[libvirt] [PATCH] libxl: avoid crashing if calling `virsh numatune' on inactive domain

Eric Blake eblake at redhat.com
Tue Dec 24 06:02:32 UTC 2013


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).

-- 
Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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