636156 – RFE: security: restore original file label/owner

Bug 636156 - RFE: security: restore original file label/owner

Summary: RFE: security: restore original file label/owner

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Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias:	None
Product:	Virtualization Tools
Classification:	Community
Component:	libvirt
Sub Component:
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Priority:	low
Severity:	medium
Target Milestone:	---
Assignee:	Libvirt Maintainers
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Duplicates (1):	1120544 (view as bug list)
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Blocks:	TRACKER-bugs-affecting-libguestfs libvirtTodoSecurity
TreeView+	depends on / blocked

Reported:	2010-09-21 15:14 UTC by Daniel Berrangé
Modified:	2020-04-15 13:42 UTC (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)
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Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Last Closed:	2020-04-15 13:42:22 UTC
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Description Daniel Berrangé 2010-09-21 15:14:57 UTC

Description of problem:
Change the QEMU DAC security driver so that it uses POSIX ACLs on files instead of changing their UID/GID.

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Comment 1 Cole Robinson 2016-03-22 22:34:29 UTC

There's been various patches posted over the years but nothing committed, nor a solid approach chosen:

Posix ACLs:
v2: https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2013-March/msg00203.html
v3: https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2013-March/msg00497.html
v4: https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2013-March/msg00887.html
v5: https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2013-March/msg01289.html

Using virtlockd:
v1: https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2014-September/msg00551.html
v2: https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2015-October/msg00331.html

Comment 2 Cole Robinson 2016-04-10 19:06:05 UTC

*** Bug 1120544 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Daniel Berrangé 2020-04-15 13:42:22 UTC

Current versions of libvirt use XATTR to remember ownership and restore it

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