[PATCH v2 1/1] virt-aa-helper: Purge profile if corrupted

[Ioanna Alifieraki]

This commit aims to address the bug reported in [1] and [2].
If the profile is corrupted (0-size) the VM cannot be launched.
To overcome this, check if the profile exists and if it has 0 size
remove it.

[1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=890084
[2] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1927519

Signed-off-by: Ioanna Alifieraki <ioanna-maria.alifieraki at canonical.com>
---
 src/security/virt-aa-helper.c | 20 +++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/security/virt-aa-helper.c b/src/security/virt-aa-helper.c
index 7c21ab9515..218e07bfb0 100644
--- a/src/security/virt-aa-helper.c
+++ b/src/security/virt-aa-helper.c
@@ -1437,6 +1437,8 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
     int rc = -1;
     char *profile = NULL;
     char *include_file = NULL;
+    off_t size;
+    bool purged = 0;
 
     if (virGettextInitialize() < 0 ||
         virErrorInitialize() < 0) {
@@ -1484,6 +1486,22 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
         if (ctl->cmd == 'c' && virFileExists(profile))
             vah_error(ctl, 1, _("profile exists"));
 
+        /*
+         * Rare cases can leave corrupted empty files behind breaking
+         * the guest. An empty file is never correct as virt-aa-helper
+         * would at least add the basic rules, therefore clean this up
+         * for a proper refresh.
+         */
+        if (virFileExists(profile)) {
+                size = virFileLength(profile, -1);
+                if (size == 0) {
+                        vah_warning(_("Profile of 0 size detected, will attempt to remove it"));
+                        if ((rc = parserRemove(ctl->uuid) != 0))
+                                vah_error(ctl, 1, _("could not remove profile"));
+                        unlink(profile);
+                        purged = true;
+                }
+        }
         if (ctl->append && ctl->newfile) {
             if (vah_add_file(&buf, ctl->newfile, "rwk") != 0)
                 goto cleanup;
@@ -1523,7 +1541,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 
         /* create the profile from TEMPLATE */
-        if (ctl->cmd == 'c') {
+        if (ctl->cmd == 'c' || purged) {
             char *tmp = NULL;
             tmp = g_strdup_printf("  #include <libvirt/%s.files>\n", ctl->uuid);
 
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