Merge branch 'master' into frcc-kvm

.github/workflows/vulnix.yml

@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ on:
     - cron: "0 6 * * 1"
   workflow_dispatch:
 
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  issues: write
+
 jobs:
   scan:
     runs-on: nix
@@ -21,7 +25,7 @@ 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

@@ -1,17 +1,10 @@
 { 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

@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ def run(*args, **kw):
 
 
 def nix(*args):
-    # 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
-    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):
@@ -33,16 +32,13 @@ 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:
-        with urllib.request.urlopen(req) as resp:
+        raw = resp.read()
-            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
 
 
 def find_open_issue(label):
-    issues = gitea("GET", f"/issues?state=open&type=issues&labels={label}")
+    issues = gitea("GET", f"/issues?state=open&labels={label}")
     return issues[0] if issues else None
 
 
@@ -239,7 +235,7 @@ def format_vulnix(vulns):
     for v in vulns:
         for cve in v["affected_by"]:
             score = v.get("cvssv3_basescore", {}).get(cve)
-            desc = v.get("description", {}).get(cve, "").replace("\n", " ").replace("|", "∣")
+            desc = v.get("description", {}).get(cve, "")
             if len(desc) > 120:
                 desc = desc[:117] + "..."
             rows.append((v["pname"], v["version"], cve, score, desc))

containers/server-n0/git.nix

@@ -163,9 +163,10 @@ in
             trusted-public-keys = [ "microvm.cachix.org-1:oXnBc6hRE3eX5rSYdRyMYXnfzcCxC7yKPTbZXALsqys=" ];
           };
 
-          nix.settings = {
+          nix.gc = {
-            min-free = 5 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024;
+            automatic = true;
-            max-free = 10 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024;
+            dates = "daily";
+            options = "--delete-older-than 14d";
           };
           # nix.optimise.automatic = true; - doesn't work with microvm.writableStoreOverlay
 

containers/server-n0/ssh.nix

@@ -67,14 +67,21 @@ let
       inherit name;
       inherit net resources;
       svc.autoStart = true;
-      isolation = {
+      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 = [ "wheel" ];
+        security.sudo.wheelNeedsPassword = false;
+        environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.qemu_kvm ];
+      };
+  };
 in
 {
   ssh-admin = mkSsh {
@@ -117,27 +124,32 @@ in
   ssh-generic = mkSsh {
     name = "ssh-generic";
     net.access = [ { to = "@internet"; } ];
-    # /dev/kvm keeps its host ownership, so the kvm gid must not be shifted.
-    isolation.privateUsers = "identity";
     resources = {
       fs."/home/runner/data" = {
         hostPath = "${data}/ssh/generic";
         isReadOnly = false;
       };
-      devices = [ "/dev/kvm" ];
       mem = "16G";
       cpu = 65;
     };
-    packages = with pkgs; [ qemu_kvm ];
+    traits = [ kvmTrait ];
-    traits = [
+    isolation.allowedDevices = [
       {
-        containerConfig =
+        node = "/dev/kvm";
-          { config, ... }:
+        modifier = "rw";
-          {
-            users.groups.kvm.gid = config.ids.gids.kvm;
-            users.users.runner.extraGroups = [ "kvm" ];
-          };
       }
+      {
+        node = "/dev/vhost-net";
+        modifier = "rw";
+      }
+      {
+        node = "/dev/net/tun";
+        modifier = "rwm";
+      }
+    ];
+    isolation.additionalCapabilities = [
+      "CAP_NET_ADMIN"
+      "CAP_MKNOD"
     ];
     routingInfo = [
       {

dsl.nix

@@ -221,17 +221,6 @@ rec {
     `resources.fs`
     : Bind mounts, keyed by mount point.
 
-    `resources.devices`
-    : Host device nodes to expose, as paths. Bound into the container at the
-      same path and added to the unit's `DeviceAllow=` - the cgroup
-      permission alone doesn't get you a working node (nothing can `mknod` a
-      device inside a user namespace), and the bind alone leaves the cgroup
-      denying `open()`, so both are needed. The bind is unconditional, so
-      the device must actually exist on whatever host runs the container.
-      Nodes keep their host ownership, so a consumer inside needs
-      `isolation.privateUsers = "identity"` for the owning gid to mean
-      anything.
-
     `isolation.nixDaemon`
     : Whether the Nix daemon and CLI are available inside the container.
 
@@ -239,6 +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`.
@@ -281,15 +281,16 @@ rec {
       cpuQuota = "${toString (cpu * 100)}%";
       memoryMax = resources.mem or "512M";
       bindMounts = resources.fs or { };
-      devices = resources.devices 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;
       userModules = map mkUser (lib.concatMap (t: t.users or [ ]) traits ++ users);
       allPorts = ports ++ map (p: (normalizePort p).container) hostPorts;
-      useIdmap = privateUsers == "pick" || (builtins.isInt privateUsers && privateUsers > 0);
+      useIdmap = privateUsers != "no";
       bindMountExtraFlags = lib.mapAttrsToList (
         mountPoint: bm:
         (if bm.isReadOnly then "--bind-ro=" else "--bind=")
@@ -297,10 +298,6 @@ rec {
         + lib.optionalString useIdmap ":idmap"
       ) allBindMounts;
       bindMountHostPaths = map (bm: bm.hostPath) (lib.attrValues allBindMounts);
-      # DeviceAllow= alone only grants cgroup permission - nspawn can't
-      # mknod a device node inside a user namespace, so the node still
-      # needs an explicit bind from the host.
-      deviceFlags = map (d: "--bind=${d}") devices;
       inherit (deriveIdentity ifPrefix.nspawn name)
         iface
         mac
@@ -379,15 +376,19 @@ rec {
         hostAddr
         bindMountHostPaths
         includedInTests
-        devices
         ;
       bindMounts = allBindMounts;
       kind = "nspawn";
       miscProperties = flattenMiscProp self miscProperties;
       nixosContainer = {
-        inherit autoStart privateUsers;
+        inherit
+          autoStart
+          privateUsers
+          allowedDevices
+          additionalCapabilities
+          ;
         bindMounts = { };
-        extraFlags = bindMountExtraFlags ++ deviceFlags;
+        extraFlags = bindMountExtraFlags;
         privateNetwork = true;
         extraVeths = linkVeths;
         config =
@@ -520,7 +521,6 @@ rec {
         ;
       inherit needsGateway;
       bindMountHostPaths = map (s: s.source) shares;
-      devices = [ ];
       kind = "vm";
       miscProperties = flattenMiscProp self miscProperties;
       microvmConfig = {
@@ -957,7 +957,6 @@ rec {
           startLimitBurst = 5;
           startLimitIntervalSec = 120;
           unitConfig.RequiresMountsFor = c.bindMountHostPaths;
-          serviceConfig.DeviceAllow = map (d: "${d} rw") c.devices;
         };
 
       # the host end of a link, for both kinds. nixos-containers only configures
@@ -1317,7 +1316,6 @@ rec {
         HOST_ADDR = ${pyDict pyStr (lib.mapAttrs (_: c: c.hostAddr) autoStartTestContainers)}
         IFACE = ${pyDict pyStr (lib.mapAttrs (_: c: c.iface) autoStartTestContainers)}
         KIND = ${pyDict pyStr (lib.mapAttrs (_: c: c.kind) autoStartTestContainers)}
-        DEVICES = ${pyDict pyList (lib.mapAttrs (_: c: c.devices) autoStartTestContainers)}
         # only nspawn guests can be entered with nsenter; a vm has no host-side
         # netns, so every probe that runs *inside* a guest is limited to these
         enterable = [c for c in included if KIND[c] == "nspawn"]

tests/server-n0/integration.py

@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
     HOST_ADDR: dict[str, str] = {}
     IFACE: dict[str, str] = {}
     KIND: dict[str, str] = {}
-    DEVICES: dict[str, list[str]] = {}
     EDGES: list[tuple[str, str, list[int], list[int]]] = []
     SSH_KEY: str = ""
     SSH_OPTS: str = ""
@@ -56,11 +55,6 @@ def container_pid(name):
     return server.succeed(f"machinectl show {name} -p Leader --value").strip()
 
 
-def ct_cmd(name, cmd):
-    pid = container_pid(name)
-    return f"{NSENTER} --mount=/proc/{pid}/ns/mnt --root=/proc/{pid}/root -- {SH} -c '{cmd}'"
-
-
 def net_cmd(name, cmd):
     pid = container_pid(name)
     return f"{NSENTER} --net=/proc/{pid}/ns/net -- {cmd}"
@@ -329,40 +323,3 @@ with subtest("(functional): published ports follow the container's lifetime"):
     server.succeed("systemctl start container@nginx")
     server.wait_for_unit("container@nginx.service")
     internet.wait_until_succeeds(ext_connect(80), timeout=30)
-
-with subtest("(functional): declared devices are usable in-container"):
-    for name, devices in DEVICES.items():
-        for dev in devices:
-            # opened, not stat'd: without DeviceAllow= the node is still visible
-            server.succeed(ct_cmd(name, f"exec 3<> {dev}"))
-
-
-with subtest("(functional): /dev/kvm actually initializes, not just opens"):
-    # a wrong-gid or unmapped node still opens but fails the ioctls qemu
-    # needs, so boot with no disk (never completes) and kill it - the
-    # failure mode this catches is qemu refusing to start at all.
-    for name, devices in DEVICES.items():
-        if "/dev/kvm" not in devices:
-            continue
-        out = server.succeed(
-            ct_cmd(
-                name,
-                f"{TIMEOUT} 3 qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -m 256 -nographic -no-reboot "
-                ">/tmp/qemu.out 2>&1; cat /tmp/qemu.out",
-            )
-        )
-        assert "Permission denied" not in out, f"{name}: qemu couldn't use /dev/kvm:\n{out}"
-        assert "Could not access KVM" not in out, f"{name}: qemu couldn't use /dev/kvm:\n{out}"
-
-
-with subtest("(isolation): devices reach only the container that declared them"):
-    for name in enterable:
-        for dev in {d for ds in DEVICES.values() for d in ds} - set(DEVICES.get(name, [])):
-            server.fail(ct_cmd(name, f"test -e {dev}"))
-
-
-with subtest("(isolation): identity uid mapping keeps the user namespace"):
-    for name in (n for n, ds in DEVICES.items() if ds):
-        host_ns = server.succeed("readlink /proc/1/ns/user").strip()
-        ct_ns = server.succeed(f"readlink /proc/{container_pid(name)}/ns/user").strip()
-        assert host_ns != ct_ns, f"{name} shares the host user namespace"