[PATCH net-next v5 7/7] selftests/vsock: test the netns assign privilege checks

From
Bobby Eshleman <bobbyeshleman@meta.com>
Date
2026-11-04 01:54:27
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Bobby Eshleman, 2026-11-04
VSOCK_CMD_DEV_NETNS_SET refuses callers without CAP_NET_ADMIN in the
init user namespace.

Add two tests: one confirms that CAP_NET_ADMIN is required even by a
privileged user and the other confirms that CAP_NET_ADMIN in an
unprivileged user ns alone is insufficient.

CONFIG_USER_NS is needed to test the CAP_NET_ADMIN + unprivileged user
ns case.

Signed-off-by: Bobby Eshleman <bobbyeshleman@meta.com>
---
Changes in v4:
- Require EPERM in the privilege tests, cli.py does print the errno, and
  probe unshare -Urn so a setup failure skips (Sashiko)

Changes in v3:
- Require setpriv only for the ns_guest_ tests, not the whole script

Changes in v2:
- Assert only that the command fails, not EPERM: ynl's cli.py does not
  report the errno (Sashiko)
- Use ynl cli.py for the assign
---
 tools/testing/selftests/vsock/config    |  1 +
 tools/testing/selftests/vsock/vmtest.sh | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vsock/config b/tools/testing/selftests/vsock/config
index 5f0a4f17dfc9..4b31085558fa 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vsock/config
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vsock/config
@@ -109,3 +109,4 @@ CONFIG_FS_DAX=y
 CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG=y
 CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE=y
 CONFIG_ZONE_DEVICE=y
+CONFIG_USER_NS=y
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vsock/vmtest.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/vsock/vmtest.sh
index f8aee1336a09..5bd90a0c2380 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vsock/vmtest.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vsock/vmtest.sh
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ readonly TEST_NAMES=(
 	ns_guest_assign_g2h_netns_host_connect_ok
 	ns_guest_assign_g2h_netns_pins_ns_ok
 	ns_guest_assign_g2h_netns_old_conn_send_fails
+	ns_guest_assign_g2h_netns_no_cap_net_admin_fails
+	ns_guest_assign_g2h_netns_unpriv_user_ns_fails
 )
 readonly TEST_DESCS=(
 	# vm_server_host_client
@@ -187,6 +189,12 @@ readonly TEST_DESCS=(
 
 	# ns_guest_assign_g2h_netns_old_conn_send_fails
 	"Check connections made before the assign stop sending once they lose the device."
+
+	# ns_guest_assign_g2h_netns_no_cap_net_admin_fails
+	"Check assigning the guest's vsock device to a namespace needs CAP_NET_ADMIN."
+
+	# ns_guest_assign_g2h_netns_unpriv_user_ns_fails
+	"Check an unprivileged user cannot claim the guest's vsock device via a user ns."
 )
 
 readonly USE_SHARED_VM=(
@@ -199,6 +207,8 @@ readonly USE_SHARED_VM=(
 	ns_guest_assign_g2h_netns_host_connect_ok
 	ns_guest_assign_g2h_netns_pins_ns_ok
 	ns_guest_assign_g2h_netns_old_conn_send_fails
+	ns_guest_assign_g2h_netns_no_cap_net_admin_fails
+	ns_guest_assign_g2h_netns_unpriv_user_ns_fails
 )
 readonly NS_MODES=("local" "global")
 
@@ -368,7 +378,7 @@ check_ns_guest_deps() {
 		return 0
 	fi
 
-	for dep in unshare python3; do
+	for dep in unshare setpriv python3; do
 		if [[ ! -x $(command -v "${dep}") ]]; then
 			log_host "no ${dep} for test ${tname}"
 			return 1
@@ -1909,6 +1919,44 @@ test_ns_guest_assign_g2h_netns_pins_ns_ok() {
 	return "${KSFT_PASS}"
 }
 
+check_assign_g2h_eperm() {
+	local wrapper=$1
+	local out
+
+	if out=$(vm_ssh "init_ns" -- "${wrapper}" python3 /root/ynl/cli.py \
+		--no-schema --spec /root/ynl/vsock.yaml \
+		--do dev-netns-set 2>&1); then
+		log_host "assign unexpectedly succeeded under '${wrapper}'"
+		return "${KSFT_FAIL}"
+	fi
+
+	if [[ "${out}" != *"Operation not permitted"* ]]; then
+		log_host "no EPERM under '${wrapper}': [${out}]"
+		return "${KSFT_FAIL}"
+	fi
+
+	return "${KSFT_PASS}"
+}
+
+test_ns_guest_assign_g2h_netns_no_cap_net_admin_fails() {
+	check_assign_g2h_eperm "unshare -n setpriv --bounding-set=-net_admin"
+}
+
+test_ns_guest_assign_g2h_netns_unpriv_user_ns_fails() {
+	local unpriv_uid=65534
+	local unpriv
+
+	unpriv="setpriv --reuid=${unpriv_uid} --regid=${unpriv_uid}"
+	unpriv="${unpriv} --clear-groups"
+
+	if ! vm_ssh "init_ns" -- "${unpriv} unshare -Urn true"; then
+		log_host "unprivileged user namespaces unavailable, skipping"
+		return "${KSFT_SKIP}"
+	fi
+
+	check_assign_g2h_eperm "${unpriv} unshare -Urn"
+}
+
 shared_vm_test() {
 	local tname
 
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