[PATCH] selftests/prctl: Test PR_SET_MM_AUXV terminator
From: Sahaj Chaudhari
Date: Wed Oct 07 2026 - 08:46:09 EST
Verify that a shortened vector supplied through PR_SET_MM_AUXV has a
valid AT_NULL terminator when exposed through /proc/self/auxv. This
catches stale AUXV entries left beyond the supplied vector.
Signed-off-by: Sahaj Chaudhari <sahaj123.sc@xxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/prctl/.gitignore | 1 +
tools/testing/selftests/prctl/Makefile | 1 +
.../testing/selftests/prctl/pr_set_mm_auxv.c | 42 +++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 44 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/prctl/pr_set_mm_auxv.c
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/prctl/.gitignore b/tools/testing/selftests/prctl/.gitignore
index 05d5e31661dfd..089af0296aeca 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/prctl/.gitignore
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/prctl/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ disable-tsc-on-off-stress-test
disable-tsc-test
set-anon-vma-name-test
set-process-name
+pr_set_mm_auxv
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/prctl/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/prctl/Makefile
index e770e86fad9ac..a21811a8f6a06 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/prctl/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/prctl/Makefile
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ override ARCH := $(shell echo $(ARCH) | sed -e s/i.86/x86/ -e s/x86_64/x86/)
ifeq ($(ARCH),x86)
TEST_PROGS := disable-tsc-ctxt-sw-stress-test disable-tsc-on-off-stress-test \
disable-tsc-test set-anon-vma-name-test set-process-name
+TEST_GEN_PROGS := pr_set_mm_auxv
all: $(TEST_PROGS)
include ../lib.mk
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/prctl/pr_set_mm_auxv.c b/tools/testing/selftests/prctl/pr_set_mm_auxv.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..934ff480c0f4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/prctl/pr_set_mm_auxv.c
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include <elf.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <sys/prctl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include "kselftest_harness.h"
+
+TEST(set_mm_auxv_terminator)
+{
+ unsigned long auxv[] = {
+ AT_UID, 0x1111,
+ AT_GID, 0x2222,
+ };
+ unsigned long result[64];
+ ssize_t len;
+ int fd;
+
+ if (prctl(PR_SET_MM, PR_SET_MM_AUXV, (unsigned long)auxv,
+ sizeof(auxv), 0)) {
+ if (errno == EPERM)
+ SKIP(return, "requires CAP_SYS_RESOURCE");
+ ASSERT_EQ(errno, 0);
+ }
+
+ fd = open("/proc/self/auxv", O_RDONLY);
+ ASSERT_GE(fd, 0);
+
+ len = read(fd, result, sizeof(result));
+ close(fd);
+
+ ASSERT_GE(len, (ssize_t)(6 * sizeof(unsigned long)));
+ EXPECT_EQ(result[0], (unsigned long)AT_UID);
+ EXPECT_EQ(result[1], 0x1111UL);
+ EXPECT_EQ(result[2], (unsigned long)AT_GID);
+ EXPECT_EQ(result[3], 0x2222UL);
+ EXPECT_EQ(result[4], (unsigned long)AT_NULL);
+ EXPECT_EQ(result[5], 0UL);
+}
+
+TEST_HARNESS_MAIN
--
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