[PATCH v5 2/2] userns: Add KUnit test suite for uid_gid_map
From: Bill Wendling
Date: Tue Sep 08 2026 - 18:31:04 EST
Add a KUnit test suite to verify the insertion and sorting of mappings
in struct uid_gid_map. This test suite validates both base extent
insertion (<= 5 mappings) and extended extent insertion (> 5 mappings,
which triggers the allocation of the forward and reverse pointers).
This is especially useful for verifying that the __counted_by_ptr
attribute added to 'forward' and 'reverse' pointers works correctly
without causing any runtime bounds-checking panics or traps.
Assisted-by: Gemini:3.1-pro-preview
Signed-off-by: Bill Wendling <morbo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Bradley Morgan <brads@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Bradley Morgan <brads@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
v2 - Remove Gerrit tag.
v3 - s/KUNIT_EXPECT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL/KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL/
- Fixed Kconfig tests.
v4 - Actually test on unsorted data. Corrected the "Assisted-by" tag.
v5 - Convert the KUnit test to a format that follows the KUnit style
guild more closely. This includes some renameing and using macros
in the "visibility.h" header. We no longer #include the test file
into the implementation file. This should be much cleaner.
---
Cc: Bradley Morgan <brads@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kees Cook <kees@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Aleksa Sarai <cyphar@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Nicolas Schier <nsc@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Gary Guo <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Thomas Weißschuh" <thomas.weissschuh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Douglas Anderson <dianders@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Anand Moon <linux.amoon@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: codemender-patching+linux@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-hardening@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
include/linux/user_namespace.h | 6 ++
init/Kconfig | 11 ++++
kernel/Makefile | 1 +
kernel/tests/.kunitconfig | 4 ++
kernel/tests/user_ns_map_kunit.c | 98 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
kernel/user_namespace.c | 8 ++-
6 files changed, 126 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 kernel/tests/.kunitconfig
create mode 100644 kernel/tests/user_ns_map_kunit.c
diff --git a/include/linux/user_namespace.h b/include/linux/user_namespace.h
index 2962256eddf7..633157781edc 100644
--- a/include/linux/user_namespace.h
+++ b/include/linux/user_namespace.h
@@ -207,6 +207,12 @@ extern bool in_userns(const struct user_namespace *ancestor,
const struct user_namespace *child);
extern bool current_in_userns(const struct user_namespace *target_ns);
struct ns_common *ns_get_owner(struct ns_common *ns);
+
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_USER_NS_MAP_KUNIT_TEST)
+extern int insert_extent(struct uid_gid_map *map, struct uid_gid_extent *extent);
+extern int sort_idmaps(struct uid_gid_map *map);
+#endif /* CONFIG_USER_NS_MAP_KUNIT_TEST */
+
#else
static inline struct user_namespace *get_user_ns(struct user_namespace *ns)
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 8583d9f06c52..27c1ffc675bf 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -1457,6 +1457,17 @@ config USER_NS
If unsure, say N.
+config USER_NS_MAP_KUNIT_TEST
+ tristate "KUint test for user namespace map insertion" if !KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
+ depends on USER_NS && KUNIT
+ default KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
+ help
+ This builds the KUnit test for user namespace uid/gid map insertion.
+ It validates map insertion, limits, dynamic allocation of the
+ extended extents array, and mapping sorting functions.
+
+ If unsure, say N.
+
config PID_NS
bool "PID Namespaces"
default y
diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
index 1e1a31673577..2a64282749b8 100644
--- a/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/Makefile
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_WATCH_QUEUE) += watch_queue.o
obj-$(CONFIG_RESOURCE_KUNIT_TEST) += resource_kunit.o
obj-$(CONFIG_SYSCTL_KUNIT_TEST) += sysctl-test.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_USER_NS_MAP_KUNIT_TEST) += tests/user_ns_map_kunit.o
CFLAGS_kstack_erase.o += $(DISABLE_KSTACK_ERASE)
CFLAGS_kstack_erase.o += $(call cc-option,-mgeneral-regs-only)
diff --git a/kernel/tests/.kunitconfig b/kernel/tests/.kunitconfig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b3d1206fd81a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/tests/.kunitconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+CONFIG_KUNIT=y
+CONFIG_NAMESPACES=y
+CONFIG_USER_NS=y
+CONFIG_USER_NS_MAP_KUNIT_TEST=y
diff --git a/kernel/tests/user_ns_map_kunit.c b/kernel/tests/user_ns_map_kunit.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..24c21e43a36c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/tests/user_ns_map_kunit.c
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * KUnit test for user namespace map insertion and sorting.
+ */
+
+#define pr_fmt(fmt) "user_namespace: " fmt
+
+#include <kunit/test.h>
+#include <linux/user_namespace.h>
+
+#define NR_EXTENTS (UID_GID_MAP_MAX_BASE_EXTENTS + 5)
+
+static void user_ns_map_insert(struct kunit *test)
+{
+ struct uid_gid_map map;
+ struct uid_gid_extent extent;
+ int i, ret;
+
+ memset(&map, 0, sizeof(map));
+
+ /* Insert up to UID_GID_MAP_MAX_BASE_EXTENTS elements */
+ for (i = 0; i < UID_GID_MAP_MAX_BASE_EXTENTS; i++) {
+ extent.first = i * 10;
+ extent.lower_first = i * 100;
+ extent.count = 5;
+
+ ret = insert_extent(&map, &extent);
+ KUNIT_ASSERT_EQ(test, ret, 0);
+ }
+
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, map.nr_extents, UID_GID_MAP_MAX_BASE_EXTENTS);
+
+ /* Verify the elements ended up in the 'extent' array */
+ for (i = 0; i < UID_GID_MAP_MAX_BASE_EXTENTS; i++) {
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, map.extent[i].first, i * 10);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, map.extent[i].lower_first, i * 100);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, map.extent[i].count, 5);
+ }
+}
+
+static void user_ns_map_insert_extended(struct kunit *test)
+{
+ struct uid_gid_map map;
+ struct uid_gid_extent extent;
+ int i, ret;
+
+ memset(&map, 0, sizeof(map));
+
+ /* Insert more than UID_GID_MAP_MAX_BASE_EXTENTS elements */
+ for (i = 0; i < NR_EXTENTS; i++) {
+ int value = 9 - i;
+
+ extent.first = value * 10;
+ extent.lower_first = value * 100;
+ extent.count = 5;
+
+ ret = insert_extent(&map, &extent);
+ KUNIT_ASSERT_EQ(test, ret, 0);
+ }
+
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, map.nr_extents, NR_EXTENTS);
+
+ /* Now sort the map to set up reverse mapping */
+ ret = sort_idmaps(&map);
+ KUNIT_ASSERT_EQ(test, ret, 0);
+ KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL(test, map.reverse);
+
+ /* Verify the elements are in 'forward' and that sorting is correct */
+ for (i = 0; i < map.nr_extents; i++) {
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, map.forward[i].first, i * 10);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, map.forward[i].lower_first, i * 100);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, map.forward[i].count, 5);
+
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, map.reverse[i].first, i * 10);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, map.reverse[i].lower_first, i * 100);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, map.reverse[i].count, 5);
+ }
+
+ kfree(map.forward);
+ kfree(map.reverse);
+}
+
+static struct kunit_case user_ns_map_test_cases[] = {
+ KUNIT_CASE(user_ns_map_insert),
+ KUNIT_CASE(user_ns_map_insert_extended),
+ {}
+};
+
+static struct kunit_suite user_ns_map_test_suite = {
+ .name = "user_ns_map",
+ .test_cases = user_ns_map_test_cases,
+};
+
+kunit_test_suite(user_ns_map_test_suite);
+
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("KUnit test for user namespace map insertion");
+MODULE_IMPORT_NS("EXPORTED_FOR_KUNIT_TESTING");
diff --git a/kernel/user_namespace.c b/kernel/user_namespace.c
index 786dbf0506ca..d8cbefd36598 100644
--- a/kernel/user_namespace.c
+++ b/kernel/user_namespace.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+#include <kunit/visibility.h>
#include <linux/export.h>
#include <linux/nsproxy.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
@@ -786,7 +787,8 @@ static bool mappings_overlap(struct uid_gid_map *new_map,
* Takes care to allocate a 4K block of memory if the number of mappings exceeds
* UID_GID_MAP_MAX_BASE_EXTENTS.
*/
-static int insert_extent(struct uid_gid_map *map, struct uid_gid_extent *extent)
+VISIBLE_IF_KUNIT int insert_extent(struct uid_gid_map *map,
+ struct uid_gid_extent *extent)
{
struct uid_gid_extent *dest;
@@ -822,6 +824,7 @@ static int insert_extent(struct uid_gid_map *map, struct uid_gid_extent *extent)
*dest = *extent;
return 0;
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_IF_KUNIT(insert_extent);
/* cmp function to sort() forward mappings */
static int cmp_extents_forward(const void *a, const void *b)
@@ -857,7 +860,7 @@ static int cmp_extents_reverse(const void *a, const void *b)
* sort_idmaps - Sorts an array of idmap entries.
* Can only be called if number of mappings exceeds UID_GID_MAP_MAX_BASE_EXTENTS.
*/
-static int sort_idmaps(struct uid_gid_map *map)
+VISIBLE_IF_KUNIT int sort_idmaps(struct uid_gid_map *map)
{
if (map->nr_extents <= UID_GID_MAP_MAX_BASE_EXTENTS)
return 0;
@@ -878,6 +881,7 @@ static int sort_idmaps(struct uid_gid_map *map)
return 0;
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_IF_KUNIT(sort_idmaps);
/**
* verify_root_map() - check the uid 0 mapping
--
2.55.0.979.g7e5102b832-goog