It seems as if /etc/apparmor.d/abstractions/libvirt-lxc is also missing at least one necessary entry. In current Vivid,
$ virsh -c lxc:/// start test fails, resulting in the following dmesg: [ 2207.856469] audit: type=1400 audit(1427382800.914:235): apparmor="DENIED" operation="open" profile="/usr/lib/libvirt/virt-aa-helper" name="/dev/shm/lttng-ust-wait-5" pid=6827 comm="virt-aa-helper" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=0 ouid=0 [ 2207.856521] audit: type=1400 audit(1427382800.914:236): apparmor="DENIED" operation="open" profile="/usr/lib/libvirt/virt-aa-helper" name="/dev/shm/lttng-ust-wait-5" pid=6827 comm="virt-aa-helper" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=0 ouid=0 [ 2208.101311] audit: type=1400 audit(1427382801.158:237): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="libvirt-9d578815-a1e9-4596-aef9-a70717574f0e" pid=6828 comm="apparmor_parser" [ 2208.123112] device vnet2 entered promiscuous mode [ 2208.490910] virbr0: port 2(vnet2) entered disabled state [ 2208.492774] device vnet2 left promiscuous mode [ 2208.492789] virbr0: port 2(vnet2) entered disabled state [ 2208.648131] audit: type=1400 audit(1427382801.706:238): apparmor="DENIED" operation="open" profile="/usr/lib/libvirt/virt-aa-helper" name="/dev/shm/lttng-ust-wait-5" pid=6901 comm="virt-aa-helper" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=0 ouid=0 [ 2208.648223] audit: type=1400 audit(1427382801.706:239): apparmor="DENIED" operation="open" profile="/usr/lib/libvirt/virt-aa-helper" name="/dev/shm/lttng-ust-wait-5" pid=6901 comm="virt-aa-helper" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=0 ouid=0 [ 2209.018989] audit: type=1400 audit(1427382802.074:240): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_remove" profile="unconfined" name="libvirt-9d578815-a1e9-4596-aef9-a70717574f0e" pid=6904 comm="apparmor_parser" -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1434999 Title: Creating a new VM in virt-manager fails because of apparmor permissions To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvirt/+bug/1434999/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs