[LTP] [PATCH v2 02/33] keyctl10: Test KEYCTL_DESCRIBE format parsing

Andrea Cervesato andrea.cervesato@suse.de
Fri Sep 4 14:08:51 CEST 2026


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

Test the format parsing of KEYCTL_DESCRIBE: verify that describing
a valid key returns a string formatted as "type;uid;gid;perm;description"
and that all five fields match the key's attributes.

Also add keyctl_common.h helper header for shared test definitions.

Signed-off-by: Andrea Cervesato <andrea.cervesato@suse.com>
---
 runtest/syscalls                                 |  1 +
 testcases/kernel/syscalls/keyctl/.gitignore      |  1 +
 testcases/kernel/syscalls/keyctl/keyctl10.c      | 99 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 testcases/kernel/syscalls/keyctl/keyctl_common.h | 53 +++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 154 insertions(+)

diff --git a/runtest/syscalls b/runtest/syscalls
index 737c63e31..bf4c0d46e 100644
--- a/runtest/syscalls
+++ b/runtest/syscalls
@@ -727,6 +727,7 @@ keyctl06 keyctl06
 keyctl07 keyctl07
 keyctl08 keyctl08
 keyctl09 keyctl09
+keyctl10 keyctl10
 
 kcmp01 kcmp01
 kcmp02 kcmp02
diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/keyctl/.gitignore b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/keyctl/.gitignore
index f9948c176..08b2d101d 100644
--- a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/keyctl/.gitignore
+++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/keyctl/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@
 /keyctl07
 /keyctl08
 /keyctl09
+/keyctl10
diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/keyctl/keyctl10.c b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/keyctl/keyctl10.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..105daa63d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/keyctl/keyctl10.c
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2026 Andrea Cervesato <andrea.cervesato@suse.com>
+ */
+
+/*\
+ * Test the format parsing of ``KEYCTL_DESCRIBE`` of :manpage:`keyctl(2)`.
+ *
+ * ``KEYCTL_DESCRIBE`` formats a key description as
+ * "type;uid;gid;perm;description" and returns the full length of the
+ * string including the terminating NUL byte.
+ *
+ * [Algorithm]
+ *
+ * - describe a valid key and verify all five fields of the description
+ *   match the key's attributes
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include "keyctl_common.h"
+
+#define KEY_DESC	"ltpkeyctl10"
+#define PAYLOAD		"payload"
+#define BUF_SIZE	64
+
+static key_serial_t key;
+static long desc_len;
+static char buf[BUF_SIZE];
+
+static void setup(void)
+{
+	SAFE_KEYCTL(KEYCTL_JOIN_SESSION_KEYRING, 0, 0, 0, 0);
+
+	key = new_user_key(KEY_DESC, PAYLOAD, sizeof(PAYLOAD),
+			   KEY_SPEC_PROCESS_KEYRING);
+	SAFE_KEYCTL(KEYCTL_SETPERM, key, KEY_PERM_SET, 0, 0);
+
+	TEST(keyctl(KEYCTL_DESCRIBE, key, (unsigned long)NULL, 0, 0));
+	if (TST_RET < 0)
+		tst_brk(TBROK | TTERRNO, "KEYCTL_DESCRIBE failed");
+
+	desc_len = TST_RET;
+}
+
+static void run(void)
+{
+	char type[32], desc[BUF_SIZE];
+	unsigned int uid, gid, perm;
+
+	memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
+	TST_EXP_EQ_LI_SILENT(keyctl(KEYCTL_DESCRIBE, key, (unsigned long)buf,
+				    sizeof(buf), 0), desc_len);
+	if (!TST_PASS)
+		return;
+
+	TST_EXP_EQ_SZ_SILENT((size_t)desc_len, strlen(buf) + 1);
+	if (!TST_PASS) {
+		tst_res(TINFO, "unexpected description '%s'", buf);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (sscanf(buf, "%31[^;];%u;%u;%x;%63[^\n]",
+		   type, &uid, &gid, &perm, desc) != 5) {
+		tst_res(TFAIL, "malformed description '%s'", buf);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (strcmp(type, "user")) {
+		tst_res(TFAIL, "wrong key type '%s', expected 'user'", type);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (uid != getuid() || gid != getgid()) {
+		tst_res(TFAIL, "wrong owner uid %u gid %u, expected %u %u",
+			uid, gid, getuid(), getgid());
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (perm != KEY_PERM_SET) {
+		tst_res(TFAIL, "wrong permissions %08x, expected %08x",
+			perm, KEY_PERM_SET);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (strcmp(desc, KEY_DESC)) {
+		tst_res(TFAIL, "wrong description '%s', expected '%s'",
+			desc, KEY_DESC);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	tst_res(TPASS, "described the key correctly");
+}
+
+static struct tst_test test = {
+	.setup = setup,
+	.test_all = run,
+};
diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/keyctl/keyctl_common.h b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/keyctl/keyctl_common.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c7290cc6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/keyctl/keyctl_common.h
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2026 Andrea Cervesato <andrea.cervesato@suse.com>
+ */
+
+#ifndef KEYCTL_COMMON_H__
+#define KEYCTL_COMMON_H__
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include "tst_test.h"
+#include "lapi/keyctl.h"
+
+#define KEY_PERM_ALL		(KEY_POS_ALL | KEY_USR_ALL | KEY_GRP_ALL | KEY_OTH_ALL)
+#define KEY_PERM_SET		(KEY_POS_ALL | KEY_USR_ALL)
+
+#define KEY_VIEW_BITS		(KEY_POS_VIEW | KEY_USR_VIEW | KEY_GRP_VIEW | KEY_OTH_VIEW)
+#define KEY_PERM_NO_VIEW	(KEY_PERM_ALL & ~KEY_VIEW_BITS)
+
+#define KEY_WRITE_BITS		(KEY_POS_WRITE | KEY_USR_WRITE | KEY_GRP_WRITE | KEY_OTH_WRITE)
+#define KEY_PERM_NO_WRITE	(KEY_PERM_ALL & ~KEY_WRITE_BITS)
+
+#define KEY_SETATTR_BITS	(KEY_POS_SETATTR | KEY_USR_SETATTR | KEY_GRP_SETATTR | KEY_OTH_SETATTR)
+#define KEY_PERM_NO_SETATTR	(KEY_PERM_ALL & ~KEY_SETATTR_BITS)
+
+static inline key_serial_t new_ring(const char *desc)
+{
+	TEST(add_key("keyring", desc, NULL, 0, KEY_SPEC_PROCESS_KEYRING));
+	if (TST_RET < 0)
+		tst_brk(TBROK | TTERRNO, "failed to create keyring '%s'", desc);
+
+	return TST_RET;
+}
+
+static inline key_serial_t new_user_key(const char *desc, const void *payload,
+					size_t plen, key_serial_t ring)
+{
+	TEST(add_key("user", desc, payload, plen, ring));
+	if (TST_RET < 0)
+		tst_brk(TBROK | TTERRNO, "failed to add user key '%s'", desc);
+
+	return TST_RET;
+}
+
+static inline key_serial_t search_ring(key_serial_t ring, const char *type,
+				       const char *desc)
+{
+	return keyctl(KEYCTL_SEARCH, ring, (unsigned long)type,
+		      (unsigned long)desc, 0);
+}
+
+#endif /* KEYCTL_COMMON_H__ */

-- 
2.51.0



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