File a1f48bca-CVE-2025-12748-p3.patch of Package libvirt.42084
commit be66a9494d802cde7a3d42c9bb42163cb439d700
Author: Martin Kletzander <mkletzan@redhat.com>
Date: Thu Nov 6 15:43:57 2025 +0100
libxl: Check ACLs before parsing the whole domain XML
Utilise the new virDomainDefIDsParseString() for that.
Fixes: CVE-2025-12748
References: bsc#1253278
Reported-by: Святослав Терешин <s.tereshin@fobos-nt.ru>
Signed-off-by: Martin Kletzander <mkletzan@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com>
(cherry picked from commit a1f48bca077e2f3377f29d746efd4310b8a2910f)
Signed-off-by: Jim Fehlig <jfehlig@suse.com>
Index: libvirt-7.1.0/src/libxl/libxl_driver.c
===================================================================
--- libvirt-7.1.0.orig/src/libxl/libxl_driver.c
+++ libvirt-7.1.0/src/libxl/libxl_driver.c
@@ -1070,13 +1070,18 @@ libxlDomainCreateXML(virConnectPtr conn,
if (flags & VIR_DOMAIN_START_VALIDATE)
parse_flags |= VIR_DOMAIN_DEF_PARSE_VALIDATE_SCHEMA;
- if (!(def = virDomainDefParseString(xml, driver->xmlopt,
- NULL, parse_flags)))
+ if (!(def = virDomainDefIDsParseString(xml, driver->xmlopt, parse_flags)))
goto cleanup;
if (virDomainCreateXMLEnsureACL(conn, def) < 0)
goto cleanup;
+ g_clear_pointer(&def, virDomainDefFree);
+
+ if (!(def = virDomainDefParseString(xml, driver->xmlopt,
+ NULL, parse_flags)))
+ goto cleanup;
+
if (!(vm = virDomainObjListAdd(driver->domains, def,
driver->xmlopt,
VIR_DOMAIN_OBJ_LIST_ADD_LIVE |
@@ -2877,6 +2882,14 @@ libxlDomainDefineXMLFlags(virConnectPtr
if (flags & VIR_DOMAIN_DEFINE_VALIDATE)
parse_flags |= VIR_DOMAIN_DEF_PARSE_VALIDATE_SCHEMA;
+ if (!(def = virDomainDefIDsParseString(xml, driver->xmlopt, parse_flags)))
+ goto cleanup;
+
+ if (virDomainDefineXMLFlagsEnsureACL(conn, def) < 0)
+ goto cleanup;
+
+ g_clear_pointer(&def, virDomainDefFree);
+
if (!(def = virDomainDefParseString(xml, driver->xmlopt,
NULL, parse_flags)))
goto cleanup;
@@ -2884,9 +2897,6 @@ libxlDomainDefineXMLFlags(virConnectPtr
if (virXMLCheckIllegalChars("name", def->name, "\n") < 0)
goto cleanup;
- if (virDomainDefineXMLFlagsEnsureACL(conn, def) < 0)
- goto cleanup;
-
if (!(vm = virDomainObjListAdd(driver->domains, def,
driver->xmlopt,
0,