[PATCH v2 2/2] selftests/pidfd: test that fields beyond the struct size are not reported

From: Nickolai Zeldovich

Date: Sat Oct 24 2026 - 00:14:09 EST


PIDFD_GET_INFO must not set the mask bit of a field that lies beyond
the struct size encoded in the ioctl command. Add a test that requests
the coredump fields and the supported mask with PIDFD_INFO_SIZE_VER0
over a full-size, poisoned struct, and checks that the mask names none
of those fields and that the poison behind the first 64 bytes is
intact.

Add fallback definitions of PIDFD_INFO_SIZE_VER0 to VER3 to pidfd.h,
like the other uapi constants there.

Signed-off-by: Nickolai Zeldovich <nickolai@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

Notes:
Result in a QEMU x86_64 guest on mainline 17bb0e2f6c80, without
patch 1:

# pidfd_info_test.c:801:info_size_ver0_mask:Expected 0 (0) == !!(info.mask & (PIDFD_INFO_COREDUMP | ...)) (1)
not ok 3 global.info_size_ver0_mask

With patch 1:

ok 3 global.info_size_ver0_mask

tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd.h | 16 +++++++
.../testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd_info_test.c | 48 +++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 64 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd.h b/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd.h
index 5a4e78c10f434..cf146d3273348 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd.h
@@ -160,6 +160,22 @@
#define PIDFD_INFO_COREDUMP_CODE (1UL << 7)
#endif

+#ifndef PIDFD_INFO_SIZE_VER0
+#define PIDFD_INFO_SIZE_VER0 64 /* sizeof first published struct */
+#endif
+
+#ifndef PIDFD_INFO_SIZE_VER1
+#define PIDFD_INFO_SIZE_VER1 72 /* sizeof second published struct */
+#endif
+
+#ifndef PIDFD_INFO_SIZE_VER2
+#define PIDFD_INFO_SIZE_VER2 80 /* sizeof third published struct */
+#endif
+
+#ifndef PIDFD_INFO_SIZE_VER3
+#define PIDFD_INFO_SIZE_VER3 88 /* sizeof fourth published struct */
+#endif
+
#ifndef PIDFD_COREDUMPED
#define PIDFD_COREDUMPED (1U << 0) /* Did crash and... */
#endif
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd_info_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd_info_test.c
index 597012ed195f0..ee08df3dc3d2b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd_info_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd_info_test.c
@@ -764,4 +764,52 @@ TEST(supported_mask_with_other_fields)
close(pidfd);
}

+/*
+ * Test: fields beyond the caller's struct size are not reported
+ *
+ * Request the coredump and supported_mask fields with a struct of the
+ * first published size. None of those fields fit, so the returned mask
+ * must not name them and the memory behind the struct must be untouched.
+ */
+TEST(info_size_ver0_mask)
+{
+ struct pidfd_info info = {
+ .mask = PIDFD_INFO_COREDUMP | PIDFD_INFO_SUPPORTED_MASK,
+ .coredump_mask = 0xdeadbeef,
+ .coredump_signal = 0xdeadbeef,
+ .coredump_code = 0xdeadbeef,
+ .supported_mask = 0xdeadbeefdeadbeefULL,
+ };
+ unsigned int cmd = _IOC(_IOC_READ | _IOC_WRITE, PIDFS_IOCTL_MAGIC, 11,
+ PIDFD_INFO_SIZE_VER0);
+ int pidfd;
+ pid_t pid;
+
+ pid = create_child(&pidfd, 0);
+ ASSERT_GE(pid, 0);
+
+ if (pid == 0)
+ pause();
+
+ ASSERT_EQ(ioctl(pidfd, cmd, &info), 0);
+
+ /* The fields that fit are reported as usual. */
+ ASSERT_TRUE(!!(info.mask & PIDFD_INFO_PID));
+ ASSERT_TRUE(!!(info.mask & PIDFD_INFO_CREDS));
+
+ /* The fields that do not fit are neither reported nor written. */
+ ASSERT_FALSE(!!(info.mask & (PIDFD_INFO_COREDUMP |
+ PIDFD_INFO_COREDUMP_SIGNAL |
+ PIDFD_INFO_COREDUMP_CODE |
+ PIDFD_INFO_SUPPORTED_MASK)));
+ ASSERT_EQ(info.coredump_mask, 0xdeadbeef);
+ ASSERT_EQ(info.coredump_signal, 0xdeadbeef);
+ ASSERT_EQ(info.coredump_code, 0xdeadbeef);
+ ASSERT_EQ(info.supported_mask, 0xdeadbeefdeadbeefULL);
+
+ sys_pidfd_send_signal(pidfd, SIGKILL, NULL, 0);
+ sys_waitid(P_PIDFD, pidfd, NULL, WEXITED);
+ close(pidfd);
+}
+
TEST_HARNESS_MAIN
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