[Libguestfs] [libguestfs-common PATCH 04/12] mltools/tools_utils: allow multiple "--key" options for OCaml tools too

Richard W.M. Jones rjones at redhat.com
Tue Jun 28 14:23:57 UTC 2022


On Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 01:49:07PM +0200, Laszlo Ersek wrote:
> Commit c10c8baedb88 ("options: Allow multiple --key parameters.",
> 2019-11-28) enabled multi-key support for the C-language tools only.
> C-language tools parse the "--key" option as follows:
> 
>   OPTION_key                      [options/options.h]
>     key_store_add_from_selector() [options/keys.c]
>       key_store_import_key()      [options/keys.c]
> 
> And the last function above simply appends the imported key to the
> keystore.
> 
> However, commit c10c8baedb88 was ineffective (already at the time of
> writing) for OCaml-language tools. From commit f84d95474ccf ("Introduce a
> --key option in tools that accept keys", 2018-09-21), OCaml tools first
> de-duplicate the "--key" options (using the device identifier as a hash
> table key), and only (distinct) elements of the flattened hash table are
> passed to key_store_import_key():
> 
>   parse_key_selector                    [mltools/tools_utils.ml]
>     Hashtbl.replace
> 
>   inspect_decrypt                       [mltools/tools_utils.ml]
>     Hashtbl.fold
>     c_inspect_decrypt                   [mltools/tools_utils.ml]
>       guestfs_int_mllib_inspect_decrypt [mltools/tools_utils-c.c]
>         key_store_import_key()          [options/keys.c]
> 
> This problem can be demonstrated by passing two keys, a good one and a
> wrong one, for the same device identifier, to a C-language guestfs tool
> (such as virt-cat), and to an OCaml-language one (such as
> virt-get-kernel). The latter is sensitive to the order of "--key" options:
> 
> $ virt-cat \
>     --key /dev/sda2:key:good-key \
>     --key /dev/sda2:key:wrong-key \
>     -d DOMAIN \
>     /no-such-file
> > libguestfs: error: download: /no-such-file: No such file or directory
> 
> Here the wrong key (passed as the 2nd "--key" option) does not invalidate
> the first (good) key.
> 
> $ virt-get-kernel \
>     --key /dev/sda2:key:good-key \
>     --key /dev/sda2:key:wrong-key \
>     -d DOMAIN \
>     -o /tmp
> > virt-get-kernel: could not find key to open LUKS encrypted /dev/sda2.
> >
> > Try using --key on the command line.
> >
> > Original error: cryptsetup_open: cryptsetup exited with status 2: No key
> > available with this passphrase. (0)
> 
> Here the wrong key replaces the good key.
> 
> $ virt-get-kernel \
>     --key /dev/sda2:key:wrong-key \
>     --key /dev/sda2:key:good-key \
>     -d DOMAIN \
>     -o /tmp
> > download: /boot/vmlinuz-[...] -> /tmp/vmlinuz-[...]
> > download: /boot/initramfs-[...].img -> /tmp/initramfs-[...].img
> 
> Reversing the order of "--key" options for the OCaml-language tool allows
> the good key to prevail (and the wrong to be overwritten).
> 
> Fix this discrepancy by replacing the hash table with a plain list
> (reference).
> 
> (Side comment: the hash table-based deduplication didn't do its job
> entirely, either. We could still pass two keys for the same LUKS block
> device: once by pathname, and another time by LUKS UUID.)
> 
> Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1809453
> Signed-off-by: Laszlo Ersek <lersek at redhat.com>
> ---
>  mltools/tools_utils.ml | 17 +++++------------
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mltools/tools_utils.ml b/mltools/tools_utils.ml
> index 8508534e16ee..6006ab7e4f6c 100644
> --- a/mltools/tools_utils.ml
> +++ b/mltools/tools_utils.ml
> @@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ open Getopt.OptionName
>   * messages.
>   *)
>  let prog = ref prog
>  
>  type key_store = {
> -  keys : (string, key_store_key) Hashtbl.t;
> +  keys : (string * key_store_key) list ref;
>  }
>  and key_store_key =
>    | KeyString of string
>    | KeyFileName of string
>  
> @@ -374,11 +374,11 @@ let create_standard_options argspec ?anon_fun ?(key_opts = false)
>        | n ->
>          error (f_"invalid output for --machine-readable: %s") fmt
>        )
>    in
>    let ks = {
> -    keys = Hashtbl.create 13;
> +    keys = ref [];
>    } in
>    let argspec = ref argspec in
>    let add_argspec = List.push_back argspec in
>  
>    add_argspec ([ S 'V'; L"version" ], Getopt.Unit print_version_and_exit, s_"Display version and exit");
> @@ -393,13 +393,13 @@ let create_standard_options argspec ?anon_fun ?(key_opts = false)
>    if key_opts then (
>      let parse_key_selector arg =
>        let parts = String.nsplit ~max:3 ":" arg in
>        match parts with
>        | [ device; "key"; key ] ->
> -         Hashtbl.replace ks.keys device (KeyString key)
> +         List.push_back ks.keys (device, KeyString key)
>        | [ device; "file"; file ] ->
> -         Hashtbl.replace ks.keys device (KeyFileName file)
> +         List.push_back ks.keys (device, KeyFileName file)
>        | _ ->
>           error (f_"invalid selector string for --key: %s") arg
>      in
>  
>      add_argspec ([ L"echo-keys" ],       Getopt.Unit c_set_echo_keys,       s_"Don’t turn off echo for passphrases");
> @@ -680,24 +680,17 @@ let is_btrfs_subvolume g fs =
>    with Guestfs.Error msg as exn ->
>      if g#last_errno () = Guestfs.Errno.errno_EINVAL then false
>      else raise exn
>  
>  let inspect_decrypt g ks =
> -  (* Turn the keys in the key_store into a simpler struct, so it is possible
> -   * to read it using the C API.
> -   *)
> -  let keys_as_list = Hashtbl.fold (
> -    fun k v acc ->
> -      (k, v) :: acc
> -  ) ks.keys [] in
>    (* Note we pass original 'g' even though it is not used by the
>     * callee.  This is so that 'g' is kept as a root on the stack, and
>     * so cannot be garbage collected while we are in the c_inspect_decrypt
>     * function.
>     *)
>    c_inspect_decrypt g#ocaml_handle (Guestfs.c_pointer g#ocaml_handle)
> -    keys_as_list
> +    !(ks.keys)

I was _going_ to say you don't need the parentheses here.  Luckily I
tested it before saying that, and it turns out you do!

>  let with_timeout op timeout ?(sleep = 2) fn =
>    let start_t = Unix.gettimeofday () in
>    let rec loop () =
>      if Unix.gettimeofday () -. start_t > float_of_int timeout then
> -- 

Reviewed-by: Richard W.M. Jones <rjones at redhat.com>


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