diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/.gitignore b/tools/testing/selftests/net/.gitignore
index a6911cae368c..f2d23a1df596 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/.gitignore
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/.gitignore
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ reuseport_bpf_cpu
 reuseport_bpf_numa
 reuseport_dualstack
 rxtimestamp
+scm_pidfd
 sk_bind_sendto_listen
 sk_connect_zero_addr
 socket
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/af_unix/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/net/af_unix/Makefile
index 1e4b397cece6..221c387a7d7f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/af_unix/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/af_unix/Makefile
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
-TEST_GEN_PROGS := diag_uid test_unix_oob unix_connect
+CFLAGS += $(KHDR_INCLUDES)
+TEST_GEN_PROGS := diag_uid test_unix_oob unix_connect scm_pidfd
 
 include ../../lib.mk
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/af_unix/scm_pidfd.c b/tools/testing/selftests/net/af_unix/scm_pidfd.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fa502510ee9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/af_unix/scm_pidfd.c
@@ -0,0 +1,336 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <error.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <linux/socket.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <sys/un.h>
+#include <sys/signal.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+
+#define clean_errno() (errno == 0 ? "None" : strerror(errno))
+#define log_err(MSG, ...)                                                   \
+	fprintf(stderr, "(%s:%d: errno: %s) " MSG "\n", __FILE__, __LINE__, \
+		clean_errno(), ##__VA_ARGS__)
+
+#ifndef SCM_PIDFD
+#define SCM_PIDFD 0x04
+#endif
+
+static pid_t client_pid;
+static char sock_name[32];
+
+static void die(int status)
+{
+	unlink(sock_name);
+	kill(client_pid, SIGTERM);
+	exit(status);
+}
+
+static void child_die()
+{
+	kill(getppid(), SIGTERM);
+	exit(1);
+}
+
+static int safe_int(const char *numstr, int *converted)
+{
+	char *err = NULL;
+	long sli;
+
+	errno = 0;
+	sli = strtol(numstr, &err, 0);
+	if (errno == ERANGE && (sli == LONG_MAX || sli == LONG_MIN))
+		return -ERANGE;
+
+	if (errno != 0 && sli == 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (err == numstr || *err != '\0')
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (sli > INT_MAX || sli < INT_MIN)
+		return -ERANGE;
+
+	*converted = (int)sli;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int char_left_gc(const char *buffer, size_t len)
+{
+	size_t i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+		if (buffer[i] == ' ' || buffer[i] == '\t')
+			continue;
+
+		return i;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int char_right_gc(const char *buffer, size_t len)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = len - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+		if (buffer[i] == ' ' || buffer[i] == '\t' ||
+		    buffer[i] == '\n' || buffer[i] == '\0')
+			continue;
+
+		return i + 1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static char *trim_whitespace_in_place(char *buffer)
+{
+	buffer += char_left_gc(buffer, strlen(buffer));
+	buffer[char_right_gc(buffer, strlen(buffer))] = '\0';
+	return buffer;
+}
+
+/* borrowed (with all helpers) from pidfd/pidfd_open_test.c */
+static pid_t get_pid_from_fdinfo_file(int pidfd, const char *key, size_t keylen)
+{
+	int ret;
+	char path[512];
+	FILE *f;
+	size_t n = 0;
+	pid_t result = -1;
+	char *line = NULL;
+
+	snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "/proc/self/fdinfo/%d", pidfd);
+
+	f = fopen(path, "re");
+	if (!f)
+		return -1;
+
+	while (getline(&line, &n, f) != -1) {
+		char *numstr;
+
+		if (strncmp(line, key, keylen))
+			continue;
+
+		numstr = trim_whitespace_in_place(line + 4);
+		ret = safe_int(numstr, &result);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			goto out;
+
+		break;
+	}
+
+out:
+	free(line);
+	fclose(f);
+	return result;
+}
+
+static int cmsg_check(int fd)
+{
+	struct msghdr msg = { 0 };
+	struct cmsghdr *cmsg;
+	struct iovec iov;
+	struct ucred *ucred = NULL;
+	int data = 0;
+	char control[CMSG_SPACE(sizeof(struct ucred)) +
+		     CMSG_SPACE(sizeof(int))] = { 0 };
+	int *pidfd = NULL;
+	pid_t parent_pid;
+	int err;
+
+	iov.iov_base = &data;
+	iov.iov_len = sizeof(data);
+
+	msg.msg_iov = &iov;
+	msg.msg_iovlen = 1;
+	msg.msg_control = control;
+	msg.msg_controllen = sizeof(control);
+
+	err = recvmsg(fd, &msg, 0);
+	if (err < 0) {
+		log_err("recvmsg");
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	if (msg.msg_flags & (MSG_TRUNC | MSG_CTRUNC)) {
+		log_err("recvmsg: truncated");
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	for (cmsg = CMSG_FIRSTHDR(&msg); cmsg != NULL;
+	     cmsg = CMSG_NXTHDR(&msg, cmsg)) {
+		if (cmsg->cmsg_level == SOL_SOCKET &&
+		    cmsg->cmsg_type == SCM_PIDFD) {
+			if (cmsg->cmsg_len < sizeof(*pidfd)) {
+				log_err("CMSG parse: SCM_PIDFD wrong len");
+				return 1;
+			}
+
+			pidfd = (void *)CMSG_DATA(cmsg);
+		}
+
+		if (cmsg->cmsg_level == SOL_SOCKET &&
+		    cmsg->cmsg_type == SCM_CREDENTIALS) {
+			if (cmsg->cmsg_len < sizeof(*ucred)) {
+				log_err("CMSG parse: SCM_CREDENTIALS wrong len");
+				return 1;
+			}
+
+			ucred = (void *)CMSG_DATA(cmsg);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* send(pfd, "x", sizeof(char), 0) */
+	if (data != 'x') {
+		log_err("recvmsg: data corruption");
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	if (!pidfd) {
+		log_err("CMSG parse: SCM_PIDFD not found");
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	if (!ucred) {
+		log_err("CMSG parse: SCM_CREDENTIALS not found");
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	/* pidfd from SCM_PIDFD should point to the parent process PID */
+	parent_pid =
+		get_pid_from_fdinfo_file(*pidfd, "Pid:", sizeof("Pid:") - 1);
+	if (parent_pid != getppid()) {
+		log_err("wrong SCM_PIDFD %d != %d", parent_pid, getppid());
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void client(struct sockaddr_un *listen_addr)
+{
+	int cfd;
+	socklen_t len;
+	struct ucred peer_cred;
+	int peer_pidfd;
+	pid_t peer_pid;
+	int on = 0;
+
+	cfd = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+	if (cfd < 0) {
+		log_err("socket");
+		child_die();
+	}
+
+	if (connect(cfd, (struct sockaddr *)listen_addr,
+		    sizeof(*listen_addr)) != 0) {
+		log_err("connect");
+		child_die();
+	}
+
+	on = 1;
+	if (setsockopt(cfd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_PASSCRED, &on, sizeof(on))) {
+		log_err("Failed to set SO_PASSCRED");
+		child_die();
+	}
+
+	if (setsockopt(cfd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_PASSPIDFD, &on, sizeof(on))) {
+		log_err("Failed to set SO_PASSPIDFD");
+		child_die();
+	}
+
+	if (cmsg_check(cfd)) {
+		log_err("cmsg_check failed");
+		child_die();
+	}
+
+	len = sizeof(peer_cred);
+	if (getsockopt(cfd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_PEERCRED, &peer_cred, &len)) {
+		log_err("Failed to get SO_PEERCRED");
+		child_die();
+	}
+
+	len = sizeof(peer_pidfd);
+	if (getsockopt(cfd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_PEERPIDFD, &peer_pidfd, &len)) {
+		log_err("Failed to get SO_PEERPIDFD");
+		child_die();
+	}
+
+	/* pid from SO_PEERCRED should point to the parent process PID */
+	if (peer_cred.pid != getppid()) {
+		log_err("Failed to get SO_PEERPIDFD");
+		child_die();
+	}
+
+	peer_pid = get_pid_from_fdinfo_file(peer_pidfd,
+					    "Pid:", sizeof("Pid:") - 1);
+	if (peer_pid != peer_cred.pid) {
+		log_err("Failed to get SO_PEERPIDFD");
+		child_die();
+	}
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	int lfd, pfd;
+	int child_status = 0;
+	struct sockaddr_un listen_addr;
+
+	lfd = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+	if (lfd < 0) {
+		perror("socket");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
+	memset(&listen_addr, 0, sizeof(listen_addr));
+	listen_addr.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
+	sprintf(sock_name, "scm_pidfd_%d", getpid());
+	unlink(sock_name);
+	strcpy(listen_addr.sun_path, sock_name);
+
+	if ((bind(lfd, (struct sockaddr *)&listen_addr, sizeof(listen_addr))) !=
+	    0) {
+		perror("socket bind failed");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
+	if (listen(lfd, 1) < 0) {
+		perror("listen");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
+	client_pid = fork();
+	if (client_pid < 0) {
+		perror("fork");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
+	if (client_pid == 0) {
+		client(&listen_addr);
+		exit(0);
+	}
+
+	pfd = accept(lfd, NULL, NULL);
+	if (pfd < 0) {
+		perror("accept");
+		die(1);
+	}
+
+	if (send(pfd, "x", sizeof(char), 0) < 0) {
+		perror("send");
+		die(1);
+	}
+
+	waitpid(client_pid, &child_status, 0);
+	die(WIFEXITED(child_status) ? WEXITSTATUS(child_status) : 1);
+	die(0);
+}
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