[PATCH] qemu: Restore label to temp file in qemuDomainScreenshot()

Jiri Denemark jdenemar at redhat.com
Thu Jun 2 14:56:06 UTC 2022


On Thu, Jun 02, 2022 at 15:14:25 +0200, Michal Privoznik wrote:
> Obtaining a screenshot via virDomainScreenshot() works like this:
>   1) we create a temp file, label it, then
>   2) tell QEMU to store the screenshot into it, and
>   3) finally, open the file for transfer via virStream
> 
> Since the file is just temporary and even explicitly unlinked at
> the end, no seclabel restoration is done. This makes perfect
> sense for security models which attach a label to file itself
> (DAC, SELinux) because the label is gone with the file. However,
> for models where a list of files and allowed actions is kept on a
> side (AppArmor) this approach means we just append files into the
> profile and never remove them. In turn, the file grows and policy
> update takes longer with each entry.
> 
> Restore the seclabel for AppArmor's sake.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn at redhat.com>
> ---
>  src/qemu/qemu_driver.c | 7 ++++++-
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Reviewed-by: Jiri Denemark <jdenemar at redhat.com>


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