[BUG][RFC] CPR transfer Issues: Socket permissions and PID files

[BUG][RFC] CPR transfer Issues: Socket permissions and PID files

[Chaney, Ben]

Hello,

While testing CPR transfer I encountered two issues. The first is that the transfer fails when running with pidfiles due to the destination qemu process attempting to create the pidfile while it is still locked by the source process. The second is that the transfer fails when running with the -run-with user=$USERID parameter. This is because the destination qemu process creates the UNIX sockets used for the CPR transfer before dropping to the lower permissioned user, which causes them to be owned by the original user. The source qemu process then does not have permission to connect to it because it is already running as the lesser permissioned user.

Reproducing the first issue:

Create a source and destination qemu instance associated with the same VM where both processes have the -pidfile parameter passed on the command line. You should see the following error on the command line of the second process:

qemu-system-x86_64: cannot create PID file: Cannot lock pid file: Resource temporarily unavailable

Reproducing the second issue:

Create a source and destination qemu instance associated with the same VM where both processes have -run-with user=$USERID passed on the command line, where $USERID is a different user from the one launching the processes. Then attempt a CPR transfer using UNIX sockets for the main and cpr sockets. You should receive the following error via QMP:
{"error": {"class": "GenericError", "desc": "Failed to connect to 'cpr.sock': Permission denied"}}

I provided a minimal patch that works around the second issue.

Thank you,
Ben Chaney

---
include/system/os-posix.h | 4 ++++
os-posix.c | 8 --------
util/qemu-sockets.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/system/os-posix.h b/include/system/os-posix.h
index ce5b3bccf8..2a414a914a 100644
--- a/include/system/os-posix.h
+++ b/include/system/os-posix.h
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ void os_setup_limits(void);
void os_setup_post(void);
int os_mlock(bool on_fault);

+extern struct passwd *user_pwd;
+extern uid_t user_uid;
+extern gid_t user_gid;
+
/**
* qemu_alloc_stack:
* @sz: pointer to a size_t holding the requested usable stack size
diff --git a/os-posix.c b/os-posix.c
index 52925c23d3..9369b312a0 100644
--- a/os-posix.c
+++ b/os-posix.c
@@ -86,14 +86,6 @@ void os_set_proc_name(const char *s)
}


-/*
- * Must set all three of these at once.
- * Legal combinations are unset by name by uid
- */
-static struct passwd *user_pwd; /* NULL non-NULL NULL */
-static uid_t user_uid = (uid_t)-1; /* -1 -1 >=0 */
-static gid_t user_gid = (gid_t)-1; /* -1 -1 >=0 */
-
/*
* Prepare to change user ID. user_id can be one of 3 forms:
* - a username, in which case user ID will be changed to its uid,
diff --git a/util/qemu-sockets.c b/util/qemu-sockets.c
index 77477c1cd5..987977ead9 100644
--- a/util/qemu-sockets.c
+++ b/util/qemu-sockets.c
@@ -871,6 +871,14 @@ static bool saddr_is_tight(UnixSocketAddress *saddr)
#endif
}

+/*
+ * Must set all three of these at once.
+ * Legal combinations are unset by name by uid
+ */
+struct passwd *user_pwd; /* NULL non-NULL NULL */
+uid_t user_uid = (uid_t)-1; /* -1 -1 >=0 */
+gid_t user_gid = (gid_t)-1; /* -1 -1 >=0 */
+
static int unix_listen_saddr(UnixSocketAddress *saddr,
int num,
Error **errp)
@@ -947,6 +955,19 @@ static int unix_listen_saddr(UnixSocketAddress *saddr,
error_setg_errno(errp, errno, "Failed to bind socket to %s", path);
goto err;
}
+ if (user_pwd) {
+ if (chown(un.sun_path, user_pwd->pw_uid, user_pwd->pw_gid) < 0) {
+ error_setg_errno(errp, errno, "Failed to change permissions on socket %s", path);
+ goto err;
+ }
+ }
+ else if (user_uid != -1 && user_gid != -1) {
+ if (chown(un.sun_path, user_uid, user_gid) < 0) {
+ error_setg_errno(errp, errno, "Failed to change permissions on socket %s", path);
+ goto err;
+ }
+ }
+
if (listen(sock, num) < 0) {
error_setg_errno(errp, errno, "Failed to listen on socket");
goto err;
--
2.40.1

Re: [BUG][RFC] CPR transfer Issues: Socket permissions and PID files

[Steven Sistare]

Thank you Ben.  I appreciate you testing CPR and shaking out the bugs.
I will study these and propose patches.

My initial reaction to the pidfile issue is that the orchestration layer must
pass a different filename when starting the destination qemu instance.  When
using live update without containers, these types of resource conflicts in the
global namespaces are a known issue.

- Steve

On 3/14/2025 2:33 PM, Chaney, Ben wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> While testing CPR transfer I encountered two issues. The first is that the transfer fails when running with pidfiles due to the destination qemu process attempting to create the pidfile while it is still locked by the source process. The second is that the transfer fails when running with the -run-with user=$USERID parameter. This is because the destination qemu process creates the UNIX sockets used for the CPR transfer before dropping to the lower permissioned user, which causes them to be owned by the original user. The source qemu process then does not have permission to connect to it because it is already running as the lesser permissioned user.
> 
> Reproducing the first issue:
> 
> Create a source and destination qemu instance associated with the same VM where both processes have the -pidfile parameter passed on the command line. You should see the following error on the command line of the second process:
> 
> qemu-system-x86_64: cannot create PID file: Cannot lock pid file: Resource temporarily unavailable
> 
> Reproducing the second issue:
> 
> Create a source and destination qemu instance associated with the same VM where both processes have -run-with user=$USERID passed on the command line, where $USERID is a different user from the one launching the processes. Then attempt a CPR transfer using UNIX sockets for the main and cpr sockets. You should receive the following error via QMP:
> {"error": {"class": "GenericError", "desc": "Failed to connect to 'cpr.sock': Permission denied"}}
> 
> I provided a minimal patch that works around the second issue.
> 
> Thank you,
> Ben Chaney
> 
> ---
> include/system/os-posix.h | 4 ++++
> os-posix.c | 8 --------
> util/qemu-sockets.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
> 3 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/system/os-posix.h b/include/system/os-posix.h
> index ce5b3bccf8..2a414a914a 100644
> --- a/include/system/os-posix.h
> +++ b/include/system/os-posix.h
> @@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ void os_setup_limits(void);
> void os_setup_post(void);
> int os_mlock(bool on_fault);
> 
> +extern struct passwd *user_pwd;
> +extern uid_t user_uid;
> +extern gid_t user_gid;
> +
> /**
> * qemu_alloc_stack:
> * @sz: pointer to a size_t holding the requested usable stack size
> diff --git a/os-posix.c b/os-posix.c
> index 52925c23d3..9369b312a0 100644
> --- a/os-posix.c
> +++ b/os-posix.c
> @@ -86,14 +86,6 @@ void os_set_proc_name(const char *s)
> }
> 
> 
> -/*
> - * Must set all three of these at once.
> - * Legal combinations are unset by name by uid
> - */
> -static struct passwd *user_pwd; /* NULL non-NULL NULL */
> -static uid_t user_uid = (uid_t)-1; /* -1 -1 >=0 */
> -static gid_t user_gid = (gid_t)-1; /* -1 -1 >=0 */
> -
> /*
> * Prepare to change user ID. user_id can be one of 3 forms:
> * - a username, in which case user ID will be changed to its uid,
> diff --git a/util/qemu-sockets.c b/util/qemu-sockets.c
> index 77477c1cd5..987977ead9 100644
> --- a/util/qemu-sockets.c
> +++ b/util/qemu-sockets.c
> @@ -871,6 +871,14 @@ static bool saddr_is_tight(UnixSocketAddress *saddr)
> #endif
> }
> 
> +/*
> + * Must set all three of these at once.
> + * Legal combinations are unset by name by uid
> + */
> +struct passwd *user_pwd; /* NULL non-NULL NULL */
> +uid_t user_uid = (uid_t)-1; /* -1 -1 >=0 */
> +gid_t user_gid = (gid_t)-1; /* -1 -1 >=0 */
> +
> static int unix_listen_saddr(UnixSocketAddress *saddr,
> int num,
> Error **errp)
> @@ -947,6 +955,19 @@ static int unix_listen_saddr(UnixSocketAddress *saddr,
> error_setg_errno(errp, errno, "Failed to bind socket to %s", path);
> goto err;
> }
> + if (user_pwd) {
> + if (chown(un.sun_path, user_pwd->pw_uid, user_pwd->pw_gid) < 0) {
> + error_setg_errno(errp, errno, "Failed to change permissions on socket %s", path);
> + goto err;
> + }
> + }
> + else if (user_uid != -1 && user_gid != -1) {
> + if (chown(un.sun_path, user_uid, user_gid) < 0) {
> + error_setg_errno(errp, errno, "Failed to change permissions on socket %s", path);
> + goto err;
> + }
> + }
> +
> if (listen(sock, num) < 0) {
> error_setg_errno(errp, errno, "Failed to listen on socket");
> goto err;
> --
> 2.40.1
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