[PATCH v4 2/2] selftests/landlock: test SCOPE_SIGNAL on the SIGIO/fowner pgid path
Bryam Vargas
hexlabsecurity at proton.me
Tue Jun 2 17:28:05 UTC 2026
Add a regression test for the LANDLOCK_SCOPE_SIGNAL bypass on the
asynchronous SIGIO delivery path. A sandboxed process that owns a file
via fcntl(F_SETOWN, -pgrp) while sitting at the head of its process
group's PID hlist (the default position after fork()) used to have its
Landlock domain recording skipped, letting the SIGIO fan-out reach
non-sandboxed members of the process group.
The test creates a dedicated process group, sandboxes the (hlist-head)
child with LANDLOCK_SCOPE_SIGNAL, arms F_SETSIG(SIGURG) / F_SETOWN(-pgrp)
/ O_ASYNC on a pipe and triggers the fan-out. The in-domain child must
receive the signal (proving the trigger fired); the non-sandboxed parent,
which is outside the child's domain, must not. Without the fix the parent
is signaled and the test fails.
Signed-off-by: Bryam Vargas <hexlabsecurity at proton.me>
---
.../selftests/landlock/scoped_signal_test.c | 97 +++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 97 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/landlock/scoped_signal_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/landlock/scoped_signal_test.c
index d8bf33417619..62d86a115775 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/landlock/scoped_signal_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/landlock/scoped_signal_test.c
@@ -559,4 +559,101 @@ TEST_F(fown, sigurg_socket)
_metadata->exit_code = KSFT_FAIL;
}
+/*
+ * Checks that LANDLOCK_SCOPE_SIGNAL is enforced on the asynchronous SIGIO
+ * delivery path (fcntl(F_SETOWN)) when the file owner is a process group.
+ *
+ * A sandboxed process sitting at the head of its process group's PID hlist
+ * (the default position right after fork()) used to escape the
+ * fcntl(F_SETOWN, -pgrp) domain recording: pid_task(pgrp, PIDTYPE_PGID)
+ * resolved to the process itself, so the same-thread-group exemption skipped
+ * recording its Landlock domain. At SIGIO time that domain was then unset
+ * and the signal fanned out to every group member, including non-sandboxed
+ * processes outside the domain.
+ */
+TEST(sigio_to_pgid_members)
+{
+ int trigger[2], sync_child[2];
+ char buf;
+ pid_t child;
+ int status, i;
+
+ drop_caps(_metadata);
+
+ /*
+ * Isolates the test in its own process group so the SIGIO fan-out
+ * stays bounded to this parent and the child forked below.
+ */
+ ASSERT_EQ(0, setpgid(0, 0));
+
+ /* The non-sandboxed parent is the protected (out-of-domain) target. */
+ ASSERT_EQ(0, setup_signal_handler(SIGURG));
+ signal_received = 0;
+
+ ASSERT_EQ(0, pipe2(trigger, O_CLOEXEC));
+ ASSERT_EQ(0, pipe2(sync_child, O_CLOEXEC));
+
+ child = fork();
+ ASSERT_LE(0, child);
+ if (child == 0) {
+ /*
+ * The child inherits the parent's new process group and, just
+ * attached with hlist_add_head_rcu(), is now the head of the
+ * pgid hlist: this is the case that used to skip the recording.
+ */
+ EXPECT_EQ(0, close(sync_child[0]));
+
+ /* In-domain positive control: the child must be signaled. */
+ ASSERT_EQ(0, setup_signal_handler(SIGURG));
+ signal_received = 0;
+
+ create_scoped_domain(_metadata, LANDLOCK_SCOPE_SIGNAL);
+
+ /* Owns the SIGIO source for the whole process group. */
+ ASSERT_EQ(0, fcntl(trigger[0], F_SETSIG, SIGURG));
+ ASSERT_EQ(0, fcntl(trigger[0], F_SETOWN, -getpgrp()));
+ ASSERT_EQ(0, fcntl(trigger[0], F_SETFL, O_ASYNC));
+
+ /* Fans SIGURG out to every member of the process group. */
+ ASSERT_EQ(1, write(trigger[1], ".", 1));
+
+ /*
+ * The sandboxed child is in its own domain and must always be
+ * signaled: this proves the SIGIO actually fired.
+ */
+ for (i = 0; i < 1000 && !signal_received; i++)
+ usleep(1000);
+ EXPECT_EQ(1, signal_received);
+
+ ASSERT_EQ(1, write(sync_child[1], ".", 1));
+ EXPECT_EQ(0, close(sync_child[1]));
+
+ _exit(_metadata->exit_code);
+ return;
+ }
+ EXPECT_EQ(0, close(sync_child[1]));
+ EXPECT_EQ(0, close(trigger[0]));
+ EXPECT_EQ(0, close(trigger[1]));
+
+ /* Waits for the child to generate the SIGIO. */
+ ASSERT_EQ(1, read(sync_child[0], &buf, 1));
+ EXPECT_EQ(0, close(sync_child[0]));
+
+ /* Lets a delivered-but-pending signal run our handler, if any. */
+ for (i = 0; i < 100 && !signal_received; i++)
+ usleep(1000);
+
+ /*
+ * SCOPE_SIGNAL must block the fan-out to this non-sandboxed parent,
+ * which is outside the child's Landlock domain. Before the fix the
+ * parent was signaled here.
+ */
+ EXPECT_EQ(0, signal_received);
+
+ ASSERT_EQ(child, waitpid(child, &status, 0));
+ if (WIFSIGNALED(status) || !WIFEXITED(status) ||
+ WEXITSTATUS(status) != EXIT_SUCCESS)
+ _metadata->exit_code = KSFT_FAIL;
+}
+
TEST_HARNESS_MAIN
--
2.43.0
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