Public bug reported: When trying to use an USB printer from a QEMU guest (created with virt- manager) I get many apparmor errors in /var/log/kern.log, like:
Nov 8 18:08:00 ombu kernel: [ 8603.301618] audit: type=1400 audit(1447016880.250:195): apparmor="DENIED" operation="open" profile="libvirt-3c21df5e-dfef-4cf5-8e24-aeaa47235205" name="/dev/bus/usb/005/016" pid=10345 comm="qemu-system-x86" requested_mask="rw" denied_mask="rw" fsuid=122 ouid=122 Nov 12 20:01:35 ombu kernel: [360670.214358] audit: type=1400 audit(1447369295.810:1531): apparmor="DENIED" operation="open" profile="libvirt-3c21df5e-dfef-4cf5-8e24-aeaa47235205" name="/run/udev/data/c189:0" pid=8408 comm="qemu-system-x86" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=122 ouid=0 The guest can't see the USB device at all. I solved the problem by editing /etc/apparmor.d/abstractions/libvirt-qemu changing this line: /dev/bus/usb/ r, to this: /dev/bus/usb/ rw, and adding these two lines: /dev/bus/usb/*/[0-9]* rw, /run/udev/** rw, And then restarting apparmor and libvirtd. I think a similar configuration must come included in /etc/apparmor.d/abstractions /libvirt-qemu by default. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10 Package: libvirt-bin 1.2.16-2ubuntu11 Uname: Linux 4.3.0-040300-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Thu Nov 12 20:10:16 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-10-30 (13 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021) SourcePackage: libvirt UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) modified.conffile..etc.apparmor.d.abstractions.libvirt.qemu: [modified] modified.conffile..etc.libvirt.libvirtd.conf: [modified] modified.conffile..etc.libvirt.qemu.conf: [inaccessible: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/etc/libvirt/qemu.conf'] modified.conffile..etc.libvirt.qemu.networks.default.xml: [inaccessible: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/etc/libvirt/qemu/networks/default.xml'] mtime.conffile..etc.apparmor.d.abstractions.libvirt.qemu: 2015-11-12T20:03:10.223851 mtime.conffile..etc.libvirt.libvirtd.conf: 2015-11-12T19:32:30.170352 ** Affects: libvirt (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apparmor apport-bug wily -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1515791 Title: apparmor for qemu is too restrictive for USB passthrough To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvirt/+bug/1515791/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs