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Bug 1006952 - Unable to start a QEMU process due to selinux permission errors
Summary: Unable to start a QEMU process due to selinux permission errors
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: selinux-policy
Version: 6.4
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
unspecified
urgent
Target Milestone: rc
: ---
Assignee: Miroslav Grepl
QA Contact: Michal Trunecka
URL:
Whiteboard:
: 1003244 (view as bug list)
Depends On:
Blocks: 1015117
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2013-09-11 14:48 UTC by Federico Simoncelli
Modified: 2018-12-03 19:54 UTC (History)
20 users (show)

Fixed In Version: selinux-policy-3.7.19-216.el6
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2013-11-21 10:51:29 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:

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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2013:1598 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE selinux-policy bug fix and enhancement update 2013-11-20 21:39:24 UTC

Description Federico Simoncelli 2013-09-11 14:48:06 UTC 
Description of problem:
Unable to start a QEMU process due to selinux permission errors.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
libvirt-0.10.2-18.el6_4.10.x86_64
qemu-kvm-rhev-0.12.1.2-2.384.el6.x86_64
selinux-policy-3.7.19-213.el6.noarch

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start a QEMU process using libvirt.


Actual results:
The qemu process dies.


Expected results:
The qemu process should start and run properly.


Additional info:

SELinux messages:

Sep 11 04:34:21 vm-rhev1 kernel: type=1400 audit(1378888461.700:66603): avc:  denied  { getattr } for  pid=6342 comm="qemu-kvm" name="/" dev=0:1d ino=524313 scontext=system_u:system_r:qemu_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontex
t=system_u:object_r:nfs_t:s0 tclass=filesystem
Sep 11 04:34:21 vm-rhev1 kernel: type=1400 audit(1378888461.701:66604): avc:  denied  { read } for  pid=6342 comm="qemu-kvm" name="dm-26" dev=devtmpfs ino=50557 scontext=system_u:system_r:qemu_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tco
ntext=system_u:object_r:fixed_disk_device_t:s0 tclass=blk_file
Sep 11 04:34:21 vm-rhev1 kernel: type=1400 audit(1378888461.701:66605): avc:  denied  { getattr } for  pid=6342 comm="qemu-kvm" path="/dev/dm-26" dev=devtmpfs ino=50557 scontext=system_u:system_r:qemu_t:s0-s0:c0.c
1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:fixed_disk_device_t:s0 tclass=blk_file
Sep 11 04:34:21 vm-rhev1 kernel: type=1400 audit(1378888461.701:66606): avc:  denied  { read write } for  pid=6342 comm="qemu-kvm" name="dm-26" dev=devtmpfs ino=50557 scontext=system_u:system_r:qemu_t:s0-s0:c0.c10
23 tcontext=system_u:object_r:fixed_disk_device_t:s0 tclass=blk_file

QEMU command line:

LC_ALL=C PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/bin QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=spice /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm -name BlockVm1 -S -M rhel6.4.0 -cpu Conroe -enable-kvm -m 512 -smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 -uuid 56247ac3-b8c5-4763-b779-744a5b7a9a53 -smbios type=1,manufacturer=oVirt,product=oVirt Node,version=6Server-6.4.0.4.el6_4,serial=F83A2D23-754C-4FB9-BCB5-801840A24575_52:54:00:a2:45:75,uuid=56247ac3-b8c5-4763-b779-744a5b7a9a53 -nodefconfig -nodefaults -chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/BlockVm1.monitor,server,nowait -mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control -rtc base=2013-09-11T08:36:02,driftfix=slew -no-shutdown -device virtio-scsi-pci,id=scsi0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 -device piix3-usb-uhci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1.0x2 -device virtio-serial-pci,id=virtio-serial0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4 -drive file=/rhev/data-center/mnt/vm-rhsrv1.in1.bytenix.com:_srv_export1_nfs_iso1/fe5f6a89-bb6d-4e58-8b67-c8cf505fb3ac/images/11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111/Fedora-17-x86_64-netinst.iso,if=none,media=cdrom,id=drive-ide0-1-0,readonly=on,format=raw,serial= -device ide-drive,bus=ide.1,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-1-0,id=ide0-1-0,bootindex=1 -drive file=/var/run/vdsm/storage/d26915e8-9049-43a3-ba74-e403730875dc/12f9a99c-4a12-47ae-8cce-e0912eb96d24/0562485f-64f5-4972-b991-84d8da170410,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0,format=raw,serial=12f9a99c-4a12-47ae-8cce-e0912eb96d24,cache=none,werror=stop,rerror=stop,aio=native -device virtio-blk-pci,scsi=off,bus=pci.0,addr=0x5,drive=drive-virtio-disk0,id=virtio-disk0 -drive file=/var/run/vdsm/storage/d26915e8-9049-43a3-ba74-e403730875dc/ebec629e-5ad5-4704-ab00-096c4df898e6/3812141a-5e41-4f98-ab07-4143160fdb7e,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk1,format=qcow2,serial=ebec629e-5ad5-4704-ab00-096c4df898e6,cache=none,werror=stop,rerror=stop,aio=native -device virtio-blk-pci,scsi=off,bus=pci.0,addr=0x6,drive=drive-virtio-disk1,id=virtio-disk1 -chardev socket,id=charchannel0,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/channels/56247ac3-b8c5-4763-b779-744a5b7a9a53.com.redhat.rhevm.vdsm,server,nowait -device virtserialport,bus=virtio-serial0.0,nr=1,chardev=charchannel0,id=channel0,name=com.redhat.rhevm.vdsm -chardev socket,id=charchannel1,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/channels/56247ac3-b8c5-4763-b779-744a5b7a9a53.org.qemu.guest_agent.0,server,nowait -device virtserialport,bus=virtio-serial0.0,nr=2,chardev=charchannel1,id=channel1,name=org.qemu.guest_agent.0 -chardev spicevmc,id=charchannel2,name=vdagent -device virtserialport,bus=virtio-serial0.0,nr=3,chardev=charchannel2,id=channel2,name=com.redhat.spice.0 -spice port=5900,addr=0,seamless-migration=on -k en-us -vga qxl -global qxl-vga.ram_size=67108864 -global qxl-vga.vram_size=67108864 -device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x7

Images Symlinks:

/var/run/vdsm/storage/d26915e8-9049-43a3-ba74-e403730875dc/12f9a99c-4a12-47ae-8cce-e0912eb96d24:
lrwxrwxrwx. vdsm kvm unconfined_u:object_r:virt_var_run_t:s0 0562485f-64f5-4972-b991-84d8da170410 -> /dev/d26915e8-9049-43a3-ba74-e403730875dc/0562485f-64f5-4972-b991-84d8da170410

/var/run/vdsm/storage/d26915e8-9049-43a3-ba74-e403730875dc/ebec629e-5ad5-4704-ab00-096c4df898e6:
lrwxrwxrwx. vdsm kvm unconfined_u:object_r:virt_var_run_t:s0 3812141a-5e41-4f98-ab07-4143160fdb7e -> /dev/d26915e8-9049-43a3-ba74-e403730875dc/3812141a-5e41-4f98-ab07-4143160fdb7e
Comment 3 Daniel Walsh 2013-09-11 17:44:39 UTC 
The problem is we have a transition from initrc_t to qemu_t when running a qemu_exec_t.  Which we should eliminate.
Comment 4 Miroslav Grepl 2013-09-11 21:06:10 UTC 
$ rpm -q selinux-policy
selinux-policy-3.7.19-195.el6_4.12.noarch

$ sesearch -A -s initrc_t -t qemu_t -c process -p transition


$ rpm -q selinux-policy
selinux-policy-3.7.19-215.el6.noarch

$ sesearch -A -s initrc_t -t qemu_t -c process -p transition


So both returns nothing.
Comment 5 Miroslav Grepl 2013-09-11 21:08:41 UTC 
Federico,
is /usr/share/vdsm/vdsm in the game?

Basically we label it as virtd_exec_t and we have 

qemu_domtrans(virtd_t)

in RHEL6.
Comment 6 Federico Simoncelli 2013-09-11 22:12:49 UTC 
(In reply to Miroslav Grepl from comment #5)
> Federico,
> is /usr/share/vdsm/vdsm in the game?

It shouldn't be. VDSM sends the request to start the vm to libvirt... but it's not involved in file labeling (and it shoulnd't affect any other process context as well).
Comment 7 Miroslav Grepl 2013-09-12 13:15:44 UTC 
How does it look if you try

# ls -lZ /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm

# matchpathcon /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm

# virsh start <DOMAIN>

# ps -efZ |grep svirt
Comment 8 Federico Simoncelli 2013-09-12 14:34:59 UTC 
(In reply to Miroslav Grepl from comment #7)
> How does it look if you try
> 
> # ls -lZ /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm
-rwxr-xr-x. root root system_u:object_r:qemu_exec_t:s0 /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm

> # matchpathcon /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm
/usr/libexec/qemu-kvm	system_u:object_r:qemu_exec_t:s0

> # ps -efZ |grep svirt
(empty)

# ps -eZ |grep qemu
system_u:system_r:qemu_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 20252 ? 00:00:10 qemu-kvm

# ps -eZ |grep libvirt
system_u:system_r:virtd_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 2458 ? 00:00:01 libvirtd
Comment 9 Miroslav Grepl 2013-09-12 15:43:15 UTC 
Ok, I did a test build without 

qemu_domtrans(virtd_t)

and of course now we see

# ps -eZ |grep qemu
system_u:system_r:virtd_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 11966 ? 00:00:15 qemu-kvm

for a virtual machine.
Comment 10 Miroslav Grepl 2013-09-12 16:06:50 UTC 
Ok, I got it. The problem is

security_driver="none"

and if we have 

qemu_domtrans(virtd_t)

we end in the qemu_t domain.

Dan,
I believe we want to end up with this domain in RHEL6 (MLS).
Comment 11 Daniel Walsh 2013-09-12 17:46:24 UTC 
No we should stay in virtd_t, in that case.  qemu_t should really be desctroyed as a valid domain.  MLS Should blow up, if there is not security label.
Comment 12 Miroslav Grepl 2013-09-13 12:46:41 UTC 
I have been doing more testing. Basically I wanted to keep the transition and make qemu as unconfined domain to make sure we won't break anything.

But yes, 
I am going to remove it because it looks OK.
Comment 13 Miroslav Grepl 2013-09-13 14:24:08 UTC 
*** Bug 1003244 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 14 Itamar Heim 2013-09-17 14:21:21 UTC 
any ETA on a build we can consume?
Comment 15 Miroslav Grepl 2013-09-17 14:32:14 UTC 
Itamar,
please try to re-test it with the latest build.

https://brewweb.devel.redhat.com/buildinfo?buildID=295083
Comment 17 Dan Kenigsberg 2013-09-19 18:31:49 UTC 
(In reply to Federico Simoncelli from comment #16)

It is. with the fix applied, security_driver="none" would be set --- as intended --- only in Ubuntu.
Comment 28 errata-xmlrpc 2013-11-21 10:51:29 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2013-1598.html
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