Public bug reported:
The log-observe interface is broken due to how we handle bind mounts
now. This can be seen with 'snappy-debug':
$ sudo snap install snappy-debug
$ sudo snap connect snappy-debug:log-observe ubuntu-core:log-observe
$ sudo /snap/bin/snappy-debug.security scanlog
kernel.printk_ratelimit = 0
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/snap/snappy-debug/22/bin/snappy-security-scanlog", line 580, in
<module>
sys.exit(main())
File "/snap/snappy-debug/22/bin/snappy-security-scanlog", line 569, in main
from_end=opt.only_new)
File "/snap/snappy-debug/22/bin/snappy-security-scanlog", line 92, in __init__
self.scan_log(log_file, snap_name, follow, from_end)
File "/snap/snappy-debug/22/bin/snappy-security-scanlog", line 157, in
scan_log
log = open_file_read(log_file)
File "/snap/snappy-debug/22/bin/snappy-security-scanlog", line 71, in
open_file_read
orig = codecs.open(path, 'r', "UTF-8", errors="replace")
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/codecs.py", line 895, in open
file = builtins.open(filename, mode, buffering)
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/log/syslog'
This is because /var/log/syslog is not available at runtime due to the bind
mounts. This can be shown by installing hello-world, adjusting
/var/lib/snapd/apparmor/profiles/snap.hello-world.sh to have "/**/ r," (to be
able to read any directory), reloading the profile, then doing:
$ hello-world.sh
...
bash-4.3$ ls /var/log/
alternatives.log btmp dpkg.log fsck watchdog
bootstrap.log dmesg faillog lastlog wtmp
This may also be a problem with other interfaces, I haven't checked
extensively, though it seems that /var/lib/extrausers (from the
nameservice abstraction) won't work right, and (at least) ppp
(/var/log/ppp) and timezone-control (/usr/share/zoneinfo) are also
affected.
WORKAROUND for snappy-debug: launch outside of the launcher:
$ sudo SNAP=/snap/snappy-debug/current
PATH=$PATH:/snap/snappy-debug/current/bin
/snap/snappy-debug/current/bin/snappy-security scanlog
** Affects: snap-confine (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: snapd-interface
** Tags added: snapd-interface
** Description changed:
The log-observe interface is broken due to how we handle bind mounts
now. This can be seen with 'snappy-debug':
$ sudo snap install snappy-debug
$ sudo snap connect snappy-debug:log-observe ubuntu-core:log-observe
$ sudo /snap/bin/snappy-debug.security scanlog
kernel.printk_ratelimit = 0
Traceback (most recent call last):
- File "/snap/snappy-debug/22/bin/snappy-security-scanlog", line 580, in
<module>
- sys.exit(main())
- File "/snap/snappy-debug/22/bin/snappy-security-scanlog", line 569, in main
- from_end=opt.only_new)
- File "/snap/snappy-debug/22/bin/snappy-security-scanlog", line 92, in
__init__
- self.scan_log(log_file, snap_name, follow, from_end)
- File "/snap/snappy-debug/22/bin/snappy-security-scanlog", line 157, in
scan_log
- log = open_file_read(log_file)
- File "/snap/snappy-debug/22/bin/snappy-security-scanlog", line 71, in
open_file_read
- orig = codecs.open(path, 'r', "UTF-8", errors="replace")
- File "/usr/lib/python3.5/codecs.py", line 895, in open
- file = builtins.open(filename, mode, buffering)
+ File "/snap/snappy-debug/22/bin/snappy-security-scanlog", line 580, in
<module>
+ sys.exit(main())
+ File "/snap/snappy-debug/22/bin/snappy-security-scanlog", line 569, in main
+ from_end=opt.only_new)
+ File "/snap/snappy-debug/22/bin/snappy-security-scanlog", line 92, in
__init__
+ self.scan_log(log_file, snap_name, follow, from_end)
+ File "/snap/snappy-debug/22/bin/snappy-security-scanlog", line 157, in
scan_log
+ log = open_file_read(log_file)
+ File "/snap/snappy-debug/22/bin/snappy-security-scanlog", line 71, in
open_file_read
+ orig = codecs.open(path, 'r', "UTF-8", errors="replace")
+ File "/usr/lib/python3.5/codecs.py", line 895, in open
+ file = builtins.open(filename, mode, buffering)
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/log/syslog'
-
This is because /var/log/syslog is not available at runtime due to the bind
mounts. This can be shown by installing hello-world, adjusting
/var/lib/snapd/apparmor/profiles/snap.hello-world.sh to have "/**/ r," (to be
able to read any directory), reloading the profile, then doing:
$ hello-world.sh
...
bash-4.3$ ls /var/log/
alternatives.log btmp dpkg.log fsck watchdog
bootstrap.log dmesg faillog lastlog wtmp
This may also be a problem with other interfaces, I haven't checked
extensively, though it seems that /var/lib/extrausers (from the
nameservice abstraction) won't work right, and (at least) ppp
(/var/log/ppp) and timezone-control (/usr/share/zoneinfo) are also
affected.
+
+ WORKAROUND for snappy-debug: launch outside of the launcher:
+ $ sudo SNAP=/snap/snappy-debug/current
PATH=$PATH:/snap/snappy-debug/current/bin
/snap/snappy-debug/current/bin/snappy-security scanlog
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log-observe interface is broken in latest snap-confine
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