File xsa175-0009-libxl-Do-not-trust-frontend-for-nic-in-libxl_devid_t.patch of Package xen.7673
References: bsc#979620 CVE-2016-4962 XSA-175
From 3e1e9ff62717f4c9b231e82a299e960bd4da4506 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com>
Date: Tue, 3 May 2016 15:52:53 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 09/12] libxl: Do not trust frontend for nic in
libxl_devid_to_device_nic
Find the backend by reading the pointer in /libxl rather than in the
guest's frontend area.
This is part of XSA-175.
Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@eu.citrix.com>
Reviewed-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@citrix.com>
---
tools/libxl/libxl.c | 10 +++++-----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
Index: xen-4.4.4-testing/tools/libxl/libxl.c
===================================================================
--- xen-4.4.4-testing.orig/tools/libxl/libxl.c
+++ xen-4.4.4-testing/tools/libxl/libxl.c
@@ -3077,17 +3077,17 @@ int libxl_devid_to_device_nic(libxl_ctx
int devid, libxl_device_nic *nic)
{
GC_INIT(ctx);
- char *dompath, *path;
+ char *libxl_dom_path, *path;
int rc = ERROR_FAIL;
libxl_device_nic_init(nic);
- dompath = libxl__xs_get_dompath(gc, domid);
- if (!dompath)
+ libxl_dom_path = libxl__xs_libxl_path(gc, domid);
+ if (!libxl_dom_path)
goto out;
path = libxl__xs_read(gc, XBT_NULL,
- libxl__sprintf(gc, "%s/device/vif/%d/backend",
- dompath, devid));
+ GCSPRINTF("%s/device/vif/%d/backend", libxl_dom_path,
+ devid));
if (!path)
goto out;