Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] libxl: avoid crashing if calling `virsh numatune' on inactive domain
On Tue, Dec 24, 2013 at 12:02 AM, Eric Blake <eblake(a)redhat.com> wrote:
On 12/20/2013 11:36 AM, Jim Fehlig wrote:
> Dario Faggioli wrote:
>> by, in libxlDomainGetNumaParameters(), calling libxl_bitmap_init() as soon as
>> possible, which avoids getting to 'cleanup:', where
libxl_bitmap_dispose()
>> happens, without having initialized the nodemap, and hence crashing after some
>> invalid free()-s:
>>
>
> Yikes! ACK to the fix. I've pushed it.
This has been assigned CVE-6457; we'll get it tagged in libvirt.git and
make sure it is backported to relevant branches once I've got more time
(may be in 2014).
I'll help you out and get started on this. Family is in town around
the holidays so no promises I'll get them all done if its not too
trivial.
--
Doug Goldstein