[PATCH 09/27] selftests/landlock: Assert tracefs_extract_field() results that are used

From: Günther Noack

Date: Thu Oct 08 2026 - 10:30:42 EST


Several trace tests check tracefs_extract_field() with EXPECT_EQ() and
then compare the extracted field. If the extraction fails, the field
buffer is left uninitialized and the following comparison reads it.

Use ASSERT_EQ() for these calls, as the other trace tests already do.

Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Günther Noack <gnoack3000@xxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/landlock/trace_test.c | 20 +++++++++----------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/landlock/trace_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/landlock/trace_test.c
index f9b293a9dd56..a331df746dbc 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/landlock/trace_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/landlock/trace_test.c
@@ -175,19 +175,19 @@ TEST_F(trace, create_ruleset)
}

/* Verify handled_fs matches what we requested. */
- EXPECT_EQ(0,
+ ASSERT_EQ(0,
tracefs_extract_field(buf, REGEX_CREATE_RULESET(TRACE_TASK),
"handled_fs", field, sizeof(field)));
EXPECT_STREQ("read_file", field);

/* Verify handled_net matches. */
- EXPECT_EQ(0,
+ ASSERT_EQ(0,
tracefs_extract_field(buf, REGEX_CREATE_RULESET(TRACE_TASK),
"handled_net", field, sizeof(field)));
EXPECT_STREQ("bind_tcp", field);

/* Verify version is 0 at creation (no rules added yet). */
- EXPECT_EQ(0,
+ ASSERT_EQ(0,
tracefs_extract_field(buf, REGEX_CREATE_RULESET(TRACE_TASK),
"ruleset", field, sizeof(field)));
/* Format is <hex>.<dec>; version is after the dot. */
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ TEST_F(trace, create_domain)
}

/* Extract the domain ID from create_domain. */
- EXPECT_EQ(0, tracefs_extract_field(buf, REGEX_CREATE_DOMAIN(TRACE_TASK),
+ ASSERT_EQ(0, tracefs_extract_field(buf, REGEX_CREATE_DOMAIN(TRACE_TASK),
"domain", domain_id,
sizeof(domain_id)));

@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ TEST_F(trace, create_domain)
EXPECT_NE(0, strcmp(domain_id, "0"));

/* Verify parent=0 (first restriction, no prior domain). */
- EXPECT_EQ(0, tracefs_extract_field(buf, REGEX_CREATE_DOMAIN(TRACE_TASK),
+ ASSERT_EQ(0, tracefs_extract_field(buf, REGEX_CREATE_DOMAIN(TRACE_TASK),
"parent", parent_id,
sizeof(parent_id)));
EXPECT_STREQ("0", parent_id);
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ TEST_F(trace, create_domain)
TH_LOG("Expected check_rule_inode events\n%s", buf);
}

- EXPECT_EQ(0, tracefs_extract_field(buf, REGEX_CHECK_RULE_FS(TRACE_TASK),
+ ASSERT_EQ(0, tracefs_extract_field(buf, REGEX_CHECK_RULE_FS(TRACE_TASK),
"domain", check_domain,
sizeof(check_domain)));
EXPECT_STREQ(domain_id, check_domain);
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ TEST_F(trace, free_domain)
}

/* Verify denials count matches the single denial we triggered. */
- EXPECT_EQ(0, tracefs_extract_field(buf, REGEX_FREE_DOMAIN(KWORKER_TASK),
+ ASSERT_EQ(0, tracefs_extract_field(buf, REGEX_FREE_DOMAIN(KWORKER_TASK),
"denials", denials_field,
sizeof(denials_field)));
EXPECT_STREQ("1", denials_field);
@@ -900,7 +900,7 @@ TEST_F(trace, non_audit_visible_denial_counting)
{
TH_LOG("free_domain event not found after 10 retries");
}
- EXPECT_EQ(0, tracefs_extract_field(buf, REGEX_FREE_DOMAIN(KWORKER_TASK),
+ ASSERT_EQ(0, tracefs_extract_field(buf, REGEX_FREE_DOMAIN(KWORKER_TASK),
"denials", denials_field,
sizeof(denials_field)));
EXPECT_STREQ("1", denials_field);
@@ -949,7 +949,7 @@ TEST_F(trace, add_rule_net_port_fields)
* (landlock_net_port_attr.port). On little-endian, htons(8080) is
* 36895, so this comparison catches byte-order bugs.
*/
- EXPECT_EQ(0, tracefs_extract_field(buf,
+ ASSERT_EQ(0, tracefs_extract_field(buf,
REGEX_ADD_RULE_NET_PORT(TRACE_TASK),
"port", field, sizeof(field)));
EXPECT_STREQ("8080", field);
@@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ TEST_F(trace, add_rule_net_port_fields)
* net access bits are unhandled because the ruleset only handles
* BIND_TCP).
*/
- EXPECT_EQ(0, tracefs_extract_field(
+ ASSERT_EQ(0, tracefs_extract_field(
buf, REGEX_ADD_RULE_NET_PORT(TRACE_TASK),
"access_rights", field, sizeof(field)));
EXPECT_STREQ("bind_tcp|connect_tcp|bind_udp|connect_send_udp", field);
--
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