[PATCH v2 3/7] fs: add fchroot()
From: Christian Brauner
Date: Fri Jul 24 2026 - 09:42:46 EST
Add a file descriptor based counterpart to chroot(2). This has been
overdue for a long time. It is the natural companion to fchdir() and
avoids re-resolving a path that the caller already holds a file
descriptor to. No TOCTOU between resolving the target and changing the
root. It composes with modern fd-based APIs meaning it works with O_PATH
file descriptors and file descriptors to detached mount trees created
via open_tree(OPEN_TREE_CLONE).
The permission model is identical to chroot(2). The caller must have
CAP_SYS_CHROOT in its user namespace, must pass MAY_EXEC | MAY_CHDIR
permission checks on the target directory, and LSMs are consulted via
the same security_path_chroot() hook.
The system call takes a flags argument for future extensibility which
must currently be zero.
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/open.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
include/linux/syscalls.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 30 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index 56b6032d4d81..c57f641f2e29 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -618,6 +618,35 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(chroot, const char __user *, filename)
return error;
}
+SYSCALL_DEFINE2(fchroot, int, fd, unsigned int, flags)
+{
+ int error;
+
+ if (flags)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ CLASS(fd_raw, f)(fd);
+ if (fd_empty(f))
+ return -EBADF;
+
+ if (!d_can_lookup(fd_file(f)->f_path.dentry))
+ return -ENOTDIR;
+
+ error = file_permission(fd_file(f), MAY_EXEC | MAY_CHDIR);
+ if (error)
+ return error;
+
+ if (!ns_capable(current_user_ns(), CAP_SYS_CHROOT))
+ return -EPERM;
+
+ error = security_path_chroot(&fd_file(f)->f_path);
+ if (error)
+ return error;
+
+ set_fs_root(current->fs, &fd_file(f)->f_path);
+ return 0;
+}
+
int chmod_common(const struct path *path, umode_t mode)
{
struct inode *inode = path->dentry->d_inode;
diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index 874d9067a43b..8413b624ad47 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -457,6 +457,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_faccessat2(int dfd, const char __user *filename, int mode,
asmlinkage long sys_chdir(const char __user *filename);
asmlinkage long sys_fchdir(unsigned int fd);
asmlinkage long sys_chroot(const char __user *filename);
+asmlinkage long sys_fchroot(int fd, unsigned int flags);
asmlinkage long sys_fchmod(unsigned int fd, umode_t mode);
asmlinkage long sys_fchmodat(int dfd, const char __user *filename,
umode_t mode);
--
2.53.0