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Eric Blake
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Commit28f8dfd(v1.0.0) introduced a security hole: in at least the qemu implementation of virDomainGetXMLDesc, the use of the flag VIR_DOMAIN_XML_MIGRATABLE (which is usable from a read-only connection) triggers the implicit use of VIR_DOMAIN_XML_SECURE prior to calling qemuDomainFormatXML. However, the use of VIR_DOMAIN_XML_SECURE is supposed to be restricted to read-write clients only. This patch treats the migratable flag as requiring the same permissions, rather than analyzing what might break if migratable xml no longer includes secret information. Fortunately, the information leak is low-risk: all that is gated by the VIR_DOMAIN_XML_SECURE flag is the VNC connection password; but VNC passwords are already weak (FIPS forbids their use, and on a non-FIPS machine, anyone stupid enough to trust a max-8-byte password sent in plaintext over the network deserves what they get). SPICE offers better security than VNC, and all other secrets are properly protected by use of virSecret associations rather than direct output in domain XML. * src/remote/remote_protocol.x (REMOTE_PROC_DOMAIN_GET_XML_DESC): Tighten rules on use of migratable flag. * src/libvirt-domain.c (virDomainGetXMLDesc): Likewise. Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> (cherry picked from commitb1674ad5a9) Conflicts: src/libvirt-domain.c - file split from older src/libvirt.c; context with older virLibConnError Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
LibVirt : simple API for virtualization
Libvirt is a C toolkit to interact with the virtualization capabilities
of recent versions of Linux (and other OSes). It is free software
available under the GNU Lesser General Public License. Virtualization of
the Linux Operating System means the ability to run multiple instances of
Operating Systems concurrently on a single hardware system where the basic
resources are driven by a Linux instance. The library aim at providing
long term stable C API initially for the Xen paravirtualization but
should be able to integrate other virtualization mechanisms if needed.
Daniel Veillard <veillard@redhat.com>