[libvirt] [PATCH 01/10] virt-aa-helper: Ask for no deny rule for readonly disk elements

[Stefan Bader]

On 15.05.2017 17:48, Guido Günther wrote:
> On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 03:23:10PM +0200, Stefan Bader wrote:
>> From: Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn at ubuntu.com>
>>
>> Just because a disk element only requests read access doesn't mean
>> there may not be another readwrite request.
>>
>> Bug-Ubuntu: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/bugs/1554031
> 
> The URL is wrong (drop the "ubuntu" part. From the bug report this looks
> like a workaround:

Darn, thanks for catching this.

> 
>      https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvirt/+bug/1554031/comments/8
> 
> or am I misreading this? Shouldn't we only change to 'w' on blockcommit?

As I understand it, the 'r' would implicitly add a write deny rule, so it is not
possible to override that. With the 'R' notation only a rule allowing read is
added. Which allows to change to change to 'w' on blockcommit.

-Stefan

> Cheers
>  -- Guido
> 
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Christian Ehrhardt <christian.ehrhardt at canonical.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Stefan Bader <stefan.bader at canonical.com>
>> ---
>>  src/security/virt-aa-helper.c | 4 ++--
>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/src/security/virt-aa-helper.c b/src/security/virt-aa-helper.c
>> index 5f5d1cd..d976a00 100644
>> --- a/src/security/virt-aa-helper.c
>> +++ b/src/security/virt-aa-helper.c
>> @@ -888,11 +888,11 @@ add_file_path(virDomainDiskDefPtr disk,
>>  
>>      if (depth == 0) {
>>          if (disk->src->readonly)
>> -            ret = vah_add_file(buf, path, "r");
>> +            ret = vah_add_file(buf, path, "R");
>>          else
>>              ret = vah_add_file(buf, path, "rw");
>>      } else {
>> -        ret = vah_add_file(buf, path, "r");
>> +        ret = vah_add_file(buf, path, "R");
>>      }
>>  
>>      if (ret != 0)
>> -- 
>> 2.7.4
>>
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