[PATCH net-next 6/6] selftests/vsock: test the assign ioctl privilege checks

From: Bobby Eshleman

Date: Wed Sep 02 2026 - 19:15:53 EST


From: Bobby Eshleman <bobbyeshleman@xxxxxxxx>

/dev/vsock IOCTL_VM_SOCKETS_ASSIGN_G2H_NETNS has refuses callers without
CAP_NET_ADMIN in the init user namespace.

Add two tests: one confirms that CAP_NET_ADMIN is required even by a
privileged user and the other confirms that CAP_NET_ADMIN in an
unprivileged user ns alone is insufficient.

CONFIG_USER_NS is needed to test the CAP_NET_ADMIN + unprivileged user
ns case.

Signed-off-by: Bobby Eshleman <bobbyeshleman@xxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/vsock/config | 1 +
tools/testing/selftests/vsock/vmtest.sh | 59 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
2 files changed, 59 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vsock/config b/tools/testing/selftests/vsock/config
index 5f0a4f17dfc9..4b31085558fa 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vsock/config
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vsock/config
@@ -109,3 +109,4 @@ CONFIG_FS_DAX=y
CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG=y
CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE=y
CONFIG_ZONE_DEVICE=y
+CONFIG_USER_NS=y
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vsock/vmtest.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/vsock/vmtest.sh
index 53591fa07f1a..efb94d17d997 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vsock/vmtest.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vsock/vmtest.sh
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ readonly WAIT_PERIOD=3
readonly WAIT_PERIOD_MAX=60
readonly WAIT_QEMU=5
readonly PIDFILE_TEMPLATE=/tmp/vsock_vmtest_XXXX.pid
+readonly EPERM=1
declare -A PIDFILES

# virtme-ng offers a netdev for ssh when using "--ssh", but we also need a
@@ -80,6 +81,8 @@ readonly TEST_NAMES=(
ns_guest_assign_g2h_netns_host_connect_ok
ns_guest_assign_g2h_netns_reset_on_ns_delete_ok
ns_guest_assign_g2h_netns_old_conn_send_fails
+ ns_guest_assign_g2h_netns_no_cap_net_admin_fails
+ ns_guest_assign_g2h_netns_unpriv_user_ns_fails
)
readonly TEST_DESCS=(
# vm_server_host_client
@@ -174,6 +177,12 @@ readonly TEST_DESCS=(

# ns_guest_assign_g2h_netns_old_conn_send_fails
"Check connections made before the assign stop sending once they lose the device."
+
+ # ns_guest_assign_g2h_netns_no_cap_net_admin_fails
+ "Check assigning the guest's vsock device to a namespace needs CAP_NET_ADMIN."
+
+ # ns_guest_assign_g2h_netns_unpriv_user_ns_fails
+ "Check an unprivileged user cannot claim the guest's vsock device via a user ns."
)

readonly USE_SHARED_VM=(
@@ -186,6 +195,8 @@ readonly USE_SHARED_VM=(
ns_guest_assign_g2h_netns_host_connect_ok
ns_guest_assign_g2h_netns_reset_on_ns_delete_ok
ns_guest_assign_g2h_netns_old_conn_send_fails
+ ns_guest_assign_g2h_netns_no_cap_net_admin_fails
+ ns_guest_assign_g2h_netns_unpriv_user_ns_fails
)
readonly NS_MODES=("local" "global")

@@ -333,7 +344,8 @@ check_args() {
}

check_deps() {
- for dep in vng ${QEMU} busybox pkill ssh ss socat nsenter unshare; do
+ for dep in vng ${QEMU} busybox pkill ssh ss socat nsenter unshare \
+ setpriv; do
if [[ ! -x $(command -v "${dep}") ]]; then
echo -e "skip: dependency ${dep} not found!\n"
exit "${KSFT_SKIP}"
@@ -1805,6 +1817,51 @@ test_ns_guest_assign_g2h_netns_reset_on_ns_delete_ok() {
return "${KSFT_PASS}"
}

+test_ns_guest_assign_g2h_netns_no_cap_net_admin_fails() {
+ local cmd="unshare -n setpriv --bounding-set=-net_admin"
+ local rc
+
+ vm_ssh "init_ns" -- "${cmd}" ./vsock_assign_g2h_netns &>/dev/null
+ rc=$?
+
+ if [[ "${rc}" -ne "${EPERM}" ]]; then
+ log_host "expected EPERM (${EPERM}) without CAP_NET_ADMIN, got ${rc}"
+ return "${KSFT_FAIL}"
+ fi
+
+ return "${KSFT_PASS}"
+}
+
+test_ns_guest_assign_g2h_netns_unpriv_user_ns_fails() {
+ local helper=/tmp/vsock_assign_g2h_netns
+ local unpriv_uid=65534
+ local unpriv
+ local rc
+
+ unpriv="setpriv --reuid=${unpriv_uid} --regid=${unpriv_uid}"
+ unpriv="${unpriv} --clear-groups"
+
+ if ! vm_ssh "init_ns" -- "${unpriv} unshare -U true"; then
+ log_host "unprivileged user namespaces unavailable, skipping"
+ return "${KSFT_SKIP}"
+ fi
+
+ # The home shared with the guest is root-only, so place the helper where
+ # an unprivileged user can execute it.
+ vm_ssh "init_ns" -- \
+ "cp ./vsock_assign_g2h_netns ${helper} && chmod 755 ${helper}"
+
+ vm_ssh "init_ns" -- "${unpriv} unshare -Urn ${helper}" &>/dev/null
+ rc=$?
+
+ if [[ "${rc}" -ne "${EPERM}" ]]; then
+ log_host "expected EPERM (${EPERM}) for an unprivileged user, got ${rc}"
+ return "${KSFT_FAIL}"
+ fi
+
+ return "${KSFT_PASS}"
+}
+
shared_vm_test() {
local tname


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