Re: [PATCH v2] nbd/server: Add --selinux-label option

["Daniel P. Berrangé" <berrange@redhat.com>]

On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 11:33:03AM +0100, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> Under SELinux, Unix domain sockets have two labels.  One is on the
> disk and can be set with commands such as chcon(1).  There is a
> different label stored in memory (called the process label).  This can
> only be set by the process creating the socket.  When using SELinux +
> SVirt and wanting qemu to be able to connect to a qemu-nbd instance,
> you must set both labels correctly first.
> 
> For qemu-nbd the options to set the second label are awkward.  You can
> create the socket in a wrapper program and then exec into qemu-nbd.
> Or you could try something with LD_PRELOAD.
> 
> This commit adds the ability to set the label straightforwardly on the
> command line, via the new --selinux-label flag.  (The name of the flag
> is the same as the equivalent nbdkit option.)
> 
> A worked example showing how to use the new option can be found in
> this bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1984938
> 
> Fixes: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1984938
> Signed-off-by: Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com>
> ---
>  configure                                     |  9 ++++-
>  meson.build                                   | 10 +++++-
>  meson_options.txt                             |  3 ++
>  qemu-nbd.c                                    | 33 +++++++++++++++++++
>  tests/docker/dockerfiles/centos8.docker       |  1 +
>  tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora.docker        |  1 +
>  tests/docker/dockerfiles/opensuse-leap.docker |  1 +
>  tests/docker/dockerfiles/ubuntu1804.docker    |  1 +
>  tests/docker/dockerfiles/ubuntu2004.docker    |  1 +
>  9 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>


Regards,
Daniel
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