From: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>,
Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>, Will Drewry <wad@chromium.org>,
Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Subject: [RFC PATCH 7/9] selftests/seccomp: test fork result records
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 17:11:22 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261020001124.974063-8-xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261020001124.974063-1-xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
From: Cong Wang <cwang@multikernel.io>
Cover SECCOMP_USER_NOTIF_FLAG_RESULT:
- a successful fork is reported with the entry's id, the child's pid
and pidfs inode number, the child can be opened as a pidfd by that
inode number, and its first notification arrives only after the
record, even when it was queued first;
- forks rejected by kernel_clone(), copy_process() and clone3() are
reported with their error, and an unread record is freed with the
listener;
- a new thread is flagged as one;
- the flag is refused for a non-fork system call and without CONTINUE.
Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <cwang@multikernel.io>
---
tools/testing/selftests/seccomp/seccomp_bpf.c | 389 ++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 389 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/seccomp/seccomp_bpf.c b/tools/testing/selftests/seccomp/seccomp_bpf.c
index 0622bc2acad4..d5dd5bc22faa 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/seccomp/seccomp_bpf.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/seccomp/seccomp_bpf.c
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <linux/kcmp.h>
#include <sys/resource.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/capability.h>
#include <linux/perf_event.h>
@@ -4964,6 +4965,394 @@ TEST(user_notification_wait_killable_after_reply)
EXPECT_EQ(0, WEXITSTATUS(status));
}
+#ifndef FD_PIDFS_ROOT
+#define FD_PIDFS_ROOT -10002
+#endif
+
+#ifndef FILEID_KERNFS
+#define FILEID_KERNFS 0xfe
+#endif
+
+static int user_notif_fork_filter(void)
+{
+ struct sock_filter filter[] = {
+ BPF_STMT(BPF_LD|BPF_W|BPF_ABS,
+ offsetof(struct seccomp_data, nr)),
+ BPF_JUMP(BPF_JMP|BPF_JEQ|BPF_K, __NR_clone, 2, 0),
+ BPF_JUMP(BPF_JMP|BPF_JEQ|BPF_K, __NR_clone3, 1, 0),
+ BPF_JUMP(BPF_JMP|BPF_JEQ|BPF_K, __NR_getppid, 0, 1),
+ BPF_STMT(BPF_RET|BPF_K, SECCOMP_RET_USER_NOTIF),
+ BPF_STMT(BPF_RET|BPF_K, SECCOMP_RET_ALLOW),
+ };
+ struct sock_fprog prog = {
+ .len = (unsigned short)ARRAY_SIZE(filter),
+ .filter = filter,
+ };
+
+ return seccomp(SECCOMP_SET_MODE_FILTER,
+ SECCOMP_FILTER_FLAG_NEW_LISTENER, &prog);
+}
+
+static int send_fd(int sock, int fd)
+{
+ char cbuf[CMSG_SPACE(sizeof(int))] = {};
+ char c = 0;
+ struct iovec iov = { .iov_base = &c, .iov_len = 1 };
+ struct msghdr msg = {
+ .msg_iov = &iov,
+ .msg_iovlen = 1,
+ .msg_control = cbuf,
+ .msg_controllen = sizeof(cbuf),
+ };
+ struct cmsghdr *cmsg = CMSG_FIRSTHDR(&msg);
+
+ cmsg->cmsg_level = SOL_SOCKET;
+ cmsg->cmsg_type = SCM_RIGHTS;
+ cmsg->cmsg_len = CMSG_LEN(sizeof(int));
+ memcpy(CMSG_DATA(cmsg), &fd, sizeof(int));
+
+ return sendmsg(sock, &msg, 0) == 1 ? 0 : -1;
+}
+
+static int recv_fd(int sock)
+{
+ char cbuf[CMSG_SPACE(sizeof(int))] = {};
+ char c;
+ struct iovec iov = { .iov_base = &c, .iov_len = 1 };
+ struct msghdr msg = {
+ .msg_iov = &iov,
+ .msg_iovlen = 1,
+ .msg_control = cbuf,
+ .msg_controllen = sizeof(cbuf),
+ };
+ struct cmsghdr *cmsg;
+ int fd;
+
+ if (recvmsg(sock, &msg, 0) != 1)
+ return -1;
+ cmsg = CMSG_FIRSTHDR(&msg);
+ if (!cmsg || cmsg->cmsg_type != SCM_RIGHTS)
+ return -1;
+ memcpy(&fd, CMSG_DATA(cmsg), sizeof(int));
+ return fd;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Fork a child that notifies clone, clone3 and getppid to a listener,
+ * hands the listener to us and then exits with what @fn returns.
+ */
+static pid_t fork_result_child(struct __test_metadata *_metadata,
+ int (*fn)(void), int *listener)
+{
+ int sk[2];
+ pid_t pid;
+
+ ASSERT_EQ(socketpair(AF_UNIX, SOCK_SEQPACKET, 0, sk), 0);
+
+ pid = fork();
+ ASSERT_GE(pid, 0);
+
+ if (pid == 0) {
+ int fd;
+
+ close(sk[0]);
+ if (prctl(PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS, 1, 0, 0, 0))
+ _exit(100);
+ fd = user_notif_fork_filter();
+ if (fd < 0 || send_fd(sk[1], fd))
+ _exit(101);
+ close(fd);
+ close(sk[1]);
+ _exit(fn());
+ }
+
+ close(sk[1]);
+ *listener = recv_fd(sk[0]);
+ close(sk[0]);
+ ASSERT_GE(*listener, 0);
+ return pid;
+}
+
+static bool is_fork_nr(int nr)
+{
+ return nr == __NR_clone || nr == __NR_clone3;
+}
+
+/* Receive a fork family notification and continue it, asking for a record. */
+static void continue_with_result(struct __test_metadata *_metadata,
+ int listener, pid_t pid,
+ struct seccomp_notif *req)
+{
+ struct seccomp_notif_resp resp = {};
+
+ memset(req, 0, sizeof(*req));
+ ASSERT_EQ(ioctl(listener, SECCOMP_IOCTL_NOTIF_RECV, req), 0);
+ ASSERT_EQ(req->flags, 0);
+ ASSERT_EQ(req->pid, pid);
+ ASSERT_TRUE(is_fork_nr(req->data.nr));
+
+ resp.id = req->id;
+ resp.flags = SECCOMP_USER_NOTIF_FLAG_CONTINUE |
+ SECCOMP_USER_NOTIF_FLAG_RESULT;
+ ASSERT_EQ(ioctl(listener, SECCOMP_IOCTL_NOTIF_SEND, &resp), 0) {
+ if (errno == EINVAL)
+ SKIP(return, "Kernel does not support SECCOMP_USER_NOTIF_FLAG_RESULT");
+ }
+}
+
+static void recv_result(struct __test_metadata *_metadata, int listener,
+ const struct seccomp_notif *entry,
+ struct seccomp_notif *rec)
+{
+ memset(rec, 0, sizeof(*rec));
+ ASSERT_EQ(ioctl(listener, SECCOMP_IOCTL_NOTIF_RECV, rec), 0);
+ ASSERT_NE(rec->flags & SECCOMP_NOTIF_FLAG_RESULT, 0);
+ EXPECT_EQ(rec->id, entry->id);
+ EXPECT_EQ(rec->pid, entry->pid);
+ EXPECT_EQ(rec->result.nr, entry->data.nr);
+ EXPECT_EQ(rec->result.arch, entry->data.arch);
+ EXPECT_EQ(rec->result.__reserved, 0);
+}
+
+static int pidfd_open_by_ino(__u64 ino, int flags)
+{
+ /* struct file_handle with room for a pidfs handle */
+ struct {
+ unsigned int handle_bytes;
+ int handle_type;
+ __u64 ino;
+ } fh = {
+ .handle_bytes = sizeof(ino),
+ .handle_type = FILEID_KERNFS,
+ .ino = ino,
+ };
+
+ return open_by_handle_at(FD_PIDFS_ROOT, (struct file_handle *)&fh,
+ flags);
+}
+
+static int fork_result_fork(void)
+{
+ int status;
+ pid_t pid;
+
+ pid = fork();
+ if (pid < 0)
+ return 1;
+ if (pid == 0)
+ _exit(syscall(__NR_getppid) != USER_NOTIF_MAGIC);
+ if (waitpid(pid, &status, 0) != pid)
+ return 2;
+ return !WIFEXITED(status) || WEXITSTATUS(status);
+}
+
+TEST(user_notification_fork_result)
+{
+ struct seccomp_notif entry, rec, req = {};
+ struct seccomp_notif_resp resp = {};
+ struct pollfd pollfd;
+ int status, listener, pidfd;
+ struct stat st;
+ pid_t pid;
+
+ pid = fork_result_child(_metadata, fork_result_fork, &listener);
+ continue_with_result(_metadata, listener, pid, &entry);
+
+ /* Let the new child queue its getppid() notification first. */
+ usleep(100000);
+
+ recv_result(_metadata, listener, &entry, &rec);
+ EXPECT_EQ(rec.flags, SECCOMP_NOTIF_FLAG_RESULT);
+ ASSERT_GT(rec.result.val, 0);
+ EXPECT_EQ(rec.result.child_pid, rec.result.val);
+ ASSERT_NE(rec.result.child_ino, 0);
+
+ /* The record names the child race free, without privileges. */
+ pidfd = pidfd_open_by_ino(rec.result.child_ino, 0);
+ ASSERT_GE(pidfd, 0);
+ ASSERT_EQ(fstat(pidfd, &st), 0);
+ EXPECT_EQ(st.st_ino, rec.result.child_ino);
+
+ /* The child is only heard from after its record. */
+ ASSERT_EQ(ioctl(listener, SECCOMP_IOCTL_NOTIF_RECV, &req), 0);
+ EXPECT_EQ(req.flags, 0);
+ EXPECT_EQ(req.pid, rec.result.child_pid);
+ EXPECT_EQ(req.data.nr, __NR_getppid);
+
+ resp.id = req.id;
+ resp.val = USER_NOTIF_MAGIC;
+ EXPECT_EQ(ioctl(listener, SECCOMP_IOCTL_NOTIF_SEND, &resp), 0);
+
+ pollfd.fd = pidfd;
+ pollfd.events = POLLIN;
+ EXPECT_EQ(poll(&pollfd, 1, -1), 1);
+ close(pidfd);
+
+ EXPECT_EQ(waitpid(pid, &status, 0), pid);
+ EXPECT_EQ(true, WIFEXITED(status));
+ EXPECT_EQ(0, WEXITSTATUS(status));
+ close(listener);
+}
+
+static int fork_result_fail(void)
+{
+ struct __clone_args args = {};
+ int fd = -1;
+
+ /* Rejected by kernel_clone() before copy_process(). */
+ args.flags = CLONE_PIDFD | CLONE_PARENT_SETTID;
+ args.pidfd = (unsigned long)&fd;
+ args.parent_tid = (unsigned long)&fd;
+ args.exit_signal = SIGCHLD;
+ if (sys_clone3(&args, sizeof(args)) != -1 || errno != EINVAL)
+ return 1;
+
+ /* Rejected by copy_process(). */
+ memset(&args, 0, sizeof(args));
+ args.flags = CLONE_SIGHAND;
+ args.exit_signal = SIGCHLD;
+ if (sys_clone3(&args, sizeof(args)) != -1 || errno != EINVAL)
+ return 2;
+
+ /* Rejected by clone3() itself. */
+ if (sys_clone3(&args, 1) != -1 || errno != EINVAL)
+ return 3;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+TEST(user_notification_fork_result_fail)
+{
+ struct seccomp_notif entry, rec;
+ struct pollfd pollfd;
+ int i, status, listener;
+ pid_t pid;
+
+ pid = fork_result_child(_metadata, fork_result_fail, &listener);
+
+ for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+ continue_with_result(_metadata, listener, pid, &entry);
+ EXPECT_EQ(entry.data.nr, __NR_clone3);
+ if (i == 2)
+ break;
+ recv_result(_metadata, listener, &entry, &rec);
+ EXPECT_EQ(rec.flags, SECCOMP_NOTIF_FLAG_RESULT);
+ EXPECT_EQ(rec.result.val, -EINVAL);
+ EXPECT_EQ(rec.result.child_pid, 0);
+ EXPECT_EQ(rec.result.child_ino, 0);
+ }
+
+ EXPECT_EQ(waitpid(pid, &status, 0), pid);
+ EXPECT_EQ(true, WIFEXITED(status));
+ EXPECT_EQ(0, WEXITSTATUS(status));
+
+ /* The last record outlives its task, and closing frees it unread. */
+ pollfd.fd = listener;
+ pollfd.events = POLLIN;
+ EXPECT_EQ(poll(&pollfd, 1, 0), 1);
+ EXPECT_NE(pollfd.revents & POLLIN, 0);
+ close(listener);
+}
+
+static void *fork_result_noop(void *arg)
+{
+ return arg;
+}
+
+static int fork_result_thread(void)
+{
+ pthread_t thread;
+
+ if (pthread_create(&thread, NULL, fork_result_noop, NULL))
+ return 1;
+ return pthread_join(thread, NULL) != 0;
+}
+
+TEST(user_notification_fork_result_thread)
+{
+ struct seccomp_notif entry, rec;
+ int status, listener;
+ pid_t pid;
+
+ pid = fork_result_child(_metadata, fork_result_thread, &listener);
+ continue_with_result(_metadata, listener, pid, &entry);
+
+ recv_result(_metadata, listener, &entry, &rec);
+ EXPECT_EQ(rec.flags,
+ SECCOMP_NOTIF_FLAG_RESULT | SECCOMP_NOTIF_FLAG_THREAD);
+ ASSERT_GT(rec.result.val, 0);
+ EXPECT_EQ(rec.result.child_pid, rec.result.val);
+ EXPECT_NE(rec.result.child_ino, 0);
+
+ EXPECT_EQ(waitpid(pid, &status, 0), pid);
+ EXPECT_EQ(true, WIFEXITED(status));
+ EXPECT_EQ(0, WEXITSTATUS(status));
+ close(listener);
+}
+
+static int fork_result_einval(void)
+{
+ if (syscall(__NR_getppid) != USER_NOTIF_MAGIC)
+ return 1;
+ return fork_result_fork();
+}
+
+TEST(user_notification_fork_result_einval)
+{
+ struct seccomp_notif_resp resp = {};
+ struct seccomp_notif req = {};
+ struct pollfd pollfd;
+ int status, listener;
+ pid_t pid;
+
+ pid = fork_result_child(_metadata, fork_result_einval, &listener);
+
+ /* Not a fork. */
+ ASSERT_EQ(ioctl(listener, SECCOMP_IOCTL_NOTIF_RECV, &req), 0);
+ EXPECT_EQ(req.data.nr, __NR_getppid);
+ resp.id = req.id;
+ resp.flags = SECCOMP_USER_NOTIF_FLAG_CONTINUE |
+ SECCOMP_USER_NOTIF_FLAG_RESULT;
+ EXPECT_EQ(ioctl(listener, SECCOMP_IOCTL_NOTIF_SEND, &resp), -1);
+ EXPECT_EQ(errno, EINVAL);
+ resp.flags = 0;
+ resp.val = USER_NOTIF_MAGIC;
+ EXPECT_EQ(ioctl(listener, SECCOMP_IOCTL_NOTIF_SEND, &resp), 0);
+
+ /* A fork, but RESULT needs CONTINUE. */
+ memset(&req, 0, sizeof(req));
+ ASSERT_EQ(ioctl(listener, SECCOMP_IOCTL_NOTIF_RECV, &req), 0);
+ EXPECT_TRUE(is_fork_nr(req.data.nr));
+ resp.id = req.id;
+ resp.val = 0;
+ resp.flags = SECCOMP_USER_NOTIF_FLAG_RESULT;
+ EXPECT_EQ(ioctl(listener, SECCOMP_IOCTL_NOTIF_SEND, &resp), -1);
+ EXPECT_EQ(errno, EINVAL);
+ resp.flags = SECCOMP_USER_NOTIF_FLAG_CONTINUE;
+ EXPECT_EQ(ioctl(listener, SECCOMP_IOCTL_NOTIF_SEND, &resp), 0);
+
+ /* The grandchild's getppid(). */
+ memset(&req, 0, sizeof(req));
+ ASSERT_EQ(ioctl(listener, SECCOMP_IOCTL_NOTIF_RECV, &req), 0);
+ EXPECT_EQ(req.flags, 0);
+ EXPECT_EQ(req.data.nr, __NR_getppid);
+ resp.id = req.id;
+ resp.flags = 0;
+ resp.val = USER_NOTIF_MAGIC;
+ EXPECT_EQ(ioctl(listener, SECCOMP_IOCTL_NOTIF_SEND, &resp), 0);
+
+ EXPECT_EQ(waitpid(pid, &status, 0), pid);
+ EXPECT_EQ(true, WIFEXITED(status));
+ EXPECT_EQ(0, WEXITSTATUS(status));
+
+ /* No record without RESULT. */
+ pollfd.fd = listener;
+ pollfd.events = POLLIN;
+ EXPECT_EQ(poll(&pollfd, 1, 0), 1);
+ EXPECT_EQ(pollfd.revents & POLLIN, 0);
+ close(listener);
+}
+
struct tsync_vs_thread_leader_args {
pthread_t leader;
};
--
2.43.0
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Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-20 0:11 [RFC PATCH 0/9] seccomp: report the result of continued system calls Cong Wang
2026-10-20 0:11 ` [RFC PATCH 1/9] seccomp: add result records to the notification listener Cong Wang
2026-10-20 0:11 ` [RFC PATCH 2/9] seccomp: add __NR_seccomp_* aliases for the fork family Cong Wang
2026-10-20 0:11 ` [RFC PATCH 3/9] seccomp: report the result of a continued system call Cong Wang
2026-10-20 0:11 ` [RFC PATCH 4/9] seccomp: report the result of a continued fork Cong Wang
2026-10-20 0:11 ` [RFC PATCH 5/9] seccomp: factor out the user notification queue and wait Cong Wang
2026-10-20 0:11 ` [RFC PATCH 6/9] seccomp: add SECCOMP_USER_NOTIF_FLAG_HOLD Cong Wang
2026-10-20 0:11 ` Cong Wang [this message]
2026-10-20 0:11 ` [RFC PATCH 8/9] selftests/seccomp: test held fork results Cong Wang
2026-10-20 0:11 ` [RFC PATCH 9/9] Documentation: seccomp: describe system call result records Cong Wang
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