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Fri, 04 Oct 2019 10:21:27 +0000 (UTC) Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 209.132.183.28 X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: berrange@redhat.com, quintela@redhat.com, mprivozn@redhat.com, dgilbert@redhat.com, =?UTF-8?q?Marc-Andr=C3=A9=20Lureau?= , pbonzini@redhat.com Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Signed-off-by: Marc-Andr=C3=A9 Lureau --- MAINTAINERS | 5 +++ docs/interop/dbus.rst | 99 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ docs/interop/index.rst | 1 + 3 files changed, 105 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/interop/dbus.rst diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS index cf63634221..60f195f8f2 100644 --- a/MAINTAINERS +++ b/MAINTAINERS @@ -2157,6 +2157,11 @@ F: tests/migration-test.c F: docs/devel/migration.rst F: qapi/migration.json =20 +D-Bus +M: Marc-Andr=C3=A9 Lureau +S: Maintained +F: docs/interop/dbus.rst + Seccomp M: Eduardo Otubo S: Supported diff --git a/docs/interop/dbus.rst b/docs/interop/dbus.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..3d760e4882 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/interop/dbus.rst @@ -0,0 +1,99 @@ +=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D +D-Bus +=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D + +Introduction +=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D + +QEMU may be running with various helper processes involved: + - vhost-user* processes (gpu, virtfs, input, etc...) + - TPM emulation (or other devices) + - user networking (slirp) + - network services (DHCP/DNS, samba/ftp etc) + - background tasks (compression, streaming etc) + - client UI + - admin & cli + +Having several processes allows stricter security rules, as well as +greater modularity. + +While QEMU itself uses QMP as primary IPC (and Spice/VNC for remote +display), D-Bus is the de facto IPC of choice on Unix systems. The +wire format is machine friendly, good bindings exist for various +languages, and there are various tools available. + +Using a bus, helper processes can discover and communicate with each +other easily, without going through QEMU. The bus topology is also +easier to apprehend and debug than a mesh. However, it is wise to +consider the security aspects of it. + +Security +=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D + +A QEMU D-Bus bus should be private to a single VM. Thus, only +cooperative tasks are running on the same bus to serve the VM. + +D-Bus, the protocol and standard, doesn't have mechanisms to enforce +security between peers once the connection is established. Peers may +have additional mechanisms to enforce security rules, based for +example on UNIX credentials. However, because the daemon has +controlled who can send/recv messages to who, doesn't magically make +this secure. The semantics of the actual methods implemented using +D-Bus are just as critical. Peers need to carefully validate any +information they received from a peer with a different trust level. + +dbus-daemon policy +------------------ + +dbus-daemon can enforce various policies based on the UID/GID of the +processes that are connected to it. It is thus a good idea to run +helpers as different UID from QEMU and set appropriate policies. + +Depending on the use case, you may choose different scenarios: + + - Everything the same UID + + - Convenient for developers + - Improved reliability - crash of one part doens't take + out entire VM + - No security benefit over traditional QEMU + + - Two UIDs, one for QEMU, one for dbus & helpers + + - Moderately improved security isolation + + - Many UIDs, one for QEMU one for dbus and one for each helpers + + - Best security isolation + - Complex to manager distinct UIDs needed for each VM + +For example, to allow only ``qemu`` user to talk to ``qemu-helper`` +``org.qemu.Helper1`` service, a dbus-daemon policy may contain: + +.. code:: xml + + + + + + + + + + + +dbus-daemon can also perfom SELinux checks based on the security +context of the source and the target. For example, ``virtiofs_t`` +could be allowed to send a message to ``svirt_t``, but ``virtiofs_t`` +wouldn't be allowed to send a message to ``virtiofs_t``. + +See dbus-daemon man page for details. + +Guidelines +=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D + +When implementing new D-Bus interfaces, it is recommended to follow +the "D-Bus API Design Guidelines": +https://dbus.freedesktop.org/doc/dbus-api-design.html + +The "org.qemu.*" prefix is reserved for the QEMU project. diff --git a/docs/interop/index.rst b/docs/interop/index.rst index 3e33fb5933..ded134ea75 100644 --- a/docs/interop/index.rst +++ b/docs/interop/index.rst @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Contents: :maxdepth: 2 =20 bitmaps + dbus live-block-operations pr-helper qemu-ga --=20 2.23.0