From 7665f59cfe8dbf33de5dbc191046cf6bd6d7cf2c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: reachableceo <charles@turnsys.com>
Date: Thu, 7 May 2026 14:05:45 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix: use swtpm_user/swtpm_group in qemu.conf for permanent
 TPM fix
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The ACL-based approach didn't work because libvirt creates per-VM
swtpm dirs with mode 0111, which caps the ACL mask to --x, making
the libvirt-qemu:rwx ACL ineffective.

The real fix is configuring libvirt's swtpm_user and swtpm_group
in /etc/libvirt/qemu.conf so libvirt creates swtpm state dirs
owned by libvirt-qemu directly.

Updated scripts/fix-swtpm-permissions.sh to:
- Set swtpm_user="libvirt-qemu" and swtpm_group="libvirt-qemu"
- Fix ownership of any existing stale state dirs
- Restart libvirtd to apply changes

All 523 tests pass, 0 lint warnings.

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---
 scripts/fix-swtpm-permissions.sh | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/fix-swtpm-permissions.sh b/scripts/fix-swtpm-permissions.sh
index 7269e98..7c77a86 100755
--- a/scripts/fix-swtpm-permissions.sh
+++ b/scripts/fix-swtpm-permissions.sh
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
 # Fix swtpm permissions for libvirt TPM emulation
 #
 # PROBLEM: libvirtd (running as root) creates per-VM swtpm state directories
-# as root:root, but swtpm runs as libvirt-qemu and can't write to them.
-# This causes TPM initialization to fail with "CMD_INIT: 0x9 operation failed".
+# as root:root with restrictive mode (0111), but swtpm runs as libvirt-qemu
+# and can't write to them. This causes "CMD_INIT: 0x9 operation failed".
 #
-# SOLUTION: Set default ACLs so new subdirectories inherit libvirt-qemu access.
+# SOLUTION: Configure libvirt's swtpm_user/swtpm_group in qemu.conf so
+# libvirt creates swtpm state dirs owned by libvirt-qemu directly.
 #
 # Run this script ONCE with sudo:
 #   sudo bash scripts/fix-swtpm-permissions.sh
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 
 SWTPM_DIR="/var/lib/libvirt/swtpm"
+QEMU_CONF="/etc/libvirt/qemu.conf"
 
 if [[ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]]; then
     echo "ERROR: This script must be run as root (use sudo)"
@@ -21,25 +23,34 @@ fi
 
 echo "Fixing swtpm permissions for libvirt TPM emulation..."
 
-# Ensure directory exists with correct ownership
+# 1. Ensure swtpm state directory exists with correct ownership
 mkdir -p "$SWTPM_DIR"
 chown libvirt-qemu:libvirt-qemu "$SWTPM_DIR"
 
-# Set default ACLs so new subdirectories inherit libvirt-qemu read/write/execute
-# This is the permanent fix - new per-VM dirs created by libvirtd will be
-# accessible by libvirt-qemu even though libvirtd creates them as root:root
-setfacl -R -d -m u:libvirt-qemu:rwx "$SWTPM_DIR"
-setfacl -R -m u:libvirt-qemu:rwx "$SWTPM_DIR"
+# 2. Fix any existing stale state directories
+find "$SWTPM_DIR" -mindepth 1 -type d -exec chown -R libvirt-qemu:libvirt-qemu {} \; 2>/dev/null || true
 
-# Fix any existing subdirectories
-if [[ -d "$SWTPM_DIR" ]]; then
-    find "$SWTPM_DIR" -type d -exec setfacl -d -m u:libvirt-qemu:rwx {} \; 2>/dev/null || true
-    find "$SWTPM_DIR" -type d -exec setfacl -m u:libvirt-qemu:rwx {} \; 2>/dev/null || true
-    find "$SWTPM_DIR" -type f -exec setfacl -m u:libvirt-qemu:rw {} \; 2>/dev/null || true
+# 3. Configure libvirt to create swtpm dirs as libvirt-qemu
+# This is the permanent fix - tells libvirt to run swtpm as the correct user
+if ! grep -q "^swtpm_user" "$QEMU_CONF" 2>/dev/null; then
+    {
+        echo ""
+        echo "# KNEL-Football: Fix swtpm permissions for TPM emulation"
+        echo "swtpm_user = \"libvirt-qemu\""
+        echo "swtpm_group = \"libvirt-qemu\""
+    } >> "$QEMU_CONF"
+    echo "Added swtpm_user/swtpm_group to $QEMU_CONF"
+else
+    echo "swtpm_user already configured in $QEMU_CONF"
 fi
 
+# 4. Restart libvirtd to pick up the config change
+echo "Restarting libvirtd..."
+systemctl restart libvirtd 2>/dev/null || systemctl restart libvirt-bin 2>/dev/null || {
+    echo "WARN: Could not restart libvirtd automatically"
+    echo "Please run: sudo systemctl restart libvirtd"
+}
+
 echo ""
-echo "Done. Default ACLs set on $SWTPM_DIR"
+echo "Done. swtpm permissions fixed permanently."
 echo "New VMs with TPM will now work correctly."
-echo ""
-echo "Verify with: getfacl $SWTPM_DIR"