Public bug reported: I just upgraded from noble to oracular and my libvirt domains (using qemu:///session + qemu-bridge-helper for the network) can't start anymore.
$ virsh start ubuntu-nvmeotcp-poc-target error: Failed to start domain 'ubuntu-nvmeotcp-poc-target' error: /usr/lib/qemu/qemu-bridge-helper --use-vnet --br=pocbr0 --fd=32: failed to communicate with bridge helper: : Transport endpoint is not connected [162559.444684] audit: type=1400 audit(1725612671.214:6873): apparmor="DENIED" operation="file_mmap" class="file" profile="libvirtd//qemu_bridge_helper" name="/usr/bin/dash" pid=699975 comm="qemu-bridge-hel" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=1000 ouid=0 After switching to AA complain mode, the domains can start again: $ sudo aa-complain /etc/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.libvirtd skipping disabled profile usr.sbin.squid skipping disabled profile usr.bin.firefox Setting /etc/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.libvirtd to complain mode. $ virsh start ubuntu-nvmeotcp-poc-target Domain 'ubuntu-nvmeotcp-poc-target' started [162838.572654] audit: type=1400 audit(1725612950.342:6955): apparmor="ALLOWED" operation="file_mmap" class="file" profile="libvirtd//qemu_bridge_helper" name="/usr/bin/dash" pid=700572 comm="qemu-bridge-hel" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=1000 ouid=0 [162838.573199] audit: type=1400 audit(1725612950.342:6956): apparmor="ALLOWED" operation="exec" class="file" profile="libvirtd//qemu_bridge_helper" name="/usr/bin/sleep" pid=700574 comm="qemu-bridge-hel" requested_mask="x" denied_mask="x" fsuid=1000 ouid=0 target="libvirtd//qemu_bridge_helper//null-/usr/bin/sleep" [162838.573204] audit: type=1400 audit(1725612950.342:6957): apparmor="ALLOWED" operation="file_inherit" class="file" profile="libvirtd//qemu_bridge_helper//null-/usr/bin/sleep" name="/dev/null" pid=700574 comm="sleep" requested_mask="wr" denied_mask="wr" fsuid=1000 ouid=0 [162838.573207] audit: type=1400 audit(1725612950.343:6958): apparmor="ALLOWED" operation="file_inherit" class="net" profile="libvirtd" pid=700574 comm="sleep" family="unix" sock_type="stream" protocol=0 requested="send receive" denied="send receive" addr=none peer_addr=none peer="libvirtd//qemu_bridge_helper//null-/usr/bin/sleep" [162838.573271] audit: type=1400 audit(1725612950.343:6959): apparmor="ALLOWED" operation="file_mmap" class="file" profile="libvirtd//qemu_bridge_helper//null-/usr/bin/sleep" name="/usr/bin/sleep" pid=700574 comm="sleep" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=1000 ouid=0 [162838.573277] audit: type=1400 audit(1725612950.343:6960): apparmor="ALLOWED" operation="file_mmap" class="file" profile="libvirtd//qemu_bridge_helper//null-/usr/bin/sleep" name="/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2" pid=700574 comm="sleep" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=1000 ouid=0 [162838.573340] audit: type=1400 audit(1725612950.343:6961): apparmor="ALLOWED" operation="open" class="file" profile="libvirtd//qemu_bridge_helper//null-/usr/bin/sleep" name="/etc/ld.so.cache" pid=700574 comm="sleep" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=1000 ouid=0 [162838.573345] audit: type=1400 audit(1725612950.343:6962): apparmor="ALLOWED" operation="getattr" class="file" profile="libvirtd//qemu_bridge_helper//null-/usr/bin/sleep" name="/etc/ld.so.cache" pid=700574 comm="sleep" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=1000 ouid=0 ** Affects: libvirt (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2079806 Title: qemu-bridge-helper denied by apparmor on oracular To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvirt/+bug/2079806/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs