesato via ltp
2026-09-03 13:09 ` [LTP] [PATCH] " Andrea Cervesato via ltp
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