[libvirt] [PATCH 14/14] Avoid unsafe use of /proc/$PID/root in LXC hotunplug code
Eric Blake
eblake at redhat.com
Fri Feb 7 19:51:47 UTC 2014
On 02/07/2014 08:33 AM, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> Rewrite multiple hotunplug functions to to use the
> virProcessRunInMountNamespace helper. This avoids
> risk of a malicious guest replacing /dev with a absolute
> symlink, tricking the driver into changing the host OS
> filesystem.
>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrange <berrange at redhat.com>
> ---
> src/lxc/lxc_driver.c | 79 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------
> 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)
>
> static int
> +lxcDomainAttachDeviceUnlinkHelper(pid_t pid ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
> + void *opaque)
> +{
> + const char *path = opaque;
> +
> + VIR_DEBUG("Unlinking %s", path);
> + if (unlink(path) < 0 && errno != ENOENT) {
> + virReportSystemError(errno,
> + _("Unable to remove device %s"), path);
Same generic concern about _() using malloc in an async-safe context,
but not worth worrying about in this patch.
ACK.
--
Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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