[PATCH v1] selftests: Handle old glibc without execveat(2)

From: Mickaël Salaün
Date: Wed Jan 15 2025 - 09:49:09 EST


Add an execveat(2) wrapper because glibc < 2.34 does not have one. This
fixes the check-exec tests and samples.

Cc: Günther Noack <gnoack@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jeff Xu <jeffxu@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kees Cook <kees@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Moore <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Serge Hallyn <serge@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stefan Berger <stefanb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250114205645.GA2825031@ax162
Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün <mic@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---

Based on Kees Cook's next/execve branch.
---
samples/check-exec/inc.c | 11 +++++++++--
tools/testing/selftests/exec/check-exec.c | 11 +++++++++--
tools/testing/selftests/landlock/fs_test.c | 10 ++++++++--
3 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/samples/check-exec/inc.c b/samples/check-exec/inc.c
index 94b87569d2a2..7f6ef06a2f06 100644
--- a/samples/check-exec/inc.c
+++ b/samples/check-exec/inc.c
@@ -21,8 +21,15 @@
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/prctl.h>
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
#include <unistd.h>

+static int sys_execveat(int dirfd, const char *pathname, char *const argv[],
+ char *const envp[], int flags)
+{
+ return syscall(__NR_execveat, dirfd, pathname, argv, envp, flags);
+}
+
/* Returns 1 on error, 0 otherwise. */
static int interpret_buffer(char *buffer, size_t buffer_size)
{
@@ -78,8 +85,8 @@ static int interpret_stream(FILE *script, char *const script_name,
* script execution. We must use the script file descriptor instead of
* the script path name to avoid race conditions.
*/
- err = execveat(fileno(script), "", script_argv, envp,
- AT_EMPTY_PATH | AT_EXECVE_CHECK);
+ err = sys_execveat(fileno(script), "", script_argv, envp,
+ AT_EMPTY_PATH | AT_EXECVE_CHECK);
if (err && restrict_stream) {
perror("ERROR: Script execution check");
return 1;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/exec/check-exec.c b/tools/testing/selftests/exec/check-exec.c
index 4d3f4525e1e1..55bce47e56b7 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/exec/check-exec.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/exec/check-exec.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
#include <sys/prctl.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
#include <sys/sysmacros.h>
#include <unistd.h>

@@ -31,6 +32,12 @@

#include "../kselftest_harness.h"

+static int sys_execveat(int dirfd, const char *pathname, char *const argv[],
+ char *const envp[], int flags)
+{
+ return syscall(__NR_execveat, dirfd, pathname, argv, envp, flags);
+}
+
static void drop_privileges(struct __test_metadata *const _metadata)
{
const unsigned int noroot = SECBIT_NOROOT | SECBIT_NOROOT_LOCKED;
@@ -219,8 +226,8 @@ static void test_exec_fd(struct __test_metadata *_metadata, const int fd,
* test framework as an error. With AT_EXECVE_CHECK, we only check a
* potential successful execution.
*/
- access_ret =
- execveat(fd, "", argv, NULL, AT_EMPTY_PATH | AT_EXECVE_CHECK);
+ access_ret = sys_execveat(fd, "", argv, NULL,
+ AT_EMPTY_PATH | AT_EXECVE_CHECK);
access_errno = errno;
if (err_code) {
EXPECT_EQ(-1, access_ret);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/landlock/fs_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/landlock/fs_test.c
index cd66901be612..ac9701c018e0 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/landlock/fs_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/landlock/fs_test.c
@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@ int open_tree(int dfd, const char *filename, unsigned int flags)
}
#endif

+static int sys_execveat(int dirfd, const char *pathname, char *const argv[],
+ char *const envp[], int flags)
+{
+ return syscall(__NR_execveat, dirfd, pathname, argv, envp, flags);
+}
+
#ifndef RENAME_EXCHANGE
#define RENAME_EXCHANGE (1 << 1)
#endif
@@ -2018,8 +2024,8 @@ static void test_check_exec(struct __test_metadata *const _metadata,
int ret;
char *const argv[] = { (char *)path, NULL };

- ret = execveat(AT_FDCWD, path, argv, NULL,
- AT_EMPTY_PATH | AT_EXECVE_CHECK);
+ ret = sys_execveat(AT_FDCWD, path, argv, NULL,
+ AT_EMPTY_PATH | AT_EXECVE_CHECK);
if (err) {
EXPECT_EQ(-1, ret);
EXPECT_EQ(errno, err);

base-commit: 95b3cdafd7cb74414070893445a9b731793f7b55
--
2.48.1