[PATCH 2/2] selftests/namespaces: add uid_map/gid_map range tests
From: Natasha Klaus
Date: Mon Sep 28 2026 - 03:26:52 EST
Check that a uid_map or gid_map line with a value that does not fit in
u32 is rejected with EINVAL and installs nothing, for each of the three
fields, and that an in-range line is still accepted and reads back
unchanged.
Signed-off-by: Natasha Klaus <natalie.klaus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Assisted-by: LLM
---
tools/testing/selftests/namespaces/.gitignore | 1 +
tools/testing/selftests/namespaces/Makefile | 3 +-
.../selftests/namespaces/uid_map_range_test.c | 155 ++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 158 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/namespaces/uid_map_range_test.c
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/namespaces/.gitignore b/tools/testing/selftests/namespaces/.gitignore
index 0989e80da457..995b082357fa 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/namespaces/.gitignore
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/namespaces/.gitignore
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ cred_change_test
stress_test
listns_pagination_bug
regression_pidfd_setns_test
+uid_map_range_test
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/namespaces/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/namespaces/Makefile
index fbb821652c17..9b22d12708e1 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/namespaces/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/namespaces/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ TEST_GEN_PROGS := nsid_test \
cred_change_test \
stress_test \
listns_pagination_bug \
- regression_pidfd_setns_test
+ regression_pidfd_setns_test \
+ uid_map_range_test
include ../lib.mk
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/namespaces/uid_map_range_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/namespaces/uid_map_range_test.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9da02005a09c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/namespaces/uid_map_range_test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <sched.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include "../kselftest_harness.h"
+
+/*
+ * The fields of a uid_map/gid_map line are stored in u32. Values that
+ * do not fit must be rejected with EINVAL instead of being silently
+ * truncated modulo 2^32, and in-range values must still be accepted.
+ */
+
+static int write_file(const char *path, const char *buf)
+{
+ ssize_t len = strlen(buf);
+ ssize_t ret;
+ int fd;
+
+ fd = open(path, O_WRONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
+ if (fd < 0)
+ return -errno;
+ ret = write(fd, buf, len);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ ret = -errno;
+ close(fd);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
+ return ret == len ? 0 : -EIO;
+}
+
+static ssize_t read_file(const char *path, char *buf, size_t size)
+{
+ ssize_t ret;
+ int fd;
+
+ fd = open(path, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
+ if (fd < 0)
+ return -errno;
+ ret = read(fd, buf, size - 1);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ ret = -errno;
+ else
+ buf[ret] = '\0';
+ close(fd);
+ return ret;
+}
+
+/* Enter a fresh user namespace, remembering the outer ids. */
+static int enter_userns(uid_t *uid, gid_t *gid)
+{
+ *uid = geteuid();
+ *gid = getegid();
+ if (unshare(CLONE_NEWUSER) < 0)
+ return -errno;
+ /* Required before an unprivileged gid_map write. */
+ return write_file("/proc/self/setgroups", "deny");
+}
+
+static void expect_rejected(struct __test_metadata *_metadata,
+ const char *path, const char *line)
+{
+ char buf[256];
+
+ TH_LOG("writing \"%s\" to %s", line, path);
+ EXPECT_EQ(write_file(path, line), -EINVAL);
+ /* Nothing may have been installed. */
+ EXPECT_EQ(read_file(path, buf, sizeof(buf)), 0) {
+ TH_LOG("installed: %s", buf);
+ }
+}
+
+TEST(uid_map_first_above_u32)
+{
+ char line[64];
+ uid_t uid;
+ gid_t gid;
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = enter_userns(&uid, &gid);
+ if (ret)
+ SKIP(return, "cannot set up user namespace: %s", strerror(-ret));
+ snprintf(line, sizeof(line), "4294967301 %u 1", uid);
+ expect_rejected(_metadata, "/proc/self/uid_map", line);
+}
+
+TEST(uid_map_lower_first_above_u32)
+{
+ char line[64];
+ uid_t uid;
+ gid_t gid;
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = enter_userns(&uid, &gid);
+ if (ret)
+ SKIP(return, "cannot set up user namespace: %s", strerror(-ret));
+ snprintf(line, sizeof(line), "0 %llu 1", (1ULL << 32) + uid);
+ expect_rejected(_metadata, "/proc/self/uid_map", line);
+}
+
+TEST(uid_map_count_above_u32)
+{
+ char line[64];
+ uid_t uid;
+ gid_t gid;
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = enter_userns(&uid, &gid);
+ if (ret)
+ SKIP(return, "cannot set up user namespace: %s", strerror(-ret));
+ snprintf(line, sizeof(line), "0 %u 4294967297", uid);
+ expect_rejected(_metadata, "/proc/self/uid_map", line);
+}
+
+TEST(gid_map_first_above_u32)
+{
+ char line[64];
+ uid_t uid;
+ gid_t gid;
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = enter_userns(&uid, &gid);
+ if (ret)
+ SKIP(return, "cannot set up user namespace: %s", strerror(-ret));
+ snprintf(line, sizeof(line), "4294967301 %u 1", gid);
+ expect_rejected(_metadata, "/proc/self/gid_map", line);
+}
+
+TEST(uid_map_in_range)
+{
+ unsigned int first, lower_first, count;
+ char line[64], buf[256];
+ uid_t uid;
+ gid_t gid;
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = enter_userns(&uid, &gid);
+ if (ret)
+ SKIP(return, "cannot set up user namespace: %s", strerror(-ret));
+ snprintf(line, sizeof(line), "5 %u 1", uid);
+ ASSERT_EQ(write_file("/proc/self/uid_map", line), 0);
+
+ ASSERT_GT(read_file("/proc/self/uid_map", buf, sizeof(buf)), 0);
+ ASSERT_EQ(sscanf(buf, "%u %u %u", &first, &lower_first, &count), 3);
+ EXPECT_EQ(first, 5U);
+ EXPECT_EQ(lower_first, uid);
+ EXPECT_EQ(count, 1U);
+ /* Exactly one extent. */
+ EXPECT_EQ(strchr(buf, '\n'), buf + strlen(buf) - 1);
+}
+
+TEST_HARNESS_MAIN
--
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