[PATCH 8/8] selftests/nsfs: add tests for NS_USER_GET_INFO ioctl

From: Hallgrimur H. Gunnarsson

Date: Wed Oct 28 2026 - 18:26:38 EST


Add tests for the NS_USER_GET_INFO ioctl to verify user namespace
capability bounding set inspection and validate error paths.

Signed-off-by: Hallgrimur H. Gunnarsson <halg@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
.../selftests/filesystems/nsfs/.gitignore | 1 +
.../selftests/filesystems/nsfs/Makefile | 4 +-
.../selftests/filesystems/nsfs/userns.c | 120 ++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 123 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/nsfs/userns.c

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/nsfs/.gitignore b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/nsfs/.gitignore
index 92a8249006d1..b0a59f5d49fc 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/nsfs/.gitignore
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/nsfs/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
owner
pidns
+userns
iterate_mntns
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/nsfs/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/nsfs/Makefile
index 231aaa7dfd95..9408d7948621 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/nsfs/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/nsfs/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
-TEST_GEN_PROGS := owner pidns iterate_mntns
+TEST_GEN_PROGS := owner pidns iterate_mntns userns

-CFLAGS := -Wall -Werror
+CFLAGS += -Wall -Werror $(KHDR_INCLUDES)

include ../../lib.mk
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/nsfs/userns.c b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/nsfs/userns.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..70661a495afc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/nsfs/userns.c
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <sched.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <linux/nsfs.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+#include "../../clone3/clone3_selftests.h"
+#include "../../kselftest_harness.h"
+
+TEST(user_get_info_self)
+{
+ struct user_ns_info info = {};
+ int fd;
+
+ fd = open("/proc/self/ns/user", O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
+ ASSERT_GE(fd, 0) {
+ TH_LOG("Failed to open /proc/self/ns/user: %m");
+ }
+
+ ASSERT_EQ(0, ioctl(fd, NS_USER_GET_INFO, &info)) {
+ TH_LOG("ioctl(NS_USER_GET_INFO) failed on self: %m");
+ }
+ close(fd);
+
+ EXPECT_EQ(USER_NS_INFO_SIZE_VER0, info.size);
+ EXPECT_EQ(0, info.spare);
+ EXPECT_NE(0ULL, info.cap_bset);
+}
+
+TEST(user_get_info_restricted_bset)
+{
+ struct __clone_args args = {
+ .flags = CLONE_NEWUSER | CLONE_NEWUSER_BSET,
+ .exit_signal = SIGCHLD,
+ .cap_bset = 0,
+ };
+ int status;
+ pid_t pid;
+
+ pid = sys_clone3(&args, sizeof(args));
+ ASSERT_GE(pid, 0);
+
+ if (pid == 0) {
+ struct user_ns_info info = {};
+ int fd;
+
+ fd = open("/proc/self/ns/user", O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
+ if (fd < 0)
+ _exit(1);
+
+ if (ioctl(fd, NS_USER_GET_INFO, &info) != 0) {
+ close(fd);
+ _exit(2);
+ }
+ close(fd);
+
+ if (info.cap_bset != 0)
+ _exit(3);
+
+ _exit(0);
+ }
+
+ ASSERT_EQ(pid, waitpid(pid, &status, 0));
+ ASSERT_TRUE(WIFEXITED(status));
+ EXPECT_EQ(0, WEXITSTATUS(status));
+}
+
+TEST(user_get_info_invalid_ns_type)
+{
+ struct user_ns_info info = {};
+ int mntns_fd;
+
+ mntns_fd = open("/proc/self/ns/mnt", O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
+ ASSERT_GE(mntns_fd, 0) {
+ TH_LOG("Failed to open /proc/self/ns/mnt: %m");
+ }
+
+ EXPECT_EQ(-1, ioctl(mntns_fd, NS_USER_GET_INFO, &info));
+ EXPECT_EQ(EINVAL, errno);
+
+ close(mntns_fd);
+}
+
+TEST(user_get_info_buffer_too_small)
+{
+ __u32 small_buf = 0;
+ int fd;
+
+ fd = open("/proc/self/ns/user", O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
+ ASSERT_GE(fd, 0);
+
+ /* Encode a buffer size smaller than USER_NS_INFO_SIZE_VER0 (4B vs 16B) */
+ EXPECT_EQ(-1, ioctl(fd, _IOR(NSIO, 14, __u32), &small_buf));
+
+ close(fd);
+}
+
+TEST(user_get_info_null_arg)
+{
+ int fd;
+
+ fd = open("/proc/self/ns/user", O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
+ ASSERT_GE(fd, 0);
+
+ EXPECT_EQ(-1, ioctl(fd, NS_USER_GET_INFO, NULL));
+ EXPECT_EQ(EINVAL, errno);
+
+ close(fd);
+}
+
+TEST_HARNESS_MAIN
--
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