From: "Mickaël Salaün" <mic@digikod.net>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Mickaël Salaün" <mic@digikod.net>,
"Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
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Subject: [PATCH 5.15.y 2/2] selftests/landlock: Add tests for whiteout object creation
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2026 16:55:22 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <88432dfe86f2aaa9ae499587fd7acff9d34a338b.1789655723.git.mic@digikod.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2026090319-sprinkler-mandolin-e566@gregkh>
From: Günther Noack <gnoack@google.com>
[ Upstream commit ee890889b30b22f9a21636061def7a04e4f89380 ]
Add tests to check that whiteout object creation is guarded by
LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_MAKE_REG, in the cases where these are created from
userspace:
* Conventional creation with mknod()
* Linking or renaming an existing whiteout object
* renameat2() with RENAME_WHITEOUT,
which creates a new whiteout object in the source location
* renameat2() with RENAME_EXCHANGE,
with one of the renamed objects being a whiteout object
Signed-off-by: Günther Noack <gnoack@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260813093157.1436894-4-gnoack@google.com
[mic: Update commit message as requested]
Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün <mic@digikod.net>
[mic: Backport: add enforce_fs() and the missing s3 fixture paths, and
adapt tests to ABI 1 without REFER]
Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün <mic@digikod.net>
---
tools/testing/selftests/landlock/fs_test.c | 150 +++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 150 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/landlock/fs_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/landlock/fs_test.c
index 47fc4392f412..f5c965e9aa80 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/landlock/fs_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/landlock/fs_test.c
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ static const char dir_s3d1[] = TMP_DIR "/s3d1";
/* dir_s3d2 is a mount point. */
static const char dir_s3d2[] = TMP_DIR "/s3d1/s3d2";
static const char dir_s3d3[] = TMP_DIR "/s3d1/s3d2/s3d3";
+static const char file1_s3d3[] = TMP_DIR "/s3d1/s3d2/s3d3/f1";
+static const char file2_s3d3[] = TMP_DIR "/s3d1/s3d2/s3d3/f2";
/*
* layout1 hierarchy:
@@ -249,6 +251,7 @@ static void create_layout1(struct __test_metadata *const _metadata)
clear_cap(_metadata, CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
ASSERT_EQ(0, mkdir(dir_s3d3, 0700));
+ create_file(_metadata, file1_s3d3);
}
static void remove_layout1(struct __test_metadata *const _metadata)
@@ -265,6 +268,8 @@ static void remove_layout1(struct __test_metadata *const _metadata)
EXPECT_EQ(0, remove_path(file1_s2d2));
EXPECT_EQ(0, remove_path(file1_s2d1));
+ EXPECT_EQ(0, remove_path(file2_s3d3));
+ EXPECT_EQ(0, remove_path(file1_s3d3));
EXPECT_EQ(0, remove_path(dir_s3d3));
set_cap(_metadata, CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
umount(dir_s3d2);
@@ -595,6 +600,27 @@ static void enforce_ruleset(struct __test_metadata *const _metadata,
}
}
+static void enforce_fs(struct __test_metadata *const _metadata,
+ const __u64 access_fs, const struct rule rules[])
+{
+ int ruleset_fd;
+
+ if (rules) {
+ ruleset_fd = create_ruleset(_metadata, access_fs, rules);
+ } else {
+ const struct landlock_ruleset_attr ruleset_attr = {
+ .handled_access_fs = access_fs,
+ };
+
+ ruleset_fd = landlock_create_ruleset(&ruleset_attr,
+ sizeof(ruleset_attr), 0);
+ ASSERT_LE(0, ruleset_fd);
+ }
+
+ enforce_ruleset(_metadata, ruleset_fd);
+ EXPECT_EQ(0, close(ruleset_fd));
+}
+
TEST_F_FORK(layout1, proc_nsfs)
{
const struct rule rules[] = {
@@ -1941,6 +1967,118 @@ TEST_F_FORK(layout1, rename_file)
RENAME_EXCHANGE));
}
+TEST_F_FORK(layout1, rename_whiteout_denied)
+{
+ /* The affected file is a FIFO. */
+ ASSERT_EQ(0, unlink(file1_s3d3));
+ ASSERT_EQ(0, mknod(file1_s3d3, S_IFIFO | 0600, 0));
+
+ /* Deny MAKE_REG, but allow MAKE_FIFO. */
+ enforce_fs(_metadata, LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_MAKE_REG, NULL);
+
+ /*
+ * Try to rename a file with RENAME_WHITEOUT.
+ * file1_s3d3 is in dir_s3d2 (tmpfs), so it supports RENAME_WHITEOUT.
+ * Denied, because whiteout creation is guarded with MAKE_REG.
+ */
+ EXPECT_EQ(-1, renameat2(AT_FDCWD, file1_s3d3, AT_FDCWD, file2_s3d3,
+ RENAME_WHITEOUT));
+ EXPECT_EQ(EACCES, errno);
+}
+
+static bool is_whiteout(const char *const path)
+{
+ struct stat st;
+
+ if (stat(path, &st) == -1)
+ return false;
+
+ return S_ISCHR(st.st_mode) && st.st_rdev == makedev(0, 0);
+}
+
+static bool is_fifo(const char *const path)
+{
+ struct stat st;
+
+ return stat(path, &st) == 0 && S_ISFIFO(st.st_mode);
+}
+
+TEST_F_FORK(layout1, rename_whiteout_allowed)
+{
+ const struct rule rules[] = {
+ {
+ .path = dir_s3d3,
+ .access = LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_MAKE_REG,
+ },
+ {},
+ };
+
+ /* The affected file is a FIFO. */
+ ASSERT_EQ(0, unlink(file1_s3d3));
+ ASSERT_EQ(0, mknod(file1_s3d3, S_IFIFO | 0600, 0));
+
+ /* Allow MAKE_REG below dir_s3d3. */
+ enforce_fs(_metadata, LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_MAKE_REG, rules);
+
+ /*
+ * Rename a file with RENAME_WHITEOUT within the same directory.
+ * Allowed, because MAKE_REG is granted for the whiteout object which
+ * gets created in the source location.
+ */
+ EXPECT_EQ(0, renameat2(AT_FDCWD, file1_s3d3, AT_FDCWD, file2_s3d3,
+ RENAME_WHITEOUT));
+
+ /* A whiteout object took the place of the moved FIFO. */
+ EXPECT_TRUE(is_whiteout(file1_s3d3));
+ EXPECT_TRUE(is_fifo(file2_s3d3));
+}
+
+TEST_F_FORK(layout1, rename_whiteout_exchange_denied)
+{
+ const char *const whiteout_s3d3 = file2_s3d3;
+
+ /* The exchanged files are a FIFO and an existing whiteout object. */
+ ASSERT_EQ(0, unlink(file1_s3d3));
+ ASSERT_EQ(0, mknod(file1_s3d3, S_IFIFO | 0600, 0));
+ ASSERT_EQ(0, mknod(whiteout_s3d3, S_IFCHR | 0600, makedev(0, 0)));
+
+ /* Deny MAKE_REG, but allow MAKE_FIFO. */
+ enforce_fs(_metadata, LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_MAKE_REG, NULL);
+
+ /* Exchanging the whiteout object is denied without MAKE_REG. */
+ EXPECT_EQ(-1, renameat2(AT_FDCWD, file1_s3d3, AT_FDCWD, whiteout_s3d3,
+ RENAME_EXCHANGE));
+ EXPECT_EQ(EACCES, errno);
+}
+
+TEST_F_FORK(layout1, rename_whiteout_exchange_allowed)
+{
+ const char *const whiteout_s3d3 = file2_s3d3;
+ const struct rule rules[] = {
+ {
+ .path = dir_s3d3,
+ .access = LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_MAKE_REG,
+ },
+ {},
+ };
+
+ /* The exchanged files are a FIFO and an existing whiteout object. */
+ ASSERT_EQ(0, unlink(file1_s3d3));
+ ASSERT_EQ(0, mknod(file1_s3d3, S_IFIFO | 0600, 0));
+ ASSERT_EQ(0, mknod(whiteout_s3d3, S_IFCHR | 0600, makedev(0, 0)));
+
+ /* Allow MAKE_REG below dir_s3d3. */
+ enforce_fs(_metadata, LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_MAKE_REG, rules);
+
+ /* Exchanging the whiteout object is allowed with MAKE_REG. */
+ EXPECT_EQ(0, renameat2(AT_FDCWD, file1_s3d3, AT_FDCWD, whiteout_s3d3,
+ RENAME_EXCHANGE));
+
+ /* The FIFO and the whiteout object swapped places. */
+ EXPECT_TRUE(is_whiteout(file1_s3d3));
+ EXPECT_TRUE(is_fifo(whiteout_s3d3));
+}
+
TEST_F_FORK(layout1, rename_dir)
{
const struct rule rules[] = {
@@ -2128,6 +2266,18 @@ TEST_F_FORK(layout1, make_char)
makedev(1, 3));
}
+TEST_F_FORK(layout1, make_whiteout)
+{
+ /*
+ * Creates a whiteout object (creation guarded by MAKE_REG).
+ *
+ * Contrary to the other character devices, this does not require
+ * CAP_MKNOD, cf. vfs_mknod().
+ */
+ test_make_file(_metadata, LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_MAKE_REG, S_IFCHR,
+ makedev(0, 0));
+}
+
TEST_F_FORK(layout1, make_block)
{
/* Creates a /dev/loop0 device. */
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[not found] <2026090319-sprinkler-mandolin-e566@gregkh>
2026-09-17 14:55 ` [PATCH 5.15.y 1/2] landlock: Require LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_MAKE_REG for whiteout creation Mickaël Salaün
2026-09-18 0:52 ` Sasha Levin
2026-09-17 14:55 ` Mickaël Salaün [this message]
2026-09-18 0:52 ` [PATCH 5.15.y 2/2] selftests/landlock: Add tests for whiteout object creation Sasha Levin
2026-09-18 13:55 ` Mickaël Salaün
2026-09-18 19:45 ` Sasha Levin
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