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libsemanage: Fall back to semanage_copy_dir when rename() fails
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In some circumstances, like semanage-store being on overlayfs, rename()
could fail with EXDEV - Invalid cross-device link. This is due to the
fact that overlays doesn't support rename() if source and target are not
on the same layer, e.g. in containers built from several layers. Even
though it's not atomic operation, it's better to try to copy files from
src to dst on our own in this case. Next rebuild will probably not fail
as the new directories will be on the same layer.

Fixes: #343

Reproducer:

    $ cd selinux1

    $ cat Dockerfile
    FROM fedora:35
    RUN dnf install -y selinux-policy selinux-policy-targeted

    $ podman build -t localhost/selinux . --no-cache

    $ cd ../selinux2

    $ cat Dockerfile
    FROM localhost/selinux
    RUN semodule -B

    $ podman build -t localhost/selinux2 . --no-cache
    STEP 2/2: RUN semodule -B
    libsemanage.semanage_commit_sandbox: Error while renaming /var/lib/selinux/targeted/active to /var/lib/selinux/targeted/previous. (Invalid cross-device link).
    semodule:  Failed!
    Error: error building at STEP "RUN semodule -B": error while running runtime: exit status 1

With the fix:

    $ podman build -t localhost/selinux2 . --no-cache
    STEP 2/2: RUN semodule -B
    libsemanage.semanage_rename: Warning: rename(/var/lib/selinux/targeted/active, /var/lib/selinux/targeted/previous) failed: Invalid cross-device link, fall back to non-atomic semanage_copy_dir_flags()

    COMMIT localhost/selinux2
    --> d2cfcebc1a1
    Successfully tagged localhost/selinux2:latest
    d2cfcebc1a1b34f1c2cd661ac18292b0612c3e5fa71d6fa1441be244da91b1af

Reported-by: Joseph Marrero Corchado <jmarrero@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Petr Lautrbach <plautrba@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Ondrej Mosnacek <omosnace@redhat.com>
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bachradsusi committed Apr 6, 2022
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30 changes: 24 additions & 6 deletions libsemanage/src/semanage_store.c
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Expand Up @@ -697,6 +697,10 @@ int semanage_store_access_check(void)

/********************* other I/O functions *********************/

static int semanage_rename(semanage_handle_t * sh, const char *tmp, const char *dst);
int semanage_remove_directory(const char *path);
static int semanage_copy_dir_flags(const char *src, const char *dst, int flag);

/* Callback used by scandir() to select files. */
static int semanage_filename_select(const struct dirent *d)
{
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -768,7 +772,21 @@ int semanage_copy_file(const char *src, const char *dst, mode_t mode,
return retval;
}

static int semanage_copy_dir_flags(const char *src, const char *dst, int flag);
static int semanage_rename(semanage_handle_t * sh, const char *src, const char *dst) {
int retval;

retval = rename(src, dst);
if (retval == 0 || errno != EXDEV)
return retval;

/* we can't use rename() due to filesystem limitation, lets try to copy files manually */
WARN(sh, "WARNING: rename(%s, %s) failed: %s, fall back to non-atomic semanage_copy_dir_flags()",
src, dst, strerror(errno));
if (semanage_copy_dir_flags(src, dst, 1) == -1) {
return -1;
}
return semanage_remove_directory(src);
}

/* Copies all of the files from src to dst, recursing into
* subdirectories. Returns 0 on success, -1 on error. */
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1770,7 +1788,7 @@ static int semanage_commit_sandbox(semanage_handle_t * sh)
goto cleanup;
}

if (rename(active, backup) == -1) {
if (semanage_rename(sh, active, backup) == -1) {
ERR(sh, "Error while renaming %s to %s.", active, backup);
retval = -1;
goto cleanup;
Expand All @@ -1779,12 +1797,12 @@ static int semanage_commit_sandbox(semanage_handle_t * sh)
/* clean up some files from the sandbox before install */
/* remove homedir_template from sandbox */

if (rename(sandbox, active) == -1) {
if (semanage_rename(sh, sandbox, active) == -1) {
ERR(sh, "Error while renaming %s to %s.", sandbox, active);
/* note that if an error occurs during the next
* function then the store will be left in an
* inconsistent state */
if (rename(backup, active) < 0)
if (semanage_rename(sh, backup, active) < 0)
ERR(sh, "Error while renaming %s back to %s.", backup,
active);
retval = -1;
Expand All @@ -1795,10 +1813,10 @@ static int semanage_commit_sandbox(semanage_handle_t * sh)
* function then the store will be left in an
* inconsistent state */
int errsv = errno;
if (rename(active, sandbox) < 0)
if (semanage_rename(sh, active, sandbox) < 0)
ERR(sh, "Error while renaming %s back to %s.", active,
sandbox);
else if (rename(backup, active) < 0)
else if (semanage_rename(sh, backup, active) < 0)
ERR(sh, "Error while renaming %s back to %s.", backup,
active);
else
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