[PATCH v4 48/72] selftests/namespaces: first listns() permission test
From: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Date: 2025-10-29 12:24:41
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bpf, cgroups, linux-fsdevel, lkml
Subsystem:
kernel selftest framework, the rest · Maintainers:
Shuah Khan, Linus Torvalds
Test that unprivileged users can only see namespaces they're currently in. Create a namespace, drop privileges, verify we can only see our own namespaces. Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org> --- tools/testing/selftests/namespaces/.gitignore | 1 + tools/testing/selftests/namespaces/Makefile | 3 +- .../selftests/namespaces/listns_permissions_test.c | 131 +++++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 134 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/namespaces/.gitignore b/tools/testing/selftests/namespaces/.gitignore
index 5065f07e92c9..17f9c675a60b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/namespaces/.gitignore
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/namespaces/.gitignore@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ file_handle_test init_ino_test ns_active_ref_test listns_test +listns_permissions_test
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/namespaces/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/namespaces/Makefile
index de708f4df159..2dd22bc68b89 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/namespaces/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/namespaces/Makefile@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@ CFLAGS += -Wall -O0 -g $(KHDR_INCLUDES) $(TOOLS_INCLUDES) LDLIBS += -lcap -TEST_GEN_PROGS := nsid_test file_handle_test init_ino_test ns_active_ref_test listns_test +TEST_GEN_PROGS := nsid_test file_handle_test init_ino_test ns_active_ref_test listns_test listns_permissions_test include ../lib.mk $(OUTPUT)/ns_active_ref_test: ../filesystems/utils.c $(OUTPUT)/listns_test: ../filesystems/utils.c +$(OUTPUT)/listns_permissions_test: ../filesystems/utils.c
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/namespaces/listns_permissions_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/namespaces/listns_permissions_test.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..907fe419ec22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/namespaces/listns_permissions_test.c@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@ +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 +#define _GNU_SOURCE +#include <errno.h> +#include <fcntl.h> +#include <limits.h> +#include <sched.h> +#include <stdio.h> +#include <stdlib.h> +#include <string.h> +#include <linux/nsfs.h> +#include <sys/capability.h> +#include <sys/ioctl.h> +#include <sys/prctl.h> +#include <sys/stat.h> +#include <sys/syscall.h> +#include <sys/types.h> +#include <sys/wait.h> +#include <unistd.h> +#include "../kselftest_harness.h" +#include "../filesystems/utils.h" +#include "wrappers.h" + +/* + * Test that unprivileged users can only see namespaces they're currently in. + * Create a namespace, drop privileges, verify we can only see our own namespaces. + */ +TEST(listns_unprivileged_current_only) +{ + struct ns_id_req req = { + .size = sizeof(req), + .spare = 0, + .ns_id = 0, + .ns_type = CLONE_NEWNET, + .spare2 = 0, + .user_ns_id = 0, + }; + __u64 ns_ids[100]; + ssize_t ret; + int pipefd[2]; + pid_t pid; + int status; + bool found_ours; + int unexpected_count; + + ASSERT_EQ(pipe(pipefd), 0); + + pid = fork(); + ASSERT_GE(pid, 0); + + if (pid == 0) { + int fd; + __u64 our_netns_id; + bool found_ours; + int unexpected_count; + + close(pipefd[0]); + + /* Create user namespace to be unprivileged */ + if (setup_userns() < 0) { + close(pipefd[1]); + exit(1); + } + + /* Create a network namespace */ + if (unshare(CLONE_NEWNET) < 0) { + close(pipefd[1]); + exit(1); + } + + /* Get our network namespace ID */ + fd = open("/proc/self/ns/net", O_RDONLY); + if (fd < 0) { + close(pipefd[1]); + exit(1); + } + + if (ioctl(fd, NS_GET_ID, &our_netns_id) < 0) { + close(fd); + close(pipefd[1]); + exit(1); + } + close(fd); + + /* Now we're unprivileged - list all network namespaces */ + ret = sys_listns(&req, ns_ids, ARRAY_SIZE(ns_ids), 0); + if (ret < 0) { + close(pipefd[1]); + exit(1); + } + + /* We should only see our own network namespace */ + found_ours = false; + unexpected_count = 0; + + for (ssize_t i = 0; i < ret; i++) { + if (ns_ids[i] == our_netns_id) { + found_ours = true; + } else { + /* This is either init_net (which we can see) or unexpected */ + unexpected_count++; + } + } + + /* Send results to parent */ + write(pipefd[1], &found_ours, sizeof(found_ours)); + write(pipefd[1], &unexpected_count, sizeof(unexpected_count)); + close(pipefd[1]); + exit(0); + } + + /* Parent */ + close(pipefd[1]); + + found_ours = false; + unexpected_count = 0; + read(pipefd[0], &found_ours, sizeof(found_ours)); + read(pipefd[0], &unexpected_count, sizeof(unexpected_count)); + close(pipefd[0]); + + waitpid(pid, &status, 0); + ASSERT_TRUE(WIFEXITED(status)); + ASSERT_EQ(WEXITSTATUS(status), 0); + + /* Child should have seen its own namespace */ + ASSERT_TRUE(found_ours); + + TH_LOG("Unprivileged child saw its own namespace, plus %d others (likely init_net)", + unexpected_count); +} + +TEST_HARNESS_MAIN
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