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Bug 1369693

Summary: [qemu-guest-agent] cmd: guest-set-user-password: child process has failed to set user password
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Reporter: Zhengtong <zhengtli>
Component: selinux-policyAssignee: Lukas Vrabec <lvrabec>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Milos Malik <mmalik>
Severity: unspecified Docs Contact:
Priority: unspecified    
Version: 7.3CC: knoel, lvrabec, mgrepl, mkolaja, mmalik, plautrba, pvrabec, qzhang, ssekidde, xuhan, xuwei, zhengtli
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Last Closed: 2016-11-04 02:37:42 UTC Type: Bug
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Description Zhengtong 2016-08-24 07:23:16 UTC 
Description of problem:
qga command "guest-set-user-password" can't get exepected result.  Instead, it gives a error msg:
"child process has failed to set user password"

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Host&guest kernel: 3.10.0-493.el7.ppc64le
qemu-kvm-rhev-2.6.0-22.el7


How reproducible:
3/3

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Boot up guest with qemu-guest-agent params.
/usr/libexec/qemu-kvm \
...
-device virtio-serial-pci,id=virtio_serial_pci0,bus=pci.0,addr=03,disable-legacy=off,disable-modern=on \
    -chardev socket,path=/tmp/virtio_port-org.qemu.guest_agent.0-20160824-013223-NfyNFKcA,nowait,id=idNMrD6X,server \
    -device virtserialport,bus=virtio_serial_pci0.0,name=org.qemu.guest_agent.0,chardev=idNMrD6X,id=id2ILF12 \
...

2.After guest boot up. connect guest with nc tool, and send guest-set-user-password cmd
[root@ibm-p8-rhevm-13 ~]# nc -U /tmp/virtio_port-org.qemu.guest_agent.0-20160824-013223-NfyNFKcA
{"execute": "guest-set-user-password", "arguments": {"crypted": false, "username": "root", "password": "a3ZtYXV0b3Rlc3Q="}}

3.Check the result of the command


Actual results:
Can't change the password of guest.
{"execute": "guest-set-user-password", "arguments": {"crypted": false, "username": "root", "password": "a3ZtYXV0b3Rlc3Q="}}
{"error": {"class": "GenericError", "desc": "child process has failed to set user password"}}


Expected results:
The command can return "{}" , and the password can be changed.

Additional info:

stop the qemu-guest-agent.service , and run the qemu-ga application manually, It works well.


Guest boot cmd:

/usr/libexec/qemu-kvm \
    -name 'avocado-vt-vm1'  \
    -sandbox off  \
    -machine pseries  \
    -nodefaults  \
    -vga std  \
    -device virtio-serial-pci,id=virtio_serial_pci0,bus=pci.0,addr=03,disable-legacy=off,disable-modern=on \
    -chardev socket,path=/tmp/virtio_port-org.qemu.guest_agent.0-20160824-013223-NfyNFKcA,nowait,id=idNMrD6X,server \
    -device virtserialport,bus=virtio_serial_pci0.0,name=org.qemu.guest_agent.0,chardev=idNMrD6X,id=id2ILF12 \
    -device pci-ohci,id=usb1,bus=pci.0,addr=04 \
    -device virtio-scsi-pci,id=virtio_scsi_pci0,bus=pci.0,addr=05,disable-legacy=off,disable-modern=on \
    -drive id=drive_image1,if=none,snapshot=on,aio=threads,cache=none,format=qcow2,file=/home/staf-kvm-devel/workspace/usr/share/avocado/data/avocado-vt/images/RHEL-Server-7.3-ppc64le-virtio-scsi.qcow2 \
    -device scsi-hd,id=image1,drive=drive_image1 \
    -device virtio-net-pci,mac=9a:2b:2c:2d:2e:2f,id=id7nBMZ4,vectors=4,netdev=idcM2plM,bus=pci.0,addr=06,disable-legacy=off,disable-modern=on  \
    -netdev tap,id=idcM2plM,vhost=on \
    -m 8192  \
    -smp 8,maxcpus=8,cores=4,threads=1,sockets=2 \
    -device usb-tablet,id=usb-tablet1,bus=usb1.0,port=1  \
    -device usb-kbd \
    -device usb-mouse \
    -vnc :0  \
    -rtc base=utc,clock=host  \
    -boot order=cdn,once=c,menu=off,strict=off \
    -enable-kvm \
    -monitor stdio
Comment 1 Zhengtong 2016-08-24 07:26:24 UTC 
Tried with closed SElinux, It works well. So the problem may related with how to let the cmd "guest-set-user-password" work under SElinux.
Comment 3 Zhengtong 2016-08-30 06:11:37 UTC 
There is a bug about qemu-ga running under SELinux. 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243458

This bug has been fixed before. So I mark the bug to be regression keyword. If this is not the same problem. Please change back.
Comment 5 Marc-Andre Lureau 2016-09-01 10:23:27 UTC 
after fork/exec chpasswd checks selinux permissions:

status = selinux_check_access(user_context, user_context, "passwd", "passwd", NULL);

and status = -1.

There is nothing in log/messages.

Moving to selinux-policy for further help/fix
Comment 6 Lukas Vrabec 2016-09-02 08:10:34 UTC 
Hi, 
Could you run re-test the scenario in permissive mode:
# setenforce 0

and after test attach output of:
# ausearch -m AVC,USER_AVC,SELINUX_ERR -ts recent


Thank you.
Comment 7 Zhengtong 2016-09-02 13:02:48 UTC 
Guest:
[root@localhost ~]# setenforce 0
[root@localhost ~]# 

Host: guest agent:
{"execute": "guest-set-user-password", "arguments": {"crypted": false, "username": "root", "password": "a3ZtYXV0b3Rlc3Q="}}
{"return": {}}


Guest:
[root@localhost ~]# ausearch -m AVC,USER_AVC,SELINUX_ERR -ts recent
----
time->Fri Sep  2 20:59:23 2016
type=USER_AVC msg=audit(1472821163.758:116): pid=3062 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:passwd_t:s0 msg='avc:  denied  { passwd } for  scontext=system_u:system_r:virt_qemu_ga_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:virt_qemu_ga_t:s0 tclass=passwd  exe="/usr/sbin/chpasswd" sauid=0 hostname=? addr=? terminal=?'
----
time->Fri Sep  2 20:59:48 2016
type=USER_AVC msg=audit(1472821188.203:118): pid=3109 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:passwd_t:s0 msg='avc:  denied  { passwd } for  scontext=system_u:system_r:virt_qemu_ga_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:virt_qemu_ga_t:s0 tclass=passwd  exe="/usr/sbin/chpasswd" sauid=0 hostname=? addr=? terminal=?'
----
time->Fri Sep  2 21:00:01 2016
type=USER_AVC msg=audit(1472821201.682:123): pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 msg='avc:  received setenforce notice (enforcing=0)  exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" sauid=0 hostname=? addr=? terminal=?'
Comment 8 Lukas Vrabec 2016-09-02 13:33:43 UTC 
Hi, 

Could you load local policy and then try to reproduce it in enforcing state? 

1. # setenforce 1
2. $ cat virt_qemu_passwd.cil 
(allow virt_qemu_ga_t self (passwd (passwd)))
3. # semodule -i virt_qemu_passwd.cil 
4. reproduce the scenario.


If it will work, I'll add fixes.
Comment 9 Zhengtong 2016-09-05 05:46:47 UTC 
Hi, It works with the given method.


[root@localhost ~]# getenforce 
Enforcing
[root@localhost ~]# cat virt_qemu_passwd.cil 
(allow virt_qemu_ga_t self (passwd (passwd)))
[root@localhost ~]# semodule -i virt_qemu_passwd.cil 
[root@localhost ~]# 


{"execute": "guest-set-user-password", "arguments": {"crypted": false, "username": "root", "password": "MTIzNDU2"}}
{"return": {}}
Comment 15 errata-xmlrpc 2016-11-04 02:37:42 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.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2016-2283.html