Forbid the names to match the loading procedure of snapshots. --- src/qemu/qemu_driver.c | 24 +++++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c index 3a54228..8286334 100644 --- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c +++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c @@ -11348,13 +11348,23 @@ qemuDomainSnapshotCreateXML(virDomainPtr domain, goto cleanup; /* reject snapshot names containing slashes as snapshot definitions are - * saved in files containing the name */ - if (!(flags & VIR_DOMAIN_SNAPSHOT_CREATE_NO_METADATA) && - strchr(def->name, '/')) { - virReportError(VIR_ERR_XML_DETAIL, - _("invalid snapshot name '%s': name can't contain '/'"), - def->name); - goto cleanup; + * saved in files containing the name and names starting with dots */ + if (!(flags & VIR_DOMAIN_SNAPSHOT_CREATE_NO_METADATA)) { + if (strchr(def->name, '/')) { + virReportError(VIR_ERR_XML_DETAIL, + _("invalid snapshot name '%s': " + "name can't contain '/'"), + def->name); + goto cleanup; + } + + if (def->name[0] == '.') { + virReportError(VIR_ERR_XML_DETAIL, + _("invalid snapshot name '%s': " + "name can't start with '.'"), + def->name); + goto cleanup; + } } /* reject the VIR_DOMAIN_SNAPSHOT_CREATE_LIVE flag where not supported */