Re: [PATCH] selftests: do not preserve ownership when installing files with rsync
From: Martin Kaiser
Date: Fri Jul 17 2026 - 08:57:33 EST
Thus wrote Florian Schmaus via B4 Relay (devnull+flo.geekplace.eu@xxxxxxxxxx):
> From: Florian Schmaus <flo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> When kselftests are built and installed using "make install" or
> integrated into other build systems (such as Yocto's "devtool
> modify"), the source tree might be owned by a non-root developer user.
> Because the installation scripts use "rsync -a", which implies -o and
> -g, the installed test binaries and scripts are explicitly assigned
> the UID/GID of the source tree owner instead of the user running the
> install command. This results in UID leaks into the root filesystem.
> Fix this by explicitly adding --no-owner --no-group to all rsync
> invocations across the selftests Makefiles so that the installed files
> are owned by the installing user (typically root).
> Signed-off-by: Florian Schmaus <flo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile | 6 +++---
> tools/testing/selftests/futex/Makefile | 2 +-
> tools/testing/selftests/lib.mk | 8 ++++----
> tools/testing/selftests/sparc64/Makefile | 2 +-
> 4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
> index b642ee489ea6..1ff923eab76b 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
> @@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ $(TRUNNER_LIB_OBJS): $(TRUNNER_OUTPUT)/%.o:$(TOOLSDIR)/lib/%.c
> $(TRUNNER_BINARY)-extras: $(TRUNNER_EXTRA_FILES) | $(TRUNNER_OUTPUT)
> ifneq ($2:$(OUTPUT),:$(shell pwd))
> $$(call msg,EXT-COPY,$(TRUNNER_BINARY),$(TRUNNER_EXTRA_FILES))
> - $(Q)rsync -aq $(if $(PERMISSIVE),--ignore-missing-args) $$^ $(TRUNNER_OUTPUT)/
> + $(Q)rsync -aq --no-owner --no-group $(if $(PERMISSIVE),--ignore-missing-args) $$^ $(TRUNNER_OUTPUT)/
> endif
> # some X.test.o files have runtime dependencies on Y.bpf.o files
> @@ -1048,7 +1048,7 @@ EXTRA_CLEAN := $(SCRATCH_DIR) $(HOST_SCRATCH_DIR) \
> ifneq ($(PERMISSIVE),)
> override define INSTALL_SINGLE_RULE
> $(if $(INSTALL_LIST),@mkdir -p $(INSTALL_PATH))
> - $(if $(INSTALL_LIST),rsync -a --copy-unsafe-links --ignore-missing-args $(INSTALL_LIST) $(INSTALL_PATH)/)
> + $(if $(INSTALL_LIST),rsync -a --no-owner --no-group --copy-unsafe-links --ignore-missing-args $(INSTALL_LIST) $(INSTALL_PATH)/)
> endef
> endif
> @@ -1057,7 +1057,7 @@ override define INSTALL_RULE
> $(DEFAULT_INSTALL_RULE)
> @for DIR in $(TEST_INST_SUBDIRS); do \
> mkdir -p $(INSTALL_PATH)/$$DIR; \
> - rsync -a $(if $(PERMISSIVE),--ignore-missing-args) \
> + rsync -a --no-owner --no-group $(if $(PERMISSIVE),--ignore-missing-args) \
> $(OUTPUT)/$$DIR/*.bpf.o \
> $(INSTALL_PATH)/$$DIR; \
> done
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/futex/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/futex/Makefile
> index 78ab2cd111f6..c59f40b837e8 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/futex/Makefile
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/futex/Makefile
> @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ all:
> mkdir $$BUILD_TARGET -p; \
> $(MAKE) OUTPUT=$$BUILD_TARGET -C $$DIR $@;\
> if [ -e $$DIR/$(TEST_PROGS) ]; then \
> - rsync -a $$DIR/$(TEST_PROGS) $$BUILD_TARGET/; \
> + rsync -a --no-owner --no-group $$DIR/$(TEST_PROGS) $$BUILD_TARGET/; \
> fi \
> done
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/lib.mk b/tools/testing/selftests/lib.mk
> index f02cc8a2e4ae..aedcee1c04c6 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/lib.mk
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/lib.mk
> @@ -122,14 +122,14 @@ define INSTALL_INCLUDES
> fi; \
> relative_files="$$relative_files $$relative_dir/$$entry_name"; \
> done; \
> - cd $(SRC_PATH) && rsync -aR $$relative_files $(OBJ_PATH)/ \
> + cd $(SRC_PATH) && rsync -aR --no-owner --no-group $$relative_files $(OBJ_PATH)/ \
> )
> endef
> run_tests: all
> ifdef building_out_of_srctree
> @if [ "X$(TEST_PROGS)$(TEST_PROGS_EXTENDED)$(TEST_FILES)$(TEST_GEN_MODS_DIR)" != "X" ]; then \
> - rsync -aq --copy-unsafe-links $(TEST_PROGS) $(TEST_PROGS_EXTENDED) $(TEST_FILES) $(TEST_GEN_MODS_DIR) $(OUTPUT); \
> + rsync -aq --no-owner --no-group --copy-unsafe-links $(TEST_PROGS) $(TEST_PROGS_EXTENDED) $(TEST_FILES) $(TEST_GEN_MODS_DIR) $(OUTPUT); \
> fi
> @$(INSTALL_INCLUDES)
> @if [ "X$(TEST_PROGS)" != "X" ]; then \
> @@ -150,12 +150,12 @@ clean_mods_dir:
> define INSTALL_SINGLE_RULE
> $(if $(INSTALL_LIST),@mkdir -p $(INSTALL_PATH))
> - $(if $(INSTALL_LIST),rsync -a --copy-unsafe-links $(INSTALL_LIST) $(INSTALL_PATH)/)
> + $(if $(INSTALL_LIST),rsync -a --no-owner --no-group --copy-unsafe-links $(INSTALL_LIST) $(INSTALL_PATH)/)
> endef
> define INSTALL_MODS_RULE
> $(if $(INSTALL_LIST),@mkdir -p $(INSTALL_PATH)/$(INSTALL_LIST))
> - $(if $(INSTALL_LIST),rsync -a --copy-unsafe-links $(INSTALL_LIST)/*.ko $(INSTALL_PATH)/$(INSTALL_LIST))
> + $(if $(INSTALL_LIST),rsync -a --no-owner --no-group --copy-unsafe-links $(INSTALL_LIST)/*.ko $(INSTALL_PATH)/$(INSTALL_LIST))
> endef
> define INSTALL_RULE
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/sparc64/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/sparc64/Makefile
> index 88f7be76f962..001b68e6354b 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/sparc64/Makefile
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/sparc64/Makefile
> @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ all:
> #SUBDIR test prog name should be in the form: SUBDIR_test.sh \
> TEST=$$DIR"_test.sh"; \
> if [ -e $$DIR/$$TEST ]; then \
> - rsync -a $$DIR/$$TEST $$BUILD_TARGET/; \
> + rsync -a --no-owner --no-group $$DIR/$$TEST $$BUILD_TARGET/; \
> fi \
> done
> ---
> base-commit: 3b029c035b34bbc693405ddf759f0e9b920c27f1
> change-id: 20260715-kselftest-rsync-right-a57bf0e85190
> Best regards,
> --
> Florian Schmaus <flo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Looks good to me.
Reviewed-by: Martin Kaiser <martin@xxxxxxxxx>