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selftests/namespaces: sixth listns() permission test
authorChristian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Wed, 29 Oct 2025 12:21:06 +0000 (13:21 +0100)
committerChristian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Mon, 3 Nov 2025 16:41:22 +0000 (17:41 +0100)
Test that we can see user namespaces we have CAP_SYS_ADMIN inside of.
This is different from seeing namespaces owned by a user namespace.

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251029-work-namespace-nstree-listns-v4-53-2e6f823ebdc0@kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
tools/testing/selftests/namespaces/listns_permissions_test.c

index b990b785dd7f988d7f2a6efc20099573436483a3..9aa06ff76333f64786f22c73690d3ab3359de02f 100644 (file)
@@ -561,4 +561,91 @@ TEST(listns_parent_userns_cap_sys_admin)
                        count);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Test that we can see user namespaces we have CAP_SYS_ADMIN inside of.
+ * This is different from seeing namespaces owned by a user namespace.
+ */
+TEST(listns_cap_sys_admin_inside_userns)
+{
+       int pipefd[2];
+       pid_t pid;
+       int status;
+       bool found_ours;
+
+       ASSERT_EQ(pipe(pipefd), 0);
+
+       pid = fork();
+       ASSERT_GE(pid, 0);
+
+       if (pid == 0) {
+               int fd;
+               __u64 our_userns_id;
+               struct ns_id_req req;
+               __u64 ns_ids[100];
+               ssize_t ret;
+               bool found_ours;
+
+               close(pipefd[0]);
+
+               /* Create user namespace - we have CAP_SYS_ADMIN inside it */
+               if (setup_userns() < 0) {
+                       close(pipefd[1]);
+                       exit(1);
+               }
+
+               /* Get our user namespace ID */
+               fd = open("/proc/self/ns/user", O_RDONLY);
+               if (fd < 0) {
+                       close(pipefd[1]);
+                       exit(1);
+               }
+
+               if (ioctl(fd, NS_GET_ID, &our_userns_id) < 0) {
+                       close(fd);
+                       close(pipefd[1]);
+                       exit(1);
+               }
+               close(fd);
+
+               /* List all user namespaces globally */
+               req.size = sizeof(req);
+               req.spare = 0;
+               req.ns_id = 0;
+               req.ns_type = CLONE_NEWUSER;
+               req.spare2 = 0;
+               req.user_ns_id = 0;
+
+               ret = sys_listns(&req, ns_ids, ARRAY_SIZE(ns_ids), 0);
+
+               /* We should be able to see our own user namespace */
+               found_ours = false;
+               if (ret > 0) {
+                       for (ssize_t i = 0; i < ret; i++) {
+                               if (ns_ids[i] == our_userns_id) {
+                                       found_ours = true;
+                                       break;
+                               }
+                       }
+               }
+
+               write(pipefd[1], &found_ours, sizeof(found_ours));
+               close(pipefd[1]);
+               exit(0);
+       }
+
+       /* Parent */
+       close(pipefd[1]);
+
+       found_ours = false;
+       read(pipefd[0], &found_ours, sizeof(found_ours));
+       close(pipefd[0]);
+
+       waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
+       ASSERT_TRUE(WIFEXITED(status));
+       ASSERT_EQ(WEXITSTATUS(status), 0);
+
+       ASSERT_TRUE(found_ours);
+       TH_LOG("Process can see user namespace it has CAP_SYS_ADMIN inside of");
+}
+
 TEST_HARNESS_MAIN