Re: [PATCH] libxl: assigned a default ssid_label (XSM label) to guests

[Julien Grall <julien.grall@citrix.com>]

On 14/05/15 12:54, Ian Campbell wrote:
> On Thu, 2015-05-14 at 12:21 +0100, Julien Grall wrote:
>> Hi Ian,
>>
>> On 14/05/15 11:33, Ian Campbell wrote:
>>> system_u:system_r:domU_t is defined in the default policy and makes as
>>> much sense as anything for a default.
>>
>> So you rule out the possibility to run an unlabelled domain? This is
>> possible if the policy explicitly authorized it. That's a significant
>> change in the libxl behavior.
> 
> I didn't realise this was a possibility, wouldn't such a domain be
> system_u:system_r:unlabeled_t> or something?

I'm not sure how unlabeled works. I will let Daniel answer to this.

> Note that this won't override a label which is just '' (i.e. an empty
> string rather than NULL). I don't know if that results in the behaviour
> you want.

IIRC, NULL means unlabeled. '' would be translated as an invalid ssid
and throw an error.

Regards,

-- 
Julien Grall