ci: drop explicit permissions block from vulnix workflow

Co-authored-by: Autumn Liu <al63244@my.utexas.edu>
Co-authored-by: Floweynt <50057682+Floweynt@users.noreply.github.com>
Reviewed-on: #1
Co-authored-by: autumn <aut.tea7@gmail.com>

.github/workflows/vulnix.yml

@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@ on:
     - cron: "0 6 * * 1"
   workflow_dispatch:
 
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-  issues: write
-
 jobs:
   scan:
     runs-on: nix
@@ -25,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           API: ${{ github.api_url }}
           REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
-        run: nix run -L .#ci -- upsert-issue vulnix "vulnix: known vulnerabilities in system closure" "$RUNNER_TEMP/issue.md"
+        run: 'nix run -L .#ci -- upsert-issue vulnix "vulnix: known vulnerabilities in system closure" "$RUNNER_TEMP/issue.md"'
 
       - name: close resolved issue
         if: steps.scan.outputs.count == '0'

ci.nix

@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
 { lib, pkgs }:
+let
+  # vulnix's bundled nix-2.34 broke its own --experimental-features detection
+  nixConf = pkgs.writeText "ci-nix.conf" "experimental-features = nix-command flakes";
+in
 # tools must track ci.py's subprocess calls; nix stays ambient (uses the
 # runner's own nix, not a pinned one).
 pkgs.writers.writePython3Bin "ci" {
   flakeIgnore = [ "E501" ];
   libraries = [ pkgs.python3Packages.subprocess-tee ];
   makeWrapperArgs = [
+    "--set-default"
+    "NIX_USER_CONF_FILES"
+    (toString nixConf)
     "--prefix"
     "PATH"
     ":"

ci.py

@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ def run(*args, **kw):
 
 
 def nix(*args):
-    return subprocess_tee.run(("nix", "--extra-experimental-features", "nix-command flakes", "-L", *args), check=True, text=True).stdout
+    # tee to stderr - stdout leaks into GITHUB_OUTPUT $() captures
+    return subprocess_tee.run(("nix", "--extra-experimental-features", "nix-command flakes", "-L", *args), check=True, text=True, stdout=sys.stderr).stdout
 
 
 def git(*args, check=True):
@@ -32,8 +33,11 @@ def gitea(method, path, body=None):
     req.add_header("Authorization", f'token {os.environ["GH_TOKEN"]}')
     if data is not None:
         req.add_header("Content-Type", "application/json")
+    try:
         with urllib.request.urlopen(req) as resp:
             raw = resp.read()
+    except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
+        sys.exit(f"gitea {method} {path}: {e.code} {e.reason}\n{e.read().decode()}")
     return json.loads(raw) if raw else None
 
 

containers/server-n0/ssh.nix

@@ -61,16 +61,29 @@ let
       net ? { },
       resources ? { },
       traits ? [ ],
+      isolation ? { },
     }:
     mkContainer {
       inherit name;
       inherit net resources;
       svc.autoStart = true;
-      isolation.nixDaemon = nixDaemon;
+      isolation = {
+        inherit nixDaemon;
+      }
+      // isolation;
       traits = [ sshTrait ] ++ traits;
       packages = with pkgs; [ tmux ] ++ packages;
       miscProperties = self._sshpiperRegister routingInfo;
     };
+
+  kvmTrait = {
+    containerConfig =
+      { pkgs, ... }:
+      {
+        users.users.runner.extraGroups = [ "kvm" ];
+        environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.qemu_kvm ];
+      };
+  };
 in
 {
   ssh-admin = mkSsh {
@@ -121,6 +134,25 @@ in
       mem = "16G";
       cpu = 65;
     };
+    traits = [ kvmTrait ];
+    isolation.allowedDevices = [
+      {
+        node = "/dev/kvm";
+        modifier = "rw";
+      }
+      {
+        node = "/dev/vhost-net";
+        modifier = "rw";
+      }
+      {
+        node = "/dev/net/tun";
+        modifier = "rwm";
+      }
+    ];
+    isolation.additionalCapabilities = [
+      "CAP_NET_ADMIN"
+      "CAP_MKNOD"
+    ];
     routingInfo = [
       {
         username = "autumn";

dsl.nix

@@ -228,6 +228,17 @@ rec {
     : systemd-nspawn user namespacing; see `--private-users=` in
       systemd-nspawn(1). Bind mounts always go through idmapped `--bind`.
 
+    `isolation.allowedDevices`
+    : List of `{ node; modifier; }` host devices to grant the container's
+      cgroup access to; see `containers.<name>.allowedDevices` in the NixOS
+      manual. nspawn bind-mounts a handful of devices (`/dev/kvm`,
+      `/dev/net/tun`, ...) into the container itself once the cgroup allows it -
+      this doesn't need a matching `resources.fs` bind mount.
+
+    `isolation.additionalCapabilities`
+    : Extra Linux capabilities granted to the container; see
+      `containers.<name>.additionalCapabilities` in the NixOS manual.
+
     `miscProperties`
     : Arbitrary data attached to the result. Used for cross-container discovery
       via `collectContainers`.
@@ -272,6 +283,8 @@ rec {
       bindMounts = resources.fs or { };
       allowsNixDaemon = isolation.nixDaemon or false;
       privateUsers = isolation.privateUsers or "pick";
+      allowedDevices = isolation.allowedDevices or [ ];
+      additionalCapabilities = isolation.additionalCapabilities or [ ];
 
       allowInternet = hasInternetAccess access;
       allBindMounts = builtins.foldl' (acc: t: acc // (t.resources.fs or { })) { } traits // bindMounts;
@@ -368,7 +381,12 @@ rec {
       kind = "nspawn";
       miscProperties = flattenMiscProp self miscProperties;
       nixosContainer = {
-        inherit autoStart privateUsers;
+        inherit
+          autoStart
+          privateUsers
+          allowedDevices
+          additionalCapabilities
+          ;
         bindMounts = { };
         extraFlags = bindMountExtraFlags;
         privateNetwork = true;