From: Cyril Hrubis <chrubis@suse.cz>
To: Andrea Cervesato <andrea.cervesato@suse.de>
Cc: Linux Test Project <ltp@lists.linux.it>
Subject: Re: [LTP] [PATCH STAGING v4 12/16] fchroot09: test setns escape from failfs root
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2026 13:52:30 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <as9s_vmNm66HStbG@yuki.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260831-fchroot-v4-12-57cceb68f927@suse.com>
Hi!
> Verify that entering failfs with fchroot() is hard to undo: a process
> inside counts as chrooted, so the remaining way out is a pre-opened
> mount namespace fd. setns() into it resets both the root and the
> working directory.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrea Cervesato <andrea.cervesato@suse.com>
> ---
> runtest/staging | 1 +
> testcases/kernel/syscalls/fchroot/.gitignore | 1 +
> testcases/kernel/syscalls/fchroot/fchroot09.c | 86 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 3 files changed, 88 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/runtest/staging b/runtest/staging
> index 8dfe95c4a..23f6c6a20 100644
> --- a/runtest/staging
> +++ b/runtest/staging
> @@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ fchroot05 fchroot05
> fchroot06 fchroot06
> fchroot07 fchroot07
> fchroot08 fchroot08
> +fchroot09 fchroot09
> diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fchroot/.gitignore b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fchroot/.gitignore
> index 0a2510d8a..b577da61f 100644
> --- a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fchroot/.gitignore
> +++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fchroot/.gitignore
> @@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ fchroot06
> fchroot07
> fchroot07_child
> fchroot08
> +fchroot09
> diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fchroot/fchroot09.c b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fchroot/fchroot09.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000..bc9324ceb
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fchroot/fchroot09.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
> +/*
> + * Copyright (C) 2026 SUSE LLC Andrea Cervesato <andrea.cervesato@suse.com>
> + */
> +
> +/*\
> + * Test that :manpage:`setns(2)` escapes the failfs root.
> + *
> + * Entering failfs with :manpage:`fchroot(2)` is hard to undo: a process
> + * inside counts as chrooted, so :manpage:`chroot(2)` and :manpage:`fchroot(2)`
> + * back out require ``CAP_SYS_CHROOT``. The remaining way out is a pre-opened
> + * mount namespace file descriptor: :manpage:`setns(2)` into it resets both the
> + * root and the working directory.
> + *
> + * Root is required because entering failfs requires ``CAP_SYS_CHROOT`` and
> + * :manpage:`setns(2)` into the mount namespace requires ``CAP_SYS_ADMIN``.
> + *
> + * The test runs in a forked child so the root of the parent process is
> + * left untouched.
> + */
> +
> +#define _GNU_SOURCE
> +#include <fcntl.h>
> +#include <sys/stat.h>
> +#include "tst_test.h"
> +#include "lapi/fcntl.h"
> +#include "lapi/sched.h"
> +#include "lapi/setns.h"
> +#include "lapi/syscalls.h"
> +
> +#define ABSDIR "abs"
> +
> +static void run(void)
> +{
> + if (SAFE_FORK())
> + return;
> +
> + struct stat realroot, st;
> + int nsfd;
> +
> + SAFE_STAT("/", &realroot);
> + nsfd = SAFE_OPEN("/proc/self/ns/mnt", O_RDONLY);
> +
> + TST_EXP_PASS(tst_syscall(__NR_fchroot, FD_FAILFS_ROOT, 0),
> + "fchroot() with the FD_FAILFS_ROOT sentinel");
> +
> + TST_EXP_FAIL2(open(ABSDIR, O_PATH), EOPNOTSUPP,
> + "absolute lookup after entering failfs");
> +
> + TST_EXP_PASS(setns(nsfd, CLONE_NEWNS),
> + "setns() back into the mount namespace");
> +
> + SAFE_CLOSE(nsfd);
> +
> + SAFE_STAT("/", &st);
> + TST_EXP_EXPR(st.st_dev == realroot.st_dev &&
> + st.st_ino == realroot.st_ino,
> + "root restored after setns()");
> +
> + SAFE_STAT(".", &st);
> + TST_EXP_EXPR(st.st_dev == realroot.st_dev &&
> + st.st_ino == realroot.st_ino,
> + "working directory restored after setns()");
> +
> + exit(0);
Here as well, no need for the exit.
> +}
> +
> +static void setup(void)
> +{
> + char *tmpdir;
> + char abs_path[PATH_MAX];
> +
> + tmpdir = tst_tmpdir_path();
> + snprintf(abs_path, sizeof(abs_path), "%s/%s", tmpdir, "target");
> +
> + SAFE_TOUCH("target", 0644, NULL);
> + SAFE_SYMLINK(abs_path, ABSDIR);
Here as well, why are all the absolute directories symlinks? It makes
sense to have a test symlink to absolute directory restarts the lookup
and fails, but why don't we use just abs_path in most of the tests?
I suppose that we can even open just "/" with O_PATH to check if the
failfs root is active or not...
> +}
> +
> +static struct tst_test test = {
> + .test_all = run,
> + .setup = setup,
> + .needs_root = 1,
> + .forks_child = 1,
> + .needs_tmpdir = 1,
> +};
>
> --
> 2.51.0
>
>
> --
> Mailing list info: https://lists.linux.it/listinfo/ltp
--
Cyril Hrubis
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Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-31 8:00 [LTP] [PATCH v4 00/16] fchroot: add fchroot() testing suite Andrea Cervesato
2026-08-31 8:00 ` [LTP] [PATCH v4 01/16] syscalls: add v7.3 syscall numbers Andrea Cervesato
2026-08-31 8:00 ` [LTP] [PATCH v4 02/16] syscalls: update outdated syscall entries Andrea Cervesato
2026-08-31 8:00 ` [LTP] [PATCH STAGING v4 03/16] lapi: fallback fchroot() parameters Andrea Cervesato
2026-08-31 8:00 ` [LTP] [PATCH STAGING v4 04/16] fchroot01: test fchroot() with a directory fd Andrea Cervesato
2026-08-31 9:06 ` [LTP] syscalls: add v7.3 syscall numbers linuxtestproject.agent
2026-10-12 10:25 ` [LTP] [PATCH STAGING v4 04/16] fchroot01: test fchroot() with a directory fd Cyril Hrubis
2026-08-31 8:00 ` [LTP] [PATCH STAGING v4 05/16] fchroot02: test fchroot() invalid arguments Andrea Cervesato
2026-10-12 10:51 ` Cyril Hrubis
2026-08-31 8:00 ` [LTP] [PATCH STAGING v4 06/16] fchroot03: test fchroot() permission checks Andrea Cervesato
2026-10-12 10:32 ` Cyril Hrubis
2026-08-31 8:00 ` [LTP] [PATCH STAGING v4 07/16] fchroot04: test fchroot() into failfs as root Andrea Cervesato
2026-10-12 11:03 ` Cyril Hrubis
2026-08-31 8:00 ` [LTP] [PATCH STAGING v4 08/16] fchroot05: test failfs root can not be referenced Andrea Cervesato
2026-10-12 11:14 ` Cyril Hrubis
2026-08-31 8:00 ` [LTP] [PATCH STAGING v4 09/16] fchroot06: test path walks under failfs root Andrea Cervesato
2026-10-14 11:39 ` Cyril Hrubis
2026-08-31 8:00 ` [LTP] [PATCH STAGING v4 10/16] fchroot07: test execve blocked by " Andrea Cervesato
2026-10-13 15:44 ` Cyril Hrubis
2026-08-31 8:00 ` [LTP] [PATCH STAGING v4 11/16] fchroot08: test failfs root fork inheritance Andrea Cervesato
2026-10-13 16:02 ` Cyril Hrubis
2026-08-31 8:00 ` [LTP] [PATCH STAGING v4 12/16] fchroot09: test setns escape from failfs root Andrea Cervesato
2026-10-14 11:52 ` Cyril Hrubis [this message]
2026-08-31 8:00 ` [LTP] [PATCH STAGING v4 13/16] fchroot10: test failfs entry without no_new_privs Andrea Cervesato
2026-10-14 12:11 ` Cyril Hrubis
2026-08-31 8:00 ` [LTP] [PATCH STAGING v4 14/16] fchroot11: test failfs entry with no_new_privs Andrea Cervesato
2026-10-14 14:20 ` Cyril Hrubis
2026-08-31 8:00 ` [LTP] [PATCH STAGING v4 15/16] fchroot12: test failfs entry with shared fs_struct Andrea Cervesato
2026-10-14 15:10 ` Cyril Hrubis
2026-08-31 8:00 ` [LTP] [PATCH STAGING v4 16/16] fchroot13: test failfs entry when chrooted Andrea Cervesato
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