Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] tools: Restrict configuration of qemu processes

[Jim Fehlig <jfehlig@xxxxxxxx>]

On 03/15/2016 06:28 AM, Wei Liu wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 07:14:12PM -0600, Jim Fehlig wrote:
>> Opps, forgot to cc the tools maintainers, sorry. I can resend if needed.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Jim
>>
>> On 03/14/2016 07:08 PM, Jim Fehlig wrote:
>>> Commit 6ef823fd added '-nodefaults' to the qemu args created by
>>> libxl, which is a good step in restricting qemu's default
>>> configuration. This change takes another step by adding
>>> -no-user-config, which ignores any user-provided config files in
>>> sysconfdir. Together, -nodefaults and -no-user-config allow Xen
>>> to avoid unkown and uncontrolled qemu configuration.
>>>
>>> Both options are also added to the qemu invocation in the
>>> xen-qemu-dom0-disk-backend systemd service file.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Jim Fehlig <jfehlig@xxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>

If there are no remaining issues, can this patch be applied?  Thanks!

Regards,
Jim

>
>>> ---
>>>  tools/hotplug/Linux/systemd/xen-qemu-dom0-disk-backend.service.in | 1 +
>>>  tools/libxl/libxl_dm.c                                            | 6 
>>> ++++++
>>>  2 files changed, 7 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git 
>>> a/tools/hotplug/Linux/systemd/xen-qemu-dom0-disk-backend.service.in 
>>> b/tools/hotplug/Linux/systemd/xen-qemu-dom0-disk-backend.service.in
>>> index acf61a8..f56775b 100644
>>> --- a/tools/hotplug/Linux/systemd/xen-qemu-dom0-disk-backend.service.in
>>> +++ b/tools/hotplug/Linux/systemd/xen-qemu-dom0-disk-backend.service.in
>>> @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ ExecStartPre=/bin/mkdir -p @XEN_RUN_DIR@
>>>  ExecStart=@qemu_xen_systemd@ -xen-domid 0 \
>>>     -xen-attach -name dom0 -nographic -M xenpv -daemonize \
>>>     -monitor /dev/null -serial /dev/null -parallel /dev/null \
>>> +   -nodefaults -no-user-config \
>>>     -pidfile @XEN_RUN_DIR@/qemu-dom0.pid
>>>  
>>>  [Install]
>>> diff --git a/tools/libxl/libxl_dm.c b/tools/libxl/libxl_dm.c
>>> index 4aca38e..cfda24c 100644
>>> --- a/tools/libxl/libxl_dm.c
>>> +++ b/tools/libxl/libxl_dm.c
>>> @@ -828,6 +828,12 @@ static int 
>>> libxl__build_device_model_args_new(libxl__gc *gc,
>>>       */
>>>      flexarray_append(dm_args, "-nodefaults");
>>>  
>>> +    /*
>>> +     * Do not use any of the user-provided config files in sysconfdir,
>>> +     * avoiding unkown and uncontrolled configuration.
>>> +     */
>>> +    flexarray_append(dm_args, "-no-user-config");
>>> +
>>>      if (b_info->type == LIBXL_DOMAIN_TYPE_PV) {
>>>          flexarray_append(dm_args, "-xen-attach");
>>>      }
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