[LTP] [PATCH v4 2/2] Add listxattr04 reproducer

Petr Vorel pvorel@suse.cz
Tue Jul 22 16:11:04 CEST 2025


Hi Andrea,

FYI Andrea's LTP reproducer for a bug introduced in
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8b0ba61df5a1
and fixed in
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=800d0b9b6a8b

> From: Andrea Cervesato <andrea.cervesato@suse.com>

> Test reproducer for a bug introduced in 8b0ba61df5a1 ("fs/xattr.c: fix
> simple_xattr_list to always include security.* xattrs").

> Bug can be reproduced when SELinux and ACL are activated on inodes as
> following:

>     $ touch testfile
>     $ setfacl -m u:myuser:rwx testfile
>     $ getfattr -dm. /tmp/testfile
>     Segmentation fault (core dumped)

> The reason why this happens is that simple_xattr_list() always includes
> security.* xattrs without resetting error flag after
> security_inode_listsecurity(). This results into an incorrect length of the
> returned xattr name if POSIX ACL is also applied on the inode.

> Signed-off-by: Andrea Cervesato <andrea.cervesato@suse.com>
> ---
>  testcases/kernel/syscalls/listxattr/.gitignore    |   1 +
>  testcases/kernel/syscalls/listxattr/Makefile      |   2 +
>  testcases/kernel/syscalls/listxattr/listxattr04.c | 108 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 111 insertions(+)

> diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/listxattr/.gitignore b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/listxattr/.gitignore
> index be0675a6df0080d176d53d70194442bbc9ed376c..0d672b6ea5eec03aab37ee89316c56e24356c1d9 100644
> --- a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/listxattr/.gitignore
> +++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/listxattr/.gitignore
> @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
>  /listxattr01
>  /listxattr02
>  /listxattr03
> +/listxattr04
> diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/listxattr/Makefile b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/listxattr/Makefile
> index c2f84b1590fc24a7a98f890ea7706771d944aa79..e96bb3fa4c2c6b14b8d2bc8fd4c475e4789d72fe 100644
> --- a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/listxattr/Makefile
> +++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/listxattr/Makefile
> @@ -6,4 +6,6 @@ top_srcdir		?= ../../../..

>  include $(top_srcdir)/include/mk/testcases.mk

> +listxattr04: LDLIBS	+= $(ACL_LIBS)
> +
>  include $(top_srcdir)/include/mk/generic_leaf_target.mk
> diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/listxattr/listxattr04.c b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/listxattr/listxattr04.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..473ed45b5c2da8ff8e49c513eeb82158ec2dc066
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/listxattr/listxattr04.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
> +/*
> + * Copyright (c) 2025 Andrea Cervesato <andrea.cervesato@suse.com>
> + */
> +
> +/*\
> + * Test reproducer for a bug introduced in 8b0ba61df5a1 ("fs/xattr.c: fix
> + * simple_xattr_list to always include security.* xattrs").
> + *
> + * Bug can be reproduced when SELinux and ACL are activated on inodes as
> + * following:
> + *
> + *     $ touch testfile
> + *     $ setfacl -m u:myuser:rwx testfile
> + *     $ getfattr -dm. /tmp/testfile
> + *     Segmentation fault (core dumped)
> + *
> + * The reason why this happens is that simple_xattr_list() always includes
> + * security.* xattrs without resetting error flag after
> + * security_inode_listsecurity(). This results into an incorrect length of the
> + * returned xattr name if POSIX ACL is also applied on the inode.
> + */
> +
> +#include "config.h"
> +#include "tst_test.h"
> +
> +#if defined(HAVE_SYS_XATTR_H) && defined(HAVE_LIBACL)
> +
> +#include <pwd.h>
> +#include <sys/acl.h>
> +#include <sys/xattr.h>
> +
> +#define ACL_PERM        "u::rw-,u:root:rwx,g::r--,o::r--,m::rwx"
> +#define TEST_FILE       "test.bin"
> +
> +static acl_t acl;
> +
> +static void verify_xattr(const int size)
> +{
> +	char buf[size];
> +
> +	memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
> +
> +	if (listxattr(TEST_FILE, buf, size) == -1) {
> +		if (errno != ERANGE)
> +			tst_brk(TBROK | TERRNO, "listxattr() error");

The original verifier from RH bugreport check sizes and also works if size > -1
is returned, but I guess it's not necessary, because Andrea's reproducer works
as expected (fails on affected 6.16-rc1 based openSUSE kernel, works on 6.15.x).

LGTM.
Reviewed-by: Petr Vorel <pvorel@suse.cz>
Tested-by: Petr Vorel <pvorel@suse.cz>

Kind regards,
Petr

[1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2369561
> +
> +		tst_res(TFAIL, "listxattr() failed to read attributes length: ERANGE");
> +		return;
> +	}
> +
> +	tst_res(TPASS, "listxattr() correctly read attributes length");
> +}
> +
> +static void run(void)
> +{
> +	int size;
> +
> +	size = listxattr(TEST_FILE, NULL, 0);
> +	if (size == -1)
> +		tst_brk(TBROK | TERRNO, "listxattr() error");
> +
> +	verify_xattr(size);
> +}
> +
> +static void setup(void)
> +{
> +	int res;
> +
> +	if (!tst_selinux_enabled())
> +		tst_brk(TCONF, "SELinux is not enabled");
> +
> +	SAFE_TOUCH(TEST_FILE, 0644, NULL);
> +
> +	acl = acl_from_text(ACL_PERM);
> +	if (!acl)
> +		tst_brk(TBROK | TERRNO, "acl_from_text() failed");
> +
> +	res = acl_set_file(TEST_FILE, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS, acl);
> +	if (res == -1) {
> +		if (errno == EOPNOTSUPP)
> +			tst_brk(TCONF | TERRNO, "acl_set_file()");
> +
> +		tst_brk(TBROK | TERRNO, "acl_set_file(%s) failed", TEST_FILE);
> +	}
> +}
> +
> +static void cleanup(void)
> +{
> +	if (acl)
> +		acl_free(acl);
> +}
> +
> +static struct tst_test test = {
> +	.test_all = run,
> +	.setup = setup,
> +	.cleanup = cleanup,
> +	.needs_root = 1,
> +	.needs_tmpdir = 1,
> +	.tags = (const struct tst_tag[]) {
> +		{"linux-git", "800d0b9b6a8b"},
> +		{}
> +	}
> +};
> +
> +#else /* HAVE_SYS_XATTR_H && HAVE_LIBACL */
> +	TST_TEST_TCONF("<sys/xattr.h> or <sys/acl.h> does not exist.");
> +#endif


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