[PATCH v2 3/3] kselftest: arm64: Check access to GCS after mprotect(PROT_NONE)
Catalin Marinas
catalin.marinas at arm.com
Mon Feb 23 09:45:32 PST 2026
A GCS mapping should not be accessible after mprotect(PROT_NONE). Add a
kselftest for this scenario.
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com>
Cc: Shuah Khan <skhan at linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Mark Brown <broonie at kernel.org>
Cc: Will Deacon <will at kernel.org>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david at kernel.org>
---
.../signal/testcases/gcs_prot_none_fault.c | 76 +++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 76 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/arm64/signal/testcases/gcs_prot_none_fault.c
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/signal/testcases/gcs_prot_none_fault.c b/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/signal/testcases/gcs_prot_none_fault.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2259f454a202
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/signal/testcases/gcs_prot_none_fault.c
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2026 ARM Limited
+ */
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <sys/prctl.h>
+
+#include "test_signals_utils.h"
+#include "testcases.h"
+
+static uint64_t *gcs_page;
+static bool post_mprotect;
+
+#ifndef __NR_map_shadow_stack
+#define __NR_map_shadow_stack 453
+#endif
+
+static bool alloc_gcs(struct tdescr *td)
+{
+ long page_size = sysconf(_SC_PAGE_SIZE);
+
+ gcs_page = (void *)syscall(__NR_map_shadow_stack, 0,
+ page_size, 0);
+ if (gcs_page == MAP_FAILED) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "Failed to map %ld byte GCS: %d\n",
+ page_size, errno);
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ return true;
+}
+
+static int gcs_prot_none_fault_trigger(struct tdescr *td)
+{
+ /* Verify that the page is readable (ie, not completely unmapped) */
+ fprintf(stderr, "Read value 0x%lx\n", gcs_page[0]);
+
+ if (mprotect(gcs_page, sysconf(_SC_PAGE_SIZE), PROT_NONE) != 0) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "mprotect(PROT_NONE) failed: %d\n", errno);
+ return 0;
+ }
+ post_mprotect = true;
+
+ /* This should trigger a fault if PROT_NONE is honoured for the GCS page */
+ fprintf(stderr, "Read value after mprotect(PROT_NONE) 0x%lx\n", gcs_page[0]);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int gcs_prot_none_fault_signal(struct tdescr *td, siginfo_t *si,
+ ucontext_t *uc)
+{
+ ASSERT_GOOD_CONTEXT(uc);
+
+ /* A fault before mprotect(PROT_NONE) is unexpected. */
+ if (!post_mprotect)
+ return 0;
+
+ return 1;
+}
+
+struct tdescr tde = {
+ .name = "GCS PROT_NONE fault",
+ .descr = "Read from GCS after mprotect(PROT_NONE) segfaults",
+ .feats_required = FEAT_GCS,
+ .timeout = 3,
+ .sig_ok = SIGSEGV,
+ .sanity_disabled = true,
+ .init = alloc_gcs,
+ .trigger = gcs_prot_none_fault_trigger,
+ .run = gcs_prot_none_fault_signal,
+};
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