[PATCH 3/3] selftests/mseal_system_mappings: Test vdso unmap and remap

From: Chris Down

Date: Tue Oct 27 2026 - 08:16:16 EST


Signed-off-by: Chris Down <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
.../mseal_system_mappings/sysmap_is_sealed.c | 92 +++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 92 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mseal_system_mappings/sysmap_is_sealed.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mseal_system_mappings/sysmap_is_sealed.c
index ea75ad537620..83b4fadfbfe7 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mseal_system_mappings/sysmap_is_sealed.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mseal_system_mappings/sysmap_is_sealed.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
#include <unistd.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
#include <sys/utsname.h>
#include <zlib.h>

@@ -232,4 +233,95 @@ TEST_F(basic, check_sealed)
EXPECT_EQ(expected, sealed);
};

+static bool find_vdso(unsigned long *start, unsigned long *end)
+{
+ char line[MAX_LINE_LEN];
+ bool found = false;
+ FILE *maps;
+
+ maps = fopen("/proc/self/maps", "r");
+ if (!maps)
+ return false;
+
+ while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), maps)) {
+ if (strstr(line, "[vdso]") &&
+ sscanf(line, "%lx-%lx", start, end) == 2) {
+ found = true;
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+
+ fclose(maps);
+ return found;
+}
+
+static int vdso_is_sealed(void)
+{
+ int sealed = -1;
+ FILE *maps;
+
+ maps = fopen("/proc/self/smaps", "r");
+ if (!maps)
+ return -1;
+ if (has_mapping("[vdso]", maps))
+ sealed = mapping_is_sealed(maps);
+ fclose(maps);
+ return sealed;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Unmapping or moving [vdso] must fail with EPERM when it is sealed. When it
+ * is not sealed, it succeeds and leaves glibc with a stale vdso pointer, which
+ * is fine because each test runs in its own forked child.
+ */
+TEST(vdso_munmap)
+{
+ int sealed;
+ unsigned long start, end;
+ int ret;
+
+ if (!find_vdso(&start, &end))
+ SKIP(return, "could not find the mapping, [vdso]");
+ sealed = vdso_is_sealed();
+ if (sealed < 0)
+ SKIP(return, "could not read the [vdso] sealing state");
+
+ ret = munmap((void *)start, end - start);
+ if (sealed) {
+ EXPECT_EQ(-1, ret);
+ EXPECT_EQ(EPERM, errno);
+ } else {
+ EXPECT_EQ(0, ret);
+ }
+ EXPECT_EQ(sealed, find_vdso(&start, &end));
+}
+
+TEST(vdso_mremap)
+{
+ int sealed;
+ unsigned long start, end, size, new_start;
+ void *dst, *ret;
+
+ if (!find_vdso(&start, &end))
+ SKIP(return, "could not find the mapping, [vdso]");
+ sealed = vdso_is_sealed();
+ if (sealed < 0)
+ SKIP(return, "could not read the [vdso] sealing state");
+ size = end - start;
+
+ dst = mmap(NULL, size, PROT_NONE, MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0);
+ ASSERT_NE(MAP_FAILED, dst);
+
+ ret = mremap((void *)start, size, size, MREMAP_MAYMOVE | MREMAP_FIXED,
+ dst);
+ if (sealed) {
+ EXPECT_EQ(MAP_FAILED, ret);
+ EXPECT_EQ(EPERM, errno);
+ } else {
+ EXPECT_EQ(dst, ret);
+ }
+ ASSERT_TRUE(find_vdso(&new_start, &end));
+ EXPECT_EQ(sealed ? start : (unsigned long)dst, new_start);
+}
+
TEST_HARNESS_MAIN
--
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