@@ -105,6 +105,16 @@ function install_nova_hypervisor {

     if [[ "$ENABLE_FILE_INJECTION" == "True" ]] ; then

         if is_ubuntu; then

             install_package python-guestfs

+            # NOTE(andreaf) Ubuntu kernel can only be read by root, which breaks libguestfs:

+            # https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/759725)

+            INSTALLED_KERNELS="$(ls /boot/vmlinuz-*)"

+            for kernel in $INSTALLED_KERNELS; do

+                STAT_OVERRIDE="root root 644 ${kernel}"

+                # unstack won't remove the statoverride, so make this idempotent

+                if [[ ! $(dpkg-statoverride --list | grep "$STAT_OVERRIDE") ]]; then

+                    sudo dpkg-statoverride --add --update $STAT_OVERRIDE

+                fi

+            done

         elif is_fedora || is_suse; then

             install_package python-libguestfs

         fi