* [PATCH v1 1/2] selftests/landlock: Filter dealloc records in audit_count_records()
@ 2026-05-13 10:51 Mickaël Salaün
2026-05-13 10:51 ` [PATCH v1 2/2] selftests/landlock: Increase default audit socket timeout Mickaël Salaün
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From: Mickaël Salaün @ 2026-05-13 10:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: Mickaël Salaün, Günther Noack, Kees Cook,
Shuah Khan, Thomas Weißschuh, kernel test robot,
linux-kernel, linux-kselftest, linux-security-module, lkp, oe-lkp,
stable
audit_count_records() counts both AUDIT_LANDLOCK_DOMAIN allocation and
deallocation records in records.domain . Domain deallocation is tied to
asynchronous credential freeing via kworker threads
(landlock_put_ruleset_deferred), so the dealloc record can arrive after
the drain in audit_init() and after the preceding audit_match_record()
call. This causes flaky failures in tests that assert an exact
records.domain count: a stale dealloc record from a previous test's
domain inflates the count by one.
Observed on x86_64 under build configurations that delay the kworker
firing the dealloc callback (e.g. coverage instrumentation): the
audit_layout1 tests in fs_test.c intermittently saw records.domain == 2
where 1 was expected. The fix is in the shared helper, so those
existing checks become robust without needing a fs_test.c edit.
Filter audit_count_records() with a regex to skip records containing
deallocation status. The remaining domain records (allocation, emitted
synchronously during landlock_log_denial()) are deterministic.
Deallocation records are already tested explicitly via
matches_log_domain_deallocated() in audit_test.c, which uses its own
domain-ID-based filtering and longer timeout.
With this filter in place, re-add the records.domain == 0 checks that
were removed in commit 3647a4977fb7 ("selftests/landlock: Drain stale
audit records on init") as a workaround for this race.
Cc: Günther Noack <gnoack@google.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Depends-on: 07c2572a8757 ("selftests/landlock: Skip stale records in audit_match_record()")
Fixes: 6a500b22971c ("selftests/landlock: Add tests for audit flags and domain IDs")
Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün <mic@digikod.net>
---
tools/testing/selftests/landlock/audit.h | 39 ++++++++++++-------
tools/testing/selftests/landlock/audit_test.c | 2 +
.../testing/selftests/landlock/ptrace_test.c | 1 +
.../landlock/scoped_abstract_unix_test.c | 1 +
4 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/landlock/audit.h b/tools/testing/selftests/landlock/audit.h
index 834005b2b0f0..699aed5ffab4 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/landlock/audit.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/landlock/audit.h
@@ -381,18 +381,24 @@ struct audit_records {
};
/*
- * WARNING: Do not assert records.domain == 0 without a preceding
- * audit_match_record() call. Domain deallocation records are emitted
- * asynchronously from kworker threads and can arrive after the drain in
- * audit_init(), corrupting the domain count. A preceding audit_match_record()
- * call consumes stale records while scanning, making the assertion safe in
- * practice because stale deallocation records arrive before the expected access
- * records.
+ * Counts remaining audit records by type, skipping domain deallocation records.
+ * Deallocation records are emitted asynchronously from kworker threads after a
+ * previous test's child has exited, so they can arrive after the drain in
+ * audit_init() and after the preceding audit_match_record() call. Allocation
+ * records are emitted synchronously during landlock_log_denial() in the current
+ * test's syscall context, so only those are counted in records->domain.
*/
static int audit_count_records(int audit_fd, struct audit_records *records)
{
+ static const char dealloc_pattern[] = REGEX_LANDLOCK_PREFIX
+ " status=deallocated ";
struct audit_message msg;
- int err;
+ regex_t dealloc_re;
+ int ret, err = 0;
+
+ ret = regcomp(&dealloc_re, dealloc_pattern, 0);
+ if (ret)
+ return -ENOMEM;
records->access = 0;
records->domain = 0;
@@ -402,9 +408,8 @@ static int audit_count_records(int audit_fd, struct audit_records *records)
err = audit_recv(audit_fd, &msg);
if (err) {
if (err == -EAGAIN)
- return 0;
- else
- return err;
+ err = 0;
+ break;
}
switch (msg.header.nlmsg_type) {
@@ -412,12 +417,20 @@ static int audit_count_records(int audit_fd, struct audit_records *records)
records->access++;
break;
case AUDIT_LANDLOCK_DOMAIN:
- records->domain++;
+ ret = regexec(&dealloc_re, msg.data, 0, NULL, 0);
+ if (ret == REG_NOMATCH) {
+ records->domain++;
+ } else if (ret != 0) {
+ err = -EIO;
+ goto out;
+ }
break;
}
} while (true);
- return 0;
+out:
+ regfree(&dealloc_re);
+ return err;
}
static int audit_init(void)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/landlock/audit_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/landlock/audit_test.c
index 93ae5bd0dcce..758cf2368281 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/landlock/audit_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/landlock/audit_test.c
@@ -730,6 +730,7 @@ TEST_F(audit_flags, signal)
} else {
EXPECT_EQ(1, records.access);
}
+ EXPECT_EQ(0, records.domain);
/* Updates filter rules to match the drop record. */
set_cap(_metadata, CAP_AUDIT_CONTROL);
@@ -917,6 +918,7 @@ TEST_F(audit_exec, signal_and_open)
/* Tests that there was no denial until now. */
EXPECT_EQ(0, audit_count_records(self->audit_fd, &records));
EXPECT_EQ(0, records.access);
+ EXPECT_EQ(0, records.domain);
/*
* Wait for the child to do a first denied action by layer1 and
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/landlock/ptrace_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/landlock/ptrace_test.c
index 1b6c8b53bf33..4f64c90583cd 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/landlock/ptrace_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/landlock/ptrace_test.c
@@ -342,6 +342,7 @@ TEST_F(audit, trace)
/* Makes sure there is no superfluous logged records. */
EXPECT_EQ(0, audit_count_records(self->audit_fd, &records));
EXPECT_EQ(0, records.access);
+ EXPECT_EQ(0, records.domain);
yama_ptrace_scope = get_yama_ptrace_scope();
ASSERT_LE(0, yama_ptrace_scope);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/landlock/scoped_abstract_unix_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/landlock/scoped_abstract_unix_test.c
index c47491d2d1c1..72f97648d4a7 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/landlock/scoped_abstract_unix_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/landlock/scoped_abstract_unix_test.c
@@ -312,6 +312,7 @@ TEST_F(scoped_audit, connect_to_child)
/* Makes sure there is no superfluous logged records. */
EXPECT_EQ(0, audit_count_records(self->audit_fd, &records));
EXPECT_EQ(0, records.access);
+ EXPECT_EQ(0, records.domain);
ASSERT_EQ(0, pipe2(pipe_child, O_CLOEXEC));
ASSERT_EQ(0, pipe2(pipe_parent, O_CLOEXEC));
--
2.54.0
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] selftests/landlock: Increase default audit socket timeout
2026-05-13 10:51 [PATCH v1 1/2] selftests/landlock: Filter dealloc records in audit_count_records() Mickaël Salaün
@ 2026-05-13 10:51 ` Mickaël Salaün
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From: Mickaël Salaün @ 2026-05-13 10:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: Mickaël Salaün, Günther Noack, Kees Cook,
Shuah Khan, Thomas Weißschuh, kernel test robot,
linux-kernel, linux-kselftest, linux-security-module, lkp, oe-lkp,
stable, Günther Noack
matches_log_fs() and other audit_match_record() callers intermittently
return -EAGAIN under heavy debug configs (KASAN, lockdep). The audit
record delivery pipeline is asynchronous: landlock_log_denial() queues
the record to audit_queue, and kauditd_thread dequeues and delivers via
netlink. Under debug configs, kauditd scheduling between
audit_log_end() and netlink_unicast() can exceed a syscall round trip
(more than 1 usec), which was the value of the socket timeout used for
the recvfrom() calls.
The observed failure [1] is an EAGAIN error code (-11) which means that
the access record had not arrived within the 1 usec timeout of
recvfrom(). The expected record does arrive, but only after
matches_log_fs() has already returned. It is then consumed by a later
audit_count_records() call, making records.access == 1 instead of 0.
Switch the default socket timeout to the slow value (1 second) so all
audit_match_record() callers wait long enough for kauditd delivery, and
lower it to the fast value (1 usec) only on the two paths that expect no
record: audit_count_records() and the expected_domain_id == 0 probe in
matches_log_domain_deallocated(). audit_init() drains stale records
with the fast timeout (terminating on -EAGAIN once the backlog is empty)
and switches to the patient default before returning. 1 second gives
~10x margin over the observed maximum (~100 ms, while the happy path is
~23 us).
Rename the timeval constants to reflect their new roles:
- audit_tv_dom_drop (1 second) -> audit_tv_default: default socket
timeout, patient enough for asynchronous kauditd delivery.
- audit_tv_default (1 usec) -> audit_tv_fast: fast timeout for paths
that expect no record (drain, audit_count_records(), probes).
Invert the conditional in matches_log_domain_deallocated(). Check
setsockopt returns on both the lower and restore paths; preserve the
first error via !err when the restore fails after a prior error so the
actionable return code is not masked by a bookkeeping failure.
Cc: Günther Noack <gnoack@google.com>
Cc: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@linutronix.de>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Depends-on: 07c2572a8757 ("selftests/landlock: Skip stale records in audit_match_record()")
Fixes: 6a500b22971c ("selftests/landlock: Add tests for audit flags and domain IDs")
Reported-by: Günther Noack <gnoack3000@gmail.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260402.eb5c4e85f472@gnoack.org [1]
Reported-by: kernel test robot <oliver.sang@intel.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-lkp/202605111649.a8b30a62-lkp@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün <mic@digikod.net>
---
tools/testing/selftests/landlock/audit.h | 80 +++++++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 63 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/landlock/audit.h b/tools/testing/selftests/landlock/audit.h
index 699aed5ffab4..936fe20f020e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/landlock/audit.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/landlock/audit.h
@@ -45,17 +45,25 @@ struct audit_message {
};
};
-static const struct timeval audit_tv_dom_drop = {
+static const struct timeval audit_tv_default = {
/*
- * Because domain deallocation is tied to asynchronous credential
- * freeing, receiving such event may take some time. In practice,
- * on a small VM, it should not exceed 100k usec, but let's wait up
- * to 1 second to be safe.
+ * Default socket timeout for audit_match_record() callers that expect a
+ * record to arrive. Asynchronous kauditd delivery can exceed 1 usec
+ * under heavy debug configs (KASAN, lockdep), where kauditd_thread
+ * scheduling between audit_log_end() and netlink_unicast() takes longer
+ * than the previous 1 usec timeout. 1 second is a generous ceiling: on
+ * the happy path, kauditd delivers within dozens of usec.
*/
.tv_sec = 1,
};
-static const struct timeval audit_tv_default = {
+static const struct timeval audit_tv_fast = {
+ /*
+ * Fast timeout for paths that expect no record (audit_init() drain,
+ * audit_count_records(), probes). Causes audit_recv() to return
+ * -EAGAIN once the socket buffer is empty, naturally terminating the
+ * read loop.
+ */
.tv_usec = 1,
};
@@ -334,8 +342,13 @@ static int __maybe_unused matches_log_domain_allocated(int audit_fd, pid_t pid,
* Matches a domain deallocation record. When expected_domain_id is non-zero,
* the pattern includes the specific domain ID so that stale deallocation
* records from a previous test (with a different domain ID) are skipped by
- * audit_match_record(), and the socket timeout is temporarily increased to
- * audit_tv_dom_drop to wait for the asynchronous kworker deallocation.
+ * audit_match_record(), waiting for the asynchronous kworker deallocation with
+ * the default patient timeout.
+ *
+ * When expected_domain_id is zero, the caller is probing for any dealloc record
+ * that may or may not arrive. Temporarily lowers the socket timeout to
+ * audit_tv_fast for this probe so it returns promptly when no record is
+ * pending; restores audit_tv_default after.
*/
static int __maybe_unused
matches_log_domain_deallocated(int audit_fd, unsigned int num_denials,
@@ -361,16 +374,21 @@ matches_log_domain_deallocated(int audit_fd, unsigned int num_denials,
if (log_match_len >= sizeof(log_match))
return -E2BIG;
- if (expected_domain_id)
- setsockopt(audit_fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVTIMEO,
- &audit_tv_dom_drop, sizeof(audit_tv_dom_drop));
+ if (!expected_domain_id) {
+ if (setsockopt(audit_fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVTIMEO,
+ &audit_tv_fast, sizeof(audit_tv_fast)))
+ return -errno;
+ }
err = audit_match_record(audit_fd, AUDIT_LANDLOCK_DOMAIN, log_match,
domain_id);
- if (expected_domain_id)
- setsockopt(audit_fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVTIMEO, &audit_tv_default,
- sizeof(audit_tv_default));
+ if (!expected_domain_id) {
+ if (setsockopt(audit_fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVTIMEO,
+ &audit_tv_default, sizeof(audit_tv_default)) &&
+ !err)
+ err = -errno;
+ }
return err;
}
@@ -387,6 +405,11 @@ struct audit_records {
* audit_init() and after the preceding audit_match_record() call. Allocation
* records are emitted synchronously during landlock_log_denial() in the current
* test's syscall context, so only those are counted in records->domain.
+ *
+ * Temporarily lowers SO_RCVTIMEO to audit_tv_fast for the read loop: this is a
+ * "no record expected" path that should terminate on the first -EAGAIN. The
+ * default patient timeout is restored on exit for subsequent
+ * audit_match_record() callers.
*/
static int audit_count_records(int audit_fd, struct audit_records *records)
{
@@ -403,6 +426,12 @@ static int audit_count_records(int audit_fd, struct audit_records *records)
records->access = 0;
records->domain = 0;
+ if (setsockopt(audit_fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVTIMEO, &audit_tv_fast,
+ sizeof(audit_tv_fast))) {
+ err = -errno;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
do {
memset(&msg, 0, sizeof(msg));
err = audit_recv(audit_fd, &msg);
@@ -429,6 +458,10 @@ static int audit_count_records(int audit_fd, struct audit_records *records)
} while (true);
out:
+ if (setsockopt(audit_fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVTIMEO, &audit_tv_default,
+ sizeof(audit_tv_default)) &&
+ !err)
+ err = -errno;
regfree(&dealloc_re);
return err;
}
@@ -449,9 +482,9 @@ static int audit_init(void)
if (err)
goto err_close;
- /* Sets a timeout for negative tests. */
- err = setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVTIMEO, &audit_tv_default,
- sizeof(audit_tv_default));
+ /* Uses the fast timeout to drain stale records below. */
+ err = setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVTIMEO, &audit_tv_fast,
+ sizeof(audit_tv_fast));
if (err) {
err = -errno;
goto err_close;
@@ -467,6 +500,19 @@ static int audit_init(void)
while (audit_recv(fd, NULL) == 0)
;
+ /*
+ * Restores the default timeout for audit_match_record() callers that
+ * expect a record to arrive. Paths that expect no record restore the
+ * fast timeout locally (audit_count_records(), the expected_domain_id
+ * == 0 probe in matches_log_domain_deallocated()).
+ */
+ err = setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVTIMEO, &audit_tv_default,
+ sizeof(audit_tv_default));
+ if (err) {
+ err = -errno;
+ goto err_close;
+ }
+
return fd;
err_close:
--
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