From 24fe831c17ab8149413874f2fd4e5c8a41fcd294 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kees Cook Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2014 14:37:21 -0700 Subject: tools/testing/selftests/sysctl: validate sysctl_writes_strict This adds several behavioral tests to sysctl string and number writing to detect unexpected cases that behaved differently when the sysctl kernel.sysctl_writes_strict != 1. [ original ] root@localhost:~# make test_num == Testing sysctl behavior against /proc/sys/kernel/domainname == Writing test file ... ok Checking sysctl is not set to test value ... ok Writing sysctl from shell ... ok Resetting sysctl to original value ... ok Writing entire sysctl in single write ... ok Writing middle of sysctl after synchronized seek ... FAIL Writing beyond end of sysctl ... FAIL Writing sysctl with multiple long writes ... FAIL Writing entire sysctl in short writes ... FAIL Writing middle of sysctl after unsynchronized seek ... ok Checking sysctl maxlen is at least 65 ... ok Checking sysctl keeps original string on overflow append ... FAIL Checking sysctl stays NULL terminated on write ... ok Checking sysctl stays NULL terminated on overwrite ... ok make: *** [test_num] Error 1 root@localhost:~# make test_string == Testing sysctl behavior against /proc/sys/vm/swappiness == Writing test file ... ok Checking sysctl is not set to test value ... ok Writing sysctl from shell ... ok Resetting sysctl to original value ... ok Writing entire sysctl in single write ... ok Writing middle of sysctl after synchronized seek ... FAIL Writing beyond end of sysctl ... FAIL Writing sysctl with multiple long writes ... ok make: *** [test_string] Error 1 [ with CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL_STRICT_WRITES ] root@localhost:~# make run_tests == Testing sysctl behavior against /proc/sys/kernel/domainname == Writing test file ... ok Checking sysctl is not set to test value ... ok Writing sysctl from shell ... ok Resetting sysctl to original value ... ok Writing entire sysctl in single write ... ok Writing middle of sysctl after synchronized seek ... ok Writing beyond end of sysctl ... ok Writing sysctl with multiple long writes ... ok Writing entire sysctl in short writes ... ok Writing middle of sysctl after unsynchronized seek ... ok Checking sysctl maxlen is at least 65 ... ok Checking sysctl keeps original string on overflow append ... ok Checking sysctl stays NULL terminated on write ... ok Checking sysctl stays NULL terminated on overwrite ... ok == Testing sysctl behavior against /proc/sys/vm/swappiness == Writing test file ... ok Checking sysctl is not set to test value ... ok Writing sysctl from shell ... ok Resetting sysctl to original value ... ok Writing entire sysctl in single write ... ok Writing middle of sysctl after synchronized seek ... ok Writing beyond end of sysctl ... ok Writing sysctl with multiple long writes ... ok Signed-off-by: Kees Cook Cc: Randy Dunlap Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- tools/testing/selftests/Makefile | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) (limited to 'tools/testing/selftests/Makefile') diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile index 32487ed18354..e66e710cc595 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ TARGETS += timers TARGETS += vm TARGETS += powerpc TARGETS += user +TARGETS += sysctl all: for TARGET in $(TARGETS); do \ -- cgit v1.2.3