[Podman] rootful containers in KVM VM - host cannot freeze FS

Hi guys. I cannot say whether it is podman, container or something else or all things together but problem is such that: -> $ virsh domfsfreeze ove error: Unable to freeze filesystems error: internal error: unable to execute QEMU agent command 'guest-fsfreeze-freeze': failed to open /var/lib/containers/storage/overlay: Permission denied and that happens when a rootful pod is up & running on a given VM, but above command succeeds when pod is stopped. all suggestions on possible "fix" are much appreciated. many thanks, L.