Noble verification

# Reproducing the error

root@n-uat-2067810:~# apt-cache policy ubuntu-pro-client
ubuntu-pro-client:
  Installed: 32.3~24.04
  Candidate: 32.3~24.04
  Version table:
 *** 32.3~24.04 500
        500 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     31.2.3 500
        500 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/main amd64 Packages

root@n-uat-2067810:~# pro version
32.3~24.04

Test case (a):

root@n-uat-2067810:~# aa-exec -p ubuntu_pro_esm_cache//dpkg dpkg --print-foreign-architectures
root@n-uat-2067810:~#

dmesg shows:
[Thu Jun 20 21:06:45 2024] audit: type=1400 audit(1718917605.728:124): apparmor="DENIED" operation="open" class="file" profile="ubuntu_pro_esm_cache//dpkg" name="/var/lib/dpkg/arch" pid=3074 comm="dpkg" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=0 ouid=0


root@n-uat-2067810:~# aa-exec -p ubuntu_pro_esm_cache apt-cache policy
Package files:
 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     release a=now
 500 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-security/restricted amd64 Packages
     release v=24.04,o=Ubuntu,a=noble-security,n=noble,l=Ubuntu,c=restricted,b=amd64
     origin br.archive.ubuntu.com
...
(normal output)
...
Pinned packages:
root@n-uat-2067810:~#

dmesg shows:
[Thu Jun 20 21:07:09 2024] audit: type=1400 audit(1718917629.197:125): apparmor="DENIED" operation="open" class="file" profile="ubuntu_pro_esm_cache//dpkg" name="/var/lib/dpkg/arch" pid=3086 comm="dpkg" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=0 ouid=0
[Thu Jun 20 21:07:09 2024] audit: type=1400 audit(1718917629.202:126): apparmor="DENIED" operation="open" class="file" profile="ubuntu_pro_esm_cache//dpkg" name="/var/lib/dpkg/arch" pid=3087 comm="dpkg" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=0 ouid=0


Test case (b):
root@n-uat-2067810:~# systemctl start esm-cache.service
root@n-uat-2067810:~#

dmesg shows multiple DENIED entries, like:
[Thu Jun 20 21:10:04 2024] audit: type=1400 audit(1718917804.553:139): apparmor="DENIED" operation="open" class="file" profile="ubuntu_pro_esm_cache//dpkg" name="/var/lib/dpkg/arch" pid=3505 comm="dpkg" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=0 ouid=0
[Thu Jun 20 21:10:04 2024] audit: type=1400 audit(1718917804.558:140): apparmor="DENIED" operation="open" class="file" profile="ubuntu_pro_esm_cache//dpkg" name="/var/lib/dpkg/arch" pid=3506 comm="dpkg" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=0 ouid=0
[Thu Jun 20 21:10:05 2024] audit: type=1400 audit(1718917805.323:141): apparmor="DENIED" operation="open" class="file" profile="ubuntu_pro_esm_cache//apt_methods_gpgv" name="/var/lib/dpkg/arch" pid=3515 comm="dpkg" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=42 ouid=0


# Verifying the fix

Upgrading to version from proposed:
root@n-uat-2067810:~# apt-cache policy ubuntu-pro-client
ubuntu-pro-client:
  Installed: 32.3.1~24.04
  Candidate: 32.3.1~24.04
  Version table:
 *** 32.3.1~24.04 100
        100 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-proposed/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     32.3~24.04 500
        500 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates/main amd64 Packages
     31.2.3 500
        500 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/main amd64 Packages


Test case (a):
root@n-uat-2067810:~# aa-exec -p ubuntu_pro_esm_cache//dpkg dpkg --print-foreign-architectures
root@n-uat-2067810:~# aa-exec -p ubuntu_pro_esm_cache apt-cache policy
Package files:
 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     release a=now
 500 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-security/restricted amd64 Packages
     release v=24.04,o=Ubuntu,a=noble-security,n=noble,l=Ubuntu,c=restricted,b=amd64 
     origin br.archive.ubuntu.com
(...)
(normal output)
root@n-uat-2067810:~#

No apparmor DENIED logs in dmesg.

Test case (b)
root@n-uat-2067810:~# l /var/lib/dpkg/arch
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jun 20 21:15 /var/lib/dpkg/arch
root@n-uat-2067810:~# rm -rf /var/lib/apt/periodic/*
root@n-uat-2067810:~# systemctl start esm-cache.service

No apparmor DENIED logs in dmesg.


Noble verification succeeded.