selftests: Handle old glibc without execveat(2)

Add an execveat(2) wrapper because glibc < 2.34 does not have one.  This
fixes the check-exec tests and samples.

Cc: Günther Noack <[email protected]>
Cc: Jeff Xu <[email protected]>
Cc: Kees Cook <[email protected]>
Cc: Mimi Zohar <[email protected]>
Cc: Paul Moore <[email protected]>
Cc: Roberto Sassu <[email protected]>
Cc: Serge Hallyn <[email protected]>
Cc: Stefan Berger <[email protected]>
Cc: Stephen Rothwell <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Nathan Chancellor <[email protected]>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250114205645.GA2825031@ax162
Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Günther Noack <[email protected]>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <[email protected]>

samples/check-exec/inc.c

@@ -21,8 +21,15 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/prctl.h>
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+static int sys_execveat(int dirfd, const char *pathname, char *const argv[],
+			char *const envp[], int flags)
+{
+	return syscall(__NR_execveat, dirfd, pathname, argv, envp, flags);
+}
+
 /* Returns 1 on error, 0 otherwise. */
 static int interpret_buffer(char *buffer, size_t buffer_size)
 {
@@ -78,8 +85,8 @@ static int interpret_stream(FILE *script, char *const script_name,
 	 * script execution.  We must use the script file descriptor instead of
 	 * the script path name to avoid race conditions.
 	 */
-	err = execveat(fileno(script), "", script_argv, envp,
-		       AT_EMPTY_PATH | AT_EXECVE_CHECK);
+	err = sys_execveat(fileno(script), "", script_argv, envp,
+			   AT_EMPTY_PATH | AT_EXECVE_CHECK);
 	if (err && restrict_stream) {
 		perror("ERROR: Script execution check");
 		return 1;

tools/testing/selftests/exec/check-exec.c

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <sys/prctl.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
 #include <sys/sysmacros.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
@@ -31,6 +32,12 @@
 
 #include "../kselftest_harness.h"
 
+static int sys_execveat(int dirfd, const char *pathname, char *const argv[],
+			char *const envp[], int flags)
+{
+	return syscall(__NR_execveat, dirfd, pathname, argv, envp, flags);
+}
+
 static void drop_privileges(struct __test_metadata *const _metadata)
 {
 	const unsigned int noroot = SECBIT_NOROOT | SECBIT_NOROOT_LOCKED;
@@ -219,8 +226,8 @@ static void test_exec_fd(struct __test_metadata *_metadata, const int fd,
 	 * test framework as an error.  With AT_EXECVE_CHECK, we only check a
 	 * potential successful execution.
 	 */
-	access_ret =
-		execveat(fd, "", argv, NULL, AT_EMPTY_PATH | AT_EXECVE_CHECK);
+	access_ret = sys_execveat(fd, "", argv, NULL,
+				  AT_EMPTY_PATH | AT_EXECVE_CHECK);
 	access_errno = errno;
 	if (err_code) {
 		EXPECT_EQ(-1, access_ret);

tools/testing/selftests/landlock/fs_test.c

@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@ int open_tree(int dfd, const char *filename, unsigned int flags)
 }
 #endif
 
+static int sys_execveat(int dirfd, const char *pathname, char *const argv[],
+			char *const envp[], int flags)
+{
+	return syscall(__NR_execveat, dirfd, pathname, argv, envp, flags);
+}
+
 #ifndef RENAME_EXCHANGE
 #define RENAME_EXCHANGE (1 << 1)
 #endif
@@ -2018,8 +2024,8 @@ static void test_check_exec(struct __test_metadata *const _metadata,
 	int ret;
 	char *const argv[] = { (char *)path, NULL };
 
-	ret = execveat(AT_FDCWD, path, argv, NULL,
-		       AT_EMPTY_PATH | AT_EXECVE_CHECK);
+	ret = sys_execveat(AT_FDCWD, path, argv, NULL,
+			   AT_EMPTY_PATH | AT_EXECVE_CHECK);
 	if (err) {
 		EXPECT_EQ(-1, ret);
 		EXPECT_EQ(errno, err);