Re: [libvirt PATCH v4 19/31] qemu: pass sensitive data to nbdkit via pipe

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On Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 16:03:13 -0600, Jonathon Jongsma wrote:
> Rather than passing passwords and cookies (which could contain
> passwords) to nbdkit via commandline arguments, use the alternate format
> that nbdkit supports where we can specify a file descriptor which nbdkit
> will read to get the password or cookies.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jonathon Jongsma <jjongsma@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  src/qemu/qemu_nbdkit.c | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
>  1 file changed, 40 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_nbdkit.c b/src/qemu/qemu_nbdkit.c
> index 2b26e9bc08..ba84958e8d 100644
> --- a/src/qemu/qemu_nbdkit.c
> +++ b/src/qemu/qemu_nbdkit.c
> @@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ struct _qemuNbdkitCaps {
>  G_DEFINE_TYPE(qemuNbdkitCaps, qemu_nbdkit_caps, G_TYPE_OBJECT);
>  
>  
> +enum {
> +    PIPE_FD_READ = 0,
> +    PIPE_FD_WRITE = 1
> +};

The values are not used.

> +
> +
>  static void
>  qemuNbdkitCheckCommandCap(qemuNbdkitCaps *nbdkit,
>                            virCommand *cmd,
> @@ -759,6 +765,29 @@ qemuNbdkitInitStorageSource(qemuNbdkitCaps *caps,
>  }
>  
>  
> +static int
> +qemuNbdkitCommandPassDataByPipe(virCommand *cmd,
> +                                const char *argName,
> +                                unsigned char **buf,
> +                                size_t buflen)
> +{
> +    g_autofree char *fdfmt = NULL;
> +    int fd = virCommandSetSendBuffer(cmd, buf, buflen);
> +
> +    if (fd < 0)
> +        return -1;
> +
> +    /* some nbdkit arguments accept a variation where nbdkit will read the data
> +     * from a file descriptor, e.g. password=-FD */
> +    fdfmt = g_strdup_printf("-%i", fd);
> +    virCommandAddArgPair(cmd, argName, fdfmt);
> +
> +    virCommandDoAsyncIO(cmd);
> +
> +    return 0;
> +}
> +
> +
>  static int
>  qemuNbdkitProcessBuildCommandCurl(qemuNbdkitProcess *proc,
>                                    virCommand *cmd)
> @@ -808,22 +836,19 @@ qemuNbdkitProcessBuildCommandCurl(qemuNbdkitProcess *proc,
>              return -1;
>          }
>  
> -        /* ensure that the secret is a NULL-terminated string */
> -        password = g_strndup((char*)secret, secretlen);
> -
> -        /* for now, just report an error rather than passing the password in
> -         * cleartext on the commandline */
> -        virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
> -                       _("Password not yet supported for nbdkit sources"));
> -        return -1;
> +        if (qemuNbdkitCommandPassDataByPipe(cmd, "password",
> +                                            &secret, secretlen) < 0)
> +            return -1a

Don't forget to destroy 'secret' using virSecureErase.

>      }
>  
> -    if (proc->source->ncookies > 0) {
> -        /* for now, just report an error rather than passing cookies in
> -         * cleartext on the commandline */
> -        virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
> -                       _("Cookies not yet supported for nbdkit sources"));

Reviewed-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@xxxxxxxxxx>




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