[PATCH v3 2/3] landlock: selftests for LANDLOCK_RESTRICT_SELF_TSYNC

Günther Noack gnoack at google.com
Thu Nov 27 11:51:35 UTC 2025


Exercise various scenarios where Landlock domains are enforced across
all of a processes' threads.

Cc: Andrew G. Morgan <morgan at kernel.org>
Cc: John Johansen <john.johansen at canonical.com>
Cc: Mickaël Salaün <mic at digikod.net>
Cc: Paul Moore <paul at paul-moore.com>
Cc: linux-security-module at vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Günther Noack <gnoack at google.com>
---
 tools/testing/selftests/landlock/base_test.c  |   6 +-
 tools/testing/selftests/landlock/tsync_test.c | 161 ++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 164 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/landlock/tsync_test.c

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/landlock/base_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/landlock/base_test.c
index f4b1a275d8d9..0fea236ef4bd 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/landlock/base_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/landlock/base_test.c
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ TEST(restrict_self_fd)
 	EXPECT_EQ(EBADFD, errno);
 }
 
-TEST(restrict_self_fd_flags)
+TEST(restrict_self_fd_logging_flags)
 {
 	int fd;
 
@@ -304,9 +304,9 @@ TEST(restrict_self_fd_flags)
 	EXPECT_EQ(EBADFD, errno);
 }
 
-TEST(restrict_self_flags)
+TEST(restrict_self_logging_flags)
 {
-	const __u32 last_flag = LANDLOCK_RESTRICT_SELF_LOG_SUBDOMAINS_OFF;
+	const __u32 last_flag = LANDLOCK_RESTRICT_SELF_TSYNC;
 
 	/* Tests invalid flag combinations. */
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/landlock/tsync_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/landlock/tsync_test.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3971e0f02c49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/landlock/tsync_test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Landlock tests - Enforcing the same restrictions across multiple threads
+ *
+ * Copyright © 2025 Günther Noack <gnoack3000 at gmail.com>
+ */
+
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include <sys/prctl.h>
+#include <linux/landlock.h>
+
+#include "common.h"
+
+/* create_ruleset - Create a simple ruleset FD common to all tests */
+static int create_ruleset(struct __test_metadata *const _metadata)
+{
+	struct landlock_ruleset_attr ruleset_attr = {
+		.handled_access_fs = (LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_WRITE_FILE |
+				      LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_TRUNCATE),
+	};
+	const int ruleset_fd =
+		landlock_create_ruleset(&ruleset_attr, sizeof(ruleset_attr), 0);
+
+	ASSERT_LE(0, ruleset_fd)
+	{
+		TH_LOG("landlock_create_ruleset: %s", strerror(errno));
+	}
+	return ruleset_fd;
+}
+
+TEST(single_threaded_success)
+{
+	const int ruleset_fd = create_ruleset(_metadata);
+
+	disable_caps(_metadata);
+
+	ASSERT_EQ(0, prctl(PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS, 1, 0, 0, 0));
+	ASSERT_EQ(0, landlock_restrict_self(ruleset_fd,
+					    LANDLOCK_RESTRICT_SELF_TSYNC));
+
+	ASSERT_EQ(0, close(ruleset_fd));
+}
+
+void store_no_new_privs(void *data)
+{
+	bool *nnp = data;
+
+	if (!nnp)
+		return;
+	*nnp = prctl(PR_GET_NO_NEW_PRIVS, 0, 0, 0, 0);
+}
+
+void *idle(void *data)
+{
+	pthread_cleanup_push(store_no_new_privs, data);
+
+	while (true)
+		sleep(1);
+
+	pthread_cleanup_pop(1);
+}
+
+TEST(multi_threaded_success)
+{
+	pthread_t t1, t2;
+	bool no_new_privs1, no_new_privs2;
+	const int ruleset_fd = create_ruleset(_metadata);
+
+	disable_caps(_metadata);
+
+	ASSERT_EQ(0, pthread_create(&t1, NULL, idle, &no_new_privs1));
+	ASSERT_EQ(0, pthread_create(&t2, NULL, idle, &no_new_privs2));
+
+	ASSERT_EQ(0, prctl(PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS, 1, 0, 0, 0));
+
+	EXPECT_EQ(0, landlock_restrict_self(ruleset_fd,
+					    LANDLOCK_RESTRICT_SELF_TSYNC));
+
+	ASSERT_EQ(0, pthread_cancel(t1));
+	ASSERT_EQ(0, pthread_cancel(t2));
+	ASSERT_EQ(0, pthread_join(t1, NULL));
+	ASSERT_EQ(0, pthread_join(t2, NULL));
+
+	/* The no_new_privs flag was implicitly enabled on all threads. */
+	EXPECT_TRUE(no_new_privs1);
+	EXPECT_TRUE(no_new_privs2);
+
+	ASSERT_EQ(0, close(ruleset_fd));
+}
+
+TEST(multi_threaded_success_despite_diverging_domains)
+{
+	pthread_t t1, t2;
+	const int ruleset_fd = create_ruleset(_metadata);
+
+	disable_caps(_metadata);
+
+	ASSERT_EQ(0, prctl(PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS, 1, 0, 0, 0));
+
+	ASSERT_EQ(0, pthread_create(&t1, NULL, idle, NULL));
+	ASSERT_EQ(0, pthread_create(&t2, NULL, idle, NULL));
+
+	/*
+	 * The main thread enforces a ruleset,
+	 * thereby bringing the threads' Landlock domains out of sync.
+	 */
+	EXPECT_EQ(0, landlock_restrict_self(ruleset_fd, 0));
+
+	/* Still, TSYNC succeeds, bringing the threads in sync again. */
+	EXPECT_EQ(0, landlock_restrict_self(ruleset_fd,
+					    LANDLOCK_RESTRICT_SELF_TSYNC));
+
+	ASSERT_EQ(0, pthread_cancel(t1));
+	ASSERT_EQ(0, pthread_cancel(t2));
+	ASSERT_EQ(0, pthread_join(t1, NULL));
+	ASSERT_EQ(0, pthread_join(t2, NULL));
+	ASSERT_EQ(0, close(ruleset_fd));
+}
+
+struct thread_restrict_data {
+	pthread_t t;
+	int ruleset_fd;
+	int result;
+};
+
+void *thread_restrict(void *data)
+{
+	struct thread_restrict_data *d = data;
+
+	d->result = landlock_restrict_self(d->ruleset_fd,
+					   LANDLOCK_RESTRICT_SELF_TSYNC);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+TEST(competing_enablement)
+{
+	const int ruleset_fd = create_ruleset(_metadata);
+	struct thread_restrict_data d[] = {
+		{ .ruleset_fd = ruleset_fd },
+		{ .ruleset_fd = ruleset_fd },
+	};
+
+	disable_caps(_metadata);
+
+	ASSERT_EQ(0, prctl(PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS, 1, 0, 0, 0));
+	ASSERT_EQ(0, pthread_create(&d[0].t, NULL, thread_restrict, &d[0]));
+	ASSERT_EQ(0, pthread_create(&d[1].t, NULL, thread_restrict, &d[1]));
+
+	/* Wait for threads to finish. */
+	ASSERT_EQ(0, pthread_join(d[0].t, NULL));
+	ASSERT_EQ(0, pthread_join(d[1].t, NULL));
+
+	/* Expect that both succeeded. */
+	EXPECT_EQ(0, d[0].result);
+	EXPECT_EQ(0, d[1].result);
+
+	ASSERT_EQ(0, close(ruleset_fd));
+}
+
+TEST_HARNESS_MAIN
-- 
2.52.0.177.g9f829587af-goog




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