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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1147057
The code for relabelling the TAP FD is there due to a race. When
libvirt creates a /dev/tapN device it's labeled as
'system_u:object_r:device_t:s0' by default. Later, when
udev/systemd reacts to this device, it's relabelled to the
expected label 'system_u:object_r:tun_tap_device_t:s0'. Hence, we
have a code that relabels the device, to cut the race down. For
more info see ae368ebfcc.
But the problem is, the relabel function is called on all TUN/TAP
devices. Yes, on /dev/net/tun too. This is however a special kind
of device - other processes uses it too. We shouldn't touch it's
label then.
Ideally, there would an API in SELinux that would label just the
passed FD and not the underlying path. That way, we wouldn't need
to care as we would be not labeling /dev/net/tun but the FD
passed to the domain. Unfortunately, there's no such API so we
have to workaround until then.
Tested-by: Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com>
LibVirt : simple API for virtualization
Libvirt is a C toolkit to interact with the virtualization capabilities
of recent versions of Linux (and other OSes). It is free software
available under the GNU Lesser General Public License. Virtualization of
the Linux Operating System means the ability to run multiple instances of
Operating Systems concurrently on a single hardware system where the basic
resources are driven by a Linux instance. The library aim at providing
long term stable C API initially for the Xen paravirtualization but
should be able to integrate other virtualization mechanisms if needed.
Daniel Veillard <veillard@redhat.com>