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



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>

> > ---
> >  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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